I had every intention of maintaining a build diary when I built my blue road going Genesis but the spanner wielding required to build the car burnt all my available time so I never got around to authoring it.

This time however, it's going to be different.  No really it IS :-) and the progress will be recorded here.  

I'm currently testing the use of RSS feeds to allows newsreaders to automatically find the updates on this site.  If you want to try out this feature copy this url http://www.pellgenesis.com/rss.xml into your headline reader.  A freeware headline reader can be found at http://www.feedreader.com

As the car is now drivable I've stopped updating the build diary,  I''ve added a driving diary instead it is here

Current Progress so far (latest at top)

August 11th-17th - The build is finished, a flurry of long nights and panic fettling mean that the car is now "ready" for it's first test session at Mallory Park.  This is the end of the build diary.  A Driving Diary has  been added.

August 10th 2004 - Frustration and woe! some days things just don't go right

August 9th 2004 CV joint boot replaced and clutch finalised

August 6th,7th & 8th 2004 - Lot and lots of small jobs done, gear indicator fitted, the car is electrically complete, new drive chain & sprocket fitted. Plus a lot of general tidying and finishing off

August 4th 2004 - Who Hooo again!  Now she's drivable!

August 2nd 2004 - Whoo hoo!  working brakes at last!

August 1st 2004 - Comedy foam seat making, & swirl pot repairs

July 31st 2004 - Chassis panelling in preparation for the foam seat + fitting the front brakes.

28th July 2004 - Lots of little but time consuming engine bay jobs done this evening.

26th July 2004 - a Big update detailing the last week's work. clutch, brakes and electrical

20th July 2004 - More work on the anchors!  This time it's the back brakes

17th July 2004 - The braking system is coming together!

13th July 2004 -  Finishing off wiring bits and bobs + work starts on brake pedals and extinguisher.

11th July 2004 - Work on mounting the gear indicator in the "heads up display" :-)

10th July 2004 - More wiring,  this is really getting rather tedious.

8th July 2004 - now that the engine goes, work starts on making the thing stop!

7th July 2004 - Engine management loom in NS side pod is completed.

4th July 2004 - Work begins finishing off the engine management and dash wiring looms.

27th June 2004 -  It Lives!   the engine is finally running and I've got good oil pressure too! Click here for the start up video

22nd June 2004 - Fuel system plumbing is completed.

20th June 2004 - Fuel system installation begins.

19th June 2004 - Main fuel tank fabrication completed, coolant system is nearing completion

17th June 2004 - Surge tank is completed

15th June 2004 - The Surge tank\swirl pot approaches completion.

13th June 2004 - More fuel based progress but the engines not quite running yet :-(

8th June 2004 - Fuel tank and swirl pot fabrication begins

7th June 2004 - I've got oil pressure! Who Hoo :-)

5th June 2004 Work on the coolant system and water pump approaches completion.  Also the throttle bodies are fitted.

3rd June 2004 -  Not much time today  but the engine bay cooling pipes have been started.

30th May 2004 -  Drysump\oil system is finally completed.

29th May 2004 - More wiring .... this is very dull but a big step was made when it was powered up.

24th May 2004 - More work on the front callipers  the offset is now correct but I've some new problems.

23rd May 2004 - Not much done today.... but I have started work on brackets for the front callipers.

22nd May 2004 - The Push\pull gearshift is finished and is the first system on the car to reach completion.

19th May -2004 - Building an electronic gear indicator display for less than £10

18th May 2004 - Work starts on the gearshift using a Push\Pull cable

17th May 2004 -  Trial fitting of rear callipers, now that the mounts and disks have been machined to fit.

15th May 2004 - Exhaust fitting, ECU and Digidash sensor wiring.

13th May 2004 - Throttle body preparation & cleaning.

12th May 2004 - Whoo Hooo! my Callipers have arrived, but they don't fit :-(.

10th May 2004 - Attempted to setup gear linkage, failed dismally.

8th May 2004 - Dry sump hosing partially completed, along with oil sensor remote mounting

1st May 2004 - Engine fitting moves towards completion, plus the dry sump problem is fixed and the car can now move under it's own steam.  But only backwards!

24th April 2004 -  The engine is fitted, although clearance problems force a rethink of both oil cooling and gear linkage.

17th April 2004 - Exhaustive details of fitting the Pace Dry Sump System to the engine

10th April 2004 - NS Front upright swapped

7th April 2004 - Whoo Hoo after a much longer wait than anticipated my drysump has arrived :-), a thing of beauty it is too!

4th April 2004 - FIA master switch, solenoid, battery and main loom fuses, in other words "electrickery"

3rd April 2004 - Front uprights swapped, coolant pipes fitted (To Do list added to site)

31st March 2004 - The Blue beastie is away for some paintjob work, and the BIG TIDY begins.

21st March 2004 - Race report of the first RGB race of the season and a Genesis Wins :-)

20th March 2004 -  Not much time today.... but some coolant tube fabricated

19th March 2004 - More supplier troubles

13th March 2004 - Handbrake fitted and working, speedo sensor brackets sorted and work starts on the coolant pipe runs

12th March 2004 - New front uprights arrive from Tim Pell

11th March 2004 - Handbrake finally fitted and it doesn't foul the drive chain

10th March 2004 - The handbrake problem looks like it's solved and one system on the car is nearing completion,  Another week passes and I'm still waiting for brakes

7th March 2004 -  The diff and carrier are all back in the car,  and the handbrake mechanism is trial fitted  but it fouls the drive chain

3rd March 2004 - March Build diary page 1 added, news on the "Crack of Doom, the dash is nearing completion and has finally made it onto the car,  still no callipers from Hi-Spec or Dry Sump kit from Pace but these are imminent!

28th February 2004 - Nice new OZ Super Leggaras and A048rs mean that the car now sits on it's own rubber.  Also I've discovered a rather horrendous crack in the front NS upright :-(

21st February 2004 -  Exhaust clamps, Wheels and tyres ordered and diff carrier, removal and cleaning

16th February2004  - Details of new dash fabrication & Digidash installation. Plus conversion of the old fuel tank  and cleaning, cleaning cleaning

25th January 2004 - Old wiring loom, body work and coolant pipes removed.

20th January 2004 - Engine trial fitted to car.

6th January 2004 - ZX12R Engine arrives.

1st January 2004 - Begin inspection & disassembly.

20th December 2003 - Chassis collection.