Sure Ryan will work the magic on yours aswell Iain. That's where mine will be heading in the future. Rcm girl rails are the danglies mate ;-)

Martin

 

Double post

 

Couple more years mate and that land cruiser will be tax exempt

Sexy fuel rails

 

Great work going on there, just make sure Ryan doesn't get KFC crumbs in your paint

I think i may have to bite the bullet and remove the engine just to get the engine bay straight

 

cheers guys! Lol @ kfc crumbs

 

great read,dissapointed when it came to the end!!
looking forward to the next series of pics and resumption of the story

 

ha thanks stan, I do really appreciate comments like that, next series of pics and the resumption of the story will be courtesy of Mr P. Rules

 

Any up dates yet for us Iain

Martin

 

Nothing yet Martin, car is still with Ryan waiting for him to get on it, I know he has a massive backlog at the moment, and to be honest if it takes a few extra weeks that is not an issue for me.

I have recently bought some extra gauges, an EGT and water temp gauge, just waiting for them to land from the states.

Just trying to work out the order in which to buy everything I need which can be difficult at times as the list is still quite long but I'm happy to say I'm getting there, with a bit of luck the engine will be landing by the end of this month, depending on when the painting is completed

 

Bet you can't wait Iain. Looking forward to Ryan's up dates on the work he's carrying out too. Sure one day my bug will be sat at his waiting to be worked on.

Martin

 

Been collecting some more parts, big purchase in the way of a 6 speed gearbox setup. got a good deal on a uk dccd box from a WR1, complete with rear diff, prop shaft, hubs etc, also comes with a neetronics dccd controller which kind of sealed the deal for me

So my 5 speed wrx box is up for sale, covered 63k with no whines and runs lovely, looking for £350, still in car at the moment which is at Ryans pad.

Few other bits have aerrived, the prosport egt and water temp gauges from the states, bonnet dampers and lots of cables from Tim at JTInnovations

Picking box up next week, then looking forward to getting car back.

 

Very excited to see how this unfolds Iain. 6speed will be much stronger, takes a bit of getting used to from the the 5speed and sure the dccd will make a fun drive

Martin

 

Yeah me too Martin! Lol. I have driven an sti before with a uk 6 speed and didn't love it, but it was a short drive on a short track so didn't have long enough to test it properly, i'm sure it will be ok and the dccd should be fun

 

Epic journey yesterday as got caught in the accident traffic that closed the M4 ..... still got this though





Plan to fit a short shift kit and upgrade as many bushes as possible on the diff mount etc

A big part sorted

 

So we finally got round to rolling Iain's shell over into the workshop to start the planned work,we set about pulling off the bonnet and started the clean down of the engine bay with degreaser to get rid of the all the wax oil and greasy deposits to make for a good job.
To be fair the engine bay looks great being cleaned throughly so once painted it will look great!
Also prepared the underside of the bonnet for paint so it all matchs up well.
The roof spoiler ends will also get painted in this run as they are body coloured,the boonet hinges have been removed to paint them also.

Just a few more holes to take care of masking wise and painting will comence.
Most of the smaller holes/threaded holes have been taped over with a special foiled based tape which is over paintable without issues,Iain's engine man will then just poke a hole through any he needs to put things into or bolt into.

Here's how she stands now.
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It'll almost be a shame to cover it up with an engine

 

Love the red tape

 

Lol, cheers chaps

 

Engine bay,bonnet underside done!
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Looking very good so far mate. Be following you on your journey. Good luck hope it all goes smooth for you.

 

Nice Ryan! On phone so will have a proper look tomorrow on a large screen

Thanks Marshsall, getting there .....

 

Looking good Ian and good luck with the rest


Jura

 

Thanks Jura, hope yours is coming along ok as well :-)

 

Good stuff Iain, looking good

Martin

 

Thanks Martin

 

Did some painting of my own, diff before;



And after

 

That engine bay looks mint, wish I had an engine crane - I'm thinking gloss white

 

looking good
will be sending mine back to ryan for the same some time in the near future

 

Looks good mate, gonna be lovely when finished