Fisher Fury R1 Build Progress - September 2005

2^nd August

Bought some new Thule roof bars to fit my Mazda 6 estate. I plan to carry the chassis back from The Kit Car Workshop

on the roof rack. If the weather looks bad, then I'm going to hire a van. This will also be my track day tow car once I've got a tow bar fitted. Finally bought a steering rack (from Rally Design

). Opted for a 2.4 ratio quick rack in the end.

4^th August

Made up some brackets from 20mm x 2mm aluminium flat to make the fuel pipe fixing to the chassis much easier and tidier. Also made up a quick rig to straighten the coiled fuel pipe, which worked remarkably well. Going to have to try the same technique on the brake pipe when the need arises.

11^th August

Lots of odd jobs painting and preparing bits. Also started wiring up my dash. I've made a temporary one from wood to mount the switches and relays to so that I can create and test my wiring loom. Having found a decent crimp tool, this is progressing a lot quicker than I had hoped. I've nearly finished wiring up all the switches and relays against my updated wiring diagram (Microsoft Powerpoint)

. I've crimped and soldered all the connections.

15^th August

I've wired up the mock dash and switch gear as far as I can without the rest of the car being present, so I spent this evening testing it out. I was slightly thrown when my indicator/hazard wiring didn't seem to work as intended but, it would appear the flasher unit needs a load to operate.

18^th August

My wheels/tyres arrived from Polly Motorsport.

21^st August

Spoke to Martin to get an update on my chassis. The Kit Car Workshop

are switching over to their updated 2006 chassis design and it is going to take a little longer for mine to be completed. I can't pick it up yet anyway as my Mazda 6 is still being repaired, following a little accident.

22^nd August

My steering rack arrived from Rally Design

28^th August

Picked up a Sierra steering wheel from my local scrapyard for a bargain price of £5.88. It was covered in mould but after a wipe down with some vinyl cleaner and a bit of 'back to black', it almost looks like new. It is complete with a central horn press switch but I going to stick with the dash mounted horn for when I change to a Momo race steering wheel.

I've got my Mazda 6 back from the garage now so I can pick up my chassis when it is finally ready.