HoHoHo
Anyway the rain rained all morning and I couldn't be bothered going into the garage until after lunch.
I began by looking underneath with a view to starting on the undertray. It was then I noticed that the engine block is offset about 2" to the right. See below - its quite obvious.
I decided to fill in the large hole in the valance. On the nearside there's a factory blanking plate, but the offside is left wide open. Visible here as a black eliptical shape behind the steering column.
So first job was to cut an aluminium plate. I drilled this to make use of a single unused hole drilled in the valance, and split the lower edge so that it would straddle the opening and hold the plate in place. The two extra holes are for the master cylinder heat shield.
I then covered it with insulation both sides..........
Then I made up a heat shield, two bends in the vice, covered the forward facing side with "reflect-a-cool", and here it is........I don't like the thought of radiated heat beating on the plastic master cylinder. The Roadster has a shield as standard, but the manifold is much closer on the Roadster.
And for today, and until Saturday, that's all folks.
