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Hi Matt, First time I've logged into the forum for months/years/decades! Can I get a price for the dash main panel (one with dials in it) as I'm not overly happy with my dial layout. I could also do with a price for the cranked rear lower arms as well? Sad to see the end of the project but completel...

Hi Mike, I'm just down the road from Northampton Motorsport and was thinking of putting my car on the rollers to see if they could sort out the idling issue, it won't keep running at less than 3000rpm (or could be 1500rpm as the tacho and laptop are disagreeing :D ). Its running a 2ltr Zetec with an...

Afternoon all, Quick question before I go and spend some more money, is it OK for the tailpipe to stick out from the bodywork? I'm running a 5" silencer through the sill (or cill..) its an RT so should be OK and I'd like to stick the tailpipe out through a hole in the body work by 1/2" or ...

Not sure if it's been covered but does anyone have any good ideas for towing eye locations, front and rear? At the front I was thinking of attaching a frame to the front of the main chassis and taking it under the radiator to the inlet at the front but it's not the easiest route. Rear, I was thinkin...

I think that wheel arch liners on the front are required for SVA and assumed this was the same for the rear, sounds like this isn't the case which saves me a job.

Evening all, just got back on the stylus after ages away from it (little tip, buying a house and building a stylus don't mix!). Anyway, I'm trying to make some wheel arch liners for the rear and need to know how much wheel travel to expect. I've still got the straight lower arms on the car, although...

Is the cat requirement for the IVA similar to the SVA? Looking through the IVA manual it seems that as long as I have an engine made in 1992 it does not need a CAT, is this still the case?

Afternoon all, Does anyone have a good suggestion for wheel arch liners? I was thinking of using 3mm plastic sheet and forming it into a wheel liner shape with a hot air gun, something similar to what you get on a road car. At the front I was thinking of mounting onto the chassis as I've made the fr...

Afternoon all, Has anyone got any photos of their seat mounts? I'm using some Elise S1 seats but I haven't got the mountings sorted yet. When bolting to the seat pan in the car I take it you don't really want to bolt through the ally floorpan? Do you reinforce the steel base in the area around the m...

I'm thinking of making up a moulding so I can recess the rear numberplate into the boot slightly, probably only 8mm or so. I've recessed the rear lights in already so I think it would improve the look of the back of the car if the number plate was recessed as well rather than just been stuck on the ...

Price ain't bad, Ricky Evans Motorsport has it on the website for exactly the same money.......

http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalog/Elan.html

Pete

Hi Alex,

Try pipe lagging, you know the grey flexy tube for covering your water pipes in the loft. Cut it to the right length and tape some stiff wire to it to represent the primaries. Its great for figuring routing and space considerations and best of all......it's cheap!!

Pete

Hi Pete & Matt, I have just fibreglassed the door seal edge to the inner body and it makes a massive difference compared to rivetting. I can now stand on the sill without the cracking noises that I used to get. I used 50mm fibreglass tape rather than the chopped mat stuff. The tape is a woven cl...

Just putting together the fuel system on the Stylus. Its fuel injection, 2.0 Zetec, omex ecu. The high pressure pump is mounted under the rear tunnel cover with its filter. I wasn't going to bother with a swirl pot but now I'm having second thoughts. There are two major questions, 1) where's the bes...

Seat belts have moved as well. Not sure when this happened but my chassis was built 03 and the lower seat belt bolts have moved forwards approx 3". I'm going to alter mine as: 1) can't get the seat subframes in with original position. 2) when fitted in original position they ride up off the wai...