Scooby_drew

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Sneaky preview of the inlet manifold, massive thanks to Tim @ tweaks developments for this one...

Early RA manifold old flange removed...


Hole made for front entry conversion...


Old inlet all welded back up...


New Cnc cut flange welded to the front completing the conversion...


And then it was off to the power coaters, opted for oem wrinkle but in black and here's a sneaky preview of finished item...

Scooby_drew

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Had a few hours cleaning and stripping the new engine this weekend...

Manifold removed....


Then stripped...


Injectors rails stripped ready for powder coating...


Cross over pipe cleaned and painted...




Sytec fuel pressure reg was looking tired so some new paint for that too...


Loads of other bits stripped and gone to the powder coaters, plus a good engine degrease...

Scooby_drew

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Had an hour doing a few bits tonight.

New centre caps as the old ones were corroded...

Before....


After...


Also managed to finish securing the front mount, plus have the front end a lick of paint and fit the facelift headlights..

Before...


After...

mickywrx

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You seriously need something doing with the end of those fuel rails as, frankly, the way they are finished for the parallel conversion is downright dangerous!

bustaMOVEs

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The car looks really shiney close up Drew.

If you need any parts for it give me a shout as I have a classic that I'm breaking.

Scooby_drew

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Got my hands on the reversed manifold, even better in the flesh!...




Plus had the alternator stripped ready for powder coating...


Massive thanks to Tim @ tweaks developments for these!

Scooby_drew

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You mean the fact they have been cut??? I was planning to convert them to an-6 fittings.

mickywrx

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I mean the fact they aren't swaged or anything. Very real risk of a big leak and at worst a fire.

Replied to your pm earlier.

banny sti

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Love the wheels Drew

Scooby_drew

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Well hopefully I know a man who can sort me out with a set of an-6 adaptors!

Scooby_drew

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Cheers Banny,

They have grown on me! They will do until I go wide arched and rotas!

banny sti

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Soon I hope then, as I want these

joe v3sti

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No banny you want a nice set of revolution millenniums shod with re070's

tweaks

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Haha, rev's ftw

You're more than welcome with the parts Drew, will look awesome when it's all back together and up and running

Tim

jonnyricer2

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The turini s look sweet!!

Scooby_drew

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You have PM!

Scooby_drew

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Got a few bits back from the powder coaters today and very happy with it, complete transformation...



Fuel rails...


Plus painted the the injector caps wrinkle back to match the new reversed inlet...


Test fit to see what it looked like and very happy...


Just awaiting the an-6 adaptors now to complete!

Scooby_drew

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V5 Header tank had a refresh plus treated it to a new high pressure hks cap...

Before...


After....




Much better!

tweaks

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That's some fancy rad cap drew ! ��

Tim

Scooby_drew

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Fuel rail adaptors arrived, big thanks to MickeyWRX

IanPaskin

Manifold looks cool... And much better with the AN fittings, although not cheap are they!! (I only had to buy one...)

joe v3sti

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Inlet looks really tidy drew, coming along nicely pal


Joe

Scooby_drew

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Cheers, no there not but hopefully a lot safer than the previous setup! Look bling too! Ha

Scooby_drew

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Thanks Joe, getting there slowly!

Scooby_drew

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Finally got the facelift parts back from the paint shop.

Facelift bonnet and scoops on...


Facelift bumper, fog covers and front lip fitted...


Looking like a car again now...




Transformation from how it was...

tim@rallytech

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This is starting to look seriously nice now

Scooby_drew

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Cheers! Yeah I'm liking the look of her so far, still got loads planned but spent far too much already! Ha!

Scooby_drew

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Had the cleaning bug today, so out came my polisher, I need some smaller buff wheels as couldn't get in to the nooks and crannys but still looks better than it did...

Throttle body...


Turbo pipes and actuator...


Tried doing the heads too but these haven't turned out too well so will give them another go at some point...


Then a good wash and polish as she's been sat gather dust and bird poo for quite a while...





Excuse the drainpipe exhaust, it's going soon!

And a good clean inside too...

tweaks

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Looks really well that drew
Get a toothbrush and a tube of autosol for the throttle body or even some wire wool . that'll make a huge difference in getting 20 years worth of smeg off it.

Tim

Scooby_drew

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Few more jobs done today, because I had to butcher the new facelift bumper so much to fit the front mount, I chopped to much plastic away to secure the fog light covers, so instead of bodging with a long screw I decided to knock up a set of aluminium brackets cut from 3mm bar, bent, drilled and then riv nutted ready to accept Alen key pro bolts for added security of the covers...







Worked a treat...


But need some longer pro bolts, so had to use normal bolts for now...