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Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:33 pm

Cheers bud its got alittle out of hand tbh :$
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:45 pm

Nato_e30 wrote:Yep :)
Just recieved these pics back from my pal at the powder coaters :)
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I wasnt even being serious! :o

Will it hold up ok? I imagine it being on fire after some spirited driving :D
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:53 pm

Haha yeh itl hold up well, the lad who did my coating has done his on his track car :)

Another little update ive just fleeced and edged the other interior tidy up panel.
The weight of all these panels come in at 2kg
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Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:39 pm

So today ive dyed the mint cond dark blue carpet black and removed the thick heavy crap of the underside of it, also wet vax'd the sparcos and fitted a omp slider on the drivers seat
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Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:57 pm

Today ive generally been giving the inside a good clean and sealing up areas that need sealing, ive also removed all the thick foam of the underside of the carpet to shed some wieght as im refitting a carpet in it.
Also ive sorted out the messy leaky sunroof blank
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I nipped down the scrappers and chopped a roof of a e36 so id have a neat profiled panel, measured and cut.

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Edges filed and corners curved and etch primed

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Tiger sealed and riveted into place
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Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:48 pm

Refurbished throttle and blasted/ powder coated inlet :D
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Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:34 pm

Hard at work this morning, ive trimmed and fitted a fleece roof lining, alsstarted to reassemble the interior
Foam and sound deadening stripped of the underside of the carpet, so light now
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Lining
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Opologys for the crap pic quality its making all the black look grey. The dash has been a nightmare to fit, also the cage bolts are to big so ive gotto get some more so I can bolt it all in.
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Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:00 pm

That dash is lovely.
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Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:29 pm

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Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:22 pm

Today ive ground the revets of the sunroof panel and prepped it to give a skim of body filler and refinish.
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Ive fked about with a spoiler
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Fitted the drop links to the arb
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Better pic of the lining I made for the roof
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Finished assembling the intake
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Prettys :p
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Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:37 pm

Maf, jetted degreased and zink coated
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Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:41 pm

Starting refitting the underside, the rest will be undersealed when I get the front jacked up
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All poly bushed+ adjustable camber rear beam
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Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:22 pm

Engine going back together complete new gaskets ect.. alot of tidying left todo still. Clutch fan binned off and slimline electric replacement fitted

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Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:29 pm

You might still make your deadline mate, it's looking good 8)
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Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:30 pm

Cheers dude im hoping I will :$ ive still got so much todo..
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Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:31 pm

Cheers dude im hoping I will :$ ive still got so much todo..
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:19 pm

Is it done yet Graham :cool:
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:42 pm

Little update been very busy latley with work ect so have 6 weeks to finish it.... bearing in mind I only get sat/sun to work on it .. :?
Anyway ive refitted some of the engine up, im hoping to get the innerwings and afew other bits painted + the engine finished tomorrow, if tried fitting the rad with the new electric fan in but its too bulky so im relocting the rad slightly further forward.
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Little update been very busy latley with work ect so have 6 weeks to finish it.... bearing in mind I only get sat/sun to work on it .. :?
Anyway ive refitted some of the engine up, im hoping to get the innerwings and afew other bits painted + the engine finished tomorrow, if tried fitting the rad with the new electric fan in but its too bulky so im relocting the rad slightly further forward.
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Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:25 pm

Subaru impreza type ra roof flap.. installed and working :) bargain find a definate one off! Will keep the incar temps down incar.
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Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:00 pm

Good find on the "Flap" Graham :cool:
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Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:52 pm

Cheers dude
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Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:29 pm

Update, got the sunroof blank finished, rivets ground off holes welded and a very thin skim of topstop gold and primed
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Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:33 pm

Update, got the sunroof blank finished, rivets ground off holes welded and a very thin skim of topstop gold and primed
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Update, got the sunroof blank finished, rivets ground off holes welded and a very thin skim of topstop gold and primed
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Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:41 pm

New bearings and bushes
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Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:35 pm

Snows let me down this weekend big time plus I wont get on it next weekend this projects not going well and ive majorly regreted starting it

Anyways with a major lack of enthusiasm ive got the interior panels rivited in and made some tidy up panels for the quarter panel this weekend..
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Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:07 pm

What you going to fix your harness to??
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Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:22 pm

There is a bolt in harness bar by the looks of it
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Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:18 pm

Well spotted tedswagon, im making a harness bar to go between the wheel arches :)
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Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:20 pm

Looking good dude :cool:
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Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:26 pm

Smashed it today
All hands on deck.. pete (psyko) did my welding and I got on with the mechanical
Replacement handbrake cables ,shoes, springs, pipe fiited all working and one side fully bolted up
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