She Starts !

What a day !, finished connecting the sensors and other parts of the loom, bonded in the fuel tank and plumbed in the lift pump.

Put oil and water in the engine, oil ok but water all over the floor ... must remember to tighten the thermostat housing next time !

Phoned Richard from 'Great British Sports Cars' and he helped me program the ECU, turned the key and nothing ....... then a cough ......... then nothing again.

Let Richard go and checked my wiring ......

Fuel pump relay wired wrong, not only did I think the ECU switched live instead of earth but I used a dark green and a light green in my loom - discovered I had used the wrong shade of green for the relay so no fuel was being pumped !!!

Also used a waer temperature sensor from the scrappies which read permanantly at boiling point, so changed for the one supplied with the ECU

Corrected this and tried again, this was the result........oh yeeessssss !!!!

Build Photo's from October

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Build Photo's up to end September 08

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October 08

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Monday 27th October - Fitted the Throttle Bodies today and spotted the first problem, they sat far too high and there was no way the bonnet would be able to sit properly - infact the top of the TB's held the bonnet up by at least an inch and a half !





Solution was to turn the TB's upside down with the fuel rail at the bottom!















Also finished the plumbing with a bit of help from a 32mm aerial pole from B&Q -quite happy with this !

Well after a lot of swearing the radiator is in. Its a very tight fit inside the nosecone but hopefully it will be ok, I really didn't want to fit it flat and worry about fitting expansion bottles and re-welding the filler hole etc.

The bracket was made from 30mm box steel (from an old computer table!!)


Scrapyard next week I think to find some long hoses.

Build Photos up to the end of September 2008

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Zetec 2ltr Kit Car Build

This web site will hopefully detail the build of my Robin Hood Zero Kit Car, the build started in June 2008.

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Latest news - the Exhaust manifold and Throttle Bodies have turned up at last.

Uh oh, now I have the Exhaust Manifold I can hold the CAT and end can in place and obviously it's never going to fit snug to the bodywork !!!!!