Sweet looking mate.

Hope it all goes well.

 

Oil cooler? But you can't see it you tart...if its for thermal efficiency Frosts sell a rad specific paint

 

No no. T'intercooler. Just because it's been 3 years since a freshen up. And I'm about to bolt the bumper back on.

 

Sorry mate, you did mention that last time I was round

...here you go;
http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-pa...t-aerosol.html

 

Ta. Probably get it coated satin black with only a very very light coat on the fin area.

 

comes in a satin too...thats what I've done mine in, there are some pics of my rad and i/c core on my thread so you can see the finish

 

Coolers off again lol. Last time… promise

 

lol

 

Can't bring myself to bolt up the front bumper over a cooler that has Signs of corrosion on it.
Satin black this time I think.

 

Got to be satin, cooler needs to look stealthy, not that it's easily missed lol

 

looking good frayz! keep it up mines at enginetuner atm so far its made 590@1.8bar 599.8@1.9bar on v-power just waiting for 4bar map sens n were goin 2.3 bar

 

Wow, going great guns Gus! Your spec is a bit more laity than mine with fully worked heads, cams and the larger turbo. So I'm not expecting anywhere near that. Sounds amazing though. Best of luck

 

Whoops...

There was no way i could bring myself to bolt up the bumper with the intercoolers paint finish annoying me.

This was taken earlier when i started, it was dark by time id finished. The whole core is back to bare metal now. Hopefully if the weather holds, tomorrow i might get some etch primer on it.

 

Garden furniture rules for car work!

 

good job thats a crummy old table. lol

 

Frayz what colour was the cooler to begin with?

 

Came from APS in a silver powdercoat which I didn't like. So I dusted it in anthracite. Since she's sat for the last 3 years the paint had started to bubble. Nothing bad, just a little but it annoyed the hell out of me lol. So now I've stripped her back to bare ally.
I wet flatted it last night and left it to dry in the sun today. Later I'll hit it with some Upol acid etch primer. Then a very light dust of satin black. Trick is to paint the cooler but get as little paint as possible on the cooling fins.
Hopefully should look a bit better when I'm done.

 

I've got a perrin intercooler in black that I'm touching up at the moment, got it off here but there were a few chips on the front and the paint was peeling a little in a few places, not enough for a full repaint so I've taken off the flaky paint and filled in/dabbed paint in, looks much better now and you wont notice it when it's behind some mesh.

Not long to go before you fire her up now mate

 

Well,

After mucho prep, 2 coats of acid etch primer and 2 coats of satin black, here she is.

Quite pleased as it looks way better than before in my opinion

 

Looks good, can't wait to see it all back together!!!

 

getting there........

 

The football pitch could do with a "lick of paint" too

 

It got a dusting of overspray

 

Your garden is even longer than mine, must be a bitch to mow

 

Luckily, i dont have that job

 

Nice and stealth Frayz looking very good matey,like it alot.


Jura

 

It definately looks much smarter Frayz, good work. I bet you will be glad when all four wheels are on the ground for good

 

Funny you say that Si. The Bomber is back on its wheels as of the moment as i knicked the stands to work on the Clio lol.

Looks pretty cool on her wheels, id seriously forgotten what it looked like with all four wheels on the ground.

 

i wanna hear this beast......perfection as always frayz.....

 

Cheers dude. Everyone I talk to seems to be getting more excited than me to heart running now it's so close lol.

Jobs left to do:
Refit turbo
Make boost pipe
Make/fit/coat/plumb oil separator.
Wire up Bosch pump (will be done the day of start up)
Get pressure fitting on boost pipe and complete vac system

I have some other odd jobs to do but that's pretty much more or less it to get her started.

By my timescales it should take about another 4 years