alan.m

Well i have heard the same, slight hunting when at idle but a friend of mine is running 4.0KG and another 6.5KG neither have any troubles so im not sure. Im not planning on doing this for a while yet

So friday i got a good few hours on it, looks and feels like going backwards but hopefuly when i have done all i want to do the engine can go in for good so i first popped to local dealer and picked up some brand new flywheel and clutch release plate bolts Also got a rear ashtray and a maf sensor from the forum Im running a standard g60 flywheel with a luk vr6 clutch, i will be lightning the flwheel and upgrading the clutch at a later date. ok so engine back out with the gearbox removed Going to clean and paint the gearbox had a little go at it but still looking pretty dirty Ok so where i modified the lower crossmember to fit the intercooler i wanted to put a bit of strength back into it i have painted this but it didnt turn out to well so i didnt take a photo ok so with the engine out i wanted to spray some bits and bobs just going for a matt black finish Also did the front pannel pretty happy with how it tuned out before: After: It was still a bit wet thats why it looks a bit shiny, ok so thats it for now i want to do loads more but im away this weekend so will update when i have more Cheers

Thanks, yeah the paintwork is really bad but im hoping some welding, filler and time will put it right

I have done a little more to this today was not happy with the way i had layed my boost pipes so decided i would change them, i need to buy 3 bends and some clips to finish it but it should look something like this now :D Its a little tight to the starter motor but nothing is clamped up yet As shown in the photos the boost pipes are a lot closer to the engine and now run in a straight line so i am a lot happier i know there is two bends at the bottom but i dont think it will restrict air flow to much? Still got plenty more to do and will update again soon :)

Apart from engine side of things i have been doing some body work started on the door looks like people liked opening there door on to this side of the car first layer of filler went on It seems really hard to get it all smooth so i have left it like this for now today i started to fit and mount the intercooler and also run the boost pipes there wasnt a lot of room to fit the intercooler but worked out the best place and started grinding, tried to do it without removing anything structural main two points are show here Not finished as i want to tidy up and weld a bit of support onto the second cut but it now fits As for running boost pipes i have mocked this up but i want to make a few changes but as for now it looks a bit like this First i used the original pipe and cut to make it work Used a reducer of the turbo Sits a lot higher than id like but as i said i may change this next time mocked up like this for now Just need to order some bends to mock up the other side I did want it to show a little through the bumper but this is the best i could get it for now with this intercooler you can just see the bottom of it (not a very good photo) Thats about as far as i have got so far, im going to take more photos of the stuff i do along the way and will update after cheers Also in reply to the question above the bay was only sprayed with black to protect it, it isnt finished yet thats why its red and black

Ok so i have been meaning to make a thread about this for a while now so here goes.... I bought the car of spuddy at the beginning of December it looked a bit like this It wasn't perfect had a few dents, some rust and had been resprayed (badly) It had a running 1.8 16v which i soon removed after buying the car dont have any photos of this. so i decided smoothing the bay was a good starting point ill let the photos do the talking Mocking up the plate Plate all welded in Starting smoothing the bay of both sides soon started to remove the un needed brackets it is not much further on than that as i wanted to get the lump in to make sure i had covered all areas and sort a few things out so in the new engine goes Also as you can see from this photos the wheels and suspension have been removed

Ok so i have been meaning to make a thread about this for a while now so here goes.... I bought the car at the beginning of December it looked a bit like this It wasn't perfect had a few dents, some rust and had been resprayed (badly) It had a running 1.8 16v which i soon removed after buying the car dont have any photos of this. so i decided smoothing the bay was a good starting point ill let the photos do the talking Mocking up the plate Plate all welded in Starting smoothing the bay of both sides soon started to remove the un needed brackets it is not much further on than that as i wanted to get the lump in to make sure i had covered all areas and sort a few things out so in the new engine goes Also as you can see from this photos the wheels and suspension have been removed

Looks really clean in gloss black, I have now finished mine in matt black as I'm hoping it won't show up any bits I may have missed aha, was meant to ask you what radiator are you using as I have removed the tank and want a top fill radiator similar to what you have done? Cheers Alan

All done pm sent, cheers mate :)

Hello mate has the rear ashtray been sold? if not then ill take it? Alan

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I have just read this from page one what a brilliant job you have done, just wondering what filler you used on the bay as i am hafl way through mine and dont want to have filler crack, also have you got any more progress on this? Alan