Was not too bad, a lot of it is just taking your time. The one that snapped off in the head during the build was a tad more worrying!

 

Just fired her up again. Seems fine. Lets just hope the smoke coming from the manifold goes away and stays away this time

 

Glad to hear that - just putting my inlet manifold back on after a few liitle jobs. Hopefully I will be able to say the same

 

Thought i would rase the boost today from 0.3 Bar to 0.5 or 0.6, only to discover it will not boost above 0.3 bar. Also i got uprated disc and pads to fit to the rear on the weekend

 

Weird?

 

New rear brakes Fitted, will upload photos tomorrow.

Gauges Fitted, Pictures tomorrow.

Exhaust moved so its not touching the bumper any more!

 

Also found a kinked hose. Might get above 0.3 Bar now!

 

Any pics Matt ? - am thinking about brakes and guages myself

 

Right, I got a flat. That would not pump back up. could not get space saver on as it would not fit over the 4 pots. so not had any chance to get pics today. had to walk around the streets carrying and alloy to get a new tyre on it! will take some tomorrow and post them up mate

 

Nightmare - Best of luck with that !

 

Its dark, but here are one or two just to keep you tied over untill i can take some decent ones.

Gauges:


Brakes:



Engine bay:

 

Brefore:


After:

 

Gauges are looking good - can't see from the photo but that looks like a triple pod that sits on top the dash. That's what I was thinking of doing but was looking for some reasonable priced white faced gauges.

Did you change the brake calipers or refurb them ?. Mine are really boring and am looking at options.

Engine looks a lot better now than before - as it's a wet summer, you did away with the aircon then .

 

I havent got a cubby hole, i had to get the pod that replaces the heater vents.

Brake calipers i refurbished then added new disc and pads, soon the fronts will be getting done.

The pump is not working correctly, the pulley is not locking on when the button is pushed, not sure if its a wiring issue or a pump/pulley issue. Will find out soon i guess.

 

Hit 1086 Miles today on the new engine. Spoke to the guys at RCM and soon enough this turned up.




The service has been done and the car is still going well Supprising considring i built the engine

I've also ordered a Hose set and a Oil catch tank that will be fitted shortly, along with a simtek

 

Excellent stuff Matt! Still going strong then!

 

Shes still going strong mate

 

you have same pistons / rods / bearings ( i used a nitro,d STI9 crank)
as my build ,well done mate.

 

Not much of an update, but i have fitted a silicon hose kit.



Also i have ordered a new front end for her which will be fitted shortly after christmas. Now i got to get my finger out and finish fitting the oil catch tank. I have also brought another car so the scooby will not be the daily driver any more so she will be able to stay clean as i wont have to drag her on building sites all the time.

 

what a class build, all credit to u mate for not having a mechanical background uve done an great job, great pics and repors as well

 

What hoses did you do Matt?

 

Thank you

Tonights achivments, I managed to hit a kurb. New tyre time

 

Just the ASI kit which was on a group buy, they was so cheap i could not resist.

 

And it was pretty obvious where everything went, no leftovers?

 

Wa pretty simple mate, no left overs

 

Car Has Now Been Sold!

 

you sold it ,whats next on the to buy list then

 

I now have a diesel Mondeo! W00t!

And a Kawaski Ninja zx7r