darrenjlobb's Adaptronic Managed Compound Blown Derv Bus Build

[darrenjlobb]

Some progress over the last few days, after a long battle as discussed in previous posts trying to get a line made up and swaged here in the UK I eventually gave up and bought some pre made made lines from China (sorry!) Ordered up several different pre cut lengths, and fittings, and also some "flexi" lines to use on the flow bench, an upcoming project, and also as a "carry in the boot" backup for the car!




So once I had the new fittings in my hand, I plumbed up the high pressure side once again, all in steel, and also bent up a flexi line so as to be a "drop in" replacement at the side of the road in a worst case! Good news is all fitted well, and so far seems to be working just fine, no leaks / problems to report. Have also fitted some rubber dampness to the line with thought to reduce the harmonics on the line somewhat.



Have also raised the rear beam by 20mm on the rear as was finding under high suspension load the tyres were scrubbing the bumper, which isn't what we want, so sacrificed some of the cars "stance" to fix this, was never built to look good anyway!!



I are looking set to make the run up to Pugfest next weekend as long as I don't have any disasters on the way there! Looking forward to being able to come in this car again after 5-6 years without it! 

Thanks for looking as always