A really long overdue up and hopefully some more progress to share...
Last September I eventually got the rolling ”˜Shell home ”“ long story short, the chap who was doing the cage started off really well and the quality of the work that *was* done really is the business, but then things deteriorated for a variety of reasons ”“ a build that should have taken 3 months took NINE, not listening to what I wanted and various other things ”“ I won’t go into details here as it’s not fair on the other chap ”“ the main thing is I got my car back very late and then had to re-evaluate where I was going with it:
For a short while (about 2 minutes!) I had TWO E30 turds in the garage ”“ the old rolling ”˜Shell is now with the new owner...
So, before paint, I wanted to mock a few things up and drill some holes for the riv-nuts that would hold one or 2 things in place so the car has half a chance of not corroding from day 1:
First up, I mocked up where the fire extinguisher, battery and battery isolator would be:
The lithium ion battery is really trick and weighs about 1kg which is pretty good ”“ should crank over OK as well as it’s rated to 550 CCA
A bit of fettling to get the passenger side false floor to fit:
Both false floors will be black and also covered in skater grip at various places so should look pretty good when done.
Mocked up both door cards and the rear cards (I didn’t get any pics of the rear cards):
The door pull is from a Porsche ”“ neat little thing and light too!
Next up ”“ mock up the fuel cell, cover, filters and pump:
Apologies it’s in the wrong orientation - photobucket ain’t playing nice with me today! The filters and pump are mounted on a piece of carbon fibre which is rubber mounted to the boot floor ”“ light and isolates the horrible noise the fuel pump will make hopefully!
There’s a whole heap of plumbing that’s been done inside the car as well ”“ I won’t bore you with that but upload pics when the final build is done ”“ needless to say, a lot of hole drilling for fuel lines, brake bias cable, brake lines, fire extinguisher plumbing and bulkhead fittings:
But I will tease you with a bit of pipework I made up from the fuel cell to the cover for the fuel supply and fuel return:
A nice bit of work before things went wrong was the cowling built for the radiator, oil cooler and air filters:
Washer bottle I am putting in the boot ”“ I want to try and keep the engine bay as clear as possible:
At the moment I am stripping everything down from the car ready so that she can go for painting at the beginning of March ”“ one final thing I bought:
So if anyone wants my fibreglass bonnet in Dolphin grey, please do let me know - it's a nice piece from ABS and has been modified so that it doesn't flap about...
Fingers crossed that progress is more smooth from here...
In fairness, the most robust thing about Motronic through it's life is the start strategy - they will always start, so long as the crank sensor works and even then, it's got a good chance of catching... 
over my bolt in.
