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[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys,

Jim, its a crap job tbh, oil and dirt everywhere

Jay, The whole car is being painted later this year

[jayrs]

ah mate, nice one, but you dont have to paint the whoel thing just to take me round the track fella

[Turboboy67]

Trying getting to Castle Combe first that might help

I'm deffo doing the pedal box conversion now, so it looks like it won't be ready for April

Might get the dash flocked as well

[jayrs]

thats easy, jump on a ferry and come pick me up LOL

[Turboboy67]

thats easy, jump on a ferry and come pick me up LOL

One way I suppose

More progress today

Fuel tank and lines out

Still sub zero here so its not idea car modding weather

I can now start giving the underside a good clean/ rust proof and treat it to a lick of paint

engine bay was given another degrease and its starting to look better as well.

Sunday I will put the Pro-Alloy fuel cell in place

In


Out


Bits removed

[HCS PIMP]

good work going the way i would if i had a fiesta track toy

good progress although minis have the battery in the boot and internal tank as standard

goona be nice to see it with the new tank and some nice wax oil where the whites showin beneathe

[FRSJON]

looks good shaun... .. why the pedal box ??

[jayrs]

coming along nice mate.
what ya doing with the old tank...

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys, its all being painted blue underneath

Jon, really just to tidy up the bay mate.

Jay, I'm listing the tank, engine, box, ECU etc all on E-Bay next week fella.

Proceeds will go towards all the new bits going in

[jayrs]

fair play mate.
if the tank dont sell let me know mate, i could do wioth a couple bits off it for the mk2 tank

[JamieFRST]

Sunday I will put the Pro-Alloy fuel cell in place

Where will the filler neck be? rear quarter window or something?

[Turboboy67]

Sunday I will put the Pro-Alloy fuel cell in place

Where will the filler neck be? rear quarter window or something?

Yeah, I already have the hole waiting for it mate

[luca]

stop yaking and get modding Mr Green!

[JamieFRST]

Proper job

[fiend]

Wasn't expecting it to be that clean under the petrol tank!

[rsonblackwheels]

cool, awesome progress, even in sub zero temps!

i hate the cold weather too, very hard to get motervation

love the rear windows

[Turboboy67]

More progress today

Out came the dash board in several pieces due to the cage





I have another dash which will be cut down to what I need then flocked before being re-fitted. (think I will need to take the screen out to do so )

existing pedal box, all the brake set up under the bonnet, front brake pipes and the ecu with its loom were all removed.

from this


to now this




I was looking for another loom to go in, but I'm just going to cut out whats not needed,

So all the brake lines will now be run internally.

Next weekend I will carry on preping the engine bay for its repaint.

[jonboisescort]

great progress mate

[HCS PIMP]

ive got a spare loom you can have

[M1K3Y_B]

Your getting into it again, which is good to see mate

[the saint]

nice to see you done some work after i left mate lol

i went home to give my bro that seat only to find he`s killed the clutch and now im having bad thoughts about buying the car again and using your rs1800 engine lol

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys

Thanks for the loom offer, I will pm you if I need it

nice to see you done some work after i left mate lol

i went home to give my bro that seat only to find he`s killed the clutch and now im having bad thoughts about buying the car again and using your rs1800 engine lol

I knew it Dean

Good to see you & Laura again mate, can't believe we fitted 4 wheels and tyres + 5 tyres + I FRST Recaro in the back of your Clio

[M440]

Cheers guys

Thanks for the loom offer, I will pm you if I need it

nice to see you done some work after i left mate lol

i went home to give my bro that seat only to find he`s killed the clutch and now im having bad thoughts about buying the car again and using your rs1800 engine lol

I knew it Dean

Good to see you & Laura again mate, can't believe we fitted 4 wheels and tyres + 5 tyres + I FRST Recaro in the back of your Clio

Blimey, all that into a clio is an achievement I thought you guys were jammy fitting everything in there the last time you visited

Good progress Shaun The most you've done on it in 6 months

[the saint]

firstly dont ever say my clio lmfao it aint mine its lauras and i drive it

i`m sure i could have got more in there tbh.......... there`s a crappy gearbox in your house that i could have taken away for free

i`ll pm you about the engine matey

[Captain Tightpants]

Looking good mate. You putting in a bias box?

It makes such a difference once an engines out giving the bay a good clean, it's about the only bit of a car I enjoy cleaning!!

Steve

[Shannon]

dude do you still have the filler neck and lines off the tank!?

[Turboboy67]

Today I finished stripping the engine bay

The only things left to be removed are the suspension strut tops and the steering rack once its in position to be painted,

atm I can still wheel the car in and out of my garage, which is very easy as its literally just a shell now

Next job is to get underneath and start the prepping ready for a few coats of blue paint,

Hopefully the underside and the bay will be painted out within 3 weeks.

just the one picture of a very empty bay

[the saint]

nice work fella will look the nuts once painted up budd

[jayrs]

all systems go now then mate.

3 weeks till paint, wtf... get it done

[Turboboy67]

all systems go now then mate.

3 weeks till paint, wtf... get it done

Cheers Deano,

Jay, I got a lot of prepping to do mate, and I mean a lot

I got to take the car round to my parents get it up in the air,

take all the suspension off, take all those bits over to the powder coaters,

It can then be painted, and then the re-build begins

[Turboboy67]

Well another boring day in the garage prepping the engine bay

Its now had 4 de-greasings

I finally got round to start grinding down the minor rusty areas,

I've also removed alot of the seam sealer throughout the bay as under it was lurking various minor rust spots, thankfully just surface.

Also I removed the bracket that holds the jack and wheel brace in place

In my quest for sub a 800kg weight, everything needs to be removed thats not going to serve a purpose.

so, from this



to this


then finally cleaned up


Also need to angle grind this off, where the old battery tray was secured to.


Next weekend I will finish off the prepping, the following weekend all going to plan will be engine bay painting

[FRSJON]

looking good shaun... time for some carbon strut tops... will save a few grams...

[Turboboy67]

looking good shaun... time for some carbon strut tops... will save a few grams...

Mate they are being dumped as these bad boys are going on



Leda 3-Way adjustables, Imo the ultimate suspension for a MK3, £2.5k when new

eccentric top mounts will be in the place of those strut tops

I must admit, I got rather moist unwrapping them for the photo

[M1K3Y_B]

£2.5K when new?

No wonder you got a bit moist

[JamieFRST]

What shocks are in there at the moment? can't be arsed to look back through 30 pages