Looks like he's done good job, Ry's alright, I s'pose, when it comes to painting

 

Thanks Iain and no worries always a pleasure,even the right shade of silver now

 

Thanks Iain your car looks great mate and am sure after you've finished the mods it'll be awsome. Want to go down the same engine route as you in the future so your thread will help guide me also

Martin

 

as before! AWESOME!!

 

Yeah without a spray gun in his hand he's a total tool

Awesome job Ryan thanks again

I hope it ca help too Martin, got to get there myself first!! Thanks for nice comments too

 

Harsh, but true

 

Good to see your own project up. Best of luck mate

 

Thanks Frayz, and thanks for your help so far in answering my many random questions, apologies in advance for lots more before this car is finished!!!!!

 

Cheers Mark

 

Little update, had a nice drive up to Pauls on saturday and dropped off the inlet manifold and sump for cleaning and fitting. Was suprised at how much dust was inside the manifold after powder coating despite the manifold being well taped up.

So we're on the home run with the engine now, so hopefully not too much longer until I can start to gather the other parts required

Couple of new pics



Was really great to see it up close and I came away feeling very excited about moving on with the build

 

Looks like it's coming along a treat

 

Thanks Jon

 

Nice looking build Iain, decided on a blower yet?

 

Great Read Iain, and looking fantastic!! Best of luck with the build and eagerly awaiting the next instalment!!

Lee

 

not fully mate but i have an inclination

Thanks Lee I appreciate that mate

 

Some more pictures, inlet manifold on, cambelt on and pulleys timed up, sump on, getting there slowly slowly

 

Looking very tidy Iain

 

Thanks Jon, really happy with Pauls work, I almost dont want to get it dirty!

 

I do love a fresh clean engine build,looks cracking Iain

 

That looks lovely

 

Thanks fella's

 

Looks brilliant Iain bet you can't wait to drop that in

Martin

 

Indeed I cant Martin, but I must be patient and do it right.

Thats what I tell myself for not having a spare 10k kicking around right now to get it all done at once

 

Looking really good Iain, the best things come to those who wait.
Gary.

 

Thanks Gary

 

So did the MOT place pay for the damage they caused ?.

 

yes mate it was someone i know, so i was able to take it where i wanted to get it fixed and they coughed up.

 

Not much been going on recently in the way of exciting updates, I've cleaned it, polished and waxed it using my favourite method of cleaning it on a sunday, putting it in the garage and then polishing and waxing half the car on a monday night, then shifting the car to the other side and doing the other half the next night lol


I did buy (off here) a little treat for the engine bay though, a nice perrin slam panel should look good when the engine bay is all done and help to direct the airflow throught the radiator and front mount



Speedline turinis will be coming off this weekend and winter wheels going on, I will be getting some new tyres and using my track wheels over the winter, want to keep my sexy turini's nice!



Have been doing a lot of thinking about the order in which I am going to be adding the parts to the car, my initial thought was to put everything in at once all, engine/6 speed/turbo/fuel system etc etc, but this is the most expensive way and will also take a long time.

So now I am inclined to put the engine and gearbox in first, and do the first 1500 miles on my existing turbo and injectors. This way I estimate I will be able to get the engine in around March time, then purchase the turbo, rotated kit and additional fuel system bits whilst I'm doing the running in. This way also has the benefit of being able to check that different parts are working rather than adding everything all at once.

Still got a long way to and a list of parts needed as long as my arm, but I am beginning to be able to see it all coming together which is really great and motivating

 

Got my track wheels wrapped in some new rubber so I dont ruin my speedline turinis over the winter.

From this (with my assistant mechanic);


To this;

 

Looking sweet Iain

Martin