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Dis pack adaptor plate made to cover up old dizzy hole.

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engine in bits , ready for LET pistons :

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sump modded for turbo oil outlet :



3 LET pistons fitted :



bought another 3 2nd hand only to find out that they are over size :twisted: so now need anout LET piston before engine can go back together :evil:

clutch slave fitted



XE injectors fitted :



head stripped , as i have a few snapped studs that will need sorting



my kid painted things for me :


did some more rust repairs untill i run out of wire , so finished cutting the dash rail out...

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the holy grail, a LET piston , picked up on my way home :



fitted to a spare let rod i had :



fitted to block , , new sump gasket and modded sump on :



new clutch , just a std cheap item for now ...

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got up early before going to work , and aligned clutch and fitted gearbox :



had to remove sump again as i did somthing wrong :oops: but all back together.

fitted starter , just need to fit pipe work , trim a few bits off the gearbox and fit the engine the mounts.

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not making olivers mount .... :oops: aiming for elvington.

put some etch primer on the bulkhead after a bit of a grind down , will have to get painted another day ....



rear mount on , and dummy drive shaft , threads needed cutting again for that as the holes on the 8v block are used for it normal (8v does not normally have a dummy drive shaft)



and front mounts on


ground some of the lugs off the gearbox that get close to subframe.

engine nearly ready to go back in (for the last time until i blow it up )

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ok , could not got to sleep without putting the engine in :



got to be adjusted yet , but its in ... my birthday on the 30th , wonder if i can have first engine start on that day
bed now ...

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drivers side hub fitted :



it could go down onto 4 wheels now if i wanted ! but in two minds to keep it up as i have to do the exhuast system early next week ...

got to have a big clean up next i think

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bit of a clean up ,trip to the tip with a load of rusty off cuts...

bolted all 4 wheels on , and lowered car down , all carrying its own weight :



started working on front end fitment, :



and just playing with the exhaust system :

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got the fixing tabs tack welded to a-panels , just going for the simple bolt aproach to hold the front end on :



same at the front , will make somthing that comes off the subframe, :



will replace bolts with dome headed bolts at some point ...

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sorry still not messured the wheels , will do thursday.

got the head back on , not tight yet , and tested turbo position now in a extended round nose :





now for now i am thinking of mounting the IC to the front end , where the grill would be ... just for quickness , but there is room for it above the plugs behind the bonnet ... but not sure on flow ...

so for now , slap it on the front , no hidding it ..

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fibreglass roof arrived :



just rested on for now , will send it to paint shop to get painted first then stick it on ! lol

finished front end mounts and painted black :



started welding the cage in , taking ages :



and also started to weld it to the shell before i cut the roof off ! LOL



also got my cam cover back from the paint shop , this will be the same colour as the roof :



as you can tell , i did not start it today , need to source a turbo oil feed pipe first ... hope to get the cage finished off and a exhaust made over the weekend ... we shall see...

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got bored of welding .. so did some bolting up

adjusted engine position on mounts and tightened them up , fitted 4 th mount.

head down tight , and put my nice painted cam cover on ! , bolted turbo manifold up and turbo on :



had to do rotate crank case sensor as it was stopping the compressor from turning around , all sorted now.



made some mounts up for the inter cooler , worked out how to mount it to the subframe so will still allow the front end to be removed :



also fitted my cheapo air filter to see how it looked.



and a few shots of the front end fitted :





really like how its looking now ... doing the fun bits ! , cant wait to make the exhuast system ....

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you can see the rad in this pic , its a honda rad , but i have turned it on its side , will get the fittings moved soon and block off the cap.

in between family things today i did :

started on the boost pipes , think i have the rough layout , just need to order some silicon bends to finish it off , then i can fit for final time,



pic of the inlet side , with T peice for dump valve.



if anyone can see somthing i have done wrong , please say.

did some more welding on cage , and started to mount the waste gate actuator. and i still need to squeeze in a alternator ! LOL

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finsihed off and painted the waste gate actuator bracket , think i can just get the vacum pipes onto it ...


then dug out all my exhaust bits :


after a few hours i got the down pipe complete (just need to fit lamba boss's ) i think it looks ok ...love the 3" size LOL