Feels great to finally have it up and running,I'm down in Leominster near Hereford[where are you and thanks for the kind words]

 

Defiantly chap especially as iv spent well over 2 years building it lol, cant wait to start entering sprints etc with it .
Im in ipswich, suffolk chap around 6 million light years from you then, typical lol, is leominster birmingham way bud?

 

Yes mate,just had a quick look on google maps its a round 3:30-4 hours from me to you.
I would be more than happy to do the bodywork if you trailered the car here.

 

Its a few months of yet chap but i will defiantly give you a shout nearer the time, iv traveled miles picking bits up for the car often so i wouldn't mind that so much, will let you know bud thanks.

 

No worries,just PM when your ready fella
I can make a show piece out of it for you

 

Hi Ian, hope you're well mate, I've finally got those Showas on my car now. They are a bit on the hard side on anything other than a perfectly smooth road but they've made a hell of a difference to the handling!

Loving the progress on yours, you must've been chuffed to bits when it fired up the first time!

I know of a guy in Stanton near Bury who does bodywork if it's any help.

Alex

 

Looking good Ian,just few steps and you will be run-in.Looking forward to see this car


Jura

 

Will do bud cheers, a show piece, i like the sound of that, a nice big c+k motors piece of vinyl down the side would look cool to

 

Now we're talking
Look forward to it

 

Hi alex hope your well chap, i thought they would improve the handling mate, lovely set of shocks they are wish i could of kept them lol, the stupidly wide wheels wouldn't allow it though, cheers for that chap if i absolutly cant get the car to prodriver ill give you a shout, cheers chap





Hi jura bud hope you and your brother are well, thanks for the kind words mate, its already run in chap rich had run it in before i bought it so she is ready to go , now about to catch up with your project thread mate, hows it going.

 

Bit of an update, iv been doing bits and bobs when time permits, had a tidy up under the bonnet and a bit of a clean up



Dropped the car of the stands and on to its wheels with everything fitted, first time iv seen the ride height with the engine and box etc fitted, its pulled the car down a few more inches also got rid of the carbon bonnet, just didnt like it, love the way it sits now, should look nice when its all painted.



I have also got myself a rear fire wall, as i want to retain the rear seats for on the road use iv refitted the rear seat brackets and the bar, hopefully the bar being there will also stop the firewall "rolf harrising" when the seats are out and window open.



Iv also gotten a syvecs S6 ecu ready to go in, a massive massive thanks to simone (jgm) for sourcing this for me. your a star chap, cal switch is fitted along with a toggle switch for anti lag and a spare for future use.


Iv also made up and fitted the exhaust brackets, as iv fitted a flat floor i had to do away with the oe brackets, the exhaust is now pulled up nicely to the cut rear bumper higher than the oe position.


All going well the car should be mot`d end of next month, simon is coming down to map it then its going away to have the body work sorted, not long now and she should be finished

 

Good progress there bud,good score on the syvecs as well

 

Cheers chap, just having a look at your thread them arches look sweet blended into the ta splitter, good work fella .
Was a awesome score fella, have simon to thank for that though, maybe be a bit longer before i get her down to you bud due to getting the ecu but if all works out as planned i may even be able to drive it to you
Iv reverted back to the satin black look im afraid chap, the more i look at it as it is now the more i want to keep the satin black lol.
I may need to get the rear arches done in the next week or two fella for the mot as iv got alot less room there than i originally thought, but will be one less job for you i suppose

 

No worries do what you need to and I'll work some magic from there,satin/matt will look good but plans may change again anyway lol.

Thanks getting it that way was a lot of work but well worth it as I love how it looks

 

Hi Ian - looking good mate 2 years in the making!!! I have been doing the trackdays each month at RAF Woodbridge hope to see you down there soon mate!

 

Hi bud hope your well, yes mate will get down there at some point, give me a shout when the next one is coming up.

 

Sprayed the car today with its temp spray job lol, iv rubbed it all down and basically rattle canned it, I can't afford a full on paint job before the mapping and didn't want to drive it round all different colours. I think it has actually turned out ok, hard to tell as by time I'd finished spraying had tea then untapped and put back together it was getting dark so hard to tell, any ways here's some pics






Iv got Simon coming down to map it on the 24th next month, then to an mot then a bit more mapping and it'll be ready to go, I can't wait.
Iv gotten a set of 1000cc injectors fitted now so hopefully the fuel system will allow me to go a bit further.

 

Looking good

 

Cheers Omar

Has your mate had his 2.1 gt3040 mapped yet chap?

 

A few daylight pics

 

Looks fierce fella....

 

Cheers bud

I'm actually really surprised the paint has turned out so well, it's not perfect at all but it's actually not bad, I knew a DIY rattle can job wouldnt look very good but it's 100 times better than I thought it would be

 

Looks great , very pleased for you Ian and told you to stick with it

 

His car is still at ET, it's unfortunately split its headers so he's going for a new rotated kit as he's currently using an old H&S kit, Apart from that it's ready for mapping I'll keep you updated

 

cheers banny, deffo glad I stick with it lol, I owe all you guys who talked me out of giving up with it

Ok mate yer will be good to see how he gets on cheers bud.

 

nice one Ian, good to see there is some light at the end...............

alyn

 

Thanks Alyn, a big big thanks to you chap for all your help along the way I think im going to drop the oil and change it after the injectors leaking, just don't think I want to risk it.

 

Looks good Ian


Jura

 

Thanks mate she's almost there, can't wait now

Hade 25 litres of methanol deliverd today

 

Iv just spent a hour reading through your thread fantastic skills there mate thecar looks evil ;0)