Update time, almost finished the exhaust heat shield, just have to do around the backbox now. 

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Whilst I was waiting for more heatshield material to arrive, I cracked on with a few more bits...

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I debated a few other pedal boxes, but decided to go with Tilton, as they're proven and I don't want to skimp on brakes! 

I cut and tacked a dash bar in, as I don't intend on running a heater or dash anymore (heated windscreen planned) and then spent ages with blocks of wood getting the position right. 

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I then spent an untold amount of time getting two bars perfectly level and parallel. This is key to the install so the pedal box frame is loaded evenly. 

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After that, time to move onto EPAS. Ever since fitting a plate diff and slicks, I'd wanted to fit power steering - on tight tracks like Curby and bits of Blyton, it's hard to whirl the wheel quickly enough. So something which is can be retro fitted and configured to suit my needs appealed. 

As with all things, it's far more involved than the pictures show, but I wanted to use as much of the GM column as possible, including the collapsible section and the control stalks. Also means if something breaks, I can swap the column out for another £50 eBay one, rather than worry about making more bespoke parts. 

I fabricated and tacked together some CDS, and then tacked it to the dash bar... I got it right third time! 

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The two pickup points nearest in the photo are nylon, so in an impact the column can compress - hopefully this doesn't happen, but it's now safer than the standard Polo one! 

Good blast round with the welder:

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A lick of etch prime to finish off:

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Untitled by Peter Strange, on Flickr

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Untitled by Peter Strange, on Flickr

The final piece was connecting two lower parts of the columns together. Luckily the Polo one fits inside the Corsa one with a minor fettle, unfortunately I snapped a drill bit in them tonight as I was drilling a hole for a 6mm pin, fairly standard practice to seam weld and pin these, so if the weld fails, there's still a mechanical link in the system. New part from eBay on the way to me currently, so I'll do that next week. 

Looks like this, before I broke it:

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All for now, cheers!
 

Crazy how far its come on since you first got it.

Absolute amazing skillz