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ok cheers bro, will give it a go. Did your 20vt work ok once it was mapped etc??

lol, mine wasn't quite that 'hollywood' price...

ok, not sure if my Haltech software will let me do that but I will look, what about if I disconnected the fuel pump and turn it over a few times? Do you rekon that might work. I was told also to try and clean the plugs and heat them up with a blow torch then try and start it straight away... ??? :roll:

ok, not sure if my Haltech software will let me do that but I will look, what about if I disconnected the fuel pump and turn it over a few times? Do you rekon that might work. I was told also to try and clean the plugs and heat them up with a blow torch then try and start it straight away... ??? :roll:

No worries.. :lol: Yeah the trimmer hopefully will do a smart job. Carisma would be cool but I just think they will be so expensive and anyway my trimmer has done me a good deal and he wants this job. I will let people know who he is once its done... Aiming for E38 if you want to see it in the flesh! Ben

Its a big job mate, you have to pretty much dismantal the whole car! Well underneith at any rate. What do you want doing... a few ideas below: Front subframe + rad support, main front subframe, wishbones, front hubs, steering rack, rear axle + mounts, fuel tank straps, fuel pump bracket, etc etc Might be worth while getting new bushes through out as we will need to push them out before sand blasting + powder coating... I would suggest some poly bushes purley for the reason that they are easy to put in as you don't need a press, but I know someone with a press who could do it for us for a few notes if you want originals in there. Better make it 2 weeks and you will need to help dismantle the car!

He is very expensive! My trimmer got a quote from MJ interiors yesterday just to see how much it would be, and Junior wanted £2700 to do it!!!!!! I can asure you that I'm not going to be paying that! The trimmer who I have for the job will do a good job IMHO. Its a new company and he needs good feedback from his work so its ideal for both him and me. I'm not sure quite what you mean mate? What do you mean by moulded parts? The whole dash, center tunnel and door cards have been moulded... I don't want a 2 toned effect if thats what you mean. I think it looks much more classy in one color through out. Maybe a different color headlining and pillars but thats about it, haven't decided that yet. I have a few ideas up my sleeve as far as that is concerned. 8)

bring it up to the Radford garage some time over the summer and leave it with me for a week and we'll get it sorted for not alot off £££.. B

I might do some of it myself, but quite alot of it is going to be done by a pro as I really want to get a good finish! Dash and front door cards could be quite interesting to trim... 8)

Some of the bits I made moulds for from foam and laid it up in glass fibre then I used filler followed by a lot of sanding... Takes time to get a good finish but seeing as it will all be covered in leather I'm not too fussed about that. Although, hopefully it will come across like a professional job once trimmed... something to take on maybe a Carisma interior...?? :D

gets some better quality pics up here mate.... Neil whens the Guildford meet! lol

hahaha, indeed I am a nutter, I know that now! TVR dash cost me pretty much nothing, bought the whole interior out of a Cerbera a while ago for about £500, including dials, the works, didn't get the steering wheel though, they are rare and expensive and I sourced that at a later date.. I then sold everything I didn't need and made back about 400 squids and I still have the seats left which I should easily get more than 100 quid for.. There really isn't alot left of the original dash ! I've mooded most areas, so I think it would be safe to say that its a TVR inspired dash! The offset was all wrong so alot of chopping and changing took place. The top half of the dash I made from scratch, el la door cards, stack pod, center tunnel sides etc etc then i modded the lower pod which houses the greddy gauges and I have the fun task of making all the ducting behind work with the mk4 climate control unit. Its been very hard work and many many hours to get it right, trust me! I had 3 goes at the stack pod! ........ never again! (don't quote me on that last bit!) Ben

hehehe, yep need to give the whole car a clean, inside and out!!!! Not sure I can achieve the kind of finished needed to paint the moulds... Just want to trim it all in leather, will look sweet, trust me :D Think the color of the leather I have gone for will look sweet, shame Coxy gave it away :D cough..pink... cough

lol... i told you to keep that quiet...lol I'll check it but I think thats all ok, I've had it running before.. I think its just flooding, apparently people have this problem before they map them, sparks get filthy and the 440cc injectors just drown them.. so will clean the plugs and heat them with a blow torch before I try and start it again! Will keep everyone updated.

Arhhh young Hugo, nice work, very clean car. just need a 20vt and 4x4... hehehe Stoner Park 2 weeks time, you going to come up with Neil, a few bevy's in Henley Sat night... ??

yeah was a good deal i thought.. :D but if i did it again i would do it myself...

looking sweet buddy.. Thats one busy engine bay...

cheers dubster82... Its taken long enough! I have bought the leather, going to keep that quiet until its done. Hope to have the interior finished off next weekend, 3 days solid should see it almost complete, then when funds allow its off to the trimmers.... Ben

Paid £250 for rallye floorpan. Paid £750 for the labour. So £1k for the conversion, only took 7 months to do back in 2002 :wink: That was at Awesome Gti btw, but they said they would never do one again!!! Ben

Still doesn't want to fire up?!! The injectors should be making a loud worn tappet type noise and they are not, so going to see if the engine is actually getting any fuel this afternoon. That might be my problem! Got a spark in each cyl and I have air and all electrics are working as its run before. puzzled!

I heard that Dubsport quote something like £5-5.5k to do the conversion! .... :cuckoo:

looks like a trim sport rear strut brace...

Don't worry going to take it easy and only just popping up the road and back as not everything works and I don't have any number plates, bumpers etc on the car... Just want to make sure all the 4wd is working ok!

20v turbo, did you sell your engine in the end mate and hows the new engine coming along?

A20 LEE, Thanks Lee, should look good once done! Update, Just finished my long day working on the C, got the brakes working! At last! And made a special bracket for the handbrake and that too works now. Got the engine ready to be started and the batt was flat, so charging it ready to fire her up tomorrow morning, fingers crossed! Then TEST DRIVE!!! yeppiee