AE86 GTV-Multipoint Cage, Beams, AP Brakes & Brides

[Conrad]

and lastly in this installment custom made HEL brake lines from Ross Sport a few parts for the centre console and dashboard, switches, LED's, engine starter and battery isloator etc, still waiting on a few switches





Next installment I should of hopefully fitted some of the parts

[Ian.G]

May as well chuck a motec dash panel in there for good measure - will massively reduce wiring complexity too.

All my external gauges runn straight from the ecu so no lines for senders running anywhere - just earth, switched and constant live.

[Conrad]

Ian.G Wrote:May as well chuck a motec dash panel in there for good measure - will massively reduce wiring complexity too.

All my external gauges runn straight from the ecu so no lines for senders running anywhere - just earth, switched and constant live.

Ian, MoTeC dash...cough...they are a fortune lol.

no need i have an AIM one which communicates on CAN bus

[Celica RA45]

hi conrad try velcro use 2 bits on the ecu with a bit of toyota packing and then put some on the glove box inside thats what we use to hold ecu in place

[Conrad]

Celica RA45 Wrote:hi conrad try velcro use 2 bits on the ecu with a bit of toyota packing and then put some on the glove box inside thats what we use to hold ecu in place

Good idea Glenn, I will use that on the underside and my brackets on top :-)

[phill 92]

This is a bit random but where can I get hold of one of those grills? I think they look so much better than the glass grills!

[Conrad]

Try Neweraparts.com for the grille.

[Conrad]

Well I managed a little bit of progress whilst home on leave....

I cut out the section of the tail light & registration plate holder to allow access to the fuel cap, then fitted it all in place



Next up, I needed to make a carbon backing to put in the clock surround of the dash board, the AIM electronic dash will be mounted on this. Marked up the carbon with the shape required and started chopping.





AIM Dash in place for a template and marked up.


ECU & Relay Mounts - Next up I cut a piece of carbon to mount the ECU and relays on, this will be rubber mounted onto the gearbox tunnel and sit behind the centre console.


Centre console, as previously mentioned I wanted to make this quick release so I will be using Dzus fasteners. I mounted a small piece of prepreg carbon angle and put in two Dzus fasteners.



Holes drilled in the centre console and the angle test fitted.





Now mounted top and bottom




I did attempt a few other things but ran into problems

Brake lines, whilst attempting to fit these, I discovered that the fabricators have mounted the pedal box too far back, the master cylinder is up against the body work and there is no room for the banjo or banjo bolt so the pedal box will need moving forward an inch.

Airbox - I had a look at fitting this but soon discovered that the strut brace (welded in)is in the way and the remote bottles for the pedal box are in the way so this will need to be cut out and the affected areas re-painted

Oh well, onwards and upwards......

[DANLOLASDAD]

Fantastic project you have going the attention to detail is second to none i sent you a pm with a couple of questions.

[Conrad]

A little to report but not much yet.......

New handbrake cable assembly arrived


After discussions with the chap making the car & engine loom I decided to do it properly, I havent skimped on the build yet so no point trying to start now so I bought one of these, MoTeC PDM30 to run in conjunction with the MoTeC ECU. That should cut down on the relays and wiring and make it all nice and compact


.....and finally, the car was taken 165 miles and droped off to get its new car loom and engine loom, should be some good progress over the next 6 weeks