A simple start to the month with the required bracket for the alternator being made and fitted. A trip to work next day see's the voltage stable even with all the lights in use. I will have a play with the location of the "sense" wire to see if I can adjust the voltage a little.
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A fellow GTM owner was on tour in Scotland, and remembering a conversation about a roll bar at Stoneleigh, offered to deliver one he had sitting around. This bar, unlike the previous one, mounts onto the floor and looks a little bit stronger.
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After a quick check, I removed the surplus seat belt mounts from the rollbar. Then gave it a rub down to remove, what looked like household paint from the bar, before I hung it up for a couple of coats of paint.
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The last few trips in the coupé has shown how old the tyres are, so having ordered them mid week, I went and got all four tyres replaced with some Kumho KH17 175/60 R13H . I'll wait and see how much an improvement they make in the wet.
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Once home I started on the roll bar, first job was to remove both seats to get space, then try the bar for placement. The bar uses a couple on nylon blocks to attach it to the firewall, these align with a couple of brackets in the engine bay, originally designed for the traditional static seat belts. Once these were loosely clamped in place I fitted 120x100x3mm plates under the feet, these were then welded to the floorpan, and the rollbar welded to these.
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With the bar in place, it was time to give the Coupè a quick wash ready for a trip to the Tayside Classic Motor Show tomorrow. Lets hope for a nice day.
Well after a rather wet trip down, the day at Errol airfield stays dry, and at times sunny. Met up with a few other Scottish kitcar owners, and had a try at the car gymkhana, were I managed to post the third fastest time of the session, on the second attempt, having missed the exit gate on the first.
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In preparation for the drive to be resurfaced, all the cars & trailer are moved for the rest of the week, it's quite strange to see the drive empty once more.
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After a week away on "Holiday" the Coupé returns to its home.
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