I tune one of these with a really big setup. You might know the guy. These cars are pretty rare

 

No I don't I'm afraid. I know a few other people with them here in the uk but none in the states.

The engine bay looks like it's pretty wild!

 

Hi all,

Got a bit of an update for you all.

Havnt got much done in the last week or so. This was due mainly to going back to work and being a cba face when I got home. I also had a bit of a wobble on the whole project as I thought my block was knackered, but turns out it's good!

I have, however got the cage in! Here's a quick pic I took last night just after I'd finished bolting it all up. Note to self, fitting a cage ideally requires 2 people.

Future plans will probably include painting the inside as it looks a bit crap where I've painted the bare metal feet.

Anyway, here's a quick pic of the cage, taken at 11.30 on a school night! Please excuse the mess and lack of more pics, my phone also died!



Tom

 

cba = completely bloody annoyed? ???

 

Sorry, can't be arsed

I.e can not be bothered

 

Ok,

So tonight's mission was to fit my seats.....

1st off, anyone have a scooby doo what this bloody says lol ?



No? Well my calculated guess is haha you paid a fortune for this product and 1 side doesn't even fit!

I'm sure Ross will rectify this problem either by sourcing the right part as he was obviously sent the wrong 1 or by pointing out a monumental **** up by me!

Luckily the side that matters did fit, beautifully. So the cockpit is a little bit closer to being as it should.







Next thing to do is cut a piece of Ali to size to mount my gauges, cut off switch and extinguisher pull cord in. Then it's just a case of waiting for my BAMA membership to come through so I can get some harnesses, the extinguisher and a few other bits and bobs.

Tom

 

Bit of a crap update for tonight but want to keep the thread ticking along as otherwise I'll forget things.

Was bored last night so I decided to be a geek and prep a spreadsheet for the engine build. I was going to type it all out anyway so this will save me sitting there with a calculator for hours and will be ready to print off.



And today I recieved a little parcel containing these



Big thanks to supermario666 for doing me a real good price and getting them to me in double quick time!!!

Looking forward to having a good weekend on it and getting some big bits done

Tom

 

Hi,

Thought I'd better just update the thread or I'll lose track of where I am.

Starting off with the seat rail issue, turns out the passenger side is in fact for a 7, do Ross is sorting that for me!

Started building the engine at the weekend. All was going well until I got all the crank bolted up, etc and realised I'd forgotten to put the oil squirters in!!!! With a magnet and a screwdriver I got 2 in , doing them up with a ratchet ready to torque after, until I got a bit heavy handed with 1 and snapped the bolt!

Fearing the worst and very annoyed with myself I spent all night stueing over it, thinking what if the blocks knackered etc etc...

Following morning I decided to have a poke around. Got a long flat head screwdriver down there and the stub twisted straight out! Quick phone call to super Ross and a new bolt, along with some other goodies was ordered, which arrived the next day , today.



So that's the new banjo bolt for the oil squirter, omni 4 bar map sensor and gm iat sensor ready for sd conversion and also some sealant for the sump.

So with the oil squirters now all in and torqued I cracked on with the bottom end.



Once all that was good I fitted the crank scraper.



I then set about putting the front case together but encountered yet another problem. After torquing the balancer shaft delete I discoloured the oil pump wouldn't turn !!!! It's fine with the delete piece out but in (it's very tight to get in) it hardly moves. I tried to get the oil pump off to check it but I can't get the poxy little screw out!!! I'll come back to that tomorrow as I was wound up by then.

In other news today, I got more deliveries!!!

Some bargain tyres from the Mlr group buy



And my official BAMA membership finally came through , after over a month !!!



So , current things holding me up;
Oil pump issue
Whilst taking off rear arms I've become stuck with 2 ball joint nuts half off. They may be cut off soon!

Once these problems are solved I'll hopefully really get cracking.

Stay tuned for more updates soon.

 

I <3 these cars SOOOOOO much! When 25yrs is up, and they can legally be brought to the states… I WANT!! Hopefully there will be some that are available at that point.

Kudos on a fabulous pickup!! Nice build thus far.

 

another brit on here

i missed out on the tyres as it was the one day i didn't log onto the MLR at work

cars looking good!!

PS: VI's are defo the best, thats my old one below..

 

Hey, little side question as you seem quite experienced with our (6's) cars.
I'm going to be upgrading to a TME turbo on my 6, in your opinion what sort of performance increase should i be expecting? Faster spool? etc etc

 

TME is a smaller turbo to the 6, so quicker spool, bit better transient response and slightly less top end.

 

As stated above, you'll get slightly better spool, but to be honest I personally wouldn't bother.

Thanks for all of the comments.

 

so sick wow

 

Here we go sports fans, we're getting sonewhere now!

Balancer shafts deleted



Shame you can't see all these nice shiny expensive bits!





Got this little bad boy on too



And nearly done!!



I'm hoping to get a good day on the whole car tomorrow. Missed half a day today due to coming off a 24 hr duty this morning and falling asleep!

Tom