RTOC Slag, Full non O.E. rebirth of H154 TGO.

Build Thread Directory.

Page 1. - Intro, The Car, My Plans, First Look At The Shell Condition, Airfilter, Steering Wheel, Bucket Seats, Harness, Carpet, Williams Alloy Wheels Refurb.

Page 2. - Engine Bay Strip Down, Rear Bumper Brackets, Power Steering Rack, Track Rod Ends, Interior Strip Down, Dash Removal, Brandnew Fog Lights, Indicators, Repeaters, Tail lights, Number Plate Lights, Head Lights, Rep Decals Graphics, Polythene Brushes, Braided Brake Lines, Handbrake Cables, Clutch Cable, Wheel Bearings, Master Cylinder, Rear Brake Comp, Jacking Points.

Page 3. - RaceTechnology Dash 4 Pro Display, AEM A/F Ratio Gauge, Coilovers, Camber Bolts, Fuel & Filter O.E. Brackets, Tarox Brakes, Suspension Bearings, Roll Cage Gauge Pod Mount, RTOC Dash Dial Rep Kit, Roll Cage Purchase, Car Left For Stage One Body Shop.

Page 4. - Body Shop Work, Torsion Bar Refurb, Jacking Points, Fully Re Underseal, Turbo Timer, New Genuine Light Switch Control Stork, Engine Bay Repaint, Adaptronic ECU, Wheel Bearings, Suspension Top Hats, Ceramic Heat Wrap, Body Kit Fixings, Oil Cooler, Brake Caliper Brackets, Turbo Blanket, Flywheel Refurb, External Wastegate/screamer Pipe Fabrication.

Page 5. - Roll Cage Rework, Box Mount Sections, Cavity Nut Fixing Points, Door Bars, Boot Brace, Harness Fixing Points, Bucket Seat Mounting Rails, Wishbone Bracing.

Page 6. - Roll Cage Powder Coated, Power Steering Pump Bracket Fabrication, Sub Frame Modified & Seam Welded, Power Steering Test Fit, Oversized Radiator Test Fit Trimming, Header Tank Bracket Fabrication, Bumper Increase Air Flow Modified, New Genuine Window Wiper Stork, Walbro 500BHP+ Fuel Pump, Oil Catch Tank.

Page 7. - 2.0 16V F7R Engine Fit, Stage 1 Mainfold Work, Engine Torque Damper Fabrication, Induction Pipe Fabrication With BOV Inlet, Full 2.5 Inch Dia Exhaust System Fabrication Inc Turbo Down Pipe, Starwars Tyre Valve Dust Cap Covers.

Page 8. - Sill Check/Repair Work, Outer Sills Replaced, Underbody Bare Metal Stripped AGAIN, Brake Pads, New Rear Calipers, Campus Door Cards, New Welding Tool And Mask.

Page 9. Bare Metal Underbody Strip Including Full Seam Sealer Removal.


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My car - Renault 5 GT Turbo, 104k on the clock, 10 previous owners, Year 1990, reg - H154 TGO.

Purchase date. - Nov 2012.

Code name. - PANJ, The Widow Maker.

My story and a bit about the car it's self so far.

My search for a decent 5 seem to be ever lasting at over two years as each time I either just missed out or ended up getting messed around. There has been a few pop up but not really right for what I've got in mind for my build. This will all make more sense as this thread gets updated, as basically in a nut shell, this is not a o.e. restoration build as such nor being built just todo quarter mile or track days.

This car popped up on eBay as spares or repair and wasn't to far from me, so I was straight on the phone to go and have a look, and was met with a nice like minded R5 lover called Tom!

Turns out he is a member on here hence my thread title, "RTOC slag" with previous two owners being members here.

Members profile -

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/member.php?u=1311

And after more digging around he got the car from JRP, members profile -

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/member.php?u=422

JRP - If your reading this and there is any other previous history you know about this car, then please feel free to add to it.

Back on topic,

Car been sitting in a lock up for 4 or 5 years and needs work, but is in fair condition after a swift look over, non sun roof, non running, missing a lot of parts etc which is no biggy as I'm mainly looking for a decent shell, asked how much he wanted and the deal was done and there we have it, I've finally got a decent base to start on. It even come with two sets of keys, original owners book, folder, all old MOT's, invoices etc.

Now, this is my sixth Renault 5 GT Turbo, the last one being a full strip and build back in 2004/05, but everything died with the old site when that went down and lost all the pictures after my pc went bust to.

The main plan on this build is my usual outlook approach of all or nothing, ideally for those who know me will know this should end up being pretty special.

So, keep tuned, and feel free to comment! Thanks for reading and hope you all enjoy my build thread. :cool:

Here it is when I first saw it. :)

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And out in the day light for the first time in years ready to be taking to its new home. :cool:

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...1ca6f10186.jpg

And that was it for six months till last week where I pulled it out and gave it quick wash and got started on what I'm going to need. :D

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...cd0d976560.jpg

Don't look to bad after a once over. :cool:

Looks a good solid base that

...good to see another Tungy without sunroof, beginning to think mine was the only one :laugh:

Good to see it being saved. I've seen alot of this car over the years.

how many times you gonna paint this one?:cool:

i had a few pics of your old one, but like you my porn overloaded pc gave up:(

Non O.E, the best sort of build, i remember years ago looking at the spec of your old white one and wishing mine was as loaded with tuning goodies as that was.

Looking forward to some updates:agree:

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Originally Posted by phase i 16 v turbo

Good to see it being saved. I see alot of this car over the years.

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Has this been over to at some point then Mike? :confused:

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Originally Posted by dangerous dave

how many times you gonna paint this one?:cool:

i had a few pics of your old one, but like you my porn overloaded pc gave up:(

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:laugh: I'm trying to be sensible this time, but with all the parts I've been building up this last few months that soon went out the window! :scared:

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Originally Posted by GTphil

Non O.E, the best sort of build, i remember years ago looking at the spec of your old white one and wishing mine was as loaded with tuning goodies as that was.

Looking forward to some updates:agree:

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Thanks, this build is defiantly going to out do my last one! :D

Ps, more pictures to follow shortly, your all going to be impressed with the condition of my sills! :cooter:

Well after months of preparing for the worse, to my surprise once I got the kit off I was faced with this beauty! :cool:

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...9982f6eb98.jpg

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And here the other side. :D

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It's so rotten I might as well thrown in the trowel now! :laugh:

That was a good car to me, looked beautiful when I had it.

And engine was re built by the master just before I got it.

It was a real looker I thought and, at that time solid, it seems to have gone slightly down hill.

Glad to see it being rebuilt. Does it still have a small laqure peel on the drivers side above rear window?

I'd love to come see it :)

I'll try dig old photos out and post them. I sold that as I was running a V6 Clio as well and rebuilding another.

Take the front of the sill behind the arch to the metal, mine looked mint but was full off holes.. That's where all the water and mud sits so high risk, I didn't wanna be finding any after I got it painted, as most paint shops will happily paint over rot to get paid..

The rest looks good so all those missed deals were a stroke of luck..

New rear bumper brackets from ashy and she's a beaut :)

Was this owned by Tom before you? I almost bought this if it is. :D

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Originally Posted by JRP

That was a good car to me, looked beautiful when I had it.

And engine was re built by the master just before I got it.

It was a real looker I thought and, at that time solid, it seems to have gone slightly down hill.

Glad to see it being rebuilt. Does it still have a small lawyer peel on the drivers side above rear window?

I'd love to come see it :)

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Yes, funny enough it does! :laugh: Tom did say he took it to the Nurburgring and did a couple laps and made it back. From reading his posts, it popped the head gasket and he got it fixed, but can't of been done right as popped again then sat ever since. He must of sold parts off it when he was buying in 5's and breaking them for parts on ebay etc which would explain the random missing parts. :(

Well, I've set a date for MOT, I'm looking to have this fully stripped, re sealed under side, brakes, brake lines, fuel lines, suspension, bushes etc, fresh jacking points, fully re wielded up with new engine in and running by end of June! And yes, this year June. :laugh:

Il worry about the main body work later down the line depend on how fast thing moving along. I don't want to get to ahead of myself, but I may even get the full body completely by Nat day or end of summer if parts keep coming in and reaching me on time that is. If not, I don't want it sitting in the lock up for the winter with it all being freshly done. :)

Sorry Just looked the pics m,ust be on my parents computer. They were on the site before it went down all those years ago, all i could find was nice shots of my current 5 lol

off topic but hey ho

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Originally Posted by Goobie

Yes, funny enough it does! :laugh: Tom did say he took it to the Nurburgring and did a couple laps and made it back. From reading his posts, it popped the head gasket and he got it fixed, but can't of been done right as popped again then sat ever since. He must of sold parts off it when he was buying in 5's and breaking them for parts on ebay etc which would explain the random missing parts. :(

Well, I've set a date for MOT, I'm looking to have this fully stripped, re sealed under side, brakes, brake lines, fuel lines, suspension, bushes etc, fresh jacking points, fully re wielded up with new engine in and running by end of June! And yes, this year June. :laugh:

Il worry about the main body work later down the line depend on how fast thing moving along. I don't want to get to ahead of myself, but I may even get the full body completely by Nat day or end of summer if parts keep coming in and reaching me on time that is. If not, I don't want it sitting in the lock up for the winter with it all being freshly done. :)

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I was gutted to see that car go, but as i said i had bigger fish frying and one was the above car ol monica! Please see it through id love to see that 5 again and even have a blast in it :) it once was valet parked etc in the poshist of posh race events at sandown park, looked awesome hanging its 80's gear with the bentlys and porches.

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Take the front of the sill behind the arch to the metal, mine looked mint but was full off holes.. That's where all the water and mud sits so high risk, I didn't wanna be finding any after I got it painted, as most paint shops will happily paint over rot to get paid..

The rest looks good so all those missed deals were a stroke of luck..

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Don't worry Dave, I don't cut corners and I will be doing as much wielding myself, along with pretty much all and everything on this car build will be done by me with my own hands where possible apart from final paint as I think that's best left to the pros. :laugh:

If it helps you sleep better tonight, I will be going full bare mental on it, hope this helps keep your sleeping pills in the bathroom draw........ :cooter: :laugh:

All that said, when pulling the wing out, enough mud fell out I could fill a plant pot plus two random racket spanners and one normal double end spanner popped out, I forgot to photo the rest, will get more pics when I finish taking the engine and box out. :cool:

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Originally Posted by TopCat

New rear bumper brackets from ashy and she's a beaut :)

Was this owned by Tom before you? I almost bought this if it is. :D

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Already ordered! :agree:

Read first post, if that's the Tom I've quoted, then yes. :cool:

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Originally Posted by JRP

I was gutted to see that car go, but as i said i had bigger fish frying and one was the above car ol monica! Please see it through id love to see that 5 again and even have a blast in it :) it once was valet parked etc in the poshist of posh race events at sandown park, looked awesome hanging its 80's gear with the bentlys and porches.

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Don't worry, once I get it all in a decent condition, it will be attending a fair amount of the club event where possible. I may even let you drive it...... Maybe... :laugh: :agree:

First part of tuning (if you can call it that.) goodies!

My trade mark airfiler set up I use to sell. :D

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Trumpet section.

