My 170S Build
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Category: Wings
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 99hMain activities: Exhaust, rear and front wing tidy up Didn’t have much time today so did mostly small houskeeping jobs. A package arrived this morning with the missing lamda sensor and the angle bracket for exhaust support. It didn’t take long to get these installed and its nice to see the…
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Time spent: 6hCumulative time: 96hMain activities: Finish front wings, rear brakes, rear wings With the message overnight from Caterham about how to fix the braided brake hose to the car, I got in and re-did this to make sure it was correct. Slightly awkward to get at, but given its importance, I wanted to do…
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Time spent: 6hCumulative time: 90hMain activities: Finish front wings, rear suspension and brakes I did the second pass of the wings with the glue this morning, and tidied up the indicator wiring in the underside of the wing. It seems to have set pretty well overnight. Disposable gloves essential for this job so that you…
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Time spent: 3hCumulative time: 84hMain activities: Front wings I decided to put the front wings on so that I could finish the wiring at the front of the car. I had been delaying it because of a missing connector in the kit and also because I didn’t want to knock the wings in the cramped…
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Time spent: 4hCumulative time: 75hMain activities: rear wings, purge valve hose Most of the day was spent sorting out the rear wings, in particular the wing protectors which need to be rivetted onto the front face of the rear wings. I decided that it is entirely possible to do this ‘offline’ before the wings are…
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Time spent: 5hCumulative time: 71hMain activities: rear wings, intercooler, rear axle Miserable cold weather today with snow flurries. So I tried to do as much as I could indoors. The rear axle was a relatively easy job (but slightly messy because of the silicone gasket material). After several checks to make sure I have it…
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Time spent: 4hCumulative time: 66hMain activities: front wings, engine plumbing, internal trim With the dire predictions about the weather for tomorrow, I decided to get a few jobs done that would allow me to do work indoors most of tomorrow (instead of in the ice-box garage). Its meant to get really cold tonight. But first…
My 170S Build 