Looks well in the for sale section.

 

nice work

 

not much to report matey,abs block is now painted,tried 2 different colours of gold/bronse and wasnt happy with either of them so stuck to the theme of the car and painted it black,ill pop a pick up when i get a chance,back to work now so updates might slow a little.
managed to sell my r1 aswell which to be honest im not happy about selling but needs must

once the bikes been payed for ill look into getting the fuel tank powder coated and ill update then .

 

r reet mate shame about the bike but needs must as you say, made up for you getting back to work!

 

I swapped my R1 for my saph 4 years ago, and I've never looked back!
Would love a moonstone 3rd next!

 

any more been done jeff?

 

not alot mate,i bought a new fuel filter with -6 fittings,also bought a carbon cam belt cover,ill put some pics up when ive collected it from the post office,also fucked me drill on saturday while polishing the back box,thats the second one ive broke since i bought the car.

 

 

what happening with yours mate?are you any further forward?

 

exactly the same place mate hasnt moved atall since mot getting proper annoyed ive got plenty money in the bank but wont take my card on paypal ect been tryong to order me sensor cambelt/tensioner and bearings ect to get that done but wont let me and been speaking to karl at nms he says it defo needs a setup before i do serious damage but its 3 hours away i cant get there without driving it so my father in law apperntly good mates with r and p woods of heaton and reckons theyl do it if i want but im not sure i suppose they could just get the fueling ect sorted so its safe until i can get to nms you reckon?

 

i used r&p woods when they first opened many years ago,they have a rolling road so should be able to sort your problem out,i really think its somthing simple shouldnt take them to long to sort out,why dont you give them a bell.

 

father in law already done it there willing to do it just didnt know if they where any good mate then i just want to find somewhere that do machine polishes and ill probs be happy as its in urgent need of a good polish like

 

well its a sad day,sold the r1 tonight fucking gutted watching the kid riding away on it.but with 3k in my pocket i can start to show the 3dr some lovin.
as promised quick pic of my new cam belt cover.

 

that does look good mate are you going to continue the carbon theme in the engine bay? so do you think you'l have it done anytime soon with the extra cash to help out mate??

 

i might put a little bit here and there,tbh ill have to wait and see what it looks like once its on the car,this year im going to have to invest in a mig welder and a compressor for when i start the underside but i cant see it going back together this year,just had my accountant on the phone,recon im due a 2k rebate for last year so maybe i could crack on a little.

 

great news mate well ill keep my eyes peeled for updates sure the progress will keep going great

 

This thing is going to be a seriously smart car when its done (and its already looknig real nice.)

 

well after working on the daily driver today for mot reasons managed to spend a little time
fitting my inlet manifold,crap phone pics ,hope you like.

 

Love the belt cover, may have to get one of those myself
Engine is looking great too

 

looking good matey

 

anything more been happening matey??

 

not alot mate dropped some parts into powder coaters on saturday will post pics up when i get them back,took my fuel tank into a company in hebburn during the week to get my jic fittings welded on,but they've welded them on wrong which means the fittings will leak so ill be taking that back tommorrow.heres some pics off the tank.


really anyone in the motorsport buisness would know that that will not seal properly.

 

nitemare mate hope you get it sorted out! did you manage to find a compressor yet

 

watching one on ebay at the minute,just up the road in blyth but i think i should buy a new one instead.looks like i might have to up my budget though.

 

The engine looks fantastic

What did the company who done the fuel tank welding say about the mistake?

 

thanks mate,phoned them up today got to take it back in tommorrow so they can weld the hex to the tank instead of to the pipe,then off to the powder coaters to see what he say about coating it.

 

those tank fittings look well yeee-ha

 

your telling me.

 

small update collected parts from powder coaters this morning.
fuel pump craddle:from this

to this:



brake caliper brackets,from this


to this:


strut brace mounts:

the strut brace centre section was stripped of paint and will be polished soon.
abs bracket:from this

to this:

and with map sensor bracket:

hope you like.

 

looks good mate going to be proper lovely this when its done just sent you a pm aswell

 

looking great jeff

 

anything been happening buddy?

 

not alot mate,been working on the house instead of the car the last couple of weeks,i have managed to get the tank back which im happy with,also had some camshaft oil seals turn up.would like to get them done this weekend if i can,but tiling the kitchen comes first though.

 

stripped the front hubs today ready for blasting at the weekend,quick pic





and a quick pic of the jic fittings brazed on the right way this time round.

 

been to powder coaters this morning and theres good and bad news,first off the good news heres what i collected.




done a great job.
now the not so good news regarding my fuel tank,this is how it looked after being blasted


looks good you might think,can you see the problem?

42 pin holes,ive organised these to be brased up next week,no big deal really just a little set back.
as i was taking pics of the fuel tank i thought id include a pic of the swirl pot,still hoping this will not melt in the oven when it goes back,fingers crossed.

 

lol didnt like seeing that old for sale thread jeff

Thinking bout selling the M3 already and coming back to the fords

 

Jeff looks really good - what coaters do you use?

 

ive used these for a while now brammer,he does alot of car parts and always gives a quality job.
http://www.bettablast.co.uk/bettablast/home.html

todays work,dropped the rear axel down and stripped it ready to be powder coated,seem to spent alot of time and money there recently.


these where fooked.

also found time to strip the rear bearings out,housing also to be powder coated.

 

that swirl pot will melt mate i never done my tank because of it and iam a coater myself check out some of the work i do www.customcoatingsuk.com

 

Spot on Jeff, if you don't mind me asking what sort of money do they charge for what you have had done? pm if you prefer

Chris.