well my/the cars xmas prezzie arrived today, one wizards of nos nitrous kit! shall be swapping my single injector and a wedge of my hard earned for a dirrect port kit from a mate of a chips so i can run it with the throttle bodies. going to start off with 50 jets to begin with probably, then when the cars to the stage i want it suspension wise and im happy it can take it, will be buying a minimax controller and upping the jets slightly.



few mates came down yesterday and gave me a hand getting the old 1.1 lump out! probably didnt get it done any quicker as we were all falling over each other trying to get at different nuts and bolts a one point i think all of us needed the same spanner

got the brake bar and servo/master cylinder off aswell, and ripped the battery tray out (litterally ) was quite pleased to find the inner wing under the battery tray was totally solid (appart from where i drilled through when drilling the spot welds )

this morning i got up early at set about stripping they seams back for stitch welding, battled with the steering rack for a good 20 mins trying to get the fooker off, and the same with the wiper motor, im guessing everything on this car is original and never been appart, so 18 years worth of seizing made it a bit of an arseache. got it all stripped bare and the seams all cleaned of sealer and paint, took the struts and tiebars/lower arms off and started on the wheel arches, got most of that done along with the chassis rails but it began to rain so called it a day. made good progress though, and really suprised how many seams there are hidden under the underseal in the wheel arches! :blub: gonna take me ages to weld em all! also planning to do the cross member on the floor inside, down the sill/floor join, around the rear wheel arches inside and out, and the boot floor, if i can be arsed i may do more - but i doubt it

got no pics of the bay stripped down but will get some when the weldings done or whatever, heres a couple of the battery tray anyway if anyones bothered





also won a brand new, genuine ford xr2 radiator on ebay for £28 posted! should be here tomorow bargain!