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[*franky*]

looking good mate keep up the good work!

[RacingGreen]

Today I took the engine out of the frame again and modified the oil filter housing to help the clearance problems.

Now I need to find some thinner washers for the suspension top arms then I can put the engine back in the frame.

Mike

[RacingGreen]

Got the engine back in the frame today and got the frame fully bolted up to the car:





Ive got about 2mm out clearance on the oil filter side and about 3mm on the gearbox

Mike

Edited by RacingGreen, 10 August 2008 - 03:37 PM.

[Pie]

Your dad been busy mike?

[RacingGreen]

It was definately all me, i have the soaking wet clothes and bumps on the head to prove it

Tomorrow im going to bodge modify the vauxhall inlet so it will fit without any bulkhead mods.

[Pie]

Were you doing this "work" in a dark pond?

[RacingGreen]

no no, all by the car.

[Pie]

the ponds by the car?

[RacingGreen]

Not got a pond, im afraid. How did you oli get on with fixing your gAy series?

[Pie]

Not got a pond, im afraid. How did you oli get on with fixing your gAy series?

JewSpeed Racing fixed it. Nothing they cant fix.

[RacingGreen]

Well after hours of headaches, missing plugs and wires. Tonight i realised that the d!ckhead that had the engine before me cut the loom up to go into his chavvy f*cking corsa. Now i know what wires i need to go where, il be buying a loom that hasnt been cut up and going from there.

[Jupitus]

Well after hours of headaches, missing plugs and wires. Tonight i realised that the d!ckhead that had the engine before me cut the loom up to go into his chavvy f*cking corsa. Now i know what wires i need to go where, il be buying a loom that hasnt been cut up and going from there.

Hey fella - do you have the necessary connectors? Maybe we could fabricate what's needed if you know the full design.... drop me a line with some pictures if you think it might be worth trying

[RacingGreen]

Well after hours of headaches, missing plugs and wires. Tonight i realised that the d!ckhead that had the engine before me cut the loom up to go into his chavvy f*cking corsa. Now i know what wires i need to go where, il be buying a loom that hasnt been cut up and going from there.

Hey fella - do you have the necessary connectors? Maybe we could fabricate what's needed if you know the full design.... drop me a line with some pictures if you think it might be worth trying

A couple of them are missing, but i am bidding on another complete loom on ebay. I hope to get that this week, so it would solve all the problems really, and make it alot easier for you when you need to connect the looms together.

Mike

[*franky*]

any progress mate?

[RacingGreen]

erm

Mounted the brace bars, and ive gathered some aluminium to make my inlet manifold. had a go at mocking the inlet up on the car, and it doesnt look like the standard fuel rail will fit under the bonnet. So im probably going to have to fabricate some mounts for an SBD fuel rail, as that will allow me to run a seperate fpr.

Bought myself a rad for the project but i need to get the brace bars fully welded before it can be mounted. As the rad will mount to the bars. Oh and my allspeed bottom arms and tie bars arrived but i cant fit all that untill i can afford the coilovers.

Money is short at the moment because ive been spending all of my money on this:



Normal service (ie little bits of work ) should resume soon.

Edited by RacingGreen, 29 September 2008 - 07:53 PM.