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[rick.spi]

yes ive got all inspired again.



as i planed its the same colour as my paint haha . only down side is its damaged so need to get back to the company and see what they will do about it.

i also have some big drastic new plans now i am front mounting the rad, although i wont update untill the final place is set and worked out.

[spaceframemini]

Looks good

[rick.spi]

thankyou... itl look alot better when the cars painted and this is fitted properly with all the right shiny bits and when the the supensions cleaned up and new rose jointed bits added and most of all... the engine bay will be something to show off watch this space

Edited by rick.spi, 25 January 2011 - 12:55 AM.

[spaceframemini]

What bulkhead box are you using ? As it looked a good sized one

Andy

[spaceframemini]

What bulkhead box are you using ? As it looked a good sized one

Andy

[rick.spi]

sorry for the late reply im not on here often, im not sure what it is but i got it last year at bingley. sorry, theres someone on turbominis who makes exelent ones, cant remember the name tho, may be worth searching on there.

[rick.spi]

well at MRA today so after prepping my gearbox by removing the bad casting marks martain used his new tool to reem the layshaft hole out in order to take one of his uprated turbo layshafts, so all going well should be built next week. got some nice SC gears to go in there combined with my brand new 2.9 FD which turned up today and an x pin diff its going to be one strong gearbox, just what i need for what it being coupled too





if you want to see a layshaft in person im sure martain and debbie are taking one in a casing as a demonstration of what it is, and what it compares to to see at bingley

Edited by rick.spi, 27 January 2011 - 11:49 PM.

[rick.spi]

made my manifold pattern after martain showed me some tips on welding, just need to get a neat one made up in smaller diameter stainless tubing.

[mini_mad69]

Why arn't you putting the turbo in the normal place, seeing as you've got the bulkhead box?

[rick.spi]

multiple reasons

front mounted rad so in my eyes this area is big wasted space
uniqueness (why do the same as evryone else?)
better flow (the exhaust from the turbo is getting dumped straight out of the a panel) and there is a shorter distance for the air to trave from turbo- intercooler - plenum.
if i get another car i wont need to modify the bulkhead as im not a fan of doing it
better weight balance (weighs out the clutch and flywheel on the other side
built from the right tubing it could be more efficient than the standardmetro manifold

just all makes sense to have it there.

Edited by rick.spi, 02 February 2011 - 02:50 PM.

[mini_mad69]

Fair enough, I wasn't having a dig, just curious.


Looks good, making good progress aswell, keep it up.

[rick.spi]

cheers mate. yep want to get it done now.

seen your thread on TM about your engine, tis a bit of a ******* ay.

[mini_mad69]

cheers mate. yep want to get it done now.

seen your thread on TM about your engine, tis a bit of a ******* ay.

Yup, I hope you don't have the similar issues, its so fustrating.

[LuckyThe1275]

Any progress on this?!

This is fabulously unique, can't wait to see it all fabricated and implemented!

Matt

[rick.spi]

erm yes but mostly update on TM.

well turbos all mocked up and will be positioned here (note this is mockup stage hense the roughness, the final product will be so clean you could eat dinner off it):



made a bracket for the turbo to hold it up with rosejoints to allow for the thermal expansion (with help from martain at mra for both showing me how to weld and also welding for me):



you can get the jist of it in this picture, waiting for some bar to tap lefty and righty sothere on car adjustable



got a load of mandrel bends and pipes to make the real/ neat manifold (2 lengths of pipe and a few more bends than seen in picture):





got a new rad:



got my dry deck kit:



got a new IC:

NO PICTURE AT THE MOMENT

got a new altrnator:



unblocked the breather and prepared some bits for powder coat:







and hres a piccy of my car seeing light for the forst time in months:



enjoy.... hopefully will get more done soon. still a long way to go.

Edited by rick.spi, 22 February 2011 - 11:31 PM.