Im chuffed to bit's now she's starting to take shape now

 

bet you are mate wont be long now then you can have alol!!

 

good work there mac d.
are you gonna use some seam sealer in that bay before you topcoat it mate?
bit of white tiger seal?

 

cant wait to give it some of this and then i will give it this lol

 

Yea i will be putting more seam sealer in the bay to tidy it up more.. and there is a little more bit of filling to do

 

you have got the right idea! lol

 

 

It's been a long time since i last updated my thread now SO HERE GO'S
Here some pic's of the engine bay painted This was finished on sunday
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Then today me and my mate jon got on with putting the engine & gear box in wich was a right pain with out an engine hoist but we got there in the end as you can see in the pic's
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Here's a pic of my mate jon who's a mechanic he has help me so much through this project
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And here's a pic of my old work mate rodney who ended up brakeing his arm on a forklift at work he came down today for a chin wag and to watch us struggle with the engine and gear box
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And arfter a good chin wag we then got on with the steering rack
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And then put the marster cylinder in, Followed by the ECU'S,Then the heater motor and caseing in
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And then on with the brake compensator
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Arfter that i put the fuse box cover back in and the header tank back on
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Arfter this i stood there grining from ear to ear as she was takeing shape...
then i started putting the sound deadning in that go's around the bulk head..Followed by the clutch and brake pedal's
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And here's a pic of how i left it for today
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If the weather stay's good tomorrow i can get on with more As i realy need to get it done now as i found out sunday that im going to be a dad again number 2 on the way
I will update the thread tomorrow with more pic's

 

nicey nicey mac d .that lump looks sweeeeeeet in there mate.
bet its blinding ya doin a white car in this weather lol
keep it up geeza,good work

 

Blinding is the right word for it steve Every time me and my mate kept going in door's all we could see was dot's But it was worth it mate as bye the end of the day i was doing a lot of this over that engine being in lol

 

looking brill mate!

 

Cheer's mate im one happy man

 

looks good mate but you need a new water bottle

 

Cheer's mate the water bottle is for mocking up the water pipe's..
But later on i will be finding a new one

 

looking good mate coming together now!! like your mates gay pose lol!!

 

Started a bit late today so i didnt get much done Started off with the alternator bracket. Ive used my old bracket off my S2 but i had to shave a little bit off the lug's so i could get the 1.8 zetec alternator to fit..
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Arfter that it was on with fitting the rad wich was a pain in the arse cuz i didnt want to scatch the paint work
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Then it was time to to fit the turbo and see if it will still clear the rad wich it do so when the heat wrap turn up i will have to take it back off to do..
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And here's some pic's of the inlet on.. now you can see why ive got to have the end's cut off and turned around so the throttle body is on the passenger side as there is no room on the driver side
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This is as far as i got today but i hope to get more tomorrow like the wire loom as it need's going through and tidying up before it go's back in..

 

I got a little bit more done today but it's looking better each time My mate thought it would be funny as he didnt think i would put it on lol

 

cant you cut the inlet down abit so its shorter to give more room then weld the bracket back on again?

 

I was thinking that but then my mate said it would be better to plum the inter cooler pipe's and it will be a shorter route for the air to travel.. It's turning out to be a right pain as there's a lot of pissing about to do

 

yeah looking at it your prob right, id just cut the bracket off one end then weld it to the other then cap the other end job done!!

 

That will be the best way But i need to realy pull my finger out as ive now got another baby on the way.. and i still need a few more bit's

 

Yesterday got the wiring loom.. sorting out any wire's that wernt no good and tidying it up..And cutting out the wire's in the engine bay that i dont need ready for the megasquirt
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But every thing was going good i ran the wire's back through into the car ready for the dash.and then ran the wire's round the engine bay
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And that was all i done then today we were then working out the best spot to put the megasquirt ECU wich we chose in the glove box..But then we noticed that i have bought the wrong megasquirt ECU The one i have bought is for MFI and not EFI What a twat So now ive got to buy another one this time the right one ..
Since we could'nt go no further with that we then got on with the heater matrix and dash and the sound deadning
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Bye now i was getting happyer as the inside was taking shape
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In with the gauge pod and gauge's
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That's it at the mo as im now having a beer and some food update later

 

great work mate. its really come a long way from when you started it! just keep on working at it and pretty soon you'll be driving it around all that hard work will have paid off! will defo be keeping an eye on your resto i want to see how she looks when uve finished it!! its proper annoying buying the wrong parts etc i know how you felt with your loom situation lol.. but just keep at it bud!!

