After visiting the Donington Park Kit Car Show at the weekend, I realised that fitting the cycle wing brackets was easier than I had previously thought - simply bolting on to three threaded holes in the upright rather than taking the upright apart.... once the correct side bracket was used! Not sure how I missed that, but fitting them was then a 5 minute job, which Matthew actually did! I then taped the wings in place and rolled the car outside to check positioning:
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| Front wings held in place with masking tape. Scuttle still off the car in the midst of wiper motor fitting. |
With limited time before a go-karting evening, we left the bolting on of the wings to another day and trial fitted the exhaust:
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| Shiny! (Matthew had given up helping by this point in favour of trying the driving position!) |
Whilst at the show, I took the opportunity to ask Westfield about the forthcoming issue with the gear lever hitting the dashboard. The answer was (for once) that I hadn't done anything wrong and it is a known issue with this engine/gearbox combination. The solution is a not-very-subtle one: Put a bar over the lever and bend it back. Another job for another day.
