Bumpers
Bumper holes! Rather than taking the recommend route and blindly drilling holes for the bumpers in the back and then fitting the tub around it we fitted the tub and...
Bonnet panels
Did a lot of prep work on the bonnet side panels today. Did some initial cuts on the metal today to start fitting the panels in. Also spent a lot...
Little things
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...
Thar be ‘oles in that dash!
Gauges! Hole cut and the gauges are resting in there - looks really good :D Our dad had an adjustable bit for his lathe he made many years ago which...
Dash
Time has come to spend hours and hours debating where to put the gauges! After many, many permutations using prints outs and bluetak here's the results: Dash masked and all...
A few changes to the site!
We've add a new preview function to all images on the site, it's now no longer necessary to download large images to get a closer look at each one. Just...
Wires, bodywork and parts
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....
New gallery section
New gallery section - Other peoples pictures These are various pictures taken by other people that I've found on the net. Please contact me if you would like any of...
Mixture Adjust and a bit of fun!
A final round of engine tuning! Decided to set the idle mixture today as the engine was very obviously running rich. Got the gunson gastester out and it verified the...
Vucuum and Idle
One way vacuum valve conversion. A left over part from Richard's E36 Compact engine conversion! Blocked off the hole in the intake boot and one of the two holes on...
Quiet weeked
Not done much this weekend, taken care of a few small things such as the battery holder. Also tried running the car with the original ecu chip - no difference...
Rear lights
And it is time to reveal what were doing with the rear lights: Hella LED lights The concept 4 ring lights and 4 ring exhausts!
Some pictures
Some pictures form yesterdays progress: Throttle cable, engine side Throttle cable, pedal side Water heater switch bracket Horns Coil heat shield
All the small things
Did loads of little things today which have been bugging me for months! Brakes are now bled - took the car for a shortish run along the drive way, the...
o-ring’d
Got new injector O-rings today. It was a bit of a bugger getting the new o-rings on the injectors, but fitting the injectors into the rail was easy with a...
A few odds and ends
The adapter that Robin sent me for the brake servo to master cylinder, now with the edge machined down to match the silicon mould I managed to create with my...
Injectors
I pulled the injectors out of the engine today as part of trying to track down the high idle on the engine. The o-rings pretty much fell to pieces after...
Manifold Wrap and Wheel Size
Been a bit of a slow month really, but after much shouting at it I've wrapped the manifold: It was pretty, but noisy and hot - this was the solution!...
A small OT
Another small distraction off topic: The video of the Compact engine swap is finally done: http://www.328compact.co.uk/328compact.avi (19Mb Xvid / MP3)
Exhaust Wrap, Idle Issues and db plugs
Forgot the camera today - oops! Nothing that interesting to see really. Started wrapping the manifold - what horrible task. Fibreglass everywhere and not that easy getting it round all...
Noise Test
Done more testing outside and its a lot better out there. If you stand back on idle its not bad at all. Were not going to add any extra mufflers,...