Prelude to a build

Post by **vanzep** » Fri May 13, 2022 4:07 pm

bit of bad luck with the rad neck but everything else looks to be going well

It is going to look stunning when its all done

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Fri May 13, 2022 4:59 pm

Lo

Very nice work

Thanks for posting

Cheers
Toadster

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:07 pm

That's both arches and sills done now. Such a relief to finally get to this stage. It needs another coat of filler and then it's ready for painting.

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Thu May 26, 2022 6:36 pm

Finally painted, back to my place tomorrow to start nailing it all back together and give the wheel arches a good scrub.

Hagland-BB4 · Post by **Hagland-BB4** » Thu May 26, 2022 8:04 pm

Looking real good

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:15 pm

Lo

Looks like a very nice job

FAB

Toadster

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Sat May 28, 2022 5:26 pm

And it's home and back on the road. I've only put about 60 miles on it since changing the clutch, belts and seals.
I've been taking it very easy on it so far. How many miles should I put on it before opening up the taps a bit?

Post by **vanzep** » Mon May 30, 2022 2:50 pm

looks fantastic

I think you should take it a good run, get it well warmed up and open the taps.
It is the best way to find if there are any faults and ive always felt that the ludes with H engines respond well to be taken up the rev range.
When i did the quarter mile runs in my old BB4 i could comfortably do 20+ consecutive runs whilst others with more modern cars were always having to let their cars cool down etc

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:16 pm

I've put about five hundred miles on it now it so far and everything seems hunky dorey. A friend who knows better told me to give her some stick to bed the clutch in properly.
I'd been driving it like a granny because I thought it was I was supposed to do. I haven't done any hard starts but I have rung it's neck in second gear onwards up to flat out in fifth a few times since then.
I think it's time to get the Hondata and type r intake installed to see what's what.

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:10 pm

I stripped the interior and took a few panels off to Waxoyl the car.
I also scrubbed and steam cleaned the whole interior while I was at it.
After that I machine polished the whole car and put about 5 coats of ceramic coating onto it.
It's going back on the road on Saturday which is the 1st of the new month. I splashed out on three months tax!

https://imgur.com/gallery/yP9PAha