All Done

Nice day today so the first chance to take the car out for a drive, took the opportunity to take some photos first.

Home At Last

Chris Nordon dropped off my car yesterday after passing IVA. I called my insurance company to get cover now that the car is ready for registration. I now have 30 days to register the car, so will send the documents off over the next few days.

As the weather is not the best at the moment and the tyres wont be much use in the wet or at such cold temperatures, it gives me a good excuse to do a few jobs. 

Fit the 3.14 LSD
Set suspension ride height
Remove the cylinder head, grind the valves, replace valve stem seals etc. 
Fit the SBD throttle bodies & itg filter
Fit Tillett seats when they arrive.

Blyton Park

Had a day out yesterday and met up with the MNR team along with a decent turn out of MNR owners.

Experienced some track action as a passenger with Leon in his MNR, he drove it like he'd stolen it!! Nothing came close, even full blown race cars at 3 times the cost with downforce.

Later on he hit a cone while not paying attention, he was checking out his dash and he bent a front wishbone, lost a cycle wing and damaged a rear arch. MNR sorted him out and replaced the wishbone at trackside and got him back on the track. Surprisingly they had a set of wishbones on the trailer, guess they have been here before.

There were some really great MNR's at Blyton, one that I was impressed with was a tidy grey and black car owned by Chris, he's done a top job and has given me some ideas.

Like his Tillett seats, they are comfortable and look amazing. Will look in to getting a pair of these when I get my car back from IVA. Also like how Chris has fitted his diffuser, his rear  brake callipers and the 0.7mm carbon used on his boot lid. 

Spotted at MNR

My car was finally collected by MNR on Tuesday this week and taken back to Harrogate for IVA prep, then will go to Damian at Daytuner for mapping. 

Received confirmation from VOSA that my paperwork is in order and the Beverly Test Centre will be in touch with a date. Hope it's soon as I've been waiting to get IVA sorted for a month now...

In the meantime, here's some pictures of my car at MNR.

Unloading At Home

Unloaded the kit and positioned the chassis on the axle stands with a little help from friends.

Trial fitted the pedal box and all looks great.

Dreaming Of Tillett

While at MNR Leon tried his dream seat for size. Maybe Santa will bring a pair ??

Collection From MNR

Leon kindly offered the use of his van and to come with me to collect my car from MNR, met Leon and a fellow MNR builder Justin at Mansfield and made our way up to Harrogate. When we arrived Chris and Marc were waiting for us with the kit ready to load. Great service to come in on a Sunday to allow collection around our availability.

Chassis safely wrapped and then loaded into the van....

Visit to MNR

Visited MNR to meet with Marc and to take a look at the progress on my car and to discuss the pedal box. Saw first hand that there is absolutely no chance of the kit car pedal box fitting the Vortx chassis, the disappointing thing was before I ordered the pedal box I spoke to OBP and they guaranteed that it would fit and clearly this is not the case.

While with Marc I took the opportunity to try a chassis for pedal room with standard pedals along with some other options. In the end we agreed that we would move the engine 6 inches or so back towards the centre of the car to make more room in the pedal box area. This now has allowed a wider choice of pedals and I will be able to use a wider bulk head version.

Will talk to OBP about getting a refund on the kit car version or upgrading to the Pro Race style.