I have had this car about 4 years now and done everthink to the car myself with the help from my brother and ive never had a thread on it so i thought i would start 1.
When i got the car it was std and was'nt to bad but realy need painting. I had only painted 1 car before and it turned out ok so i thought i would give it another go.
I think my brother has put some pic's on before but i have sorted some more and i will put more on later when i load them up.
what do you's think
























I will put some more pic's up from the engine rebuild and then some more to let you's see what i had done since i have had it.
hope you's like

 

very nice mate

 

good work fella

 

Looks very nice

 

the paintwork looks mint did you do it in a proper booth

 

looks good

 

thanks and was'nt a proper booth mate but it was clean and i just had a little space heater. We did'nt finsh til about 3 in the morning and the heater was on along time so the car was baked well

 

that looks an awsome job there mate.

 

nice looking car mate

 

After getting the car painted i then started rebuilding my engine. Before i took the car off the road i had a race with my mates A3 1.8 turbo and at 140 i ran out of fuel with was'nt good because i had no brakes and didnt give my car time to cool down. the next day when my car was cold the engine had a slight knock. So rebuild was needed. It felt abit slow anyway

block was rebord and skimmed then cleaned and painted. the crank had a regrind to .25 then lightened and balanced with the flywheel



Then had my con rods shot-peened lightened and balanced and my pistons skimed





Started on my head and other parts. Cleaning, painting and making them to how i wanted them


Before



after

 

once the engine was build we went to okc for a cheak up, justed needed the co's and tps ajusting and the boost turned up when run in. Jano said i could run up to 25psi and that would be about 270bhp and they was enuf fuel to run that but thats maxing the rods out so run about 20psi if you want it to last.





so when we got home the boost got turned up to 25psi

 

Those pics look good like lee but your not upto date yet so i think you should show what happened next and what we have got planned for over the winter (in between doing my car ha ha)

 

Nice matching of the conversion plate and the inlet ports. The conversion plate is made to be the max size you would want to port the inlet ports to, so when matched these two items work great! Would of been nice to use decent rods and pistons so you could make the most of the parts you have tho.

 

well people was good wile it lasted haha. all of 2 or 3 days was fasted tho, span up at 65mph in 4th in the damp on the motorway when the boost come in, then i shit my self but just kept it going. So new engine needed and more power aswel here are some pic's of the engine and i will put some of the new engine build up when i sort the pic's








New engine pic's soon.
higher comp, light blue's 400's and some more boost.

 

blimey bet that went with a bang

 

lots of good work, shame about the engine

 

yeah just abit mate and thank's to everyone thats commented on the car so far

 

With a bang i was in at the time fooking shit myself. I first thought it was the gearbox ha ha

 

very nice motor mate just a shame about the engine

 

Right started on my new engine, I finaly got a block with standard bore size after looking all over it turned out it was out of a S1 as i found out later
got the engine back and striped it and cleaned it up. then i took it up to the machine shop to get the block and crank sorted, after telling them what i wanted i then sent the head off and orded some pistons and rods.
When i got everthink back and my new parts i took the bottom end to work to build it up.
what do yous think

took the old engine out and had abit of a clean




Then off to work to build the bottom end (My tools are better at work than the ones ive got at home)










also got my head back its had abit work done to it.
new big valve head

 

very nice top work there

 

thanks mate glad some one replyed

 

nice mate shame bout blowing the engine good excuse for more power tho haha

 

love this red looks awesome when its fresh paint,love it mate

 

looks cracking mate done a proper good job on paint

 

thanks everyone hope it goes well when i get it done.

 

nice job mate looks great

 

nice

 

You have been in the garage a few times since the last update lee so i think its about time you had a update lots of top work been done!!!

 

Looking top mate, liking the garage respray! come out well.

What let go on the engine? was it the conrod?

Rob,

 

Yeah mate it was a rod that snapped but just an excuse to put steel ones in.

 

got the engine builded up and in the car, well the bottom end. then started to build up the head. going to keep the piper cam for now dont no how far am going to be able to go with it but when it starts holding me back il change it. got some things i want to do before the cam
also hope this arp head bolts hold the head down dont no what they are like any1 got them
here some pics tho









thanks for the comments . there is alot more to come just havent put the pic's on the computer yet

 

good work little bram

 

Looks really well!!!!!

 

just read all of this so far and the paint job looks awsome, shame about the engine but it always makes you go 2 ways, break it, or build a bigger and stronger engine , glad your doin the 2nd option! keep up the good work!

 

looking well nice mate

 

good luck with the new engine and the re spray looks mint

 

thanks for the comments lads

 

top work keep the pics comeing