Striker so far....

[b33fy]

Looks good. 3 days off so it'll be on the road by the weekend then

you're worse than Mr Greenwood, he'd have given Hammy until next weekend.. .. looking good coming along nicely and nice welding. keep chipping away at those jobs.

[Hammy]

Looks good. 3 days off so it'll be on the road by the weekend then

you're worse than Mr Greenwood, he'd have given Hammy until next weekend.. .. looking good coming along nicely and nice welding. keep chipping away at those jobs.

Thanks mate

[Hammy]

Not much been going on to show as I have been spending time on the loom and the fuel system at the rear which is now all sorted. Decided to cut a hole in the bulkhead to send the ecu loom through and bought a Mk2 Escort grommet...



The wires are now all wrapped in new conduit, I havent left them exposed like this


Managed to pick up a set of wheels on Ebay and just need to head of to Eastborne to get them....

Some of my next jobs are seat fitting, cambelt change and more wiring.....

[Hammy]

A little more progress, I got the seats last week. Theyre actually out of my Zero that I built a few years ago. The guy that bought it put grp ones in and so I got these back from him for £70 the pair!


Stripped the dash out to wire in the ECU, I was surprised as I was expecting it to be a right mess back here but its one job that has been done really well.

New rims...


Started playing around with the Red Bull concept, I have so many vinyls that I can afford to try a few different things out.


Thats all for now folks!

[Dick]

Well that's moving along well

[jeffw]

It will work a lot better on 13" rims if they will fit.

[Hammy]

It will work a lot better on 13" rims if they will fit.

How do you mean Jeff?

[jeffw]

Jeremy designed the Striker to use the compliance in a larger sidewall from a 13" tyre. Running low profile/larger wheels will not work as well.

[Hammy]

Jeremy designed the Striker to use the compliance in a larger sidewall from a 13" tyre. Running low profile/larger wheels will not work as well.

OK mate, I'll keep these for the build / as spares and look for some 13's later. To be honest when I drove it home it was on 14's and the ride was harsh, really feckin harsh. It has the Spax coilovers and they are wound right out. Do you know how I can check my spring rates and perhaps get some softer ones? The Spax ones are the same as i have seen fitted to many Sylva cars so there must be a solution.

Cheers

[Fury1630]

A lot of folk up the spring rates from the factory advised rates - never understood why unless you only use it on a mirror-smooth track. The spring rate is often stamped on the ground-flat end of the spring. Of course that means taking it off the shock to find it. Don't know what's recommended for the Striker, but the Fury's essentially the same & the factory rates are 130lb & 180lb - for the IRS cars.

It's coming along nicely though isn't it?