New wheels, well almost.

Yesterday I picked up my alloy wheels from the re-conditioners, the wheels having been shot blasted, any repairs required made and then sealed and painted.
Prior to this the wheels were looking quite grotty, were a pain to keep clear and had a propensity to leak air. It has been my plan for a while to fit better tyres, but I felt it was not worth it until the wheels could hold air better. It took them a few goes to get the colour powder coat to lay on the spokes right, as when I first went to pick them up there was a bit of a overhang on the spokes, but they offered straight away to re-do them free of charge.
I'll be keen to see how they look once back on the car as we did spend a bit of time with colour charts to try and get a colour which did not stand out too much or look boy racer'ish. Well recommended. http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk


Perhaps they need some centre caps still though? will have to look into what is available and might fit.

Meanwhile back on the car I've been doing a bit of tin bashing or to be correct aluminium bashing. This has been to make up a shroud for the radiator to divert air from the grille to the radiator core. Quite some time was spent with various cardboard templates before committing to aluminium, but I am quite pleased with the results and hope that come the warmer weather it all ought to help. The next job will be to get some etch primer and then top coat, not sure which colour to go for at the moment, same yellow as the engine? too bright perhaps? or a light grey to blend in?



After this first five months or so of having the GT6 back on the road I have been quite happy with it and it has been great to be able to appreciate every improvement I have made since then. Getting the Megajolt working, fitting the better suspension and getting the car tracked has probably made the most significant improvements to the drive so far.

I've got quite a list of minor jobs to finish off, such as fitting the foot rest to the gearbox tunnel and putting in a six-way connector for the speedo, but the next area to look at again should be the braking system. The braking system has bee quite adequate so far, but with plans to tune the engine further, I feel more improvements could be made yet, probably with Mintex pads, braided hoses and better brake fluid.