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Then got to work on the polishing. :cool:

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And pieced together. :smokin:

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How much does that filter cost to make up?

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Originally Posted by JRP

Sorry Just looked the pics m,ust be on my parents computer. They were on the site before it went down all those years ago, all i could find was nice shots of my current 5 lol

off topic but hey ho

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Jrps I may have some pic's of it as i worked on it often enough:laugh:

Then I decided I needed some bucket seats and went for Sparco Rev's, think they weight around 5kg each, will have to check that tho, but their very light.

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After that, I needed brackets to mount them so brought these 6mm thick alloy jobbies. :cool:

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Got bored, so out came the polish again. :laugh:

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Did some more polishing and then bolted them on to see how they looks. :smokin:

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Then there they sat for a while and I decided I needed to make more use of them when my little brother came over to stay, ten minutes later they made very comfy seats for sitting in while playing the playstation. :laugh:

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...1dd9c8eb95.jpg

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Originally Posted by Goobie

Don't worry Dave, I don't cut corners and I will be doing as much wielding myself, along with pretty much all and everything on this car build will be done by me with my own hands where possible apart from final paint as I think that's best left to the pros. :laugh:

If it helps you sleep better tonight, I will be going full bare mental on it, hope this helps keep your sleeping pills in the bathroom draw........ :cooter: :laugh:

All that said, when pulling the wing out, enough mud fell out I could fill a plant pot plus two random racket spanners and one normal double end spanner popped out, I forgot to photo the rest, will get more pics when I finish taking the engine and box out. :cool:

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I'll sleep like a baby knowing your back in the club.. I've been all over my car sorting rot out as no one else can be trusted to do it..

Mines going electric blue in the next month hopefully... :smokin:

Couple of pic's when Tom owned it and convoy to Mallory park 2007.

I have more just on another pc:laugh:

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Originally Posted by Goobie

My trade mark airfiler set up I use to sell :D

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That's going back some years :D

James any from my ends?

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Originally Posted by Jonny5

How much does that filter cost to make up?

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I had to pay full price for it :( I brought it in two parts as you may of guessed, trumpet from forge for £45 I think? Then the filter was around £90? Universal green cotton jobbie, its pretty big. Then polished it by hand to give it a smooth surface to aid air flow and added bling. :laugh:

You could buy one for a lot less, but I particularly wanted that one. If you go on eBay, tap in Cossie air filter, and you should find similar with a fake K&N filter on the end, cheaper option plus could swap the filter over at a later date if you wanna fussy like me. :D

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Originally Posted by dangerous dave

I'll sleep like a baby knowing your back in the club.. I've been all over my car sorting rot out as no one else can be trusted to do it..

Mines going electric blue in the next month hopefully... :smokin:

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Good choice, I was considering this myself but with body kit phase one style! :cool:

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Originally Posted by Mart

That's going back some years :D

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It just wouldn't be the same having a 5 and not having one fitted! I actually brought this before I even had a car to put it in. :laugh:

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Originally Posted by James5

Couple of pic's when Tom owned it and convoy to Mallory park 2007.

I have more just on another pc:laugh:

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Wow! :eek: What the hell happen to it to end up like it is now? :(

Thanks for the pictures, it looks mint in those shots. Think il save those in. :laugh: :agree:

The history all adding up now on this, just one of the many good things about this owners club. :yeah:

happy days glad to see you back i remember your white car with the green hoses super nice and cool is it still alive

Good to see you've another one mate. :agree:

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Originally Posted by gtmatt

happy days glad to see you back i remember your white car with the green hoses super nice and cool is it still alive

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Would that be his white one that very soon after the rebuild got sprayed black. lol if my memory is right Bigg's bought it then Sold it to Markey B and finally now resides with Alex with 330bhp 16v lump in it in this months performance French car mag.

:coffee: enjoying the read so far:) you certainly aren't hanging about are you, looking forward to the updates.

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Originally Posted by gtmatt

happy days glad to see you back i remember your white car with the green hoses super nice and cool is it still alive

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Thanks dude, and yeah, still going, but completely different now. :)

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Originally Posted by Logg

Good to see you've another one mate. :agree:

Would that be his white one that very soon after the rebuild got sprayed black. lol if my memory is right Bigg's bought it then Sold it to Markey B and finally now resides with Alex with 330bhp 16v lump in it in this months performance French car mag.

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Thanks :agree:

Yeah, that's the one, I think it was featured few years ago to, it changed a lot as it past hands. I remember pm-ing him about the car and at one point he was thinking of selling. Is that the same one he got now that just been feat then? Reg H335 HRK. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Nad-5GTT

:coffee: enjoying the read so far:) you certainly aren't hanging about are you, looking forward to the updates.

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Got some tasty updates coming mid/end of next week! One of which I'm sure going to be the next must have mod! :D

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Yeah, that's the one, I think it was featured few years ago to, it changed a lot as it past hands. I remember pm-ing him about the car and at one point he was thinking of selling. Is that the same one he got now that just been feat then? Reg H335 HRK. :confused:

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I assumed it was the same. I think in the mag the plate looks a bit like Alex so probably a private jobbie.

Think I might have some stolen Internet pictures of when you owned it on a hard drive somewhere.

Good effort! Good to see someone making a car for performance as appose to back to standard. Those seats are tasty aswell. Keep an eye on this rascal ;)

Another Goobie project can only mean one thing:

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Originally Posted by The new Bill J

Another Goobie project can only mean one thing:

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:D

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Goobie uses £50 notes as toilet paper..

Next up while I was gathering interior parts was some plan and simple harness. Maybe a bit to plan, so knowing me these will properly end up being changed at some point. :laugh:

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Also, whilst I was at it, I kept changing my mine on how the inside was going to look and colour theme.

The stripped out look has been done to death, I do like the look, but I want to be able to use and drive this car when ever I feel like it, but at the same time I don't want it loaded with unnecessary trim etc and feel like I'm driving around in a hollow car with everything rattling about, but I think I've come up with a all rounder solution, more to follow on this as build thread comes along.

Next,

I always wanted black carpet as that just looks smart and gives it more of a modern car look and feel, but this was always a 50 50 choice mainly because the red carpet in my 5 is actually pretty mint and I've not even wet vac it etc yet. :D But then I saw a decent raider carpet pop up and me being me I couldn't help my self and brought it. :laugh: Plus, once added with everything I've got in mind for the interior, it should work very well, i.e. my polish bucket seat brackets should stand out nicely against the black! :D

Also, this got me more into thinking and planning what I'm going todo with my standard dash and I've come up with a few cleverly mix ideas on trim finishes etc that I've not seen done in the combo I've got in my mind which saying that, is newish technology for one part im planning which is going to be a pain todo but will completely transform the overall look but if I get it right, it will really be a main focus point.

This choice could end up being abit like marmite, but that's all I'm saying for the minute and your have to wait and see what I come up with, but this is my build and I'm building it to how I feel my 5 should look and fit in with more modern overall appearance. :cooter:

Anyway, here my carpet! :cool:

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/...06366dcc0c.jpg

Alloy wheel choice was a no brainier, I knew from the start what my wheel choice was going to be, genuine Clio Williams, fairly light to. :)

Took me a while to find a set, these popped up on eBay collection only and all the way in Bristol to. :scared: Made a deal and away I went on my 3 and a half journey one way! And on the way back started snowing and really badly to which then turned my trip into a all day and night one, the mrs was well happy. :laugh:

After that, week later, a set come up 15 miles away! And now after just looking, there is three sets on eBay and one set on here for sale, how annoying. :cry: Plus, the ebays adds each seller put "very rare" yeah, three sets currently active right now, that's got to be rare. :laugh:

Anyway, here are my wheels when I got them, top condition hey. :laugh:

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a clean up and a some black paint, will look awsome:cool::p

deffo the rim of choice for a track animal;)

Now, after purchasing my amazingly mint "rare" :laugh: alloys, refurb time was calling me.

I got a place that reasonable distances that I use for all my cars and do me fairly decent price, so off they went to be checked for cracks, buckles etc and much to my surprise, they run straight! :cool: Even with the tires on now they been done, they only have one or two 5g and a 10g weight on them, so very happy after the trouble they turned into.

Moving on, colour choice, I knew in my head what I wanted and took me about 15 minute going through colour chart after chart and finally decided on this one. :)

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And that was it, left the wheels with them and waited for the call to tell me when there ready to come see if I was happy with them. :cool:

The phone call came, wheels are ready, come and have a look and off I went hoping my choice was going to prove me right.

And here how they looked when I got there. :cool:

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Hard to tell in the pictures, but they have like a mental sparkle look to them in the sun light and if you shine a light on them. Tried to capture it this picture but failed. :scared:

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Very happy with the end result. :agree:

Last post about my wheels, promise :laugh:

Tires, I really wanted the toyo R888 but the suspension set up I'm going to be running with ride heigh would of limited me some what, and since this car build is to be all rounder and in general a expensive toy for me to tinker with blar blar I opted for the Continental Sportcontact 2, I did want the contact 3 but they don't do them in this small size :ashamed: running 195 45 15. I ended up picking these because found them to be great on my M3 and that's not a light car or under powered, plus also running these on the vxr to, so was a easy choice. :D

And here's how they currently look to date ready and waiting for a mint R5 or Clio to be bolted to. :cool:

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Can really see how the flash makes the paint glow in that picture. :smokin:

Mate they look awesome! :agree:

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Mate they look awesome! :agree:

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Thanks, they turned out great, you wouldn't of thort they where the same alloys. :D

Ended up costing me a lot more than I hoped, but personally I think wheels can really make or break the overall look of a car. Money well spent now looking at the end result. Thanks for the positive comment. :agree:

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Those wheels look great :agree: am quite jealous....will you take £50 for them? ;)

Stunning wheels.....but then again i am biased ;)

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Originally Posted by LiamR

Those wheels look great :agree: am quite jealous....will you take £50 for them? ;)

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If we're talking £50 per kilo of the weight of them, then you got a deal! :laugh:

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Originally Posted by Jonny5

Stunning wheels.....but then again i am biased ;)

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Yup yup :agree: Ps, should of got your lip polished on yours. :cooter:

fresh alloys, look lovely mate

Nice rims.... I have them in my collection of bada55 r5 shoes...

:cool: but i am biased

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Originally Posted by J8TRO

:cool: but i am biased

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And a huuuuuuge bender :laugh:

Looks a right shed to me .. i reckon you should sell it off quick :cooter:

Finally into page two and well, lots going on right now with this build. :smokin:

Made big progress today loads of updates coming this week. :D

Was so busy didn't really get any pictures, plus gotten to dark by the time I called it a day and I'm not one for posting up poor pictures.

