Tenner say's the Collins one will be in the bin & a nice new Garrett one will be on within 12months

 

why whats up with them?

 

Have a look at your turbo...they look awful mate

I prefer the normal -31/-34's TBH.

 

fair enough

 

It wont last 12months Paul because there shit.

 

How can a new genuine Garrett actuators be crap????

 

I dont think nash was saying that a new garrett one is crap, can one of you explain how such a simple item as an actuator can be crap anyway? whats wrong with the collins ones other than your opinions on there looks?

 

Nice work

 

thanks Twins

 

woooooah its taken bloody ages to read all that! NEVER seen your car before, its very nice! fair play mate

 

Thankyou

Right very small update, received my thermostat housing back with a nice -8 fitting welded to it,





unfortunately as you may be able to see it was only a few weeks ago this was freshly powder coated so it has to go back again theres a lot to be said for planning still, because it has to go back and also because i noticed that my powder coater has slightly changed the colour of there silver and i wanted to get my small turbo plenum cover done it would not have mached the other half of the manifold so I have sent my spare manifold to be ported to match the gasket, same as the head does, my guy is also going to clean up and round off all the trumpets etc.







pretty crappy as standard. Now its a waiting game yet again for this to be done, also for my cam and cam cover from Martoon.

 

Looking good Trev.

I was refering to the Collins one Paul, I have had 2 fail on me before.

 

how did they fail Nash?

 

Right, as it is now a waiting game for my inlet manifold to be matched to the gasket then powdercoated plus the bits from Martin I decided to start on the rear end, I was hoping to wait till the front was back together before starting the back but as it is going to be a good few weeks before the bits are all done for the front I though bugger it.

Here are a few pics showing the progress so far and what needs to be repaired etc.



































All in all I was quite happy with what I saw, there are a few bits that will require some time from me and the MIG but all in all its not to bad and theres nothing structural. As you can see the beam is all off and tomorrows job is to get it stripped and taken somewhere I can work on it as my garage is quite full up



My next question is what colour shall I paint everything, any ideas and pics of other moonstone undersides welcome.

 

Nice work mate, Black and Silver would look nice! :cool Would suit your car

 

Well the beam is now out from under the car and stripped into its component parts, I have also transported it to a friends house who has more room than me so I can get it cleaned up and painted,









that now leaves me with the floor to get cleaned and get any welding done, Im starting this tomorrow





I have also removed my clocks as my stack 52mm gauges have finally arrived, I only ordered them at christmas!!



Boost and fuel gauge



Wideband AFR





So on the rainy dark evenings I will be in making my dash.

 

That wideband is spot on mate

Going to get one of those fuel gauges, look so much better than the VDO one i currently have


Got some spare dash/speedos in the garage if you need one to practise with . Oh and my dremel

 

Dash wise I should be ok unless I muck this one up, dremel yes please

 

Its on charge now

 

Great work Trev

 

Thanks Mate, have you fitted the shocks yet

Thanks Paul the actuator is still on

Right another quick update, after collecting the dremel of Rich and lending him my topmounts I came back home to start on the dash, and here is the template all made up except for the bright six that I have yet to purchase, once this lot is fitted I will have 4 Stack instruments and 4 SPA instruments, Im thinking perhaps I should have bought an all in one dash of some type

Stack gauges



with SPA speedo



hopefully I will be able to transfer my template onto a better backing material tomorrow

 

Looks good mate


How about fitting the speedo into the clock surround(dash dimmer slot maybe) and leave the dash symetrical

 

the dash will be relitively semetrical once the bright 6 is on the other side, also im so short I cant see the dimmer switch when sat in the car best solution would be to get a stack st700, maybe you could buy one for me?

 

well I have spent 2 evening cleaning the bottom of the car, what fun, I have found a bit of rot that needs sorting, luckily the rails are spot on as is the floor, its gone at the rear of one of the sills and on the rear corner of the pasengers side inner arch as you can see from the pics.

rear arch



and the boot floor on the edge



and the ok bits







more fun to come later in the week.

 

Nice work mate, my projects worth a look for some inspation, my sapph is moonstone and iv just done a full rear end resto to the rear floor pan.

iv just put it all back together this weekend will have pics up soon.

 

Nice work mate


We'll get it sorted no probs

 

spent this aftenoon doing some more work, firstly I went to Riche's and collected my cam cover and cam that Rich kindly collected from Martoons we also removed his gearbox, I then went to my local rally spares place and collected some more aeroquip then came home finished my clocks and spent more time on the bottom of the car,

dashboard made except for the bright six that I have not received yet



fitted in the car



Bottom of the car cleaned, wire brushed and rust killer/neutraliser painted on





tomorrows task is a little bit of welding!

 

 

excellent work

 

Thanks Paul I thought you where going to dis my carbon

many thanks its not excellent but i try my best



I spent today chasing round for steel primer and cutting disks as well as trying to get my eye sorted out which has something stuck in it from yesterday even though i wore my safety glasses etc the whole time anyway i will let the pics talk for themselfs, welding starts 8:30am

cut out to be welded






sills, I hate rust




and my evenings entertainment to make me feel better, anyone without a Wii go and get one what a laugh.

 

Cool

 

Superb work loving the dash

 

well I got most of the welding done last weekend, went away for the week and came back today so after assisting Rich with a few bits I came home and got straight back on with the car, got about 1/3 of the underside in primer before I lost the light, hopefully I will get the hole lot in primer for tomorrow and then start with topcoat on sunday.

 

Nice one trev, Its such a nice feeling knowing the rust is gone

 

Nice one Trev look forward to seeing it finished bud.

 

To true Paul, I just couldnt get under there to change the shocks and solid mount the beam and leave it looking like that.

Me to mate, im looking forward to getting the back end done so I can get back to the front as thats where I enjoy working.

 

All the primer is now done and I have started to do the colour on some of the edges, next is to seam seal all the stuff I have diturbed and then colour then lacker it all, Quick cup of coffee whilst it dries and then im back out to do the seam seal, hopefully it will all be a nice shiny silver by the end of today









not bad going in only 3 weeks, especially as I was not here for one of them.

 

looking very nice

 

This is looking well good for the time you have spent on it.
I found the bit i liked was putting it back together all nice & clean

 

the rear end is looking alot better, good work!