Thanks for the info Marc, I'll definitely be making use of the info

 

M K cheers for the price breakdown but why 3 cylinders ?

 

1 is for hydrolic clutch

1 is for front brakes

1 is for rear brakes

the front and rear are adjusted via the balance bar

 

which gearbox you using ?

 

rs turbo bc gearbox

 

Coming on well mate !!!

 

small update today,,,nothing spectacular

spent half hour round my garage starting mod the front panel so it can be replaced with a removable alloy 1,,,

this will give me alot more room to mount the radiator & intercooler along with allowing it to be installed & removed from the top rather than turbo side which was always a proper headache

here is the front panel removed,,
i left 10 inches either side for the bonnet pins, headlight adjusters & room for the new panel to overlap the old 1




i havent yet cut the lower part out as i want to measure up the width of the intercooler 1st,,,,





will get more when the new alloy panel is in place

then its off on saterday to be repainted inside the bay and interior & have the pedal box put in ect

 

Damn good idea Marc

 

thanks for the comments fella's

 

little update

got my intercooler through today

grs front mount,,,,came with a 10 inch kenlowe blower fan but im mounting it on the rad with another 1 for a twin setup as my last engine run extremely hot so want to make sure its not an issue this time round
its second hand but in good condition 8)





may have to sell this 10" tho & get 2 x 8" instead,,,,will wait an see
they are extremely slimline tho



also from when i had my dash flocked i left some bits there by mistake & finally remembered to ask the guy for them last week

top & bottom steering cowel & fuse box cover



thats all folks

 

GRS is the way forward Marc
Can't be long now till this comes together

 

Nice work mate, serious money / worrk going into this car!

 

tell me about it mate,,,,,

this month is gonna be flocking expensive with the engine build up/dyno & bodywork


but wil be worth it im sure

 

VERY cool

 

Great work Marc

 

cheers for the comments fellas

hoping to get the alloy panel done at the weekend so may have more updates sunday night when the car goes away for painting/bodywork

 

nice work

 

Looking good Mark, home straight now

 

looks neat m8

 

not managed to get the alloy panel done so will have to wait till after the bodywork has been done,,,,
same with cutting the lower front panel,,il have to wait till the engines in before fitting the rad & cooler & cutting the panel to suit,,

took all the glass out today tho & managed it all on my own without breaking any of it
found my drivers side window runner a bit grotty tho



car is looking proper sorry for itself at the mo ..........

but when it comes back i can start fitting it all back together which will be the beggining of the end

 

car has now gone to the bodyshop to have the following done

NEW INNER & OUTER SILLS BOTH SIDES

NEW TURRET REPAIR SECTION ON PASSENGER SIDE

RANDOM HOLES WELDED UP THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED

WILWOOD BIAS PEDAL SET UP WELDED TO BULKHEAD VIA STRENGTHENING PLATE

INTERIOR PAINTED TO MATCH OUTSIDE

ENGINE BAY RE PAINTED

WHOLE CAR MOPPED

heres some pics from dropping it off today






then unknown to me as i was at home getting my new panels my sis her other half & me mate scott doing the towing saw a sign they just couldnt leave alone ,,,,,,w*nkers




more updates when i pick it up in a few weeks,,,,,

& possibly 2moro afer a trip to field moorsport with my block

 

Nice mate. Keep the updates coming

 

will do

 

Love this car mate, top job.

 

cheers mate

 

Cars coming on well now mate, Not long now....


Is Pat doing the paintwork???

Also you got that thread yet for the swirl pot?

 

friend of pats is doing the work as gary @ supremes that done the rest is too busy at the mo (proberly with daves s1 )

gonna try and get to pirteks this week about the thread mate,,, so will shout ya at the weekend,,,

also got me jacket off gus today

 

Cool,Im off over to see Chris again this week as i need a few more bits made up, So will let him know


Got the jacket then, Only 6 months late

 

roll on the next newquey trip tho

that was the bollox

 

Loving the sign

 

 

 

looking good mate, hope to see it at the shows this year

 

will be taking it to mos of them i hope mate

cheers for the comments people

 

small update,

popped down to see the bloke terry at gifford coachworks who's doing me car because i had to drops some bits off to him so took a few pics while i was there,
nothing major but its all progress

drivers side inner sill was a bit rotten



but turned out to be a hell of alot worse when he got underneath it



heres some of what fell out


the whole lot is being replaced with new panels inner & outer,,,possibly the passenger side too but he aint got to that yet so will wait & see,,

had some grot around the nearside turret so that was cut out, new repair panel welded in & some filler skimmed over & left to dry before prepping


i have also had he holes on the top half of the doors welded up & the front as the carbon doorcards will not cover that high, so they been welded & fillered along with a repair to drivers door from some rust




now onto the brake bias pedals,,
ive gone the whole hog now & had the existing holes welded up & plated ready for the wilwood pedals to be mounted to a bracket that is welded to the bulk head, so no going back to the standard brake set up now
inside the bay has been plated for reinforcing,, then the interior side is being done next,,
hopefuly pics of the pedals all fitted next time i go down there



inside still to be done



thats it for the bodywork for now,,,,more next week maybe

ENGINE UPDATE

dropped my block & head to FMS yesterday as it needs some fettling,
turns out the low comp bottom end i bought is far from low comp
so its being stripped,,pistons sent of to be machined (as there forged items they have plent of meat on them to take off luckily) to lower the comp ratio to around 7:7.1
then its all being built up to go on the dyno :twisted:
& tommy thinks it will see 280+bhp easy which il be more than happy with
but more on that nearer the time

also forgot to add this a while ago,,new burton quickshift for a mk3 with brand new linkage & stabiliser



thats all folks

 

keep the pics comin!

 

good work mate

 

cheers fella's

 

Great progress there ,good to see all that rust being dealt with

 

Fooking ell Marc not been busy at all have you

Looking good hun oh and i do expect a go when she is finished