I've got a real job that pays the bills but between that and my new UAV hobby I work on cars (mine and other people's).

Generally a jack of all trades but specialise in wiring, in particular integration of systems - like modern engine management into old cars that kind of thing...

Anyway here's what we have underway at the moment (customer car)...





It's a Birkin Sports car kit from South Africa, fitted with a brand new 2.0L Ford Duratec motor built by OMEX Technology in the U.K. and shipped to Australia where we're doing the build. Has full carbon fiber and leather interior etc etc

Should tip the scales at 600kg with over 200hp... May be a little quick

Holy hell batman!

Should handle like a dream too! Keep us posted!

Wow man! My best bud's father-in-law used to be a Lotus mechanic and even raced the 'super 7' a couple of times, I have to tell him about this... Your power to weight ratio is INSANE, my prayers go with to the owner and his family!

P.S, I love the Carbon fiber and LEATHER interior, sounds like a combination that you would find at an S&M club run by 'Spyker!'

It seems like forever ago when we started this but it's still progressing...

               

The engine bay is pretty much complete now.  I have to finish modifying the ECU wiring at the back of the head and then it can finally be called done.  My brief was to jam as much technology and smarts into the car without compromising the raw 1960's look, so all the wiring for the injection system is tucked away and run under the frame etc.

We have a heater fitted along with oil cooler (water:oil) which took a chunk of plumbing to incorporate without making the engine bay appear to be hose city.

   

We've added a bunch of carbon throughout the engine bay.  The custom fuse and junction cover, plug-valley cover and this retainer for the hydraulic reservoirs.  A lot of brackets are also done in carbon as well.

   

The dash combines old and new ideas - the classic gauges include Oil Temperature and Pressure, Water Temperature, Fuel, Speedometer and Tacho.  The Ecliptech P2+ acts as a progressive shift light, battery monitor, Oil Pressure Alarm and full bi-directional Ammeter.  

We've also swapped to bright yellow seatbelt webbing (to contrast the interior) and the body panels are currently out being painted.

Love the carbon fiber interior! How did you do the compound curves?!

dude the steering wheel is on the wrong side ha ha ha

The carbon is all vacuum moulded by the "factory" in South Africa, its stunning in real life and is a key point of difference between this brand (Birkin) and the many other kit supplier sour there.

Thats awesome!

Keep the updates coming! Cant wait to see it driving down the road man!

We finally started buttoning up the interior for the last time today:
               

Yep - those belts are custom made for the car.


My brief for the wiring was to make the layout as minimalist as possible, with a 1960's feel (hence cloth tape but minimal evidence of EFI)
         

We also built out this massive removable cover over the chassis fusebox and main junction area about the bell housing.  It's over half the chassis wide!  Under it is the junctions between Engine Management and Chassis wiring.  I also hide the barometric pressure sensor under here (for altitude compensation).

Our front indicators and markers on custom fabricated alloy and carbon fibre mounts
   

(19-Mar-2017, 02:01 PM)DOOBIE Wrote: dude the steering wheel is on the wrong side ha ha ha

so is the handbrake, LOL!



Just kidding, this is coming on amazingly, I can't wait to see it finished!

I just remembered a story from another mechanic buddy of mine, said he put a V6 in the back of a beach buggy (not dissimilar to Clarkson in the 'Grand Tour' Namibia episode!) after finishing it they drove to the bar to show it off, when they left the bar (4 people in it, 2 on the back) he wheelied out of the carpark straight across 2 lane's into the wall opposite, right in front of the local traffic cop!

Long time between updates - see the ECU pooped itself way back and despite the supplier (in the UK) doing the right thing the replacement never worked since.  Somewhat frustrating as we've spent the past 4 months in e-mail communication and carrying out the various tests etc. Anyway after 4 months we got told to move a jumper on the main board of the ECU...



It's an absolute mess (running a spare engine loom) now and I need spend quite a few hours redoing all the engine bay wiring so that it's all hidden etc.

I realised aside from the videos I haven't really shown much of the panels in place, the "complete" car so to speak.

Today I completed the "proper" wiring loom.  It's the "bottom" in the picture, the top is the way the ECU supplier sends the loom.



And lastly some more engine bay porn..
                     

So Awesome!! Are you allowed to drive it?....

I actually had the first drive earlier in the day