man, so many hhours to go on mine, wish'd dwarfs existed so they could finish it

BUT on behalf of my 6 year old son and me

 

John you have pm mate. Steering wheel wil be changed, although the mold on mine is quite stylish I thought.

The wheels are a pure white really and my diamond white is a yellowey blue tint, in the flesh it is obvious that the wheels are brighter but it doesnt look bad if you know what I mean. If I was to try and get the wheels done to suit the car it wouldnt look right IMO.

Damo, the loom was a total pain in the arse to do, once I started I wished I hadnt bothered. The old sensors were cut off to allow fitment of the braid, in sittuations where cutting the wire revealed it was corroded I replaced as much as I could if you know what I mean. Ideally I would have liked a new loom but for now it doesnt look too bad.

Ben, I could write for pages about Swillingotn Auto care and so could many others. Lets just keep it simple and say they are worth avoiding to put things politely.

Hopefully 2-3 weeks and she'll be running. cant wait to give her some first rate abuse.

 

Yeah cheers for replying stephen, I can imagine, the grief it gave!!.... I'm not gonna do Tony's, thought about it for a miniscule second,.... months ago..

 

Swillington Autocare are about as caring to "autos" as most american cars are to the environment.

The mapping work which they completed on my car (before I bought it) was shocking to say the least!!! If you dont know the first thing about mapping/MBE ECUs then dont map, thats what I say!!!

Feel free to write pages on their expert services

 

Went dam well for fucked tho

 

pmsl. Andy, must pop round soon, have a new manifold to show you. Plus I need your advice on my front bumper colour hehe..

 

looks top m8!!! a lot of work and care gone into that!

 

put new sump on today and took a few photos of her insides

 

Nice rods

Going for big power then?

 

quality arp bolts

looks great mate, keep us updated

 

why is the crank so brown?

nice H rods

 

havent a clue mate

 

brown crank could be the oil

 

must say a big thank you to resident mechanic Cock Knocker Patterson without whos help the car would have been done much quicker and to a much better standard. Cheers Pal, the s1 is gonna be a stinker.

 

OMG that is fuckin clean ya could eat ya dinner of anypart of that car is lookin god dam sweet m8t got any more pics updates???? thats awesome m8t full Restoration i take it then and how much ya spend so far

 

started her up on sunday got MOT booked fort his friday. If they say owts rotten I'll proper kick off. Spent 13k so far going to do back end this winter.
thanks
Steve

 

Call ian on 07773371950, he makes them!

 

shhh

 

Did it start first time ?

 

I wish. No mate, spent all day fannying round to find out I had the plugs on the distributor in the wrong position (i.e. 90 degrees out). But failing that, yeah she went. Had a slight oil leak form sump gasket and also oil feed return on turbo. No drama just replaced gaskets. Got 250miles on her now. See yours is coming on mate, keep at it
thanks
Steve

 

any finnished photos

 

only got outside photos :




none of engine bay as it looks crap at the moment, need to do 1000 miles then get backwards carrier and new rocker cover so the old ones are on at the moment and there well old. Wont be long hopefully.

 

black number plates nice touch i love it m8t

 

Nice one Stephan, looks VERY nice mate

Are you happy with it?

 

truthfully no. Wish Id done the underneath aswell instead of leaving it to do this winter. Still got loads of little jobs to do on it to get it looking right but I wanted to get started with the running in as soon as possible. It'll do for now. Fancy a swap????

 

I know what you mean about running in. When I had my shitty engine fitted last year, I just wanted it done and running proper power. I did 1000 miles and ran it in within a 5 days LOL.

It will be all the "little things" that end up making a big difference to the looks of it all. I don't blame you for not showing under your bonnet if you are not happy with it. I will be the same, as I know (apart from the paint lol) the engine bay will be abit cack looking.

I wouldn't mind swapping with you, because then I get a nice car to drive, and no labour bill from Damo

 

Ive done 400 miles in a week which isnt bad for me as I do about 1000 a week in my van so Im slightly fed up of been behind the wheel of slow vehicles, just want to take it to 7000 and enjoy it. When do you think yours will be done?

 

Are them RL7's 17"? looks sweet

 

I reckon about 6-8 weeks, unless I have anymore problems.

 

just amazed how clean that looks, top job done

 

there 7.75" x 17, quite tight to be honest but nothing too serious. not seen one with them on before so theyre staying for quite a while, bar the 16's for track use.

 

That is absolutely brilliant!! Thats a brand new car awesome

 

track use?? you serious!!??

looks really nice stephen you must be proud!

 

shes getting trailored to the ring in september, cant wait might aswell use it than look at it all the time. (long as it isnt raining )

 

new dash and heater box shroud

 

love the dash m8t acctully love the hole car!!! wats that trimmed in?

 

Feeling the dash mate

 

Dash isnt that shiney in real life, its black flock covering, it was very very sunny when I took that picture. Just need to get the door cards trimmed black (not flock though) and its nearly done, bar the lovely steering wheel.

 

pmsl @ standard wheel. Loving the car mate, you got fooked for no front number plate yet?

 

the traffic police dont seem to bat an eyelid but the jumped up panda drivers love stopping me, my acting skills are getting great "no number plate??? It must have dropped off, it was there when I set off". There not so keen on the black and silver on the back either! No taste some people!