Project rebuild....

[C J R]

Karl,
Like the work you\'ve been doing on the rebuild, lots of different ways of doing things. Well done.
 
I like the wheel spacers you\'ve had made, what thickness are they and what type of nut will you use to attach the spacer to the original hub ? I\'m looking for some spacers myself to bring the wheels out to line up with the Veilside arch extensions I\'ve just purchased.
 
I also agree with you about the fuse box you made, its a lot of work to hide.
 
Chris

[slingo]

nearly there dude ! did that ferrit not bite ?

[karl_tate]

cheers chris, they were made by danny on here and fduk, i think he has some left as well. i got 15mm for the fronts and 25mm for the back, i wont need to cut the studs on the hub for the back. my wheels are et35 for reference. the nuts you see bolt the hub and then use your wheel nuts where the nuts in the picture are.

yeh getting there now bud, no didnt bite but at first when i picked it up it tried lol its some ones pets so was quite tame.

[Bobbit]

How come you decided to mount the ic that way Karl? Looking at it i you spin it 180 degress clockwise (or anticlockwise) then youd get shorter pipework and less lag. hard to tell from the pics but looks like it may have fitted.
But you\'re hard work is starting to pay off bud, it looking great in that engine bay now, so much simpler and less cluttered.

[Nik da Greek]

How bizarre! Random mustelids on the drive alert! at least, I think ferrets are mustelids, may be wrong there :3Confused A mate at work had all her chickens eaten by a mink that had escaped off a Russian tramp ship that put in to the harbour. Apparently quite a common problem, stowaway mink on Russian ships. Couldn\'t believe the death toll, it scoffed at least one chicken a day, greedy little sod!

The car\'s looking most excellent, Karl. It\'s great seeing how everythings\' coming together and making for a so much more tidy layout than standard with all your deletions and rewirings and stuff. Top bombing!

[karl_tate]

i tried it in all sorts of positions rob but there was no way it was going in, got very stressed out about it lol. with it that way i have enough room for an air filter and some kind of cold air ducting, well thats the plan :rollin

i know nik, i was like wtf, didnt have a clue what to do, just picked it up but couldnt find any where to put it so it didnt escape again. i ended up putting it under a washing basket until i found the cage lol

yeh its coming together nicely now, looks a bit different from when i first started stripping it down haha

[karl_tate]

wastegate back together





brackets welded on




nuts welded on to bolt the intercooler in




bobbings turned up today so that there is some movement in the rad and intercooler and not totally solid. brackets also bent and welded on




and the other side




more brackets cut and made up, alot of measuring, cutting, measuring going on lol




painted and on













leaving it sitting here, got the outlets to sort out now and then get them welded on. alot of head scratching and cutting tomorrow





also decided to bolt the 25mm rear spacers on to see what the wheels would look like









put the old wheel back on with the spacer still on, SiH will like these pics, man fitment lol

[karl_tate]

well back at it today.

intercooler all finished ready to be welded up, took bloody ages











water injection bottle and pump mounted in but im a bit worried that the bottle is a bit too small??? any views??







loom extended for the WI






and woop woop, tested all the electrics and everything worked

have a guess what all this smokes means






thats right, cranked over and fired up within a few seconds, well chuffed  :InLove

man ive missed that sound :rollin

[slingo]

wicked dude break out the beers  !

[karl_tate]

yeh had a big smile on my face

any views on the WI tank??

[MaLicE]

looks a little small... get a uk spec rear washer bottle.... and use that its huge and runs the length of the boot...

[gandyRX]

congratulations it fired up first time mate, the bottle does look rather on the small side though, wouldnt last very long

[Bobbit]

Congrats Karl glad it started with no probs. I can see how much of a head ache that I/C would have been, it only just fits as it is, you\'ve done well there bud.
I agree the water bottle is a little small, as MaLicE said get a UK spec rear washer bottle, they are massive. i\'ve got my rear washer you can have for now if you like, it\'s jap spec so not massive but it\'s just sitting in my garage taking up space. You could link it to your current bottle and use them both, as long as the hose feeding the water to the engine is at the rear of the two you should be fine (inertia will cause the water to flow to the rear of the bottles so the rear one should always have the most water in, at least that\'s how my brain thinks it should work).

[karl_tate]

cheers guys, makes all this work, worth while

i did think it was small but i dont have any experience with WI and im not sure how much it will use at full chat?

rob i do have a jap spec bottle, well at least i think i do because the cap is there to fill it up, good thinking using both, the one that is mounted in there has a low level sensor so i will know when it starts to get low which i why i was going to use it. but if its too small then i will have to come up with another solution.

anyway my order came today hoses for rad and to connect intercooler up, total bill £180




dropped the intercooler off this morning and its all finished, just needs a good polish and tidy up.

here is how it will be all bolted in. ive taken the intercooler off again to get it cleaned out as god knows what kinda crap is in there.




things still to do

need a bit of pipe for the power steering,
power steering belt (without aircon)
anti-freeze,
connect wastegate up,
wire the WI in,
wiring for headlights and horns,
mount battery and box,
sort ducting for intercooler and air filter,

and its just about there :rollin

what anti-freeze should i use??

[shaunwil]

I\'ve been getting through about 2-3lts of water per tank and thats not overly pushing the car :Giggle Need to take plenty for cadwell

I have a 5lt bottle and just check its level every time I fill the car up !

Shaun