My major project!

[leeroy_25]

Wooohooo!!!

The lump has finally made it\'s way into the engine bay!! Not sure how long it will be there for!!? I have just gambled how good it is.. Mainly I want to run the car and see what  think of it.. then I will worry about rebuilding the engine if need be.. for certain I would do some tuning and blinging up though!



Job was nothing like as bad as I expected.. dropped the whole lot in in one complete with box.. the only time it got tight was the last little bit trying to get it to drop into the engine mounting holes.. took about 1 1/2 hours to get it in due that little stick up.. other than that reckon we could have done it in about 45mins.

I had my dad operating the engine lift.. I was guiding the engine.. spent most of the time swimming in gearbox oil under the car!! Once we had nosed the box in, I got under and pulled the box down into the tunnel.. then it was just a case of guide it down and along a bit at a time.. to get the last little bit I had to lift the box up while my dad used a \'delicate\' lever bar to slide the engine along till it dropped into the mounting holes..



I got most the pipes and wiring connected up.. found I was short a few nuts an bolts so I need to get those sorted..

Does anyone know what the bolts that hold the aircon pipes to the pump should look like?? are they stepped with a shoulder? or is there a roll pin that they go through to help locate the pipes? I am definately missing those..

I also connected up the prop, and all the bracing under neath the car.. what is the purpose of the ally brackets?? just to stiffen up the chassis a bit I presume?

Was good fun in some ways and a god sense of achievement.. I had to use the powers of deduction to figure what went where as I have basically got two buckets full of bolts bracket clips etc and know idea where they came from!! but it\'s nearly there.. Next week the install should be complete..



Now I need to know what fluids I need for the engine, box, powersteering and diff.. anyone got the answers please? rough amounts required might be helpful too..

Cheers

Lee

[leeroy_25]

....It lives!!

Yeeeessssss!!! Sorry I haven\'t written for a while.. I ent on hliday and also owent a weekedn with not a lot to post about.. kept find things missing and ppes leading no where! Well I finally sussed it all out.. The car and engine have been standing for like a year.. Tank was drained as well! cleaned all the fuse box out.. connected the alarm and all good.. turned the key and first time it coughed but didn\'t go.. second turn.. Broom! Away she went! Smoked like a trooper for a minute where I have put oil inside the engine to make sure nothing was rusted.. tick over is a bit poppy but I think thats where the exhaust is leaking at the CAT as there are no gaskets in it! Other than that it purs like a kitten and revs fine! I have\'t got it hot, hot yet so it could still go pear shaped but for now I am a very happy chappy!
I love the turbo waste gate sound! has a lot of induction noise as it\'s runnig ne of the big mushroom filters. Awesome!

Now I just need to finish the rest!!

Cheers for all the help guy\'s.. would have been impossible without you all!

Lee

P.S. Will post some pictrues and maybe a video when I get a chance next week/weekend.

[Jit]

nice one dude! Can you give me a bell as well please...ive lost your number (07947212298)

[grinder]

pretty cool write up - glad you got it working

you have done more work on the car in such a short space of time that most members would do in a life time !!

[leeroy_25]

Thanks grinder!! I thought it was taking time!!! Some times progress seems slow but then I only normally get to play on Saturdays!
Hope to get more photo\'s up soon and start making some serious progress on the bodywork!
Jit I was going to call you Saturday but I was working my butt off trying to get the beast running! Will try and give you a call tomorrow..

Lee

[leeroy_25]

OK People.. Some log awaited pictures of the progress!!

Didn\'t seem to get too much done today.. Cleaned the engine.. and fill the gearbox with oil!! Still waiting on pipes, gaskets and a dump valve to finish the engine side of things for now. I also rewired the sterso system today as soeone had hacked the crap out of it! fitted the rubber gear shift surround and had a maor issue with the alarm system!!
Basicaly te alarm went off and I couldn\'t get it to go off again so the car was immobilised. After a 1 hour of fiddling with wiring and checking all the fuse and changing the key fob battery with no luck I went online and managed to find a manual for the alarm system.. After reading this it sounded like it had gone into anti-car jack mode.. bummer was you need a code to turn it off.. Man did I pray it was still set to the factory one.. Thank my lucky stars it was!! So we had lift off again! I then began stripping the rear interior back out as I need to repair a dent in the rear corner.. How annoying.. If I had known that to get the boot trims out you need to remove the back seat and rear quarter trims I wouldn\'t have put them all back in when I got the car!!

Anyway pictures.. and if it works a video of the car running..

Before a spring clean...


After a bit of a spruce up!!


Looks okay I thought!? You can see the quality pipe bung I have in where one of the CRV\'s is missing! really need to fix that properly! Well hopefully next week I should get all the remaining pipes, Gaskets and a Dump valve. Also I will need to take the drivers seat out again and investigate the wiring for the CAT sensor.

It Lives!!


Now.. Just so I know are there any vital signs to look for if ya engine has a water leak or the tips are gone?? I can\'t drive it around at the moment for obvious reason.. It seems to run fine to me.. and I am just waiting for the water level to settle before I can tell if it uses water.. It certainly doesn\'t smoke.. maybe a bit lumpy when it\'s cold for a minute or two? but it has been stood for ages and stil has some pipes and gaskets not connected properly!

Lee

[ianelvar]

Looks and sounds pretty good tbh! Nice one.

[leeroy_25]

Thanks Ian,

I guess it could all still go wrong..?! Hopefully not though! Don\'t want to make myself too happy just yet! When I get the gaskets and pipes fitted next week I will do a recording from cold..

Lee

[Colin]

Great project, nice to see an rx saved!:driving

[leeroy_25]

I thought it would be such a shame to see it go to waste!! Thank you for the positive words!

Hope you all like the finished article whenever it get\'s there!

Lee

[Rzla]

good work
respect to you for doing this

[Draco]

bloody good job

[leeroy_25]

Glad to see you all like!! So far!! the positive votes is what\'s keeping me going! And in times of need I know where to come for answers!! I really appreciate all the help I have had along the way. On that note has anyone got pm facility to send the guy from shine auto a pm so he can get on here and give some advise!! would be nice to see his opinion on the kit when I get round to fititng it back up too! I spoke to a company about wheels today to suit my burnout kit and said I am looking for something like 25-30 offst to play safe and then I will play with spacers and he guy said. No, No, no.. you need +6 offset rims.. 3 piece... 10" rears and 9" fronts.. going to set you back about £2650 for wheels and tyres and we recommend the traffic star?! Well a little more than I had hope to spend on rims (althogh nice rims I am sure!) and also I am not quite convinced of the offset/size he suggest! I know the burnout demo car is supposed to have +6\'s on it but the camber is ridiculous! Anyway. This is one thing I do not want to get wrong and have been seeking lots of adivce on for ages! In my opinion the wheels can make or break the car. it\'s te icing on the cake so to speak!

Cheers
Lee

[Ricco_04]

Good work fella, enjoyed reading the thread :Thumbs-up

[leeroy_25]

Thanks Ricco..
Hopefully I will have plenty more reading for you soon enough! Once I sort all the interior bits and can get back onto the bodywork properly hopefully it will take shape pretty quickly! Hopefully!!

Lee