Carl Meek & James Lovett - Build Diary for Westfield
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Grills & throttle bodies


 

September 6 2007 - Grills & throttle bodies
I went to Halfords and bought some black grille. Chopped it up, bent it into shape, and fitted it to the inside of the 3 bonnet holes. This should stop me catching birds!

Next i used my new carb balancer gauge to sort out the throttle bodies. Looks like its running a little rich, with one cylinder shifting a bit less air than the others. I started at the throttle cable end, balanced them all to produce 7.5kg of air, then finally adjusted the throttle pot to give the correct voltage on the laptop screen. Sounds perfect, and hopefully the emissions will be in check too.

That's all for today! Tomorrow i'll sort out the suspension before watching the Brighton Speed Trials on saturday!

Todays Build: 1 person, 1 hour.. Total build time so far: 145 hours, 222 man-hours.