kitchy

and for the next installment...

kitchy

Latest update...

kitchy

no updates on the bodywork side of things just yet but i did buy some more spares, a transfer box and prop! because every 1 knows that if you even drive your RS2000 4x4 the transfer box breaks

D19 STE

Brilliant work so far mate

kitchy

cheers mate, just waiting to get it back now then the modifications can start, exterior will be standard tho, dont even think im gonna change the alloys cos i cant make my mind up about what i want and the ones on it suit it so well

D19 STE

the only reason I dont have standard alloys on mine is because of my bigger brakes

kitchy

they arnt the standard alloys, i can get 300mm brakes behind them i reckon so it should be fine,

D19 STE

Thats ok then

kitchy

ok fresh pics after collecting it from the welders paying him £950 for his lovely work and taking it to the paintshop













my new bucket seat


and the dog thats being thrown in with the deal

Twins

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kitchy

yeh i felt like that when i went to see it today considering i havnt seen it for months

scottrs

lookin good mate ,that welding looks shit hot ,defo worth every penny

Lee Reynolds

top work that, wish my welding was as neat

danrs2k

good work kitchy

Ive got to do this to mine not looking forward to it at all i can c it costing me alot of cash

kitchy

its expensive but worth it, i could have easily just gone and bought another RS2000 or 2 with the amount ive spent on mine

but at the end of the day the same thing would have happened to them and i plan on keeping this car a few years so it was worth doing

Tom Baxter

Nice work Adam some people would have thrown the towel in.

kitchy

cheers mate, there have been many times where i have wanted to throw the towel in and just go back to having a smaller more economical car but i cant do it

Remko GT

A lot of work into that
Keep up the good work, it's going to look ace finished.

kitchy

ok here are some old pics off my phone showing more trouble that the car caused me

old engine whose headgasket decided to let go on the motorway and i didnt like the look of the pistons and things so a newer lower mileage engine was sourced 2nd hand for less than £200 and fitted









was replaced by



also some pics of where i reversed it into a renault megane scenic








then we stuck a new light in and repaired it so it was useable



i also had a slight off in the snow




took her on the rollers @ noble motorsport




Video
http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...t=SSL20605.flv

Not bad going for a car ive only owned for about 14 months

JezSierra

cool project mate,have to say the welding looks excellent,any updates on the car?

kitchy

no updates yet

just wanna get it back on the road, fully respray is being done at the min then its just tax and mot holding me back

danrs2k

How much is the full re-spray costing u mate? Just tryin to get an idea of how much its going to cost me to do mine mate

kitchy

£1200

was just gonna get it painted where it was needed and the front bumper then i thought i might aswell spend the extra cash and get it all done, even the roof...

danrs2k

Nice 1 mate

kitchy

here are some more pics from the day i collected it from the welders i thought they were lost but my mate just txt me saying he has them and send them me

182_blue

Nice little job there

COCHYN

Nice project, but it doesn't look like you've had any luck with this damn car nice seeing it come along!

kitchy

ive had no luck at all mate! wouldnt suprise me if i got it back from having all the work done and then sumbody drives into it and writes it off

at least the bodywork is nearly complete then i can get on with the rest

GaryHurn

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good project this, also excellent welding!

lovely colour as well

kitchy

cheers mate, should be back in the next few weeks i hope fully painted

kitchy

ok here are some pics of the car with its nice new coat of paint, just waiting for the bodykit and rear bumper to be painted and then it will be done, not very good quality pics but nevermind car looks awesome despite the fact it needs a good wash polish

woolford

good work

Brian

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Brian

marco polo

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great work mate

looks really good have you got it back from the painters yet ?

are you still intrested in this 2.3 engine i have got ?

cheers marco

kitchy

havnt got it back from the painters yet because he still needs to do the mirrors, skirts and back bumper, should be finished this week then its being mot'd, hopefully get it home the week after because i need to tax it, i thought you had got rid of the 2.3, im sorry i dont have the cash or anywhere to store it at the min

danrs2k

Lookin good kitchy

marco polo How much u wanting for that 2.3?

kitchy

hes wanting £200 and im collecting it saturday, car should be back on the road this week now ive insured it just waiting for mot and i can tax it

danrs2k

Nice one mate i bet u cant wait to drive it again mines not going to be done till april/may no rush tho but i miss it I was thinkin of going down the 2.3 route aswell but im going to look into abit more cus its alot of work i want to go in a car wots already been done first so i can make my mind up if its worth it.

kitchy

all i hear is good things about the 2.3, apart from the ones that have broke rod bolts, but im sure a set of ARP ones will sort that problem, wont be having a 2.3 in mine till summer at the earlyest tho, but ordering up some stack gauges on friday i hope

marco polo

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Hi kitchy

these 2.3 's can be rebaord easy when i was looking at the block theres loads of meat on the we use to bore pinto engines alot more than these and they never cracked

i suppose if it was turbo'ed then there might be a problem but defo not the case on these 2.3's for N/A applications

defo change the rod bolts to the ARP we do that with the cossie engines aswell

that engine your mate bought is a good engine it hasn't done much miles

let me know how he gets on with it

cheers marco