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Thanks Sean. It's a fun drive especially early in the morning

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Thanks for your comment. Yes the expansion tank is sufficiently high to self bleed the coolant in the system. Please make sure you have enough leg room. I'm six foot and the leg room is OK but not generous. The area in front of the firewall is pretty tight. Bleeding clutch and brakes isn't all that straight forward. I'm looking for some reservoir extenders to make that easier. Good luck with your project!

@@rob_esser I'm building a McSorley 442E chassis, which is 4" wider(46"), 4" longer(I have a bunch of room in front of the engine) and 2" taller(15"). I have made the footwell as wide as possible, I even cut out chunks from the Mazda NC transmission, to make that happen. I have just realized that I can't put the expansion tank there, because I have a cooling tube almost above the engine cover(Ford Ranger cooling tube setup).

@19mati67 As long as you have the filler cap at the highest point in the coolant system or worse case, some bleed valves you should be right.

Hi @superbarnie, It's a rebuilt Ford Sierra 7" Push In Shaft Open Differential with a 3.38 Ratio.

@@rob_esser Wow that's unusual. I don't know much about Locosts, is there a reason you went with that rear end? Also is your Busa gearbox stock? Do people often change out gear ratios or anything like that?

@@superbarnie It is a little unusual, more typical is the Miata differential. However this is a UK designed kit and Sierras were plentiful and inexpensive in the day so I suspect that had something to do with it. My gearbox is stock as are all the ones used in the Cup and Sport 200 cars. With the Sierra diff it will give a RPM limited top speed of 130 MPH which is plenty fast enough. Driving the car, the ratios are close but not too close and so far I'm happy. I hope to take it to the track in September so we will see how it goes.

Thanks Chris!

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Thanks Ben, it is a cool feeling pulling gears.

I may be wrong but the wipers I have are for a RHD car. I have a set of LHD wiper arms on my Caterham and will give them a try. Hopefully they will rest at the bottom of the windscreen. Thanks for your comment.

I was correct in thinking that the wipers were for a RHD car. I carefully bent the wiper arms and successfully turned them into LHD wiper arms. They now look perfect!

Me too! Should be wild!

Thanks James

I did use reverse and it works as expected - one speed, modest speed all with a starter motor whine. Thanks for all your help Alex.

It's a 124 mile round trip to the next autocross on the 3rd of August. Not sure if I will have it shaken down and fully registered by then. That said I will be taking it to an autocross soon! Thanks for watching.

I've started the registration process for the car. I hope to do a first drive in a few days.

@@rob_esser Congratulations! Can't wait to hear it!

Yes I do have doors for the car but haven't installed them yet. I would have preferred to have run the wires through the bracket pipes but it was not to be. I am curious about your build. Something a few inches bigger would be welcome. Maybe for the next car? Thank you for your comments

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Maybe too tight. The wheel juuuuust fits but it does look cool.

They are LEDs and you are correct if they go bad the whole unit will need to be replaced. It will mean removing the wheel, snipping the wires, replacing the unit and soldering on the new wires to the existing harness. Not as simple as changing a bulb but also not terrible. Fortunately LEDs have a far longer mean time to failure than bulbs.

Thanks Alex

Thanks Alex, it’s good to know that the panels will pull flat.

Glad you enjoy it!

Yes it is, thanks to your template and steps to transfer the shape to the panel. (and it doesn't stick out in 5 places 😊 )

It's the length that was provided. The pedals to dash offset is not large so I think the long steering column spaces the wheel to pedals correctly.

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Wiring? What wiring! I've already forgotten 😊

Thanks Alex

I agree that will be the cleaner option. Unfortunately it is not possible with the MK kit. Thanks for watching

It looks like a neck pillow. I still need to oil it before I take it out on the road. Thanks for watching

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@@rob_esser Would love to have an interview with you about your Busa MK (and other toys) for our channel, if you feel up to it! ... Cheers! Jim (btw ... I love the Gen 1 Busa in my clone.)

Hi Jim, if you think whatever I had to say would be interesting then sure. Thanks for asking Rob

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Hi Ben, Yes it was. A mystery to be sure. When I have a moment I'll have a good look and see if I can find out why there was no flow.

Thank you. There is still a lot to do before I can drive it on the road but most of the work is straight forward now.

Thanks Bryan, Now just to do everything else!

Thanks Shobhit, It's getting there!

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Finally!

Thank you!! 😁

Yay! Now onto everything else!

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Thanks Alex, Your Busa will be purring very soon too!

Thanks Bryan. There is still a very long way to go after getting the engine started but with less uncertainty.

Hopefully it can live up to the promise I made. Just being able to communicate with the ECU is huge! Thanks for watching.

Aren't there enough Emira videos? I don't think I can add much more that what has already been said before. It's a wonderful driving car with spectacular looks! Thanks for watching.

It's a huge distraction from working on the Busa 7!

It appears spicier because I had the rear wheels jacked up so there was very little load on the motor. Thanks for your comment

Hi, Sorry I missed your question. One of the advantages of using a bike engine is that it does have a sequential gearbox as part of it. It will be possible to flat shift up through the gears on the 6 speed gearbox, certainly through the higher gears and maybe with a slight lift of the throttle. There are a couple of wrinkles though. A bike is lighter than a car so the clutch may need to be beefed up and most bikes don't include a reverse gear. The reverse gear problem is solved with a sprocket mounter to the differential flange and a starter motor giving a single speed reverse gear. It will be enough to get out of car parks. You are most welcome to come by to look at the car. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for reminding me to use the one I bought a while ago especially for this build!

It certainly doesn't feel that fast. My main concern is with the testing of the wiring harness and having the engine run correctly. Hopefully that will go smoothly. Once that hurdle is overcome it will take a while to complete the bodywork and the finishing details. Thanks for your interest