What have you done to your car today?

Dale V · 7 Apr 2015 at 08:26

Over the past few days

Took the damaged engine out:

Fabricated a manifold adapter for the new turbo, made a stainless downpipe and routed the external wastegate back into the downpipe:

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Akagi · 7 Apr 2015 at 08:27

I love how you are using the engine lift for the exact opposite of its intended function.

rodenal · 7 Apr 2015 at 08:29

Acme said:
I love how you are using the engine lift for the exact opposite of its intended function.

How else you going to get an engine designed to come out the bottom out on your drive?

Akagi · 7 Apr 2015 at 08:32

rodenal said:
How else you going to get an engine designed to come out the bottom out on your drive?

Oh I know that it is a logical thing to do, it just seemed mildly amusing.

Mucky_Pup · 7 Apr 2015 at 08:40

Changed the sidelights, debadged the back, and fit the carbon fibre bonnet lip yesterday. Didn't have time to fit the mudflaps I have.

bledd · 7 Apr 2015 at 09:21

That MR2 sure is a lovely colour

Dale V · 7 Apr 2015 at 10:51

bledd. said:
That MR2 sure is a lovely colour

Thankyou!

and yeah the crane is very capable of lifting the car above the engine

DXP55 · 7 Apr 2015 at 11:10

Voxination said:
Who's a knob? I'm a knob.

Knob protectors.

http://www.alloygator.co.uk/products.asp

Dave

ScoobyDoo69 · 7 Apr 2015 at 11:13

Scooby_WR1 said:
Had a successful day of unseizing the height adjustment collars on the coilovers and raising the car by 10mm.

It took lots of swearing and bashed knuckles but got them free in the end, the collars are looking battered now though.

Shouldn't seize again though as ive coated the threads with copper grease, which is something i should have done when i fitted them and would have saved a whole lot of hassle.

Good work, they're incredibly frustrating when seized! I've seen coilover socks recently, seem like a good idea?

ScoobyDoo69 · 7 Apr 2015 at 11:14

Is that a GT30 or similar, Dale V? Looks sizeable

Dale V · 7 Apr 2015 at 11:36

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Is that a GT30 or similar, Dale V? Looks sizeable

Its a GTX3076R :cool:

it should go....

good spot!

ScoobyDoo69 · 7 Apr 2015 at 12:23

mmm billet! That will go some!

Scooby_WR1 · 7 Apr 2015 at 12:28

Yeah I have just ordered some coilovers socks, should keep them in a decent condition from what I have seen.

Rainagul · 7 Apr 2015 at 15:59

Had new bumper and wings painted white.

MonkeykingZX · 7 Apr 2015 at 16:31

Finally got the project car moving, long way to go yet but pretty happy to have "driven" it all of 10ft

Plumbing in the rest of the new fuel pipe so we could use the cars actual fuel tank rather than an external one led to this:

Rybo89 · 7 Apr 2015 at 17:41

Put 2 ads on ebay. Both sold, so decided to chnage them both to *wanted* ads.

Ebay took the ads down as wanted ads are against their policy. Refunded me £30.

Win

mrk · 7 Apr 2015 at 18:08

Dusted off the roof, quite a few bugs and spider webs.

I used this:

#ConvertibleLife

Fuzz · 7 Apr 2015 at 18:25

Did this on a tree stump yesterday

Howard · 7 Apr 2015 at 19:21

If you're gonna play outdoors then you have to expect to get a few bruises occasionally

Clarkey · 7 Apr 2015 at 19:25

Dale V said:
Its a GTX3076R it should go....

good spot!

What housing have you gone with? Stock mani is twin scroll on those isn't it? Seems single now with a single wastegate.

I've been looking keenly at these GTX turbos, getting really tired of the disco I have just not working properly. I hear you can get a 0.72AR which is just savage on a 2.0l.