Ok mate, will be good to meet you both! You can check out what that tool did to the sapph as well lol.

 

thats something i wont like looking at wot a fecking donut he is

 

bit of an update its payday today so iv been investing in a few required bits, just got the following

drivers outter sill
drivers door
apex rear dampers
good condition door cards (will be flocked)
new fuel filter brackets

hoping to drop the car off end of this month to begin the work

 

not much to update yet although i have managed to source a clutch which is more than upto the job for my car.

also iv only just realised that there was another vid from last years dyno day at wgt of my car

 

hoping to have my car in to start the work next weekend, iv got all the bits required and might even invest in a set of full polished cupro-nickel brake pipe set as a few of my brake pipes have seen better days, i can also fit my braided brake hoses whilst im at it.

will also be fitting the new apex rear shocks and the full polybush set that i have, iv been given the contact details of a seat retrimmer not far from me who id like to re trim my cobra bucket seats in black so ill see how that goes.

cant stress how much im looking forward to getting the ball rolling finally

 

always love reading this thread i have good memories of my 5

how did you find wgt ?

 

cheers jay they are bloody addictive little motors cant believe how much iv missed driving it

personally i think wgt is a great set up and pip gardner is a top bloke he certainly knows his stuff and he doesnt try any bs etc, very straight up and always willing give advice etc. id defo recommend them to anyone

 

Yeh i have been dealing with him with a rotary and motec the last couple of weeks and he was telling me how well the 2.5 duratec gets on when he fits a unichip to them seems a real nice chap

 

rotary wise im pretty sure hes one of the best tuners out there they have some cracking projects they have worked on he was showing me a triple rotor engine last time i was up there, it sounded nuts

hes a top fella very easy to talk to and isnt up his own arse like some tuners end up being, i think hes got a bit of the old school mould about him. oh he loves the unichip iv seen/heard he has great results on most things with them especially the 2.5 duratec could be worth a visit jay

 

yeh i think im going to go up in the new year to let him have a play

 

good stuff mate, ill be up there in new year prob feb/march time, as i want put my car back on the hub dyno to see how many ponies it gained from sorting the fuelling etc

 

well guys my car is finally going in tomorrow to begin the mountain of work

iv spent an hour tonight stripping a few more bits out of the car, also just removed the passenger seat and pumped the tyres up, got go get a jerry can full of v power as there aint much in the tank and always prefer some fresh in there.

got a few more bits arriving from gt turbo spares in the next couple of days, looking forward to driving the car again even though its only a 2 min drive from my house

 

Good going mate can't wait to see he updates

 

cheers jay, id love be able get plenty of pics etc of the work being done but will find it hard due to being at work etc, plus the fella whos doing it me is defo what you would call old school and wont stand there taking pics he would prefer to crack on, ill try my best though

 

well the day is finally here, iv just been get 5 litres of v power and been sorting some bits to take up the garage with me. just made a list of whats going be done whilst car is in the garage

fit inner/outter sills both sides,
weld floor pan,
rear bumper mounts,
one bit of front inner wing,
fit new bonnet and drivers door,
fit replacement fuel filter/fuel pump brackets,
fit new nickel brake lines,
braided brake hoses,
fit apex rear shocks,
fit full polybush set,
fit poly top mounts.

and obviously then requires new bits painting etc

cant wait

 

well people my car is now at the garage, started 3rd turn of the key not bad seeing as its not moved since feb. it drove spot on, had a little play and was nice to feel it come on boost again for the 1st time

 

mini update

iv been up to see my car on way back from a job earlier, the fella has started on what we thought was the better side and you know what thought did eh? well i was shocked to see how bad the passenger side was there is alot more work than we thought to be done, god knows what its going to be like on the drivers side.
but all is good and its being sorted that is the main thing, could of took the easy way out and broke it for parts etc but thats just not me.

 

hoping to pop up the garage this morning to see how the fella is getting on and possibly muck in for a couple of hours if i can.
ill see if i can get a few pics whilst im at it

 

nice one mate cant wait to see some pics

 

popped up the garage earlier but was only a flying visit as iv ended up having my neice for most of the morning/afternoon. not much to report think only a tad more had been done.

 

not been able get up to the garage, but my mate has sent me a few pics over and has informed me that all interior is now removed, so ill be heading up on monday to get the rear door cards so i can send them away with the fronts to be flocked in oe grey

anyway enough babble heres a few pics

 

well had a bit of a surprise whilst putting these pics up on here and on fb i recieved another 4 pics and also a text informing me inner sill that side is finished and outter sill is in place.

anyway heres the pics

 

well i was going pop up to the garage tonight to pick door cards up etc, but with the endland match being called off last night and scheduled to play at 4pm today i wont have time, so i shall pop up after work tomorrow and who know maybe a bit more progress will have been made

 

Nice updates chap good to see its going the right direction

 

thanks jay its actually progressing alot quicker than i thought as i told my mate there was no rush as long as i had it ready for around march/april

 

shit that normally death teling someone taking your time ! you never normally end up seeing the car again

 

fear not jay this is a fella that id trust with my life, go back a long time and more so with my brother.

 

anyway on to a bit more interesting updates i have just received another load of pics, ill post them up in no particular order

















as you can see quite a bit has been done today, im rather shocked as i was not expecting this amount of work to be done at this point

 

so it looks like the passenger side floor pan and inner/outter sill is sorted really cant believe that hes got this far already

 

Going be worth effort mate.

 

defo mate im off up there tonight to have a nosey, really impressed with it

 

i popped up the garage after work and my god does it look good especially as the welds have been grinded down and liquid rubber applied to a few areas to build it up, you cant even see that there has been any welding done
i took a few quick pics they aint the best though also got a couple of random exhaust pics see if you can spot the state of the floor pan drivers side its virtually all got be replaced.
good thing is im getting it all at mates rates which is going save me a small fortune.

 

just got a few more pics, as you can see rear bumper is now removed and it was a good job i bought the repair panels

 

received a couple more pics now were getting into the bad side this is the rear arch/corner and back panel

 

not get anything as such to report just that all nearside is now finished and iv also ordered a driver side jacking point from gt turbo spares.

im off up to see him tomorrow to give him some money so i might be able get a few pics as i know hes working on the car today and tomorrow.

 

so i went up to see my mate up at the garage to drop him some money off and see how things are going etc, to say he was a bit gutted would be an understatement as he had ran out of gas and the spare bottle he has was leant out to a mate who decided to return it back empty and not tell him nice eh.

overall though things are looking good plenty of extra bits have been done that iv not got pics of yet.

 

right people here comes the mess that is the drivers side, received the pics earlier today as you can see its a bit fecked.

 

here we go guys this is the bit i was telling you about, gotta virtually have whole new drivers side floor and have new seat mounts made up.

 

Nearly worth a reshell mate :/

 

i think 99.9% of people would of done that or broke it for parts andy i just couldnt though as iv got too much into this car, one plus side is it will have a solid shell for years to come