So, for the minute, we'll stick with a couple of shots of engine bay progress, finally empty bar a few bits still mainly due to needing the dash out the way which I managed to get done today AND full interior strip to, and again, no nasty rust or rot surprises! :D

So close to welding stage now. :smokin: And then the build can really start. :cool:

Waiting on a few people for parts to come in and hopefully I may even get my dash dismantled and sent off this week. :cool:

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Got my rear bumper repair plates thanks to Ashley! :agree:

Just waiting on the front jacking points now then fingers crossed welding can start next week. :D

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And here we have it, the next must have mod! :smokin:

Power steering in a R5! :D Got my Clio 1.8 16v / Williams rack and fresh track rod ends, which will be powered by my saxo/106 electric power steering pump. :cool:

Just need to get a 50 amp relay and make up a loom for it which is simple enough. Possibly link the switch feed for the relay with the fuel pump relay so only active when the engine is running. I could put in a separate switch instead, but that will just add risk of forgetting to switch it on/off every time the car is used or operated by third party's.

Just need to get a pair of brackets to bolt the rack to the sub frame which I'm waiting to hear back about then its a simple case of making a couple hydronic lines to and from the pump and rack then jobs a gooden.

More about this once I'm at the piecing it all back to together stage which isn't far off now. :cool:

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I'll be back up the old brands hatch workshop tomorrow to clear out the last R5 gtt and clio 16v bits for scrap, I'll let you know if I find the rack brackets ASAP.
Matt.

Do the brackets from a mk 2 Clio fit? If so I have some sat around in me garage if they'll help. Also have RSI power steering pump and Volvo type if u get stuck ;-)

Right, been tinkering round today and got some fresh decent pictures of what I've been upto, so here goes. :)

First up, whilst I was at dash removal stage, I started stripping it down and was told there a immobiliser fitted. After closer look etc I see there a alarm as well and a whole array of random switches hidden in glove box and other areas under the dash :scared: two of them with nothing connected other side or just wires that goes to nothing? :confused: The more I took out, or cut out shall I say, the more bodge wiring I found. This alarm install must of been wired in by a blind person. I'm no expert, but if you saw/found what I did, it was a fire hazard waiting to happen. :(

Here some picture. :D

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And some of the "creative" wiring. :laugh:

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And here it is out, thank you and good night. :cooter:

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Then, after that drama :laugh: onto removing the dash and the rest of the trim etc.......

Out come the dash. :D

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And now for some clear shots of the bare or close to bare shell inside.

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All pretty clean, pulled off more sound deadening, but forgot to get some snaps. :scared:

Anyway, rust wise, only surface rust a little on the rear windows as seen in pictures below, the left side looks a little worse but that mainly due to shadow and me not removing the window glass just to take a picture. :laugh:

Anyway, here the rear windows. :)

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So, pretty much running out of things to remove now. :laugh: I'm basically at the stage of waiting on other people for parts, main one being front jacking points that to be honest, don't really need changing, but if ya going to do a build, why cut corners? Do it once and do it right.

Ps, More goodys coming next week, so hurry up mr postman! :coffee:

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I'll be back up the old brands hatch workshop tomorrow to clear out the last R5 gtt and clio 16v bits for scrap, I'll let you know if I find the rack brackets ASAP.
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Cheers, I got my brake carrier brackets today, thanks. :agree: Any joy on the brackets for the rack? :confused:

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Do the brackets from a mk 2 Clio fit? If so I have some sat around in me garage if they'll help. Also have RSI power steering pump and Volvo type if u get stuck ;-)

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I'm all good on the pump buddy, but if the rack looks the same as mine pictured above then that's a result if Matt not got them. :smokin:

So if ok, could you have a look and let us know just incase. :D

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I found the rack, and it has some brackets.;)
You aren't that far from me really......?

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I found the rack, and it has some brackets.;)
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Pm. :agree:

Well, I was hoping to have a load of updates for you guys, but not much has happen, this is still down to waiting on parts, main one being jacking points!

Been three weeks of promises on waiting for these to turn up then I can book the work shop for welding and get my mate to spray the engine bay and inside shell while its there. So really, even tho I'm waiting on other things, this is causing me the biggest hold up currently.

So my plan for having this ready and passing its first mot in 3 years for end of June is looking slim, and thats even with my big cash budget and free time ive cleared for working on it. All this said, I'm still pushing for this mot date, so if no jack points this weekend, I'm buying twice as I'm not one for wasting time for the sake of £100.

Rant over, my plan for my dash has gone turbo..... I've fully stripped it down and from having a good look at how its joined together, I don't think once I've broken the plastic welds it will be as solid or back together good enough to my standards, so a rethink into what I'm going todo with that now which is anyoing some what, but with my will not be beaten attuide, I think I've come up with reasonable solution.

Anyway, no post or update is complete without a couple of snaps, so here my dash fully stripped down and as it was out it only made sense to buy a fresh heater matrix to. :cool:

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I'm not ashamed to admit that a £100 part would slow me down, this definitely is going to be a big budget build:eek: still not sure what path this is going it may have been said but it's certainly got me intrigued keep the updates flowing bud ;)

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, this is still down to waiting on parts, main one being jacking points!

Been three weeks of promises on waiting for these to turn up then I can book the work shop for welding and get my mate to spray the engine bay and inside shell while its there. So really, even tho I'm waiting on other things, this is causing me the biggest hold up currently.

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Have 15 sets of jacking points sat on the shelf can be with you tomorrow, courier collects in 25 mins.

Your not that far away from me and I have tons of new stock let alone the used stuff.

Thanks Mike

Thanks for the offer, only reason I've waited as long as I have so far mainly due to me getting trade discount and no vat charge ;) Now hardly seem worth the trouble for the sake of £35 :laugh:

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I'm not ashamed to admit that a £100 part would slow me down, this definitely is going to be a big budget build:eek: still not sure what path this is going it may have been said but it's certainly got me intrigued keep the updates flowing bud ;)

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Sorry, completely missed your post. :scared: It is a little bit top secret, I've got two engines, one works ok but just needs tweaking and a few different better parts bolted on which will most likely be going in very soon as I want to be driving this car around this summer or at least I keep telling myself that and the other one is blown and in bits. :laugh:

Mean while since my last post, the post man has been again, once I've unwrapped everything and got the camera out, il upload some more pictures. :cool:

Arh, and so my smile has return! :D

Right, here goes, my box has popped up from Bob at CGB, so time for some more picture whoring! :laugh:

Been slowly collecting exterior parts for my car, started with renewing my whole light set up, couple of which I got a while ago the rest today, anyway these are all the little touches that get over looked and complete the overall look etc after full repaint and it would just be wrong not to get new ones. :D

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And my eBay £34 BARAGIN fogs! :cool:

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Rear lights.

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And lastly my rear number plate light lenses, cost me more than my fog lights! :laugh:

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All of which won't be going on my car this year at this rate as want full respray first. :laugh:

Missed out the headlights :laugh: not got any pictures thinking about it, I've got a set of Morette Twin Head lights, not new tho. But since buying them, I've seen they updated the design and they now have a crystal clear lenses, soooooooo I think I might sell mine and buy a fresh new set! And I've already been on the email and been quoted £320 :laugh: hmm.......... ;)

While I'm at it, may as well post up my rep decals bargain thanks to Topcat and Scotty. :agree:

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Good progress :agree:
Whats the part number for the number plate lights please?

Nice project, some nice stuff being collected up :agree:

Great project mate, shell looks nice and solid, lots of new oe parts going on :) :agree:

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I actually got those from Bob at CGB about £17 each. :) Mike sells them too. :agree:

Anyway the part number is - 77 01 366 035. There not sided. :agree:

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Thanks dude. :smokin:

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Great project mate, shell looks nice and solid, lots of new oe parts going on :) :agree:

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Yeah, o.e. ish outside bar twin head lights and Williams alloys, but that's as far as the o.e. is going. :smokin:

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I actually got those from Bob at CGB about £17 each. :) Mike sells them too. :agree:

Anyway the part number is - 77 01 366 035. There not sided. :agree:

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Cheers :niceone:

Bored, got the polish out again and thought I might as well add a couple pic's to complete my light collection above. :D

Although, I didn't realised how poor condition my Morette's were, maybe it just me after looking at all my fresh spanking new lights. :confused: Anyway, possibly going to sell them and just buy a new set as still waiting to hear if their going todo me a deal or not before I part with some more £'s....... :cooter:

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Wow car looks great mate and solid for a gt can you do me a favour and measure the intake rings on your morrettes i need to buy some i think i need 100mm ones but want to be sure cheers mate

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Wow car looks great mate and solid for a gt can you do me a favour and measure the intake rings on your morrettes i need to buy some i think i need 100mm ones but want to be sure cheers mate

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Just sized it up now mate, full outter ring dia 120mm, inner free space dia 80mm and it tappers down to 70mm dia inside rear exit. :agree:

Can't give a price for that etc as was already glued on when I got the Morette's, but there is loads about on different sites in various colours and not sure if carbon fibre, but have seen carbon fibre effect one. :cool:

thanks for doin that i got my eye on some carbon ones there exspensive but look good. thanks again mate:agree:

Got loads of new bits and bobs come in, still waiting on lots more as usual, but il update anyway. :)

Been focusing on suspension set up last week, I've got gaz Coilovers and their in need of a refurb as don't look to pretty, I can't comment on function as my car doesn't run. :laugh: Sent a couple emails about getting them refurb but no reply as yet, what I really want to know is do they re zinc plate them? If they don't, then I think its a case of buying a new set or going with something else, undecided. :confused:

Moving on, brought new wishbones and ball joints and full set of polly bushes. Once I've got the subframe off, I will get it sand blasted and re powder coated along with my new wishbones to. :D Maybe even redone in a different colour for that "uprated" look. :laugh:

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Started on refresh/updating my braking system to! New handbrake cables and braided lines with a clear PVC coating to help keep them looking new, simple wipe clean for the win! :laugh: More to come with my brake set up soon. :cool:

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Refreshed my header tank and brake reservoir to while I was at it, the brown and green tanks just weren't going to cut it with my soon to be new looking engine bay. :cool:

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Gayboys car is gonna be minty fresh!!!!:D

How much was the brake res mate?

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Gay boy needs a turbo on his one eight poo! :cooter: Surely you must miss the boost by now? :confused: As I keep saying, order a kit and il fit it! :devil: Or at least get some Coilovers! :cool:

Ps, where my frecking stereo lead? :laugh:

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How much was the brake res mate?

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£17.99p plus post off eBay! :agree:

Current eBay item number - 280874546284

Loads more goodies turned up this past week and more should be with me this coming week, so lots up dates on the way when the other half of my missing order turns up! :D

Plus, should be making some good progress this coming week to, so watch this space for some more pictures of bank account killer goodies! :laugh:

:cool:

Thanks for the eBay link mate :)

Got my windscreen out today, only took two and half hours! :crap:

Had a good poke around with the screw driver and only couple rust spots bubbling up and a dodge repair uncovered but all easy fixed! :D

Plus loads of other stuff done too, but no pictures. Things are slowly moving forward even tho I keep getting my time wasted by third party's, anyway after today's antics I'm near enough ready for the body shop so booked my weekend slot now to get my car in and weld it up and get some fresh paint on it! :D

Loads more updates coming this week! :cool:

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That looks a very tidy shell!!!

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That looks a very tidy shell!!!

