Cossiestu123

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after 17 months of ownership its about time i gave her a bit of tlc!

i brought the car off ebay with 12 mths mot and on the surface it looked a nice clean car running stage 3 with rs500 intercooler, dark greens, 3 bar map and a hybrid turbo (to be identified!)


i drove it for the full 12 mths planning a restoration before re mot
during the 12mts it managed to pull the threads out of the cambelt tensioner out and therefore loosing its cambelt! result was a snapped exhaust cam and 16 bent valves!

i removed the head had 16 new sodium filled valves new guides and stem seals installed and skimmed it for good measure. also turns out it had been ported

a cometic multi layer gasket and arp stud and nut fitted to future proof it


anyway mot ran out and it has been sat down the side of my house for 6 mths quietly gathering dust and rust waiting on funds and the time i need to do it!

i have started to strip the underseal and working in patches acid etch prime as i go along, must admit its a fair state under there lots of bodge repairs using mastic to podge holes up! many would say reshell it!

here is a few pics of the rust holes found thus far!

drivers foot well



drivers side sill !


back end with bumper removed


drivers seat mount!

and a happier looking work in progress shot



my assistant

assistant getting bollocked for going under car!

worm

nice project but who ever painted the head red wants shooting

Cossiestu123

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Tell me about it! When it was in pieces I should of painted it, but was in such a mad rush to get it back on the road never did, got a 2wd exhaust manifold today so may give it a blast over in black when I fit that

mrmann

i like it Alot

R4N SS

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good luck mate - will be good once finished

rog

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Hope it's done now, this post was from 2011

Glenn_

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Lol i wonder if he still has it.

Mondi-DZK

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Offcourse Glenn_... gathering dust and rust