well ive finally collected the shell that i will be using
some of you will no doubt recognise it






chassis looks good and cant find any rot which is good
gutted when i went to collect it the sunroof had somehow smashed

quite a lot missing though.....



looks like im going to be getting very dirty over the next couple of weeks and decide on a spec to aim for....

all i need is...
engine
loom
management
gearbox
ancillaries
wheels
brakes etc etc etc

il also be taking off the suspension etc and seeing what nasties i can find

 

Shed

 

Nice little saff , fancy one myself but nowhere to store it

did you pick it up on that truck with a flat tyre? lol ...

 

Fuck off Phil

And there were 3 other tyres on that axle, and that ones only flat at the bottom

 

Looks like a nice shell good luck with it

Phil

 

looks good mate, good look with the build

 

Nash's old Saph...the sticker gave it away

 

Lol knew someone would pick up on that

 

I done the sticker for him...that was the give away.

 

managed to get a couple of hours in today..

decided i want to paint the engine bay so started to remove whats left in there making sure i labelled up what bits of car loom i have...




the battery tray seems solid which im happy about


lots of underseal everywere that has done its job and kept the rust at bay


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removed so far...
battery
power steering resevoir
washer bottle
lights
front bumper
grille
airbox
wheel arch covers
abs pump

then gave it a good coat of TFR and a powerwash, im really pleased with how solid it is in there...

 

hen gave the old girl a little wash, shes been off the road 3 years so really needed it!!







then parked her up for the night, locked away safe and sound

 

managed to get a little bit more stripped and cleaned today... its hard trying to find time to get stuck in while im at work as there is.. well.. err work to be done

removed the scuttle pannel
blower moter
wiper motor



then started to clean the bulkhead up a little bit....


then a little bit more... still loads of little knooks and crannies to get at yet

 

wow cant believe its been 6 months since i picked this shell up!!!
bit of an update... some boring stuff for my own reference but you get the idea..
polished up some manky old enginr mounts i had lying around, not sure if im going to use them yet though


started cleaning up and painting the scuttle pane and trim



gave some engine brackets a coat of paint and the front shit shields too just to tidy them up

 

bought myself a 200 block. really should have checked the bore before i handed over the cash, the guy told me it was standard bore and i believed him.... only for it to turn out its 0.5 overbore and 7 thou too big for that so i guess im gonna have to go .75!! that was an expensive mistake.... especially as i bought it withought main caps.

anyway heres what it was like when i picked it up


i started to clean up the main bearing faces



heres the bore before i touched it


and after i gave them a little rub... i thought these were the original cross hatches when i bought it

 

my main caps turned up of a bloke off here, top fella and well packaged.
fitted these and sent the block off to be line bored, long studded, bored and decked. im possibly thiinking about under piston jets from burton power as well at the min


rocker cover turned up as well, which needs to be stripped and painted.


ive gpne for a gripper diff too which has turned up

 

stainless rocker cover bolts

 

did a 350 mile round trip to pick up the turbo and wheels... took me 7 hours but well worth it

can of 7 up to show size

 

heres the wheels i chose... compomotive th2 in white 18" 8j et32 wrapped in some pirelli tarmac slicks for the time being. pushed them up to the car to get an idea of what they looked like...

 

stainless manifold with external gate has turned up too....

 

my group 4 wheel nuts eventually turned up so i could get the wheels fitted, i put some of the front end on so i could get an idea of how it would look...







and thats where im up to presently!

 

Nice looking saph!
What spec are you going for?

 

The best spec I can afford at the time lol
I've bought a standard cosworth crankshaft today and next on the shopping list is some wrc long rods and short pistons. Probably get them ordered in the next couple of weeks

 

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Doing a nice job so far mate, Love the wheels, i'd love a set of 17's for my S2 Cossie project.


Ginger


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Going be a cracker mate,well done.

 

Cheers for the comments

Just picked up an Rs500 cooler and Swedish manifold tonight... Il get some pics up when I get chance

 

Wow, some nice parts there....

Well done on finding 18's in TH's

 

nice turbo same as mine ,if it gos wrong turbo technics did mine but had machine there own parts for it as turbonetics have no technical drawings for them now .good look with build

 

Looking good mate

 

Yeah I managed to pick the comps up off eBay, they were badly listed and I stole them for less than £500! Bargain of the fucking century

What's the lag like with that turbo dingle? I've got the T66 with .82 housing... It's only single scroll though :-( bought it of a lad off here actually, and it's been recently rebuilt by cr

Cheers Matt

 

Matt it's still in the box with rapping on so
Carnt tell you sorry as my car not finished yet
Wheels look spot on bargain!

 

Lol my names dan, I was saying cheers to rs_matt.
Are you in the middle of a rebuild too then dingla? Are you doing a resto thread?

 

sorry mate i was on phone didnt see ur user name this my new thread as the mods deleted old one


https://passionford.com/forum/restor...urbo-back.html

 

cars lookin nice mate.! love the wheels.!

 

I told you it was a good one Dan, wheels look great. Nice to see you cracking on with it.

Still have the mint front bumper if you want it, best mate was supposed to have it but he's selling his car in the new year.

 

Can't fault the shell at all Nash... And regarding the bumper, yeah I want it obviously lol but the Cossie funds have dried up after my recent spending spree

Next your going to tell me you've still got that std std crank!?!?!

 

No worries ita not going anywhere will take £350 for it now, let me know.

No swapped the crank plus some cash last week. I might have some amber front indicators you can have bud, I will have a look.

 

Looks amazing with 18" th2's. They are like rocking horse poo in that offset iv given up trying to find a set!

 

Cheers lee I guess I was just lucky finding these!!

Nash il drop you a txt r.e. bumper lol your a bad man.... I'm a fooking magpie for shiny things

 

here's the swedish intake manifold i bought, complete with aeroquip connectors.

needs a good clean and polish!!




RS500 type intercooler too