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Thanks mate! :agree: I see some really bad ones that people have managed bring back to life :eek: and before taking mine apart I was prepared to see the same if not worse as been sitting for so long, but very please with how little rust etc Ive found :D so this has turned out to be a good gamble as I brought this one on a wim :cool:

More goodies,

Fresh wishbone bolts to go with my new wishbones and polly bush kit, along with new full rear wheel bearing kit, genuine clutch cable and brake master cylinder to go with my new handbrake cables and braided lines! More on my brakes later as waiting on the other half of my full front and read kit I've ordered to turn up then il post up what I've been upto. :D

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Finally got my new screw cap after waiting two and a half weeks! :crap:

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Also, while I'm posting brake related items, hopefully should have the rest of my new brake kit next week as fast approaching ten working days deadline! I won't hold my breath thought. :laugh:

Forgot to add a picture of my gsf clearance bargain rear brake comp , £30 delivered! :D

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Last of the picture whoring today I promise! :laugh:

These turned up last week at long last. :) So that's it for now bodywork wise, I've got all I need to get on with the welding repair work. :D

Had a good go round yesterday to check I've not missed anything rust wise under the car, in little gaps, arches etc with my trusty mini sharp screw driver and I guess I'm all set to get lose welding and sealing now. :smokin:

I've got big updates on that side of things too, so keep an eye on this thread over the next couple of days for some big updates! :D

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Looks like you need to upgrade your photobucket account sir :crap:

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Glad it's not just me. :crap:

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All currently showing on my screen. :)

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All currently showing on my screen. :)

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And strangely for me too now. :crap:

Had a bit of a crazy moment yesterday and went a little wild on the spending. :laugh:

I've order three expensive toys, one of which turned up today! :D The rest as usual are made to order as these cars are old and rare. :( So il add that to my back log list of parts I'm still waiting on......

Anyway, this is what turned up today from Race Technology, Dash 4 Pro! :smokin:

Here a short vid clip of it working. - http://youtu.be/CV2FkVTybS4


And more detail video about what it can do here if anyone interested. - http://youtu.be/4sOJvcI8rIs

Pretty slick and abit over the top yes. :cooter:

And here it is! :D

It will be mounted to my steering wheel as came with a bracket for that and has quick release connecter plug which will work a treat with my Sparco snap off hub when removing my steering wheel after ive parked in the garage etc. :cool:

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:cool:

That dash comp is amazing

My Dash Pro is pretty slick, it maybe even my favourite single item on this build so far! :agree:

Anyway, more of last weeks spending madness has just popped up! :smokin:

Was told 3-4 weeks wait on my Coilovers, so bit of a result when they turned up earlier. :D Wasn't expecting these for at lest another two weeks. :cool:

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Looks great. When's this going to hit the track? ND? ;)

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I have been pushing to have this MOT by end of this month! It's looking very slim, but this is due to me not realising that most things I'm ordering etc are made to order, so this has held things up some what! :cry:

I "should" have massive update today, but the call hasn't come yet. :scared: So I'm pretty sure this is my next hold back, but I can afford to sit on that another seven days then some one in for a ear full. :laugh:

Failing the above, I can't see why it won't be running by end of July. :)

Honestly, every time you post up new parts pictures, I start drooling! Its usually at my desk at work :dearme:

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:laugh: Thanks mate, nothing beats brand new fresh parts. :cool:

Think I'm going to miss them all once their finally fitted to my shell, as wont be able to walk in the spare room and admire all my shiny new goodies. :laugh:

My build cost so far as of last Fridays count minus things like postage etc has counted upto whooping £8,171.19p. :eek:

And thats with trade discount on a lot of parts and a fair few bargains on other odd bits and bobs.

I've actually got a lot of other parts that haven't yet been posted up on this thread, but will be the further I get with the build when revalent which then will explain how I've manage to spend to much. :laugh:

After a quick short list check, I think im looking at another £1,500 - £2,000 max to get it to the stage I want to then go for its first MOT since last one in 2009 I think? :laugh:

:cool:

8k plus more to come :eek: do like your pic whoring though :laugh:

My builds around the 8k mark before paint which was quoted at 3.5k... Much Of my stuff isnt new but bad a55 stuff, new would break the bank for me... I'm dragging my feet now tho as I picked up a porsche:crap:

That's really put things on hold...

I think your doing he right thing, sometimes you have to smash out new new new or your end result won't live up to your dream..

It's not a dream build, I've made that mistake in the pass. :ashamed: I mainly say this because as I've found out the hard way, some times the dream is a dream for a reason and best left that way. :(

I'd like to call it more of a "vision" of how I would like my 5 to be and I'm building it to that image I got. :smokin:

Like you said, some times new parts is the only way to get it right and when we're talking the figures that are getting put into this build, it would just be wrong not to replace with new or better equipment where possible. :agree:

As I was trying to explain to some one the other day, I love these cars, but I'm kinda of restoring but making it brand new and modern at the time, ie power steering, more capable engine etc but still retain the standard retro/old school exterior, dash and trim to a certain extent but with a more durable but yet liveable fast road/track and qtr mile ready all wrapped up into one to use when ever I feel like it but yet be capable of being driven every day to if needs be. :cool:

Been a little while without an update on my shell, I'm all ready for the body shop and I was ment to be in there this weekend welding and having some paint work done, but been let down at the last minute. :rolleyes:

Anyway, I've got the wings off and check in the usual areas for rot etc and nothing else hiding so all good. :D

This is how the car stands as of now. Spent a couple of hours fully degreasing the the engine bay and made a start on flatting down the paint in the engine bay. :cool:

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That looks really good. You should have seen the state of mine when I removed the body kit and wings :eek:

More bits and bobs turned up this week. :D

Got this today from Scoff aka Chris at efi part. :agree:

Great bit of kit, top quality! :cool:

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Camber adjust bolts. :)

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New Genuine fuel filter bracket and fuel pump bracket! :D I got the fuel pump bracket off gtmatt, cheers buddy. :agree:

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so so good.cant wait to see this go :)

More parts popping up! :D

Well after much waiting on the braking side of things, my discs have arrived! :cool:

I've gone for the almighty Tarox F2000 front and rear brake kit. :smokin: Their is cheaper options out there, but if you know anything about brakes then I don't think I need tell you about these. :laugh:

Fronts are 280mm dia 6 pot kit, still waiting on that, and I will be running Ferodo DS2500 pads (also still waiting on these. :laugh: ). My car will be running a lot of power so as usual, decided not scrimp in this area. :cooter:

Should all go nicely with my new brake lines, master cylinder, rear brake comp etc etc! :cool:

Fronts. :)

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Epic Build :D

Rears. :D

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Thanks mate! :cool:

I've had to get a second photobucket account to cope with my photo whoring as keep hitting my allowance limit. :laugh:

And you haven't even started putting it together yet! :laugh:;)

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:agree: You sound like my Mrs this morning! :laugh:

Keep your eyes pealed in two weeks time. ;)

Really fancy that filter - what parts do I need?

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I had to pay full price for it :( I brought it in two parts as you may of guessed, trumpet from forge for £45 I think? Then the filter was around £90? Universal green cotton jobbie, its pretty big. Then polished it by hand to give it a smooth surface to aid air flow and added bling. :laugh:

You could buy one for a lot less, but I particularly wanted that one. If you go on eBay, tap in Cossie air filter, and you should find similar with a fake K&N filter on the end, cheaper option plus could swap the filter over at a later date if you wanna fussy like me. :D

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Ps, Inlet on the air filter for trumpet section and large end of the trumpet is 150mm dia, so if your looking or want to fit bigger/longer air filter etc, your need 150mm inlet on the air filter to match. :cool:

Today goodies consist of gauge pod that will bolt to my roll cage that I'm still waiting on. This is to mount AEM AFR gauge, ive put it together for a snap shot. :D

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These pop up to at bargain price, fresh strut top bearing to go with the rest of my fresh suspension. Just waiting on a pair of top hats now to finish that off. :cool:

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Finally fitted my new dial kit. :D I see what people were saying about it being hard to photo these, just can't seem to capture the colour. :crap:

Got a set of clocks and mint screen panel off Bob at CGB, as mine was just the back part and broken and rusted on the back etc. :( Adjusted the mileage to 101,000 that I think roughly my car done as that what the clocks read on the old set and away we go. :cool:

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looks the balls .. nice job
how much was the kit?
how long did it take?

Good work mate, look very fresh! needle resting positions look spot on too :agree: :)

someone found a nail varnish that brings the needles back to new.. I sanded the faded orange backing off and painted with red, the nail varnish looked better tho..

"We ended up choosing 'Maybelline, Forever Strong Pro, Orange Couture 460' from Boots, £4.07"

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looks the balls .. nice job
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how long did it take?

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Cheers mate. :D £37.50p plus £2.50 P&P from the club shop on here. :agree: Well worth the money. :cool:

Took me about two and half hours as was very gentle trying not to break anything and keep it all grease free and alcohol wiped the back lighting plates etc and fitted all new bulbs to. :scared: :laugh:

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Good work mate, look very fresh! needle resting positions look spot on too :agree: :)

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I actually measured the gaps between the speedo number etc :ashamed: to make sure the resting points are correct which happen to be dead centre in the bottom two lines.

Then on the three small centre dials, I moved the needles round to where they didn't want to go no further, then set them about 1mm past that, then that was it and thats how they sit when resting, :D jobs a gooden. :cool:

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someone found a nail varnish that brings the needles back to new.. I sanded the faded orange backing off and painted with red, the nail varnish looked better tho..

"We ended up choosing 'Maybelline, Forever Strong Pro, Orange Couture 460' from Boots, £4.07"

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I got lucky with my needles, all surprisingly as new condition! :smokin:

Shell update. :)

Was flat out all yesterday till ten pm. :scared: Had to get the final parts off ASAP. :D

So, fuel tank and reserve removed along with fuel pump, filter, fuel lines, all brake lines, fuel pump and filter brackets, heat shield and anything else underside I could get my hands on I stripped off! :laugh:

Only thing left on now is handbrake and cables as needed that for today moving around. ;)

Such a dirty job, but all ready for full bare metal stripping, welding, rust treatment and then full under sealing etc. :cool:

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Now, this brings me upto today and why I was so keen to get it all off last night! :D

It is now finally as of right now at the body shop! :yeah:

I got a deal with a friend of mine who is the work shop manger to have full use of all work shop equipment etc for the next four days and he will be helping me treat all rust spots, weld it and then he'll be painting the inner shell and engine bay for me after as I'm no pro. :laugh:

So as of next week, thing will finally be going on the car instead of coming off!!!! :eek: :yeah:

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[QUOTE=Goobie;337982]
So as of next week, thing will finally be going on the car instead of coming off!!!! QUOTE]

About bloody time :D

You realise you've put your 5 on the iscrapanycar.com truck? ANY car:eek:

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I was wounding who the first clever clogs was guna be after I uploaded that picture and thought the same. :laugh:

Well my full roll cage has turned up today and just in time to as need to get the base plates welded in before paint. :D

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Interesting recovery company you used, mate...:D

My car now has two rear bumper bracket mounts and front jacking points all fully welded up! :D

No pictures, didn't have time to keep stopping to take photos as way to much work to be done. :)

Turns out my roll age doesn't fit :mad: front section is way to long, even if I was to cut it, it would be a foot each top side. :scared: Not only that, but the bottom feet on the rear section are a good six inches to sort and the rear plate are way off angle wise to. :crap:

So even if I was to start cutting, I would be pretty much cutting all of it to fit which is a bit more than the quoted "may need slight adjustments". :rolleyes:

Just over three weeks wait for my cage and now the hassle of sending it back and waiting another min three weeks for a replacement, so that's another min four weeks set back as will need powder coating after pre fit. :sad:

Get ready for some more picture whoring of my last couple of days in the body shop! :D

Just uploading now. :cool:

So here we go, been at the body shop for a couple of days, so far so good, got a lot of things done. :D

Here it is on the ramps, stripped off the Torsion bar, broke the bars free, gave it a good go over with wire wheel etc then a good going over with hammerite. :cool:

I've not really got any before and after pictures as my time is limited and just wanted to crack on and get as much done as possible, but have taken a few before pic and some more today while eating my lunch. :)

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Full strip down and nearly two days of grinding, rubber, flatting, grinding the underseal off the whole bottom and arches etc :eek: then full reseal. :D Going to add one last coat tomorrow as then il know its fully harden etc and easier to see if any little bits I've missed. :smokin:

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And the rear arches. :D

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And not forgetting my fresh new jacking points that took god knows how long to pop up, all welded in and sealed. :smokin:

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As for the inside, I've not got any pictures apart from this at the minute, welded in the two rear base plates for the roll cage and made a start on rubbing down, if things keep moving at this pace, I "should" have the inside completely fleshly painted by the end of the day, maybe even the engine bay to? :cool:

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The standerd of your work is brilliant and the speed your moveing aswell keep the updates comeing

This is pure 5 porn :crush:

great work... but you knew that already! :D

Love this thread. It's quality :agree:

Wish I had the time you have to work on my 5....

