build diary

July 27, 2004: No major progress to report.
Some pinholes in the exhaust welds have been filled and now I have to spend a little more quality time with the grinder. One thing I don't believe I mentioned - the only part of the stock exhaust manifold that was retained was the flange. The collector was shelved and replaced with one from an unused Miata race header. It's larger and constructed with more attention to the flow. The body parts are now off at the paint shop. The final colour scheme is the orange and black you can see in this mockup. That should be finished this week as should the exhaust. Then it's a matter of a half hour of assembly and I'll be test driving! Once the fibreglass parts are in place I'll build a hood (bonnet) for the car. This shouldn't take long, just a lot of careful measuring so I don't have to buy another big sheet of aluminum!

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