 

Thank's for the coment's mate she's realy coming along now im so happy with the progress it just piss me off so much when i noticed that it was the wrong ECU and the wrong clutch as i bought a S1 clutch and not a S2 clutch..But it's not the end of the world as i will stick it all on here for sale and not EBAY

 

awesome thread mate

 

THANK YOU

 

Last update today i did'nt do much more apart from putting the clock's back in and haveing a bit of a tidy up
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And i have had a sort out in my shed,and put all the part's to one side that i dont need ready to put them on here for sale..So that's me done for one day..As soon as i do more i will update again thank's for looking

 

coming together now mate!! getting even closer to the first fire up bet she will be burbleing away nicely!!

 

Yea mate she's getting closer and closer now i just cant wait
All i need before i can fire her up is another ECU,Clutch'intercooler pipe's,And then we can fire her up for the first time in over a year

 

I did'nt get much done today as i have been sorting out stuff that need's selling..So i just put the hub's and wheel's back on followed by the bumpper as i wanted to see how much room there was under the spliter
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There is a fair bit of room left wich is good so the car can be lowered a bit And the only other thing i done was to get the wire's out of the way in the engine bay untill i get another megasquirt ECU
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That's all ive done today as i have now got to go to the midwife with me partner

 

sorry for know update's as internet has been down i will be back at the weekend as i have a load of stuff turning up so it should not belong before she's up and running

 

INTERNET BACK TIME FOR AN UPDATE
We got on with sorting out the rear inner & outer sill on the driver's side
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it was a bit rusty so we choppet out the rust and started welding on some new metal starting on the inside and working out
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That was the sill taken care of and then it was carpet time
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Then i put the driver's seat in since i havent sat in it for a wile
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And that was it for a little wile untill some more part's turned up
New uprated clutch this time i got the right size lol
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Heat wrap
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Locking bonnet catch
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And a 70mm to 50mm reducer elbow to join the 2 ltr throttle to the intercooler pipe work
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A 4 way input adaptor for my oil sensor's
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Oil pressure sender uint
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But the thing's that still havent turned up yet from my first order is steering bush kit and intercooler pipe work
Yesterday we started getting on with fitting the right clutch which didnt go to plan The first part did takeing off the intercooler & the rad & the turbo..
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But when it come to takeing out the gear box my mate trappet his finger's and what little gear oil was in the box went all over the floor
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So arfter that we didnt do any more ive got another mate comeing over at the weekend to help me fit the clutch so untill then i havent done any more but i will update when i do thank's for looking & sorry for the late update

 

Today i had my intercooler pipe's turn up
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Im well chuffed my inlet manafold will be back mid week and the clutch will be fitted tomorrow so finger's crost will be runnig bye the end of the week so long as my new megasquirt get's here in time then it's time for paint

 

Progress today CLUTCH & GEARBOX IN
Im one happy chap now as every little bit that go's on is one step to driveing her again
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Arfter that it was on with fitting the 3way adapter and oil sender uint
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Then it was time for the new lead's
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And then me and my mate got chatting about the gap between turbo and rad And arfter alot of chatting im now getting a stainless steel manifold which i purchased today it should be here mid week then i can plum the rad and intercooler back in for good That's it for one day i will update when i do some more thank's for looking

 

Loving this build mate,keep up the good work.

 

great work mate gone through since the start and you have serious skills

 

Thank's mate im trying

 

The one thing i am learning is once you have a plan stick to it as it can be a exspencive mistake lol
Thank's for takeing intrest mate

 

The weather today is not on my side i wanted to got on with me motor but all i have done is fit the clutch cable and take off the adapter plate
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So i have now come in for some food and im hopeing that the weather give's me a brake so i can do some more.. If not i will have to wait for a better day this is what i get for haveing to work out side

 

looking good!