Yeeeeeap 2nd & 3rd the above comments

I just love the way your not f**king about - BOOOOOM! I've bought this.........BOOOOOMMM! I've bought that......Quality:agree::agree:

And at this rate it'll be done in no time:smokin:

Ahhhh and yeah the jacking points look schweeeet:agree:

Sooo need to do mine:ashamed::D

Goobie the Gayboy never messes about when it comes to minting up cars. It's all or nothing.

Superb work sir :devil:

Thanks for all the positive comments! :agree:

It really does help motivate me to keep pushing on and not question myself on my decisions and direction with this build as I'm now just tipped over the 9K mark and still a long way off yet. :scared:

But with all that said, I'm starting to feel like I'm actually getting somewhere with it after continuously battling with stubborn rusted on bolts that refuse to undo and cover me in grease and dirt from old parts under the car that had been on for 23 years! :laugh:

So close now to putting fresh clean parts on and seeing it all take shape and not look like its off to the scrap yard for once. :laugh: :)

Another bonus is, there just happens to be a place across the road from the body that does sand blasting and powder coating which is a result as I've got two boxes of parts that want doing, already popped over and been given decent prices. :D

WATCH THIS SPACE! :smokin:

Oh, and had this eBay bargain waiting for me when I got home to! £13.92 brand new to my door. :cool:

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And lastly before I go to bed, the mrs brought this turbo timer present for my car as had one in my last 5, completely pointless really :laugh: but I guess it has its plus points for leaving the engine running without the keys to let it warm up etc I guess. :laugh:

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Lovely Goob, you're making me feel lazy! I think I'll have to splash out on a TIG Welder and make a start at building up those welding skills again........

You could probably do a search to find out how many times I've said that before!!!

Wowzers - I can only dream of welding skilz like those, good work.

Loving your build mate And man! You work quick cant wait to see more progress Top work :agree:

Pwhorrrrrrrrr nice 1 mate

Looking awesome bud:agree:

More updates, half asleep right now so il keep it short. :laugh:

Done various bits and bobs, rear beam refitted and looking mint! :D

Again, limited pictures time blar blar, but got a couple snaps of my engine bay. :)

Spent god knows how long flatting this down today and getting it smooth, then in the oven it went for primer, left to bake, then coat of paint. :D

It's a bit dry in a couple areas, no biggy as its only painted that colour for the moment as easy to touch up while sorting out my engine etc which be colour coded at later date once everything running right and looking factory fit :D but if possible I'm hoping we can get another coat on tomorrow, but my time there is at its end come dinner time, and still not got a the inside done along with a few other minor bits here and there, so see what we can get done and go from there I guess. :cool:

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Beautiful work Goob. :cool:

I really need to give mine a makeover, especially the front end.

Oh I love this car more and more, she looks lovely excellent colour choice :agree:

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The rest of the car not going black. :laugh:

Engine bay is black for now, but will be changed once it goes for a full body rework. :agree:

:cool:

Well my time has come to an end at the body shop, car is ready to leave but still not had the new windscreen fitted yet so been left there till tomorrow for that. :)

I got the inside finish, but I'm far from happy with it, if any very disappointed to be frank. :(

Bottom line is, run out of paint so it not completely covered, ie need more layers putting down plus when the door was open loads of crap blew in and stuck here and there on the wet paint. :sad2:

No paint and no time left to reflat it all AGAIN and respray the whole rear section, so not sure what todo at the minute? :confused:

Ive got a couple of pics, but that was before we open the oven doors and a random whirl wind decided to ruin my day let alone the hours I put in on rubbing it all done etc.:mad:

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That's a bit of all white that is. Great thread and workmanship keep up the good work.

Wow great work! gonna be an awesome 5 when done :agree: :)

good work goobster, what did you use as underseal, looks a nice finish

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good work goobster, what did you use as underseal, looks a nice finish

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I could be wrong, but I think its called Gavitex G15? :confused: Black bottle with yellow writing.

I didn't buy it, was stock item in the workshop, direct screw to the air paint gun. :)

Think I used three 1 litre bottles todo the full underside, made sure it got healthy coating. :laugh:

It non sticky and feels kinda like hard rubber to touch. :agree: I didn't want to use anything that leaves it sticky, as that when you see car arches with tiny road stones etc stuck to them. :cool:

i love this so muchhhhhhhhhhh.cant wait to have my car all tidy and super sexy like this :)

Im near the end of custom pipe work and bracket adjustments that I have built up a load of parts to take to the powder coating place monday, after that, few other engine adjustments and the main block will be going in once the powder coating done! :cool:

Meanwhile, yesterday and this morning time mostly been spent working out and making loom for this! :D

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Busy busy busy........ I've spent five days a week on this for the last two weeks solid. :crap:

It seems every time I think I've got it right, something else is wrong or needs replacing which is normaly no biggy, but when its things that are ment to be pre done and direct fit it then become very annoying to say the least correcting other people's "it will do" thrown together crap. :rolleyes:

Forgetting the above, I'm making good steady progress and my welding skills are getting to a very good standard now to which you could say I've gotten carried away with it all and testing my limits with it as your see soon with what I've done to my sub frame! :D

Speaking of which, I've spent a lot of hours now on that, seem welded it, cut parts out and fabricated gussets etc. Just need to do a couple final touches then I can finally take it and aload of other parts to the powder coaters, then il post up pictures of what I've been doing. :cool:

Still buying and collecting parts, but as been so busy working away not really done any picture whoring, so here some more parts Ive been building up since my last update. :cool:

Genuine fuel filter.

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Genuine aux fuel tank strap.

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Genuine suspension top hats.

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Front wheel bearing kit.

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Ceramic heat wrap and ties. I've ordered so much of this, I might just wrap the whole system aswell as the manifold and down pipe! :D

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Oh, and lastly I got a fresh set of side skirt clips and few other nuts and bolts. :laugh:

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Engine pictures coming very soon! :cool: Kind of in bits at the moment. :scared: :laugh:

More goodys, engine torque damper to go with custom bracket mounts I'm fabricating next week! More pictures to follow on that once finished. :D

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19 Row external oil cooler, also got braided lines and stat but not here for to photo. :(

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And my first box turned up today of some over priced hose clamps. :laugh:

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Also got these brake bracket spaces from Sid today to, top work, thanks very much. :agree:

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Nothing else has been done to my shell since my week at the body shop as all my attention currently been on my engine, but its at its new home for the moment as out grown my dads garage as no space for my ever growing parts I've been rounding up etc. :)

So its now resting up on axel stands at a good friend of mine large garden drive with the bonus of near enough fully kitted out house of tools including compressor and the almighty welded, hence all the custom fabrications I've gotton carried with. :laugh:

Basically this last two weeks ive been focusing on my engine bay and where everything is going to go. :D

In short, power steering rack turn out to not be as direct fit as I hope, so more work on the sub frame was done to clear pipes as running a uprated modified rear mount, then again where the barrel part sits I wasn't happy with how tight it all was but problem sorted now, pictures to come next week. :agree:

Engine wise, it is in along with gearbox, radiator and front mount intercooler, all for mock up to check for cleaner issuers etc. :cool:

Just needs bit more trimming here and there, rework boost run, oil cooler needs fitting into place, then get to work on a few other bits like rad pipes, header tank, exhaust, wastegate etc, after that once I'm happy with how everything sits and getting it all looking like its ment to be there from new, out it all will come and then I can finally get things powder coated all in one hit and work on putting it back in to start peacing it all together for its first turn over! :cool:

Sounds easy dont it! :laugh:

Turbo heat sheild/blanket to go with my wrap etc. :D

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Flywheel refaced. :)

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First part of my custom turbo oil return! All made with one pipe, cut slots with welds, then grind all the welds down for smooth finish as seen, still bit more work to be done till finished, but comes down and shaped round the gearbox. :cool:

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Made this external wastegate pipe from scratch yesterday. :D Curves round and clears everything and exits under the car without poking out and angled cut so won't catch speed bumps etc. Again, started grinding down the welds then remembered I'm heat wrapping it, so just tidy the rest. :) Loads more custom fabrications stuff next week!
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Good work on the screamer pipe mate. Where did you get turbo blanket from

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Thanks mate, pretty please with it, pops in and out easily without catching or on rubbing anything. :D

Got the turbo cover off eBay along with a load of ceramic heat wrap, originally wasn't on my list, but since I'm heat wrapping everything exhaust related, bit pointless wrapping the rest and not doing the charger. :laugh: :cool:

Prices vary depending on turbo size. :agree:

Top job so far. Looking forward to seeing the finished article. :agree:

remember to brace that screamer pipe up, got a lot of length on it, dont want it to cause cracking on the manifold

Out of hand fella.

Bloody hell dude you get a bit carried away with your builds don't ya. :laugh:

Looking quality mate. :agree:

Can't agree with Ewok enough. Brace that screamer pile to the engine or gearbox also brace the wastegate too. think I'm going to be on my fourth repair due to not having a brace or it not being good enough and I hate taking my car apart. :cry:

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remember to brace that screamer pipe up, got a lot of length on it, dont want it to cause cracking on the manifold

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Bloody hell dude you get a bit carried away with your builds don't ya. :laugh:

Looking quality mate. :agree:

Can't agree with Ewok enough. Brace that screamer pile to the engine or gearbox also brace the wastegate too.

