have you still not finished this trails lol

 

nah not quite

 

quick question mate, did you have to do much modding to get the STI steering wheel to fit, i feel like i'm driving a bus with the size of the standard one lol
regards
mark

 

Nothing...not sure on the airbag functionality though, my old one ie for sale if you are interested

 

I can't believe I just read all 29 pages and it's not finished.
Hats off to ya mate. Definitely some hard work gone into it.
Looking forward to seeing the finished result as I'm sure you are.
Top thread.

 

Thank you, always good motivation to get moving...it will be running for spring

That spring 2011 before Granby posts up to ask which year

 

an actual update

bumper...finally needs a bit of a clean up though, particularly the fmic trimming I need to fill the waher jet holes too so not a case of just fitting it. I thinnk I'm going to get some help with the vent this time


P1 lamp covers...almost a shame to mess with them the finish is so good...will make prep for paint nice and straight forward.

 

trimmed the bumper to fit today and washed it to have a good look...well the short story is it needs repainted...which I wanted to avoid. *****. scuffs to both sides and a washer jet glued in place.

preped the fog lamp covers for painting too.




been getting its engine transplant venue ready too

 

found this...some cracking styling ideas.

Griswold Woody here I come

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/index.php?

 

Ending up taking all my engine bits home while we are moving premises at Mocom, I've dropped the block off at DTW Engines to be cleaned ready for assembly and took the water cross over pipe and alternator bracket along as I'm too lazy to scrub them




You can see all the swarf that needs to be removed from where Steve at SMG decked block. Hopefully be ready for collection next week then the build can start; the bottom end needs building and compression ratio calculated before my heads can be matched to the bores.


got a Gucci part from Frayz Engineering; a custom oil cooler shroud and some induction trumpets...to say I'm pleased is an understament, its exactly what I wanted and the fit is spot on (check out the cut outs for the mounting points and hose fittings), big thanks to Frayz and Ian Yeah, i know there are a lot of pics but its sadly never gonna be seen once fitted









I've got three trumpets, two for the fog lamps and the one with the larger square flange for the duct itself. Once I'm fixed the trumpets to the fog lamp covers (fibreglass maybe?), it should make fitting and keeping the hose in place nice and straightforward.

 

after a lengthy Dremel session I've fitted the induction trumpet to the duct; I took my time as I wanted to get the fit as tight as possible and didn't want to destroy other people hard work...I can clean up the adhesive once its dried...all I need to do is find my double sided high density foam and I can fit it

 

Progress!!

Awsome stuff Ian

 

Looking good Ian

 

Bloody hell Ian, are you feeling OK

 

yeah guess I deserve the comments...hope to have some more ammo for you soon

 

block is ready for collection...price could be problematic though

duct all ready for fitting, a bit messy on the reverse but very happy overall

 

Could have used black silicone mate

Looking forward to seeing it all fitted up

 

That was my original plan but my no more nails tube exploded and I didn't want to waste it...I should really stick a black bead around the front though

 

Looking very nice,matey...
Looking forward see this project finished




Jura

 

Cheers Jura...I'm looking forward to it being finished too

 

amen

 

Progress

Looking gooooooooooooooood

 

proper lol on the train made people stare at me Ian

 

slowly, slowly catchy monkey

 

Take a bow fella, top project and wright up.
Wagon Rules
Andy

 

Cheers Andy...I'm blushing mate

 

Jewellery



Might end up painting it black its very shiny...cheers Big Bob

 

picked up the block, water cross over pipe and alternator bracket up from DTW on Wednesday...I may have made a mistake getting the alternator bracket cleaned as it makes my alternator look blimming awful




I've been advised to paint them now to help counteract corrosion so I'll be buying some silver Smoothrite later today I think.

Block is pristine, just needs to be assembled...





Had a drive up to Northampton\Beds yesterday and picked some bits up; correct colour bumper (cheers Nige ), wings and some more JDM rims...my new wings have been very, very quickly; thanks to Sy for his generosity and Clive for bringing them to Pod for me


I'll be selling my Superleggers as JDM goodness wins for me...pretty good nick Advan RC's with the exception of one rim;



I can only assume the previous owner let his wife park the car on a couple of occasions They are gonna get a nasty paint job anyway so no loss

 

Great to see more progress Ian

 

Cheers Ian, two posts in one day

I'll have to change that corroded old nut once the belt is on...

PS pump cleaned up to match the bracket...ready to go back on.