new year, new project. finished and home...

[chris_335]

not to sure about the bumper dont look quite right but looking PHAT

[kingcruizer]

not to sure about the bumper dont look quite right but looking PHAT

dont worry, the bumpers will be tech2's.
progress will comence on the weekend. work duties called so havent had the time.
thanks to everyone for all the comments so far.

untill the weekend.....................................

[ImysE30]

Clive, you are my hero Absoloutely love it, and with the supercharger

I want mine to look like that

More pic's please

[kingcruizer]

small update. due to work i havent been on this for a couple of weeks (its been killing me) but a little progress.
now you see it............

........now you dont

the boot floor is now flat but my camera died so i'll post pics when i go back over.
once the rear panel is fitted i will be taking the rear quarters off to cut away the original one's. not looking forward to that job but the weight has to be lost.
front wings are now complete so i will be taking them to my local strippers on the weekend to be dipped. its the quickest way to get the wax oil off the inside and it cleans between the welds so alot of time will be saved.

@ imy.. send me a shell and a large chunk of cash and i'll get right to work

clive

[Rav335uk]

LURRRRRRRVLY

[DaveyB]

phwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooar!

[ImysE30]

Tempting, very tempting

I'm liking the spare wheel well being cut out Quad exhausts

[kingcruizer]

Tempting, very tempting

I'm liking the spare wheel well being cut out Quad exhausts

you'll need some wide wheels to fill these arches.
As for the exhaust. It will be hidden behind the bumper for a clean look.

[ImysE30]

Tempting, very tempting

I'm liking the spare wheel well being cut out Quad exhausts

you'll need some wide wheels to fill these arches.
As for the exhaust. It will be hidden behind the bumper for a clean look.

The wheels you got suit it down to the ground, gonna look evil

I think quad's would look good but i guess Rav will be happy with the clean look

How much it costing you if you don't mind me asking, PM if you prefer

[kingcruizer]

About £250 including buying the car so far. As I only work on it on the weekend it's taken 6days to this stage.
I think rav will be pleased but then he did say he would park in front of me next time lol.

[bootyman]

That looks really nice mate. I look forward to see it finished. If you need spare rims i have a set of 9x17 front & 17x11 rear AC Type 1 split rims in spanking condition and a set of Image splt rims in 9x17 front and 11x17 too

[ImysE30]

About £250 including buying the car so far. As I only work on it on the weekend it's taken 6days to this stage.
I think rav will be pleased but then he did say he would park in front of me next time lol.

Can't wait to see it finished, will definitely be a unique one-off

[FMH]

how much of a headache is it to remove the wheel weel, considering doing it myself if its fairly straight forward

[ImysE30]

I think it's just a case of cutting the well out and then welding in a new flat sheet of metal in

Get some pic's up of how you done it if you can Clive

[FMH]

I think it's just a case of cutting the well out and then welding in a new flat sheet of metal in

Get some pic's up of how you done it if you can Clive

I've heard it needs to be done on a jig, etc, to avoid any flex.

[ImysE30]

I think it's just a case of cutting the well out and then welding in a new flat sheet of metal in

Get some pic's up of how you done it if you can Clive

I've heard it needs to be done on a jig, etc, to avoid any flex.

Not heard of that but then again i've not had it done. Bootyman's done it on his cabby, hopefully Clive will tell us, i'm going to do this mod as well. Quad exhausts

[FMH]

I think it's just a case of cutting the well out and then welding in a new flat sheet of metal in

Get some pic's up of how you done it if you can Clive

I've heard it needs to be done on a jig, etc, to avoid any flex.

Not heard of that but then again i've not had it done. Bootyman's done it on his cabby, hopefully Clive will tell us, i'm going to do this mod as well. Quad exhausts

I might do it myself on the tech 2 cab, see how it goes

[kingcruizer]

well i've been busy this week and got a bit done. rear panel and boot floor all done


a quick coat of primer inside and out to protect it while the project move's on


so the next job was to remove the wide quarter ready to cut away the original. this was not a job i was looking forward to after all my hard work making them, but it has to be done so.....

i must be doing something right as it stayed together

and now its all cut away ready to be refitted.

the wide quarter is now sealed, primed and stonechiped inside so ive just got to weld it back on, that will happen on monday

for those of you that want to know about the tyre well, its an easy job to do, just drill out the spot welds (there are a few) cut away the sealer and push it out. cut some sheet steel to size and weld back in. now, you could use part of a flat floor from another car so it has swage lines in it or (what i did) get some 15mm x 15mm steel angle and weld underneath to give it support. job done..........until monday then.

clive

[FMH]

Looking great, thats how the quarters on my m3 have been welded.
I, well the previous owner gets a lot of grief for doing it like this. However, it don't bother me, and i don't see it bothering you.

Thanks for the advice on the tyre well, added that job to my list on the tech 2.

Keep the pics coming

[ImysE30]

Doing a great job on it

Look forward to the next installment

[Royalratch]

Liking those wheels - great skills on the metalwork.

Shaping up to have a kind of yank muscle car feel...

[jotz]

well done mate.... very tidy work.
thats gonna look like a beast!!!

[chris_335]

looking good keep it up

[jaymos]

Great work fella, i admire youre fab skills, are you still looking at making the wings carbon?

[kingcruizer]

Great work fella, i admire youre fab skills, are you still looking at making the wings carbon?

once the body work is finished and in primer then moulds will be taken off the car. as and when my mate has time they will be done in carbon.

[jaymos]

Great work fella, i admire youre fab skills, are you still looking at making the wings carbon?

once the body work is finished and in primer then moulds will be taken off the car. as and when my mate has time they will be done in carbon.

cool, what carbon does your mate do? Is it wetlay or prepreg?

[kingcruizer]

To be honest, I have no idea but his work is perfect. I can find out next time he's over though.

[MarkT]

Whens the engine going to be built?

[kingcruizer]

All in good time. The engine is last on the list as I want to finish all the body first. I will probally put the 2.7 in and build up the 2.8 when it's back on the road. There's only so many hours in a day so if anybody wants to come down and build it for me give me a shout. I can pay with food/drink/music and good company

I'm after a roll cage too. So if anyone has one that they want to be relieved of let me know

[toby]

I'm curious, not critical but what's the point in going from 2.7 supercharged to 2.8 supercharged? It is so powerful already and 0.1 of a litre isn't really going to make that much difference. That's surely many hundreds of pounds expenditure without any noticeable gains in power. I mean what power does it run already? And how much more will it run with such a tiny increase?

Hey, you do what you like... it's your money... like I said, I'm just curious, not critical.

[kingcruizer]

The 2.7 is a high comp engine. Once the 2.8 is built it will be a low comp so I can reduce the charger pully = more power. That's the plan any way. The bhp is 324 as it stands so hoping for more, I would be happy at 400. Taking in to account this car will be lighter hence quicker

Clive.

[ross_jsy]

Out of interest why stay m20 and not go to m50/52?

[bedumon]

Out of interest why stay m20 and not go to m50/52?

Just what I was thinking.....but none the less still an epic build. Projects like this keep the zone going.

Can't wait to see it finished.

[kingcruizer]

Out of interest why stay m20 and not go to m50/52?

this is why


i just love the look/sound and feel of a good old m20

[Rav335uk]