Chronicles of a 13BT swap......

[captainbizzaro]

Yeah well chuffed cheers Pete-thanks again for your patience! I will be in touch about the other bits.

[Ian65]

that\'s a right beast..... hope it fits!

[captainbizzaro]

that\'s a right beast..... hope it fits!

I\'m fortunate really Ian because it\'s been in Pete\'s FB already so with a bit of coaxing it will go in there.

[Ian65]

that\'s good news then \'cause it dwarfs the AI Reseach T3 on my Elford and that\'s a tight fit!
At least you\'ve got the peace of mind that it\'ll go in.

[captainbizzaro]

Well the good lady is away for the weekend so I am ceasing the opportunity to abuse the dishwasher. Ordered myself a tube of Autosol for the UIM-if anyone has experience in what grade buffing wheel to get for my drill then that would be appreciated as I don\'t want to undo all the hard work thats been done on it thus far. So here is a pre-dishwasher shot, it\'s currently working it\'s way through the lunchtime load so will have to wait and hour or so....




I also require an S5 throttle body so if you have one then speak up!

[captainbizzaro]

Just for the wife.....


:bandit:bandit:bandit:bandit:bandit

[Ian65]

I\'d delete those quick before she get\'s home or else you might be living in the shed permanently!

[captainbizzaro]

It\'ll be fiiiiiine-she\'s got a good sense of humour.

[RamoNZ]

Where are the after shots??
 
Autosol is good stuff, you dont need a buffing wheel, and you its impossible to undo the polishing that is already done - its not like paint. Get some rags, or childrens clothing, put on about double the amount you would do use toothpaste and rub it on the top of one of the runners - it will go black virtually straight away but keep going in a circle but dont spread it too thin.
 
Once the rubbing is done, it will dry to a white chalky look, then take a clean part of the rag and buff the white off. Once you get the hang of it, you just vary the polish amount, the area and how much effort you put into it - you will quickly see what you put is directly proportional to what you get out. The top of that UIM will be looking great in no time.
 
Also - get some pics of the UIM/UIM sitting in place!

[captainbizzaro]

Where are the after shots??
 
Autosol is good stuff, you dont need a buffing wheel, and you its impossible to undo the polishing that is already done - its not like paint. Get some rags, or childrens clothing, put on about double the amount you would do use toothpaste and rub it on the top of one of the runners - it will go black virtually straight away but keep going in a circle but dont spread it too thin.
 
Once the rubbing is done, it will dry to a white chalky look, then take a clean part of the rag and buff the white off. Once you get the hang of it, you just vary the polish amount, the area and how much effort you put into it - you will quickly see what you put is directly proportional to what you get out. The top of that UIM will be looking great in no time.
 
Also - get some pics of the UIM/UIM sitting in place!

Awesome-just a bit of elbow grease then....

To be honest, apart from the LIM being devoid of filings there isn\'t a lot of difference so i will hold off on after shots until it\'s had a good shine up. My tube of Autosol should be here Tuesday, plus I\'ve ordered the gaskets for them and the blank plate kit from Pineapple Racing (acv one linked-you get the jist)....

http://www.pineappleracing.com/13b-turboaircontrolvalveblock-offplate.aspx

and coolant passage plug...

http://www.pineappleracing.com/rotorhousingcoolantpassageplug.aspx

The list of stuff needed gets longer and longer....

[Ian65]

Tim,
have you got any time scale in mind to hit the road again or will the conversion just take as long as it takes, so to speak?

[captainbizzaro]

Tim,
have you got any time scale in mind to hit the road again or will the conversion just take as long as it takes, so to speak?

I\'d ideally like him back on the road for the summer to get it to some shows etc-the only thing that would hold me up is money but I\'m hoping I\'ve saved up enough to fast track it as such. Saying that, I don\'t want anything compromised so if it takes longer-so be it. I have bought most of the major expensive items now though and stuff like intercoolers is all readily available with no wait. What will speed up my situation is if I manage to buy the rest of Pete\'s surplus kit which was all fabricated for a car to the same spec I\'m aiming for-especially the exhaust which saves me having to muck about trailering NEV to fabricators etc. Now christmas is out the way I am gonna throw as much time at it as possible though, I really don\'t want to go a season without him.

[syebba]

 
Good to see u making progress.
You,ve got glasses & cups in with your engine parts!
You didnt wash them together did you!
ta stu..

[captainbizzaro]

Ha, no don\'t worry I took them out.

[syebba]

Did i read somewhere your turbo will kick out approx 300hp,that\'ll make a very lively little fb!
ta stu..