20lt Andy, foam filled same as the jerry cans. I'll probably have to refill after 2 sessions. It's easily quarter of the weight of the original tanks. I've gotta get some scales to work out the exact saving

 

Not much of an update as I'm hopping next weekend will be a big one. Hopefully most of the rear will be done

The boot inside got is last coats


And today the underside got a few little touch ups and just testing and positioning where the new tank will go.





We're going to weld in a bar to support the tank and also double up as a chassis brace

 

proper mate

 

Over the weekend Tim was down and we got a good lot done. Made some good progress

First job was to weld in a supporting bar for the fuel tank which doubled up into a chassis brace.






We also put in another bar as a rear brace. Trying to make the car as solid as possible. I even had another go at the welding after Tim had checked and cleaned it up, it didn't look too bad.





After all the welding etc we started reassembling the rear underside. All the new hardened bushes went in and all the new parts including the new bearings and hardrace bits.









After I've cleaned and painted all the welding we should be able to finish the rear and move onto the front

 

Splendid job!

 

 

Love it Gez.... cracking on

 

cheers guys

 

The other day I noticed some slight light rust coming through on a spare set of front hubs that I had left over from the 6speed conversion. Ooddly it hasn't happened on the diff and rear hubs but just to be double safe I took the rear hubs off and gave them a few coats of POR15 top coat.



During the week I was able to get everything painted, couldn't wait to take off the protective film



A bit glossy but I preferred the matt finish inside to match the paint. Very happy with the finished paint job.



Started working out the fuel lines. The rubber lines from the pump and the return are only temporary. When I get around to the interior all lines will be replaced.





couple of grommets for connecting back to existing lines



Hopefully have the rear finished this week so we turn the car around and start on the front

 

Looking really nice Gez!

 

Superb work mate.SJ.

 

cheers guys

 

Done before Xmas?

 

Great work. I love attention to detail

 

might have the underside done. All depends if I paint the engine bay. The engine might as well come out as everything else at the front is

thanks mate

 

So over the weekend we got quite a bit done, even though the car looks worse off now.

Pretty much finished the fuelling side bar a few loose ends. We also got the back suspension pretty sorted.

New harder 12 springs on the rear BC's, new bearings, adjustable drop links, bushed and a load of the painted parts.







Still a couple of other parts needed like the rear diff brace and I've also gotta to plan the new exhaust.

The next job was to start dismantling the front underside. To make life easier and to do it properly we've taken out the engine and gearbox so they can also have some TLC




Check out the corrosion on the block from just a year. I had the block blasted when we rebuilt it



I've now got another garage full of parts to clean, paint or bin. The plan is to get the rest of the front out next weekend and fingers crossed all back over Xmas

 

What's the plan with the block then matey, as I know you won't be able to leave it like that

 

Tbh I'm probably not gonna do much. I'm gonna change the inlet and re-wrap the headers. Maybe a little cheap up and clear cam covers. Main reason it's off is to have clear easy access to everything else. I was thinking if painting the gearbox but I'm now thinking if I can get it squeaky clean it would look better

 

Get it plated !

You happy with the brake set up?

 

What, the hole gearbox???

I think so, I've been told the rear brembos will be enough. I think with the right pads they'll work well. I've always been happy with the front k-sports so fingers crossed it's enough

 

yeah bling boy!

Looking forward to seeing this once done

 

Lol

You sure will, once done I'm planning on putting it through it's paces

 

Traditional sunday night update

Last weekend we were able to get the rest of the front end dismantled. A lot of the parts are now off getting blasted and powder-coated



Pretty much every little piece has come off and either being cleaned or cleaned. I've now got a house full of boxes with cleaned engine parts

The BC's came off as well but TBH I was pretty shocked of the state of them. The tops have been sanded down and are currently being painted.



But these parts looked screwed gonna call Apex in morning



As the gearbox was out I wanted to give it a good clean. Pretty much took half a day to get it all cleaned.





I knew, no matter how much I cleaned it the ally would never stay looking this good. So being a tart, I've painted it






Only had the first couple of coats, I'll add another tomorrow. Dead happy with the result. Hopefully it'll stay that way

The front end parts have also started to arrive. Tim @ scoobyparts has come through again. Great service as always

Front end bushes. I've also ordered the gearing bushes from Alan @ AS Performance which should arrive early next week.


Whiteline roll centre kit and rose joint front drop links


And probably my favourite part, the engine and box mounts


So, this week is finishing off the small painting parts, clean the **** out of the engine bay and clean/paint the front underside.

Slowly but surely its getting there. The front end should all be ready to go back together before xmas

 

If ever there was a sure bet

 

of course mate

 

The gearbox had its final coat, looks much better in the day light



While the gearbox and engine are out, its the perfect opportunity to scrub the engine bay and clean/paint the underside and gearbox tunnel.



A bit of touch up painting is needed but overall looks ok. I would of loved to of hard a minimalist painted bay but its hardly worth it with all the **** that needs to go back in.



Couldn't get any decent pics of the underside, should be able to get some good pics when on the lift

The gearing bushes arrived from Alan @ ASPerformance, looking forward to fitting these



I've had a few parts blasted and they've had a few coats of paint, ready to be fitted.




I tried to save the top parts of the suspension but after cleaning them up it was obvious they were goosed. Bit the bullet and just replaced all of them




Can't wait to feel these 14 springs

Hopefully have all the powder coating back next week and have the front re-assembled over xmas

 

Amazing how compact fmic's are these days

Was you tempted to look inside the gearbox?

 

Gearbox is too complex for me. Tim opened and checked the gearbox a while back before we fitted it safe to say it's all working fine

 

Wwwooooowww! What a job, really awesome work

 

thanks mate