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[lozzzzzz]

Got some quality time in this morning, Didn't move mountains but I'm please with progress. 

I used some strips of SS that I picked up from the scrap yard some time ago (they were for SS tank straps, but I got loads just in case). 

Bit of drilling, bending, cutting and welding and voila!

Left side



And the right side






They were mounted on top of the manifold in the omega, but this was too high for the scim.  I was going to mount them further outboard on the inner wing area, but they really need to be on the engine so there is little relative movement between them and the engine, so as not to chaf the hoses. 

Put the new SS exhaust studs in too.  Couldn't be happier with these, they're got an allen key on one end so they're really easy to put in


More to come

[aaronjb]

Somewhere in the region of that last picture must be where my oil filler cap now resides (read: is melting on to the manifold).. 

Good work, though, now hurry up and get it finished

[PxMetro]

What a fascinating thread. Looking forward to more up-dates. 

[Kevin Wood]

Nice bit of "batsrad bolt porn" on that last photo.

Looks like it's progressing nicely.

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks guys   I'll try to get another 4 days worth of updates in before the end of the holiday. 

[Andy B]

I've only owned my Omega for about 8 years so not really au fait under the bonnet  & I'll have to confess my ingorance  what are they? 

And your exhaust studs are infact long grub screws - hence the hex allen key end 

[lozzzzzz]

What are what Andy?  Good point about the grub screws

[Osprey]

I've only owned my Omega for about 8 years so not really au fait under the bonnet  & I'll have to confess my ingorance  what are they? 

And your exhaust studs are infact long grub screws - hence the hex allen key end 

Never been too sure about this myself but I think it might be an engine.   

[Andy B]

What are what Andy?  Good point about the grub screws

The bits you've made your stainless brackets for. 

[Ken T]

LPG injectors ?.

Ken

[lozzzzzz]

Oh those, yeah they're just mounts for to hold the LPG injectors. 

They're much bigger than petrol injectors as they're flowing gas rather than liquid, so they can't really be mounted under the inlet manifold where the petrol injectors are.  So there a six pipes that take the gas from the injectors to the nozzles in the inlet tract. 

As these 6 hoses go between lots of parts they are vunerable to wear if they're moving relative to the engine, so the injectors are mounted on the engine rather than the inner wings so there is no relative movement between the pipes and the engine. 

I still need to add the larger pipes that feed the two sets of injectors. 

[Andy B]

Oh those, yeah they're just mounts for to hold the LPG injectors.  .....

Is it worth the extra hassle of LPGing a play thing? And where's your LPG tank going?

[lozzzzzz]

I want to have my cake, and eat it.  I'm getting an LPG home filler station so get the gas even cheaper.  The tank is already mounted in the back of the car with a nice set of SS straps (I can't help myself, even parts of the chassis are now stainless). 

It'll add some weight, but I really want to be using it every day. 

[Varche]

Excellent project and updates.

I have a couple of questions.
1. How easy is it to get paperwork for the car?
2. How do you go about insuring a vehicle like that especially LPG'd?

[lozzzzzz]

Well there are certain rules that mean if its too modified then it'll need to go through and IVA test.  Its a bit open to interpretation, but hopefully I've kept it inside those rules, so it'll still be classes as a modified scimitar rather than a kit car. 

The DVLA will want to know the new engine code and size, and thats it. 

And the insurance company, probably Adrian Flux, will want to know everything thats changed.  So that'll take a while to write out

My good friend has a Capri with a 400hp supra engine (in PPC this month) in it which is very modified, and his insurance cost around £500, I'm hoping that might be the upper limit.