I've just collected the first stage of a my Mac#1 Motorsports Worx kit in a nutshell it's a lotus 7 styled kit car, similar to the likes of Caterham and Westfield etc.

http://www.mac1motorsports.co.uk/

Car type Two seater sportscar
Chassis 16 gauge tubular steel-fully triangulated
Body Light weight glass reinforced polymer and aluminium
Engine spec. 300-350 BHP ie Kawasaki ZX10R turbo
Gearbox 6 speed sequential
Differential 3.22:1
Suspension Unequal length oval wishbones
Race quality Polyurethane bushes
Coil over adjustable height and damping
1.975” springs
Brakes Front discs 260 mm
4 pot callipers
Rear discs 4 pot callipers
Weight 425-450 kgs
Length 3280 mm
Width 1670 mm
Height 1140 mm
Wheels/tyres 13” x 7” Team Dynamics Pro-race 1.2’s / Toyo R888 tyres

Anyway enough of the talking heres a few photos...

Body panels in light french blue gel coat



Chassis squashed into its new home... my huge garage







Chassis from the rear





Cockpit



Engine bay



Front wishbones



Rear wishbones and uprights



Nuts, bolts, bushes, tie rods, balljoints, rosejoints etc

 

Well you aint got a lot done have you lol

 

love a good kit car!

 

lol well done fella,

if you need someone to mind and store the duke , im free to collect any day next week



beef

 

Will be keeping an eye on this, as I really want to build a kit soon

 

nice do like a kit car.
you may need a wider garage if you want to put wheels on it lol..........

 

quite nice. will keep my eyes on this.

what size person can fit in one fo those?
is it a tight squeeze or is it a widebody style one like the caterham SV?

 

very nice kit car

 

Good looking project

 

lol

Theyre not very wide really, im 5' 10" and weigh 12st and its easy for me to get in and out. I'll measure it next time i'm in the garage if you like?

 

can i get a passenger ride out b4 the seats fitted then bud


beef

 

ROFL

 

This afternoon i finally got a spare few hours to myself... so i began working on the car

With the help of a neighbour, the upturned chassis was rested onto a pair of saw horses





The cricket weave aluminium sheet was then rested on the chassis so i could mark the outline of the floorpan,
a few minutes of playing with the jigsaw and this was the result.



Passenger side floor clamped in position



R6Franky popped round to make coffee and poke his nose in, while he was here he took a few photos of me in action

marking out rivet locations



centre punching the rivet locations ready to be drilled



My battery drill died midway through drilling the holes for the rivets, so this is how play ended today



I've been to B&Q tonight and bought a new drill, so i'll be back in the garage tomorrow to continue this.

 

good work mate keep snaps coming

 

Me being the nerd that I am, I weighed the chassis yesterday and it came in at 70.5kg

forgot to measure the width for you while i was in the garage yesterday,
hope this helps

 

The rivets that had been holding the build up came in the post this afternoon, the ones i had used in the eralier photos were just for location while i drilled the holes, the new ones have a much larger head on them.



Not done a great deal of work on the car today, been round my dads fitting new wheels to his Mini, but managed to get the floor panels finished off.

An application of Wurth Bond + Seal stops water/dirt getting into the chassis and also into the cockpit



Finally all the rivets were fastened up and the edges of the panels clamped into position while the sealant cures, the extreme left/right sides of the panels have been intentionally left without rivets as this is where the outer body panels are riveted to the chassis later in the build.

 

Ben don't know if I've missed it but what engine you using?

 

Doesn't matter

 

looking good you handsome devil

you making it to scotch corner tomorrow fella ?


beef

 

ZX10r... should've gone to Specsavers



Thank you cars looking good too

Aye, i think im gonna pop down and show my face

 

Marked out the interior side panel and cut it out using 3 wheelie bins in an unorthodox fashion



Marked out, drilled and then bonded and riveted the panel to the chassis



From the inside of the car it now looks like this





Then cut out and mounted the other side panel in the same way but didn't bother to get any more photos as it looks exactly the same as the other side.

 

looking good, I really need to doa kit car

 

I've been in the garage tonight pottering about, knocked up a some panels for the drivers side of the cockpit.

Bulkhead panel



Bulkhead panel and start of the centre console/drive tunnel.



How it looks from the inside at the end of play today.





Thanks kidda

 

Yeah now, you see I just wouldn't have the patience to build one of these But full points for your effort, sure it'll be a fun car

 

Nice one, keep the updates coming

 

looking good, takes me back a few years to when i built my indy. nothing as satisfying as the 1st time you fire that up or the 1st time you'll take it on the road. looks like the mac1 chassis have come a long way over the years, they used to use MK chassis with a couple of body mods but looks like they are using a different design now?

good luck with it all

 

Finally got round to cutting out and mounting the large panel to the rear end of the cockpit area.



Here it is viewed from the back of the car



Kinda jumping the gun a bit here but I seen the Bolle tinted safety glasses and couldn't resist buying them, lol. Also bought a roll of clear edging from Halfords, i'm sure it'll come in handy at some point during the build.

 

Passenger bulkhead now finished, this is how it looks from inside the car



and from the engine bay

 

nice work !

 

One brand new Sierra steering rack, which has since been packaged up and sent to Mac Motorsport to be shortened.



I've been in the garage today and made a bit of progress, the drivers side panel was notched to fit around the steering column support bracket and then the front end had its first cut to accomodate the brackets for headlight, strut top and upper wishbone arm.



Holes were then cut into the side panel to allow access to the wishbone mounting brackets. The drivers side of the scuttle panel was notched to fit around the steering column support bracket and then secured to the chassis using rivnuts.



Doesn't look much in the photo's but it took me ages in the garage to get to this stage!

 

Anyone who's done a project can understand how long it takes. What engine and power are you going for?
Keep up the good work mate.

 

Kawasaki ZX10r engine is the one I'll be sticking in it, 187bhp and it's nice and light, engine and box together weigh around 68kg

 

Well it's been another busy day in the garage for me...

Drivers side panel with notch and rivnuts as mentioned earlier



Rear of the drivers side panel modified to fit around the base of the roll bar



Began cutting and fitting the passenger side panel





Scuttle panel fastened into position at both sides





With the bonnet on it finally begins to resemble a car

 

Todays plan of attack... get the side panels chopped down and have the nose cone mounted by the end of play.

Nose cone provisionally mounted to mark out where the side panels need to be cut



Passenger side cut, still masked off



Drivers side, cut and unmasked



How it looks without the bonnet



Bonnet rested in place, to pose for the camera





A full frontal shot



I couldn't help one last glance back to the garage before closing the door

 

I've been in the garage again today and managed to get the rear end cut and clamped into position.



And while I was at it I couldn't resist clamping one of the rear arches on to see how it'd look







Looking a lot more car like now

 

looking cracking fella, great progress !!


fuck im started to get right pissed offf i cant get bk on with mine at the mo !!

 

awesome keep it up mate

 

I've been having a little look at the nose cone area today, and it looks like there is plenty of space inside infront of the radiator to squeeze an intercooler in

Cheers

Whats the matter Beef, whats stopping you?

Thanks Matt

 

nice work mate

 

I look forward to seeing you driving round sand dancer land. I bet it will shift!