Well its been a long time coming but at last my cossie is slowly getting ready to hit the road once again There have been LOADS of wee hurdles trying to stop me but hopefully we're almost there

I melted a piston last august and it was just as the mot and ins were up so i stuck it in the garage and concentrated on saving for my wedding. Slowly in the back ground i aquired a new bottom end that was basically just run in and set up before the car got written off. A few weeks back i decided to start the ball rolling as my pal Rob wants to use the car for part of his wedding. Now at this point i thought it'd be relatively simple to sort but OMG its been problem after problem.

Bottom end went in ok so that was fine. Then we went to bleed the brakes to move the car back home from the garage. Out of 8 bleed nipples on my AP 4 pots, 2 snapped and one was already missing and blocked We tried to remove the broken nipples and basically they were stuck and the caliper cracked on BOTH nipples so think i need a new one

MEGA MEGA thanks go out to Paul (RS Toughy) who has leant me standard front brake set up to move the car

Next problem was my old head which was under thickness and needing skimmed Eventually i got a head which then needed 3 exhaust stud threads re done and then 1 of the threads holding cam cap down was stripped too the seller covered most of these costs so fair play. I decided then to bite the bullet and get cam seals done and reseat valves. Glad i did as they found a bent valve! Head was supposed to have been pressure tested too Got head back on wed am and thought we'd get car together. When torquing the cam caps up guess what happened? 2 more cam cap threads were stripped! Put it back to head shop who did me a huge favour and fixed them yesterday.

Last night my pal Rob put the head back together and back in the car at last. Most bits and bobs are connected. Just need to do a breather hose, re run oil cooler pipes, set timin, do timin belt, fit new 500 intercooler and rad and we're ready to fire up

At least the engine bay almost looks like it should!

Fingers crossed the car should run this weekend


Chop

PS anyone gonna run a book on something going wrong?

PPS HUGE big up himself to Robin who has been a legend

 

Jesus how much did i type?

Ginge how can you be arsed making EVERY post like that?

 

Glad to hear that things have progressed Chop

 

Chop if it wasnt for bad luck youd hae nae luck,hope all goes well mate


cheeRS stu

 

Nice one Chop, glad your getting it sorted properly at last mate!!

Bummer about the APs tho eh!!!

 

Nice one Chop, be you cant wait to get it running all ok

 

pmsl! so true mate!


Total WANK about the fucking AP's. Now because i have nice big brakes i CANT degrade
Typically the CP5000's i have are more expensive than the 5200's
I've been quoted Ł400 odd on a replacement or can get a pair of 5200's for Ł490 odd.
I might swap bloody calipers

Understatement of the year goes to Rhys
Yeah mate cant wait!



Its 4 weeks today until my wedding
I need the car running, taxed, insured, run in and tuned by then because robs wedding is 2 wks 2 days after mine and thats when car is needed. I come home from honeymoon day before his so car HAS to be ready

 

Chop....I'd buy the pair then sell your old one!!! Ebay it! LOL!

 

think your self lucky mate as doing body work is a right bastard

no but youve done well, hopefully we'll all get out of this restoration trench sometime & get a meet orginised

 

Hope all goes well for the startup Chop.

 

Sounds like she wont be long now!! Good luck with it all fella

 

Lee
I just dont know how well it'd sell on ebay! i've been looking for one and cant find one so either A. no fucker wants them so i'd get FA or B. They are rare and i'd get lots

smits
agreed, i'd FAR rather do mechanical than bodywork. DOne a fair bit to mine now and tbh its in v good nick all round

Bill
cheers, cross your fingers now

Lamb chops the imposter
hopefully not long no. Just trying to organise a crack team of commando mechanics to help me this weekend

 

Be nice to see the old girl back on the road again

Big up to Rob for all the help he's given top guy

 

Yup you're evo is gonna munch cossie dust

Not free tomorrow are ya? Petrol and lunch covered?

 

Might manage to spare a little time but im out the night

 

haha enjoy your night out then

If you're particularly bored tomorrow then give me a shout.

 

Good news chop .

 

its great when you finally get them on the road but dont do what i did and crash it less than 24 hours after completion.dam that unfamiliar extra power

 

Update?????

Is it going then????

 

Good luck Chop