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@@The_Cotswold_Cyclist my intention is only to use it occasionally. Im sure the circuit is not original but it is pretty neat

Hey Phil, where have you been? Mainly benefits of a decent battery & wiring since I originally replace those motors I think

@@Mr_Spegru yes they do sound pretty smooth! 😊

@@andycoutts1277 id consider it but note that many ev vehicle components dont run on 12v. Meanwhile this tandem brake servo is quite small

So am I!

It certainly is low but only as low as the sump! I chose a different AC pump on the basis of rear mounted pipes and cheapness. I think it was from a volvo ..... On thing i didnt mention on the video, is that i cut off the A/C mountings on the X type sump that I am using as that was causing extra problems I may have a go at raising it all later but my mind is currently focussed on engine management!

Thankyou. Nearly there......

Try this: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293541367869?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=uuzcCchKSfa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p0_Vk__XSa-&var=592349835900&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thanks. Lets hope it all works! A year or so ago I did weigh three of my cars including the invader. It wasnt as complete as it is now but it look like it might be coming in at about 1050kg or so? I imagine that's not very different to the original due to the use of alloy in the engine and gearbox vs heavier seats etc. Perhaps I should have another go at that Ive seen various weights stated for the Invader ranging from 900 to 1100+ kg....... th-cam.com/video/zGY7HUVe7Eg/w-d-xo.html I think I had a matchbox toy called a Draguar at one time. It was nothing like this, more like an e type. I think I'll stay with Invader!

​@@Mr_Spegru An original Invader could be a lot lighter without that iron Zodiac gearbox! I'll be looking to replace it in the future for a lighter option, and to do away with the overdrive. Looking forward to painting time!

@@ReubenSound ah yes the side lever box. Had that on a scimitar. Worst part of the car

@@user-ux9ix5vv8z thankyou and good luck with the cobra. Dont forget that there is a back catalogue of 167 episodes to catch up on!

@@welshrarebit3417thankyou. It was a bit of a relief as the original controller id had from another project didnt work!Bristol probably a bit far from Essex but you never know

Thanks for the honest comment. Unfortunately I dont think I have enough leathercloth to do it again soon

@@Mr_Spegru I wouldn’t do that anyway. I would built/make/3D print a proper housing the covers the extended part you mentioned, and then put in a normal looking gater. Otherwise it will spoil the look of the whole interior buddy.

It’s really starting to come together now. Been a long road watching you with this, but also inspiring watching. Looking forward to hear it fire up now.

@@markstokes5365 Lets hope - As we speak I am struggling with Throttle bodies and fuel pressure regulators!

Skoda Race Blue is surprisingly close

Painting is too far off to contemplate really but since the engine bay is black and fibreglass, there is no reason to paint it

Thank you too!

@@The_Cotswold_Cyclist thankyou. It has been a long haul although there has been loads more to do than just the engine. I hope to get near a first fire up in the next couple of weeks!

@@Mr_Spegru it will be an epic car once done with that engine! The Rocketeer MX5 conversations look bonkers. Do you have base map for the ECU for initial start up? Guess it'll need rolling road tuning after that?

@@The_Cotswold_Cyclist No i dont have a map per se but I semi know someone who is running the same setup. Also Motorsport Electronics promise to get you going. In the end though yes a rolling road likely required

Thanks again Kev. You are of course correct and the only reason it is this way up was for convenience. However the rad tank is divided into two sections with an internal baffle so in fact it wraps around rather than having a direct path from input to output. So we'll have to see whether that is a problem. I reckon I can do a switcharoo if needed. As to the water pump its a CWA200 designed for a BMW 1 Series etc (likely a chinese copy). Similar to this one www.t7design.co.uk/pierburg-cwa200-brushless-water-pump-40mm-od-12v-cwa200.html I'm not aware of any reason it should not be mounted this way although I'm sure that it needs to always be full of water. Incidentally I was expecting the CWA200 to be able to vary its speed so I made a PWM modulator thing to control it but it only runs on full power. I bought a second hand one and that was exactly the same so maybe they are both fakes. Another Tomorrow problem....!

@@Mr_Spegru I'm using a CWA400 with a controller from Germany and that is variable, also controls the rad fan. I ran a CWA200 and that was variable speed too using the TinyCWA controller 🤷‍♂️ Great piece of kit.

@@Mr_Spegru tecomotive.com/store/en/tinycwa/tecomotive-tinycwa

absolutely!

I think the original disintegrating door cards might have had speaker holes....

