Planning an update to the exhaust, starting early in the morning or coming back late is a bit of an issue. Dispite the sound passing SVA it’s a tad disruptive....
New parts! Conrod bolts, main bearing shells, big end shells, water pump, cam belt and piston rings.
Missed the opening times of metal supermarket and hampshire hose due to silly traffic on the M3. Anyway spent a little time finishing off bolting the tub up to the...
Got these a while ago, conrods from an M20B20 - 130mm center to center. 5mm shorter than the standard M20B25 and will mate well with the M52 crank! Spent too...
Wiring We've made excellent progress with the wiring, pretty much everything is in place now ready to go! Bodywork Rear lights are in and the tank filler hole is drilled....
More exhaust parts, this time from www.jetex.co.uk. Ordered yesterday morning, arrived today!
Back boxes are here! Too much? Nah!
Seat belts are here :) Click me Click me
Doh! We've been advised that the Facet pump is not up to the job in a fuel injection system. So we ordered a Sytec PF603 from www.raceparts-direct.com instad with is...
A quick trip to B&Q and one hardcore MAPP blow torch later the two oil pipes are bent out of the way of the steering column with ease! Click me...
Order from Car Builder Solutions turned up today, placed on Friday afternoon! One heater and plume, a rivnut gun, universal band and a set of dash warning lights (I really...
New parts in this week, the intake system and seats:
Big box from Marlin arrive with steering rack, carpet and trim. Trim got a few dents in transit but hopefully that will fix itself! Going to be a busy week...
Received the splash plates from Motormec today so I went about installing them. Needed holes cutting in them - this was due me not wanting to take the hubs off....
Woohoo delivery from Marlin including the steering rack, track rod ends, electric fan, brake servo and master cylinder. Electric was needed because the viscose fan wouldn't fit in with the...
I've had a few questions on where I got the adapters from. I purchased them off eBay, however the original seller bought them off someone in the states who had...
The Magnecor HT leads turned up today. Very nice looking set of leads. They didn't cost much more than the OE set. The old leads had started to crack and...
When your taking your donor to bits, be careful not to damage the clutch hose that goes between the slave and master cylinder its quite expensive to replace (£33+VAT). Also...
A long drive but we got our kit home in one piece. This just left us with sorting of all the bits and finding somewhere to put them!