As said, im a bit stuck till i get more parts back, but heres the rebuilt alternator and PAS pump.

 

RCM belt guide is a better fit IMO and cheaper. I think its work it.

 

Ive come to the same conclusion Steven, cheers

 

Zinc plating? For protection or to bring it back to that standard look?

 

Both mate.

I want to try and get the OEM look as much as possible. If that possible lol

 

Just found a tin of the original shade of VHT red for my manifold.

Get in

 

Well not much to update. I should get my oil pan back tomorrow and i picked up some other modified pipes etc tonight so these will be droped of to be plated tomorrow also.

In the meantime ive had a delivery of a full set of timing idlers (cheers Alyn @ As Performance - top service as always)



Drilled/tapped my X-over pipe to take the Defi water temp sender.



Made up a feed/take off for the Defi oil pressure sender and retain the OEM oil press switch.



Made up a boss to take my air charge temp sensor that replaces the OEM PCV valve that will no longer be used.



Removed almost all bosses from the manifold and refinished in wrinkle red (original VHT shade)



Generally mocking stuff up. Some of the above parts are loose assy untill i get the pipeworkl back. As soon as the modified pipes come back from plating i can progresss quite alot more

 

I would gladly exchange my "laptop knowledge" for your "engine build knowledge". Cant wait to see this finished, it looks superb.
Oh, that water has a shelf life you know, and its been on the floor now for a week. or is it something else.

 

Lol that water has spent millions of years filtering through mountains... Not sure how they put a shelf life on it. Hahahaha

Really nice to start getting some bits back for it now. I just want to get it dropped in so I can sort out where I want to place everything.

 

All looking very smart Frayz, and so close to being done too.

That VHT original red crinckle paint is like hens teeth I believe ... did you just have it lying around?

 

Yes mate, i found half a can that i had left lying around.

So i stripped the manifold back to bare metal again. Primered, then did 3 coats with the brand new can in the new shade, then the final coat was done with the old shade just to get the colour right.

Then cooked it for about 30 min with a hairdryer

Worked a treat

 

like the water temp sensor location

 

Yeah it was always in my lower rad hose and i hated it there. This is much better

 

Liking the attention to detail on this frayz, keep it coming mate

 

Same here i was going for header tank fittement but preffer the cross over pipe

 

Cheers guys.

Tonight i collected my oil pan from the powdercoaters and dropped off the AVCS lines and baffled sump section at the electroplaters. I had planned to get them all plated in the stock zinc yellow. However they showed me a new black zinc which gives the parts a black anodized finish. So opted for that instead.

Also made some templates up for my oil cooler ram duct. I should get my fog covers back tomorrow too. A friend of mine has been playing with them for me so im keen to see how he got on.

 

Attention to detail there Frayz is perfect..... the finish quality is the best I've seen in a long while.

This is going to be quite something

 

You know me Si, "attention to detail *****" just like your good self

 

 

EFA

 

eh?

 

*****, tart samething

 

Haha, which category do i fall into then fella? haha

 

both obviously anyway less chat n more pics pls

 

Lol, no pics today. Maybe tomorrow.

What more do you wanna see?

 

Started mocking up where my oil cooler will sit.

Hopefull have a nice ram air duct feeding this.

 

I agree with Alyn's (AS Performance) customer service - just received a small package from him today which I had asked him on only yesterday!!

Above pic looks neat and intimidating! Very close now!


Jag

 

Okay i feel i have a more healthy size update for you guys today, so heres part one.

You may remember me having fitted a 76mm itake trumpet into my OS fog cover about 5 years ago now. I wanted to do the same on the NS in order to feed the oil cooler. However this time i wanted to try and have a more OEM look so wanted to have the bellmouth intakes but wanted them to look stock.

So i enlisted a friend of mine at work who makes prototype body fabrications etc and he said he could make them up for me.
Well today he delivered these to me, and what a great job he has done too.

He is also going to make me a shroud for my oil cooler so im looking forward to seeing that soon

 

They look superb. I'd take molds of them and flog them fella. Earn a bit out of what your putting into the car.

 

I took some parts to be zinc coated yesterday and i told the guys there that i wanted them done double quick. Sure enough they called me at 1pm today to say i could collect them.
The black zinc came up real nice. Heres my pan with baffle in black zinc and gloss black powdercoated outer case



AVCS lines modified for turbo oil feed and modified water feed with AN fittings also in black zinc.



Lines all fitted up.





Cosworth windage tray and oil pickup fitted.



Then on goes the oil pan



Then new Apex engine mounts



With the AVCS lines finally fitted i could get the timing covers on, fit the sprockets and get her all timed up. Kevlar belts are damn tight but go on with a little push.



As i left it tonight, im waiting for an RCM belt guide to come through then the timing covers can go on. Hopefully get some more done tomorrow. But with the intake manifold rested on its starting to look quite smart and like an engine again