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Thanks for the heads up guys and the comments. :cool:

Don't worry, its not finished yet plus there is bracket/braces for the Mainfold and turbo, just not got round to finishing off and post about that part of my build yet. :agree:

In ref to my screamer pipe, the pictures are deceiving, it kinda loops round the turbo so counter weights its self quite well and is very light and not actually that long atall, it will makes more sense once engine build pictures etc are up. :cool:

Ps, I see I've hit my photobucket limit again on one of the accounts. :scared: Picutres will be back working on that account next Tuesday. :laugh:

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In ref to my screamer pipe, the pictures are deceiving, it kinda loops round the turbo so counter weights its self quite well and is very light and not actually that long atall, it will makes more sense once engine build pictures etc are up. :cool:

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if it vibrates and is only held at one end, it will crack. :agree:

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Turns out my roll age doesn't fit :mad: front section is way to long, even if I was to cut it, it would be a foot each top side. :scared: Not only that, but the bottom feet on the rear section are a good six inches to sort and the rear plate are way off angle wise to. :crap:

So even if I was to start cutting, I would be pretty much cutting all of it to fit which is a bit more than the quoted "may need slight adjustments".

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Well as quoted from a couple of pages back its about time I update on this. :)

After a lot of backwards and forward emails and calls of not really getting anywhere about my cage that doesn't match up at any fixing points and them not willing to take it back as made to order I've decided I'm not wasting any more time on the matter and accepted their "goodwill gesture" percentage refund to pay towards fabrication cost, which unknown to them is me cutting it up :laugh: but never the less, when you order a bolt in item, you expect it to at least be close even with the stated minor adjustments. :rolleyes:

Back more on topic, had to cut, reweld, bend, shape, pull, stretch, measure and re measure to make sure everything sits in the same spots on each corner with correct spacing all the way round the top of the frame etc. This had become very time consuming to say the least! :crap:

I also brought extra bars and fixing to add in as your see when I upload the pictures shortly. :D

It's not finished yet, but since I'm waiting on engine parts still I spent this week getting the cage in. It's almost finished now, just got the front section and door bars todo which il get cracking on with next week as no more time todo any work on it till Tuesday now. :(

Pictures to follow once uploaded shortly. :agree:

As soon as I saw the make of your roll cage I thought to myself, that's not going to fit! Then you said it was miles out. I totally agree it's a complete joke they can sell them as bolt in when they don't even fit inside the car!

Good work with the build so far, Wish I could do mine at the rate this has progressed. Looking forward to more updates :)

First step after a lot of in and out was to mark out where my base feet are going to go and get the heigh right. :)

I've set it so it has slight interference fit with the roof for added strength etc. :cool:

Here the base plates with drilled holes and nuts welded on the under side for direct no messing about bolt in fixing. :smokin:

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Up next was making and shaping box section to fit in and weld. :cool:

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My focus was then onto the rear feet that was so badly out, I just cut them off completely and started again. :laugh:

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Now my rear plate mounts I previously welded in are in the wrong place and needed grinding off and completely re doing, and here you see they now gone and new marking etc been done with holes for the fixing nuts to clear and poke through. :cool:

After that, reused the base plate, bit more hammering to shape then grinding and shaping the rear base foot to fit properly, quick test fit and then weld the foot back on! :D

Repeat on other side to match, then flatted the welds. :cool:


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Following on was rear base plate mounts, cut to shape, holes drilled for nuts to be welded, check fitment, then welded in. Again, cavity nut bolt fixing style so it actually bolts to the car and not through it with your usual loose nut bolt fixing. :smokin:

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10/10 for effort with the cage, but that would drive me nuts having to do all that! Goobie as ever the attention the detail is spot on, always 100% with your builds :cool:

Now I had the rear in and sitting in the right places on each corner, it was all bolted up nice and solid, I could them move on to adding some extra bars in for strength that I brought separately. :D

I started with the two bottom base feet. :cool:

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Then the boot cross bar which I will be adding a sneaky trick mod to next week that I've not seen done, but here it is so far to help keep things tight etc. :) Ive welded the bracket clamps so its over the middle of the cut/reweld I had todo to the base feet so it has extra re enforcement etc. :D

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And that brings me upto where I am with that till next week now. Just got the front section todo and door bars which will be easy after the above. :laugh: :agree:

Looking pretty good, toying with the idea of adding a diagonal roof bar?? :confused: hmm......

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That's awesome:agree:

Ace stuff. Looks great...

Fancy doing the welding on my car ;)

"Well Jell" of the welding skills! :D

Well, what awesome, quality work this is after such a cock up by the 'professionals'. Big congrats :agree:

Excellent work :agree:

Re the roll cage, did the rear feet originally mount on the boot floor as opposed to the arches?

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Thanks Rick-ski! Wasn't happy and fed up wasting time waiting for parts etc so just got on with it and pretty pleased with the out come so far! :D

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Thanks buddy! More to come. :agree:

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Ace stuff. Looks great...

Fancy doing the welding on my car ;)

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Nope :laugh: up intill 5/6 weeks ago I've never touch a welder. My out look on most things in life are if some one else can do it, then I can! :D

It's not been easy, I'm very lucky to have a good friend who has all these top tools that I don't have in my tool boxes and letting me use them aswell as taking over the garden and back room of his house with loads of parts for my car. :cool:

He has given me a lot of help and advice so much so I can't really thank him enough and he never ask me for anything in return. :smokin:

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"Well Jell" of the welding skills! :D

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Thanks buddy, they come out really well, so well in fact that Im not even going flat them down for the smooth look as I was going to give everything the smooth and one piece look. :cool:

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Well, what awesome, quality work this is after such a cock up by the 'professionals'. Big congrats :agree:

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It was way out, but some of it could be down to transporting it from Itailly, must of changed hands a few times between delivery people and we all know how much care these people take etc even though this is steel, its still not got anything linking the feet to keep it within rough spec. :sad2:

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Excellent work :agree:

Re the roll cage, did the rear feet originally mount on the boot floor as opposed to the arches?

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No, was always the arches, but they where completely wrong angle and rotation, all fixed now. :D

Thanks everyone for all the positive comments. :agree:

Got loads of one off attention to details little touches coming up in the next two weeks. :smokin:

Roll cage saga continued. :) Started with the front feet, the base plate were to big to be honest and crap hole pattern, so cut them off, made new ones.

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Made up new base feet platforms, shaved to shape and captive nuts welded to the underside. ;)

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Popped in the car to check placement and fitment with front cage section refitted to then tacked into place. :cool:

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New feet welded on. :D

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Then fully welded up and end plates made to box it up. :smokin:

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Quick going over to tidy it up and flat the welds. :cool:

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Now the front was all in and straight, onto my door bars. Cut to length, brackets welded on and here stage one! :D

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Now time to add extra protection, cut the bar to length and shaped it round the door bar leaving me with this. :cool:

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Then welded along with the bolt on brackets. :smokin:

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Fits like a glove! :D

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Then decide I'm not going to stop there. :agree:

Out come more steel, again, more chopping and shaping. :D

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In it goes. :cooter:

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Every main section been welded in car, so to make sure from the heat of the welds nothing moves out of place etc.

Now removed it all to get to small gaps that couldn't be reached when fitted and to check all welds are 100% complete with no pin holes etc.

And that's where I am with it as of now. :D

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As your see from the top of this page, my non fitting roll cage has come a long way from its quoted "bolt in some minor adjustments maybe required" :laugh:

Think I must of cut and re welded everything apart from the main hoop and rear diagonal bar on this. :crap:

I used additional five meters of steel and six extra bolt fixing attachments brackets, which brings my cage total cost to £721.01p minus post and obviously zero labor. :D

Hopefully get it down to the powder coaters next week and then best get the inside of my shell repainted again! :laugh:

Pretty pleased with the final result even tho it has taken two weeks and a lot of messing about. :cool:

Next week, hopefully get on with my engine build now more parts Ive been waiting on have turn'd up. :agree:

Build cost as of today now stands at £10,860.06p :scared:

WATCH THIS SPACE............... :cool:

Last post about my roll cage, promise. :laugh:

Added the last finishing touches today, didn't want todo the classic harness wrapped round the rear brace job, so welded nuts into the rear boot brace for the harness to bolt to. :cool:

Cage is now finish and ready to be taken for powder coating. :smokin:

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God I hate you! Lovely work mate!:cooter:

Seat mount time. :cool:

My bucket seat side brackets feet width worked out to be to wide, they fitted in on the original frame runners but the seats were way off center of steering wheel and wouldn't fit with my roll cage door bars, so scraped it completely and decide to rework it all as didn't want to buy any nasty heavy universal sub frames. :scared:

So, I ordered some more steel, instead. :laugh:

Here goes, firstly chopped up some 2 by 4 steel to length and shaped it, then support base plate brackets and welded it all up after marking out where they want to sit etc. :cool:

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Then welded in cavity nuts and flatten the welds, but then it started raining so welded got put away with only one side done. :(

Il finish them off next week and tidy them up. :cool:

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As it was raining, I decided to put my new spot weld drill bit to use and remove the last of the unwanted/needed brackets and mounts, so off came the old rear seat slots. :D

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Enjoying this thread chap. Keep up the good work

And then the annoyingly now not needed original seat mounts to give it more of a cleaner look etc. :cool:

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Was a bit of a mission to get off as you can see here. :laugh:

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Finished off my custom engine torque damper today, pics to follow once all cleaned up etc. :)

Also, made a start on strengthening my spare wishbones along with few other things today. :D

Here a couple snaps. :cool:

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Whilst I'm not finished with the inside, decided I best fill a few spot weld holes in, flatten them down, rust prevention treat them and my roll cage mount boxes etc then a couple of layers of primer for now till I get round to rubbing down the whole inside for a respray AGAIN! :laugh:

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Why did you paint the inside then do all the welding afterwards?

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Why did you paint the inside then do all the welding afterwards?

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Well, few reason, some as already mention in this thread. Roll cage was ment to be bolt in, I had time slot in the body shop with full use of all equipment etc, but my cage turned up just as I got my car tailed there only to find it was way off fitment wise etc. :rolleyes:

So I did the best I could with the rear mount plates as I was sending the cage back to swap for another that should fit then would of only been a case of adding base plates in later that I could touch up myself as wouldn't of been seen because the carpet will hide it, but obviously that all went out the window as they wouldn't take the cage back so had to get creative as seen above. :)

Also, the final finish I wasn't happy with as mention and then my plans for mounting my seats changed, so no real biggy in the long run, it was only the cost of paint to have the inside spray anyway as I've been making full use of all my contracts in various trades and calling in favours owed. :D

This build would easily be a lot more £'s if I wasn't doing it myself and calling in favours plus I've managed to get a lot of discount on parts I've been getting in. :cool:

Powder coating done and collect it today, now looks like this. :)

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Cracking work fella :agree:

Great work as always :agree:

Looking good dear sir. Can't wait to see this one finished.

Been working on power steering pump bracket mount today. Not finished yet, just needs a few little touches here and there then good for powder coating. :D

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It clamps round the vibration rubber mounts. :) Its pretty good as it is, but I will be adding more rubber to the clamping part of the pump never the less. :cool:

Made it so it fits in and bolts directly to the drivers side battery location slots and bolt hole. :smokin:

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Jeez Goob you don't stop! Love the idea of power steering in a 5. Its pretty simple mod too isn't it?

