Back working on the "Snotrod"

[mr]

thanks mate, that's what I was wondering. the cars actually ok for blatting around in as it is so nos would be fine for occasional blips. don't fancy any more leaks,being an old ford it leaks pretty much everything possible from every possible place as it is.
nos it is then
just wanted to rule out other options first in case there was something better out there

[mk2cossie]

Tis illegal to use NoS on the road though Mr

[mk2cossie]

Looking good progress wise though mr
Shall have to have a visit to Santa Pod together next year, be good to compare FI to NA cologne engines

[mr]

I'm up for that bert, always fancied running the old girl up the quarter mile. doubt i'll be setting any land speed records but its been a while since I've a run the strip so would be good fun.
wouldn't mind a launch pic either,they always look good.
guess I should bring the AA card then
having heard both cars in a tunnel all that time ago, i'm sure that the noise of both cars at full chat would be something special too
with 65+ years in age and nearly 400k miles across the two cars itd be interesting to see how they hold up

[mr]

swapped the pas pulley over the other day and did a few little bits

[benw456]

I like the panel you have made across the back of the engine bay to cover the heater blower etc, did you make it yourself? Hopefully my Granada will be ready soon too.

[mr]

the panel was made by me mate. I got a long sheet of cardboard and drew the shape it needed to be on it. then used that as a template for the aluminium. I nut and bolted through the metal underneath and there's a nut sat just under the ally panel for it to sit on. I use wing nuts to hold it down from above.
at the front to make it stronger I pop riveted a length of tile edging / beading to it so it had a ridge. to make a seal from the sharp scuttle panel that sits under it I used the rubber strip from an office desk. its usually at the back of the desk and hides the plugs ,only the wires poke through. that was cut to length and simply pushes onto the scuttle/ bulkhead top edge.
cost under £10 to make so cheap as chips.

[mk2cossie]

Also, don't forget that mr has the bonnet raised at the back so there is a massive air gap.
With a normal shut bonnet the air inlet for the fan is fed through the vents on the bonnet near the windscreen

[mr]

what a poxy day...........................................
thought I'd slap the battery charger onto the battery terminals (no battery fitted) so I could trace the 12v switched feed from the ignition.
soon as I hit the switch the fuel pump fired up?
it shouldn't as the relay for the pump wasn't switched,or at least it shouldn't have been???
then I hear that horrible dripping noise. power off and yayyyy therse fuel on the floor under the engine bay.
a quick look and it becomes obvious the fuel line has started to split. so armed with a small section of pipe i'll be getting two replacement relays and some more fuel line after work. had to un cable tie so many wires, just so I could see what the hell I put to what. was easy fitting it but ive got so many extra wires that have been fitted as the cars progressed ive forgotten where most go to, spent 20 minutes following two wires through the ever increasing and cable tied loom and eventually traced them to the air fuel sensor in the exhaust that I'd completely forgotten about. may mark the wires for future reference now

[mr]

started replacing the fuel lines. took the dizzy cap off for some colour coding and while waiting for the paint to dry I went shopping in the usa via the web. I now have a complete nitrous wet kit coming my way and a lousy credit card bill coming too.
the whole boot area is gonna have to be emptied out and a complete revamp done as it looks rubbish at the moment . I bagged some heat mouldable carpet from enfield pageant on sunday so i'll probably use that in the boot ........ unless my son wants it for his rod project.

[mr]

well my new go faster bits arrived....................along with a £60 import bill annoyingly....

been seeing what looks right and where things can go. I do need the two rear inner quarter boot carpet sections now as mine were binned
during the 2008-2010 strip down and refit so got to see if any of my old contacts for spares still have parts.

heres the much bigger than expected bottle being placed around the boot area. i'll run the gas line through the arm rest and through the car to keep it as straight as possible.the four points harnesses mean there's no sitting in the rear so not a problem

[mr]

Bought this as I knew that one day I’d need one and I would regret not grabbing it while I could at the bargain price it was
Lights were iffy and there were a few nigglies but seeing as I had a spare light board there wasn’t any worries. Light board fell off the trailer on the way to work as a mooring strap snapped and then the dragging ate through the wiring. So all the lights were stripped off the trailer and light board, the fuses for the electrical unit that controls the towing electrics were swapped out and in the space of four hours spread over a week’s dinner breaks I now have a colour coded trailer for the Granada…. Very happy indeed!!!

[mr]

just waiting for the return of my grinder and then ill oik the old rear hinges off .

[mr]

had a blast on the old girl yesterday afternoon. started going through the ny-trex kit and all seems to be there.
boot was a state so that was on the to do list as well. two hours of laying inside the boot and i'm now here. had to remake the boot liner sides , floor and seat back cover but I'm not disappointed with the result

[mr]

had a spare hour so dug out the NOS "bits" and started playing.the spray nozzle is dead center facing directly at the inlet holes. I was warned not to fit it along the tube as the spray mustn't run along the sides of the hard pipe anywhere.
been looking at the options for arming the system and accidently found a sparco horn button ring that screws to the steering wheel boss. i'll see if I can make something similar and fit it to the steering shroud so I can use my thumb through the steering wheel gap.

[mr]

been busy in the garage yesterday....
bracket made and painted for the solenoids,all connections sealed and mounting brackets for the nos bottle fitted. lines been run through the car and will be p clipped to the centre console

[mr]

Text from an mot tester mate meant re routing the nos line.new bracket made from scrap to mount the fuel filter, boost controller, relays and other stuff no iinstalled.short curse word vid to show progress

[SmokeEm]

When is the first test drive with gas?

[mr]

Got electrics to sort and I need to sort the fuel lines throughout
thanks to splits I discovered by accident. Wont see tarmac until
2017.need to replace the headlight wiring too. Then I need to save up
for tax and insurance etc.I only run the car every three years as I have
to save up for the road costs.I'm hoping the pre nos mods will see 160
BHP at the rear wheels so with the current jetting on the nosbI should touch the
goal of 200 horses at the pirellis

[mr]

janspeed decals arrived. annoyingly the hard pipe isn't a good smooth tube and the changes in the shape prevented the stickers getting an even mounting.
was given a scruffy old trolley jack by a guy at work so it was put straight to use and the front ns wheels off. now I can replace the fuel lines in case there are any more cracks like the one I found by the carb. I can t- into the fuel line too for the nitrous kits petrol feed.
pretty much sold all the surplus parts now that were for or off the project car i'm building with my son. its an on going project and he's doing the welding not me. its gonna be his first car (hes 12 now) and we are slowly nailing bits together . the kit car parts the chassis came with have all been sold off now and the bits we got at cars shows that turned out to be no good have also gone too...........mainly to finance the Granadas build. that said, i've shifted loads of my old spare Granada parts to pay for the rods parts too but buying job lots and selling individually makes things very time consuming.
the granny should be all finished around feb 2017 and then we can get busy with the "phantom 38" project.
spec of that so far is 38 morris 8 series e body (or whats left of it), unknown rear arches of unknown origin but we wanted fatter arches than standard ,full Bakelite dash (took a year of buying and chasing dash parts and then selling the surplus bits on),7" wide rear steels and 5" wide fronts,68 vitesse chassis,new discs and calipers,vitesse steering column,unknown bonnet but it was cheap and had side vents so was grabbed,unknown grill and a pair of old headlights of