gaz the geezer 0 Posted May 23, 2006 nice touch Blue_Joe, looking forward to the finished article, it should look spanking fella Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted May 28, 2006 Well I thought I'd show you all a glimpse of what else I've been doing to spruce up the car under the bonnet while it is off the road!!!! Now you'll see why I had the Ali covers fabricated to contrast with the colour of the rest of the engine I've now powdercoated almost everything that can be in Gloss Black to match the black body colour. Match up with flashings of red to match the G60 badges on things such as the centre band of the alternator, red silicone leads, red silicone boost tubes that you've seen before and also I've managed to find red cotton overbraid vacuum hoses and the same for my methanol injection piping! Also SS overbraid fuel pipes. On top of this I'm redoing the boost pipes using a Rallye outlet on the charger and new polished ali boost tubes that will be done on the cars arrival back in Birmingham to match the ali covers and fuel rail. Done a bit more porting to the Throttle body as you can see!!! Plenty more to come soon but thought I'd give you an update!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RADO.001 0 Posted May 29, 2006 looking good m8, cant wait to see it in its full shiny glory once you've put back together. :thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted May 29, 2006 I'm liking that BBM fuel rail!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted May 30, 2006 Ok so I've gone and done more!!!! New strut brace is ready, had it all chromed up so as to contrast against the black!!! Also it does mean that when my car is back I will have a strut brace for sale. It's exactly the same as this one but powdercoated black if anyone is interested!!!! **EDIT** OOooooo That picture has lost all it's quality when uploaded. But you get the general idea anyway!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biggerbigben 0 Posted June 1, 2006 WOW looking sweet sam! Looking forward to seeing all these bits bolted up and in place:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Looking forward to seeing all these bits bolted up and in place:) me too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iow_corrado_g60 0 Posted June 1, 2006 mate that charger is now officially my favourite its the dogs fella good work as always#! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
24V Renshaw 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Nice work mate. Keep us posted :) Jay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 1, 2006 mate that charger is now officially my favourite its the dogs fella good work as always#! I do agree the charger looks fantastic. The nice touch I didn't mention that makes it really stand out is that to contrast agains't the black powdercoating you will see that I have had all of the bolt heads chromed to give it a little extra "bling" And thanks for all the rest of the comments guys - at the moment it's the main thing keeping me sane with this car at the moment. However as an update. The pistons have now all been approved and signed off at long last. Tehy have now started production on them and they "should" be with Racepower in 3-4 weeks. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gradeAfailure 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Utterly lush mate, very nice work indeed... :thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Also - Yey! Got the finished article of the timing belt cover back today after a few minor adjustments and the fitting of the lip on the top edge to fit on the rocker cover. It looks amazing!!! The craftsmanship has been excellent! Now just the long task of smoothing the welds on the retainers for the clips and sanding it down to a perfectly smooth finish ready for me to polish it at the weekend! Anyway - a few pics of it for you!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkie 0 Posted June 1, 2006 How much for the brace your selling then sam? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 1, 2006 Ah - metn to remove that! Someone has beaten you to it!"! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley 0 Posted June 1, 2006 nice work 8) ! like your style m8,i got steve @ pitstop to do my charger in black,shame i havent got nice shiny bits to contrast as yet. are you dewedging the t/b? i believe (please correct me if wrong) that a 16v throttle plate will fit,rather than trying to fill the holes left behind. sommet to consider if you are doing it anyway... neil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 1, 2006 nice work 8) ! like your style m8,i got steve @ pitstop to do my charger in black,shame i havent got nice shiny bits to contrast as yet. are you dewedging the t/b? i believe (please correct me if wrong) that a 16v throttle plate will fit,rather than trying to fill the holes left behind. sommet to consider if you are doing it anyway... neil. Thanks fella!! I did originally paint my charger and everything else however I quickly found that with paint it chipped easily, but with it being black it showed up the chips really badly!! I haven;t dewedged the teh TB, only because I am yet to figure out the advantage of doing so!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley 0 Posted June 1, 2006 same tbh,but any excuse to mess :lol: cant wait to see your engine bay,gonna look really smart 8) neil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
24V Renshaw 0 Posted June 2, 2006 Nice work on the cover. Who made that for you? Will look mental when its polished. Jay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 3, 2006 Nice work on the cover. Who made that for you? Will look mental when its polished. Jay Local and very talented fabricating company!!! I'm so happy with the result Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted June 8, 2006 looking good mate... 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 24, 2006 Well I'm off on holiday to Barcelona for a week tomorrow morning, thought I better treat my girlfriend as when I get back, I've been told the car should be ready to collect!!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Think this is teh first time I am looking forward to coming home more than going on a holiday!!!!! But will have loads to do when I get the car back as I have an office FULL of new parts to go on it when its here. I simply can't wait!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted June 24, 2006 Barcelona is a superb city! Enjoy yourself! :) I'm just drooling at the thought of some of the great places to go out and drink and eat! Try and find the bar Margherita Blue - had some good cocktails in there :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Joe 0 Posted June 24, 2006 Soooo many places to go, staying near the beach, a man made beach should be quite interesting at the Hotel Vincci Condal Mar which looks fantastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted June 24, 2006 Theres another place we went to and I have no idea what it was called but it was a fairly plain looking bar outside - you go in and basically its full of trees, a big sort of green canopy of leaves, etc and every so often the music drops and the lights drop and they simulate a bit of a thunderstorm with lightning and loud thunder.. it was really cool! Anyway - enough rambling - superb city - have fun :D :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billinjah 0 Posted June 24, 2006 have a good one sam hope our part arrives!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