Surely the bonnet wont close now with the ps pump container sitting so high? I have mine almost the same, slightly different fluid container setup but I had to cut down the fluid pipe and make a smaller pot.

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Jeez Goob you don't stop! Love the idea of power steering in a 5. Its pretty simple mod too isn't it?

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It's actually very easy and straight forward yes. I'm running a heavier engine than a C1J and as I want this to be a car that can cope with day to day driving if needs be, then the power steering mod is a must. :D

Plus this is just one of many modernising details touches that you guys will be seeing as this build thread progresses. :smokin:

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Originally Posted by robw

Surely the bonnet wont close now with the ps pump container sitting so high? I have mine almost the same, slightly different fluid container setup but I had to cut down the fluid pipe and make a smaller pot.

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Good spot buddy! But as mention, its not finished yet. :)

The max line on the fluid section is really low, nearly on par with the top of the barrel, I will be cutting out a section and plastic weld the top screw part back on lower to over come that. :cool:

Got a spare subframe from a car being broke, got to work on it as already had the front rad section cut off. :cool:

First started on adding strength to it by making the front engine mount section box'd but left an opening so that can access the thread and nut of the mounts.

Oh, and box sectioned the angle bar to that run the length of the front as well. :)

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Then set onto seam welding and adding in a gusset to the front cross bar to help clear the larger rad I'm fitting. :smokin:

Top side. :cool:

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Underside. :D

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Got my power steering rack out to check fitment etc now I got my brackets off Matt @codered. (cheers buddy. :yeah: )

Found a problem straight away, some reason it didn't clear properly round the barrel part, was a little to close for my liking, so cut out a section and added a gusset in. :D

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Back on and bolted up nice and tight, loads of clearance now. :cool:

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Subframe bolted to the car for test fit with gearbox and uprated V8 rear mount to check for any clearance faults and found a problem, the rubber mount was where the power steering pipes run, so back out, drilled two new holes in the brackets rather than trimming the rubber part so the rubber vibration section sat 10mm higher and now all fits treat. :smokin:

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Whilst it was in, got my spare oversize radiator out for test fitting, trimmed the top cross member to the shape of it so it will slot in and go as far forward as possible to give me maximum engine bay space. :D

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Subframe isn't finished yet, additional front strengthening will be added once its back off the car as everything at test fit stage with my engine and box in at the moment, getting very close now, watch this space. :smokin:

:laugh: You geeza, this is some project :cool: :agree:

Never knew you were a dab hand at fabrication?

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Originally Posted by Goobie

Good spot buddy! But as mention, its not finished yet. :)

The max line on the fluid section is really low, nearly on par with the top of the barrel, I will be cutting out a section and plastic weld the top screw part back on lower to over come that. :cool:

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Cool, good work:smokin:

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Originally Posted by Mart

:laugh: You geeza, this is some project :cool: :agree:

Never knew you were a dab hand at fabrication?

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Cheers mate. :cool:

Watching all those car program's on the Discovery channel are starting to pay off! ;) :laugh:

Needed a new header tank bracket, so knocked this one up today. :D

Chopped up some steal, added a bit bending and a few cuts.

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5ed8f218.jpg

A few welds and abit of grinding later. :)

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It bolts to the inner wing in the scuttle area. Just need to get a new strap and have it powder coated with the rest of my other bits I've got building up. :cool:

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Fair play to you mate, this is gonna be one of the best DIY jobs on the club.

Gonna have to see this in the flesh once its done!

What engine are you using?

That is brilliant. :) Made it look so easy too!

Top notch fabrication mate:agree:

gets better every time you post up boobs, top work :agree:

Looks awesome! I'd like one those brackets :-)

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Fair play to you mate, this is gonna be one of the best DIY jobs on the club.

Gonna have to see this in the flesh once its done!

What engine are you using?

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Thanks, as there is some really top level builds on here. :cool:

I will be bring it to meets etc once its rolling for all to scrutinise. :scared:

Engine details will follow hopefully end of next week as it needs to come out again. :smokin:

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Originally Posted by Trevhib

That is brilliant. :) Made it look so easy too!

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:D :agree:

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Originally Posted by Brigsy

Top notch fabrication mate:agree:

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Thanks. :cool:

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Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok

gets better every time you post up boobs, top work :agree:

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Loads more to follow soon. Toying with the idea of making my own 3 inch exhaust at the moment. :smokin:

So you're a fabricator now then Goobs? :laugh:

You've come a long way since your ice-cream man days ;)

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Originally Posted by kial

Looks awesome! I'd like one those brackets :-)

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Possibly be able to knock up another one. :wasntme:

Managed to sneak a couple of hours in yesterday as not allowed todo car work at weekends. :crap:

Made a start on trimming my broken/cracked bumper up. :D

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Masked it, marked some slots and got cutting! :D

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I've opened up the end lower slats, added sneaky slots into the bottom of the number plate area if you look closely and under the original vents on the bottom. :)

Then got my number plate and trim that down, so now I've got nearly 50% more air flow to my front mount intercooler. :D

Also, as my oil cooler so big, only half of it was in direct air flow via the grill, so cut some slots in for that. I may change that part though as I need to fix the cracks that was already there, so might add some back in whilst I'm doing that and try make that bit more discreet.

But this is how it stands now. :cool:

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So you're a fabricator now then Goobs? :laugh:

You've come a long way since your ice-cream man days ;)

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Nope, its all about the details and my general approach of, if you can do it, then so can I. :D

Quality mate

Been collections a few other new parts, one of which I managed to bag myself a brand new window wiper stalk thanks to John5 for the heads up. :agree: Will go nicely with my new light stalk. :cool:

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Got a Walbro 500bhp plus rated fuel pump to! :D

This is an intake pump, bit of a change of plan on my fuel set up, as im binning the standard set up with the reserve tank, more about that soon. :cool:

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Been collections a few other new parts, one of which I managed to bag myself a brand new window wiper stalk thanks to John5 for the heads up. :agree: Will go nicely with my new light stalk. :cool:

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:niceone:

After four weeks wait my oil catch can popped up to. Ordered it from a jap seller by mistake. :laugh:

Few other bits and bobs popped up today to, so been busy making more one off goodys this afternoon, more to follow in next week. :D

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I've said it once and ill say it again, epic build! :laugh::cool::eek:

Mint work mate.. Love it!:agree:

I guess it doesn't matter but it looks like the necks on that oil catch tank have some filings in them that could be cleaned out :agree:

Im doing my rack the same at the min.. Iv got the brackets sorted for it what have you done about rack to column part? As the gt is on a universal joint.. Im not sure about clio as never seen one.. Are they the same? Or do i need the bottom half of column??

just iv got a guy who iv asked on ebay breaking a clio and he rekons i need all the column? :confused:

My 5 just happen to have the square end rack to start with, so my column was already for the swap luckily. :D

R5 GTT actually came mixed of the two column from new. Try Bob at CGB or Mike at gt spares, I'm sure one of them will have a column with a square end buddy! :agree:

Ps, More updates of my build tomorrow. :cool:

You wont need the complete column. The lower part can be swapped over.

Sorry for the delay, I'll be digging it out of the garage when I get home from work in the morning. PM me your address and I'll post it out also.

Sorry for interrupting your thread Goobie!

Gotton a bit side tracked with my update's, mainly due to me not wanting to post up anything till it's done genially but now time is against me. :(

I have a fair few things to post up that's gone on, but thing are coming to an end sooner than I had planned. :crap:

Ive been lucky enough to use my friends garden and power tools etc to really make this project my own full of detail one offs, but now there has been a complaint with council warning letter to clear my car off his land as it's rented council house and there is some terms and conditions in the tenancy agreement about none tax vehicles and some one saying my friend is running a car garage in his garden with me working away on my car. :sad2:

As I don't want to take the p1ss, it now time to put my car away for the winter unfortunately. This isn't a rant, as I guess I have made a fair amount of noise this summer and have been lucky enough to get as far as I have in such a short space of time to be honest. :cool:

There will still be bits and bobs going on, but for the next few months it will be a case of slow progress which will leave me open to a few options I've been toying with anyway that I had planned for next year so in a way, this could be a blessing in disguise. :)

The long awaited engine pictures. :laugh:

Yup, my five gone F7! :cool:

My plan was to use this, then I changed my mind to something more one off that I know no one has done. :D

Anyway, more about that when it's finished. :cooter:

After a few minor problems I decided for now to revert back to the original plan so I could have this running for this year which now on the back log for reasons stated above.

Was brought as a running engine with what was ment to be a little simple problem that turn out to be not the case. :sad2:

In short, without the life story, stripped down, built back up and remade a whole host of custom parts to fit and work around it as your see as this unfolds. :cool:

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Stop using excuses to not having this finished ;)

Looks like you've been a busy mofo Goob. Fair play though- the entire build thread is epiiiic

To be honest- you're so money supermarket- you don't even know it ;)

Looks great bud who did your boost pipes?

Dude, have you got any pictures of the manifold your using ?? And would you be able to get another made up ???

I'm using a crappy cast item which leaves the turbo at the back of the engine, I ideally want to bring the turbo round to sit above the gearbox as yours is.

Great build so far mate :agree:

Great looking engine. So inspiring to see others building turbocharged F7s. Great job :agree:

What's the rad you're using? Looks a great fit.

Nice one mate

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Looks great bud who did your boost pipes?

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They were already made previously, but have chopped them up and re welded, added beading round each end to stop them popping off and change where the dump valve outlet is twice as your see when I update this some more. :D

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Originally Posted by Lee-H

Great looking engine. So inspiring to see others building turbocharged F7s. Great job :agree:

What's the rad you're using? Looks a great fit.

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Thanks, its a Peugeot 206/207/307 radiator. :agree:

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Nice one mate

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Thanks dude. :cool:

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Dude, have you got any pictures of the manifold your using ?? And would you be able to get another made up ???

I'm using a crappy cast item which leaves the turbo at the back of the engine, I ideally want to bring the turbo round to sit above the gearbox as yours is.

Great build so far mate :agree:

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Cheers buddy. :agree:

I've only really got two pictures to hand at the minute. It wasn't made by me etc, but was already part of the engine when I got it before I stripped it down. :)

It's not the best of manifolds, but has proven it self and previously made 330bhp and 290 torque on the dyno even though after taking it all apart I found numerous of lose, worn, broken gaskets etc, the worse part was the manifold base plate, was badly warped so ended up costing £90 to get machined flat. Your see in the second picture the welds need grinding out on the inlets to.

I am looking to actually make a fresh one from scratch and maybe a couple spare ones, but we are talking a long way off yet now on that idea. :cool:

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Knocked up my own engine torque damper. :D

Tweaked it a little more since these pictures, but you get the idea, now just needs each end part blasting and powder coating along with aload of other parts I've made. :cool:

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Looking mint mate! :agree:

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

I'm doing the sape mod' with civic engine damper :D

Don't forget to to get some of the cup spacers for those rose joints.