Good point

Mind you did you watch to the very end?

@@Mr_Spegru yes that looks fine (and hopefully if the finished car car turns out well, you might decide to invest in a really nice veneered dashboard)... Well done Speg 👍🙏

Thanks ✌

I went for the motorsport electronics ecu mainly because i semi know someone else who did that. Fly by wire throttle is an unknown problem for now but it shouldn't be that hard to swap it for something else if needed

Luckily thos green wires are very short

Manual s-type is very rare. In the USA for sure. I'd also say a RX8 engine has very little torque, it will be destroyed with a 3.0 v6 I would think. Ford/Mazda has a manual in its 4.0 explorers, might be better choice.

The rx8 box was chosen for availability and cost reasons vs the manual jag box tbh

Well i do know of someone (@kevteare4466) who destroyed his box with this combo but i dont know in what circumstance. You could be right although i am not planning on track use so it may be ok. I believe the rx8 5sp could be a straight swap and is possibly stronger. Time will tell

Nice. I am sure transverse layouts are quite similar. For me, that doesn't really explain the need for spigot bearings in inline layouts though. Maybe its just tradition (like anticlockwise engine rotation)!

they are still available!

Well since this is a non standard adaptor plate conversion with thickness of hitherto uncertain suitability, and considering that tranverse engines do not generally have spigot bearings at all then i just thought it would be useful to some, to complete the review of this installation

Not disputing that the adaptor plate people must have engineered this but there was no info about it and it's a purely flat plate. The coincidence is that it was possible

I've used this plate with my AJ30 originally onto a RX8 6 speed and now on a RX8 5 speed as I broke the 6 speed! I'm using a different flywheel,ST200 modified,and a engine from a Automatic SType so no spigot bearing fitted. I've had 10mm machined off the mounting face of the bell housing to allow for the thickness of the adapter plate,by doing this you ensure the nose of the gearbox shaft is sitting where it was originally before adding the adapter plate,and also you ensure the clutch plate is sat centrally on the splines of the gearbox shaft. By adding the adapter plate without machining the bell housing you are moving the clutch plate 10mm forwards on the gearbox shaft,I'm pretty sure there is no risk of the plate coming off the splines but I never calculated how much distance there is spare on the shaft to play with?🤔

It is a coincidence, as the engineers don't make the plate to match any type of flywheel!😂 You need to work all that out yourself

@@kevteare4466 thanks Kev. Yes i suppose the plate sits on a different section of the input splines. Tbh i did not measure the length of those or the plain section. Hmm. I might be able to guage by looking carefully at the video as i'm not going to dimantle to check! Did you use a different adaptor plate for the 5sp? I ask because the 5sp from the mx5 seems quite different - or so it seemed to me back in 2021. Originally I was going to use the mx5 5sp but was put off by the cost of the rocketeer adaptor that seemed much more complex. Or is the rx8 5sp different? Even right now i am not sure whether the spigot is in the s type crank shaft or is part of the flywheel but it was already there.

Thinking about it, since the input shaft could not be any further back into the engine, the clutch plate is as far down the splines as possible - without machining. I suppose it might be educational to compare the spigot arrangement of the RX8 engine but I suspect this means that unless the plain part of the input shaft is supported very differently on the RX8 engine, then that would mean that the clutch plate is actually sitting on the splines in a similar place to normal.

There will be a second fuel pump from the main tank. The whole thing will be mounted up on the rear wheel arch. I say will be but actually it's already done!

@@Mr_Spegru hi Speg, ( yes I know you publish these videos in arrears)…-so have you actually taken it out on its first drive yet?

@@philtucker1224 err no. Im not that far behind with the videos. Im currently working on the cooling system btw

@@Mr_Spegru I know, - I’m just pulling your leg buddy 😁 Nice work all round 👍

Good to hear. I had a similar success a few years ago with a Zetec and Omex ecu (which is in the yellow stylus that shares yhe garage). The key to alot if this is the wiring harness. Infortunately there isnt a factory one one available for this engine

I need to do quite a bit more on wiring quite aside from the engine. But nevertheless running engines ecus and first fire up are all looming. Perhaps summer for that. As we speak its just been to retrorides weekender at goodwood on a trailer, but i dont think I'll take it anywhere again until it runs

@@Mr_Spegru yes nice one Speg, hopefully I shall look forward to meeting you then buddy. 🙏

Alot of work has gone into getting it this far, but even so there's a fair amount left!

Indeed