Right, After the little trip to power engineering, where it made 310 bhp and 285 lb/ft - happy days - I parked it on the drive and promptly stripped the back end out as after seeing the underside from under the ramp, I knew I had to do something pretty quick otherewise it would end up as another one being broken for bits!
Unfortunately I dont have any pics of this strip down but I carried out the following:
New Spax adjustable shocks and springs - 25mm
fully polybushed
new hand brake cable
new brake bundy
new goodridge hoses
couple of small plates on the chassis rails
new rear discs
new rear pads
new clutch cable (2nd one as the first melted due to no heat shield!)
New heat shield
new fuel tank strap
pro alloy 500 size alloy intercooler - £80 damaged off ebay, tigged and pressure tested at work - all good!
recored rad
etc etc the list goes on - to be honest I have forgotten most of what has been replaced now!
Then it was off to the paintshop - 2 years later - for new arches, bonnet, boot and complete respray in its original moonstone blue

Before the paint shop



Strippin down started









Then it was on to the arches















Had a few other little bits and pieces repaired also, then on to the paint









Then I got it back home to begin cleaning all of the dust out, what a nightmare!







Then I could start fitting the large pile of parts that I had accumulated over the previous years

Replaced the clears up front with a set of orange repeaters



Got rid of the '90 spec rears and fitted original type lights



As you can see got hold of a set of Compomotive FR's and had them refurbed, think they look good against the blue??!!??



Started to go down the route of fitting a cage



but pulled it out in the end, originally wanted to start tracking it but decided that so many sapphs are getting stripped, cut up and track dayed, I would keep mine with the interior intact but still use it for the track if need be!

Started to strip the forn t of the engine down to sort a couple of leaks, replace lifters, new pipes, fit intercooler and rad etc







Got the engine back together, although I hadnt run it, and it sat like this for nearly a year! God what a waste!



Then decided to bite the bullet and set up GT Motor Cars - First car through the doors was, you guessed it, not my own, but came in pretty close after!





This was how the engine looked at this point







As I had stripped the interior out to fit the cage it gave me a chance to give it a damn got clean and replace both the seat bolster foams on the drivers side, they hadnt allowed the material to wear through yet and thats how I wanted them to stay!



It was then that I ripped out the cage as when I put it in I fucked the headlining - which had dropped anyway! Next job was to drop the headlining out, remove the old material and and glue down an exremely close relacement - definitely a job you dont want to be doing for free!
Then back in went the interior.

As the car stands today





All running and driving - for the first time in four years! A couple more small jobs to do but thats for another update! Need to get some more pictures monday as well!