Looking a good build, keep it up :agree:

Next up, my focus turn to my inlet set up. This is proberly my favourite one off mod on this build, so simple but very effective. :cool:

As stated up this page some where, I've changed my dump value outlet on my boost pipe a couple times as plans change for better idea/design as the build develops. :cool:

Still needs more flatting and of course powder coating, but this is where it stands as of a month ago. :D

I'm running Morette twin head lights with air feed, my air filter sits behind the headlight with the direct air flow thought the feed. I've use an old one off induction pipe that was on the Impreza, chopped it up and was left with this to work from. :)

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Bit more chopping etc, used some left over pipe from my wastegate/screamer pipe I made, angled and welded, flatted some more blar blar and I was left with this! :D

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I'm running the HKS SSQV mainly for its re circulation capability, as I want functionality with it being closed loop, so should help keep lag low as well as minimise wasted boost. :cool:

Anyway, I then relocated where my dump valve outlet was again to suit.

It now all lines up perfectly. :D

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And here we have it. Just a case of smoothing the welds etc then powder coat and job done. :D

It's all in the details. :smokin:

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Dumpvalve wont make any difference for lag matey. Would look so much cleaner without it;)

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Cheers buddy. :agree:

I've only really got two pictures to hand at the minute. It wasn't made by me etc, but was already part of the engine when I got it before I stripped it down. :)

It's not the best of manifolds, but has proven it self and previously made 330bhp and 290 torque on the dyno even though after taking it all apart I found numerous of lose, worn, broken gaskets etc, the worse part was the manifold base plate, was badly warped so ended up costing £90 to get machined flat. Your see in the second picture the welds need grinding out on the inlets to.

I am looking to actually make a fresh one from scratch and maybe a couple spare ones, but we are talking a long way off yet now on that idea. :cool:

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How far off are we talking ??? I'm looking to swap the engine over on mine over the winter, I'm in no major rush to get the manifold put on before the swap... But it would be nice to be able to bolt it on before dropping in engine in.

Either way, I'm definitely interested in one as long as we aren't talking silly money. :);)

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Dumpvalve wont make any difference for lag matey. Would look so much cleaner without it;)

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I already had the blow off valve buddy.

Ref to lag, just poor choice of wording on my part. But as already said, it's only there for functionality with it being perposly closed loop set up to minimise boost waste/turbo stall as well as keeping it silence as possible. :agree:

Will look cleaner etc once everything been cleaned and painted, hence I wasn't going to post any updates till these were all finish and running. :cool:

I have a lot more detail one offs that I may post up? Maybe :cooter:

The updates above are two months old. :)

I may of already mention some where, I'm a lot more near complete than I've let on :D but been holding things back as got some not done before things that was ment to be going in this build, but "lose lips, sink ships" :laugh:

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How far off are we talking ??? I'm looking to swap the engine over on mine over the winter, I'm in no major rush to get the manifold put on before the swap... But it would be nice to be able to bolt it on before dropping in engine in.

Either way, I'm definitely interested in one as long as we aren't talking silly money. :);)

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Next spring mate, no idea how much, won't be big bucks, just comes down to how much materials cost. If any, you can have first pick of the one I got now once I'm done with it buddy. :agree:

:cool:

U shop at tesco? :D

Love it :D

this just makes me want one more!!!! :cry:

nice work fella.

So, I decided to rework my whole exhaust system. :)

Ordered few pipes and couple of silencers and recycled some of my old badly made one. :laugh:

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First up I remade my down pipe. :)

The one I had was 2.5 inch dia then half changed to 3 inch only to then bottle neck to 2.5 again at the end and throughout whilst also cover dead center over the heater matrix outlets so this had to change. :rolleyes:

It's now all 2.5inch dia, flex in the middle flat section to help when going over speed bumps if the center pipe under the car catches it will have freedom allow it to be punched up and down without putting extra stress on the turbo and manifold etc etc...

Oh, and I've made it so it completely clears the heater matrix pipes now to, hence the funny shape. :cooter:

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Next up, started on making my center section. :D

Again, 2.5inch dia. :agree:

Ideally, my main plan was to make this fairly quite hence the two silencers. :) I like subtle bubble, not a roaring away drawing attention, especially unwanted attention. :laugh:

Originally the larger silencer was going to be in the center area like on side exhaust, but after measuring and test fitting in a few places, it turn out that fitting it near the front I was able to actually get the smaller one fairly tucked up high and out the way giving more ground clearance than of it was further back. :smokin:

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After having it on and off the car alot, it was time to add some extra piece of mind safety.

So knocked up a bash guard to the front of the silencer so in the unlikely event of catching it on a speed bump etc it will simply help push the system up instead of catching and yanking back off the car, hence the already welded in flexie in my down pipe. ;)

And just for added bro points :laugh: I also added another fixing point at the front that bolts to my subframe with a spring inbetween so it holds it at a minimum low point but at the same time allowes it to be push squashed upwards. :smokin:

Hard to explain, but your get the idea when you see the fully fitted pictures. :agree:

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Picture doesn't show it, but the front joint now been changed for V-band clamps. :agree:

Back box time. :D

So far everything was fairly easy, the rear box pipping on the other hand was a challenge some what. :laugh:

Two 45 bends, t bars pulled out with trailing arm fully pushed up to make sure nothing touches etc thrown in with a lot of chopping plus chopped o.e. hanger fixing points to and moved them to a better suit position to give better sturdier support. :agree:

Oh, and I cut off an old 3 inch tailpipe and stuck it on the polisher welded that on the end, turn really well in the end. :yeah:

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Fitment spot on even gap all round the bumper exhaust slot, even with a lot of aggressive pulling shaking about etc it stays sitting it the correct spot. :cool:

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Il be changing this of a full three inch turbo back system next spring, was good practise to say the least. :laugh:

Stunning piece of work! :)

Quality :smokin:

I so need to get better at welding.....

Anymore updates????:)

I think he mentioned somewhere that things were going to slow down, but even still I think a update is in order, comon chop chop :D

I've actually been thinking of updating this the last couple of weeks. :)

I've still been buying bits and bobs here and there, but in my true style, progress post's won't be up till whatever part im working on at the time is done. Although, expect a lot of picture bombing on here come end of march if not sooner. :D

I'm just itching to get on with it lately and really looking forward getting it MOT and brining it to as many meets and events as possible. :cool:

Well, as I've not posted any pictures I've throw this one in for my fans. :laugh:

Got these little beauty's after seeing Davo aka TopCat get a set for his car and kindly pm me the link. :cool:

I'm sure some brat will five finger discount them for their bike once left unattended. :laugh:

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Yessssss Goob!

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I've still been buying bits and bobs here and there, but in my true style, progress post's won't be up till whatever part im working on at the time is done. Although, expect a lot of picture bombing on here come end of march.

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YES!.... In true Goobie style, I'm bang on time with updates. :D As I've said, I'm a do-er and got some updates coming all this week starting with today, true to my word, end of march build has started again but more on what I've been doing the last week or two later, so for now onces I've uploaded pictures il show what's been going on today. :yeah:

Oh, and I've added a index to page one, because I'm good like that and helps my O.C.D. :laugh:

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So, here we go. :) My shell seems to be in good shape and fixed the little nigglys last year, but it was playing on my mind what is hiding under the sills???

Yes, they look good and solid but some times that doesn't always mean in a year or two of real road use being that I live next to the beach with salty sea air that they won't start rotting out after having full respray, so decided to future prove my shell (mainly because I can :laugh: ) and cut them off. :scared:

Ordered a pair off outter sills and inner I got off Ashy (Cheers buddy.) so I'm prepared for the worse, as rather have them and not need them then the other way round. So, got chopping them off today with some help. :D

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Well, not bad atall as I already knew, but the usual surface rust lurking from between the bottom of the sill where water can splash up etc, quick go over with the wire brush shows all is solid. :cool: Didn't really get a proper before picutre, but this one below was after one pass over, then three heavie coats of zinc primer over the top. :smokin: So all in all, no need for the inners sills in the end. Had a good look up and in and everything is all good to trim up the outter sill and weld on. :agree:

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Got the new sill, messured it up, trimmed off the top half, check fit ment, all good! :cool:

Zinc primer the back and away we go. :D

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Was so happy working away and to be getting things done, forgot to take more pictures. :laugh: The welds were flatted down and the bottom welded up to. Once the other side done il be cavity waxing the inside via the holes on inner sills, then coating the outside again and then a stone chip coating over that as it's all hidden anyway by the body kit.

Got other things to that I'm working on for it, pictures to follow once complete, WATCH THIS SPACE! :cooter:

Looking good bud, I've got to do the exact same thing. I too am planning on cutting and welding my new ones on below the skirt level. Did you have any problems with blowing through? Although from the pics it doesn't appear so :cool:

Good work Goob! Looking good mate. My 5 be finished now, so maybe a dogging sesh Brighton way in the summer

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Looking good bud, I've got to do the exact same thing. I too am planning on cutting and welding my new ones on below the skirt level. Did you have any problems with blowing through? Although from the pics it doesn't appear so :cool:

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Funny you should mention that as I was expecting it todo that, but not even one, using a different welder, but doubt that has anything todo with it. :laugh: Maybe just got lucky?, I don't know, but had help with this task so can't really take all the credit. :)

As its in such good condition I was able to get away with chopping it so low, makes it a much easier job as you can see in the pictures. :cool: I see in other people thread they aren't so lucky which is kinda what pushed me on to cutting them off now and knowing what's going on inside. Plus, you got the bonus of not having to worry about getting new body kit mounting pins and smooth untouched look finish with the cut and join being hidden that low as well as easier to make sure you properly cover it with cavity wax inside via the inner sill holes as can see the weld line cos its low cut and join. :agree:

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Good work Goob! Looking good mate. My 5 be finished now, so maybe a dogging sesh Brighton way in the summer

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:laugh: Cheers mate. :agree: I will be bring it to as many meets as possible. :D

Waiting to see your new sneaky updates you've been keeping secret! I could be wrong, but knowing you there be another set of alloys in there some where. :laugh:

Chop chop. :cool:

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:laugh: Cheers mate. :agree: I will be bring it to as many meets as possible. :D

Waiting to see your new sneaky updates you've been keeping secret! I could be wrong, but knowing you there be another set of alloys in there some where. :laugh:

Chop chop. :cool:

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Yeah mate there's a few little tweaks been made ;)

I'll get some pics up once it's had a good valet and detail

Today was drivers side time to be cut off and checked etc. And good thing to as wasn't as pretty, just goes to show you never know what's hiding no matter how good it looks and sounds on the outside. Anyway, off it came and was faced with this. :)

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Out come the trusty wire wheel and angle grinder for a clean up and left me with a couple rot holes that got chopped out then made a couple plates to weld back in. :D

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Out come the welder and away we go. :cool:

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Following on, crazy sanding and wire wheel session up and down the inner sill then nice thick zinc primer coatings, trim sill to suit, tack'd it on and....... Welder gas run out. :laugh:

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MORE BODY WORK........ :coffee:

Well, two things, when I first rubbed this down and stone chipped it I overlook the fact that bare metalling the underside and just spraying only stone chip over it is a bit of a no no! :ashamed: Also, I didn't really bother with the seam seal and left that when burning the 24 years old underseal off. So, turns out for many reasons I should of put some sort of base coat/rust protection on first then the stone chip etc. :scared:

Anyway, no major problem (kinda.), as where I've been welding in roll cage box sections, new seat rails, sills, drilling old ones out and spot weld hole filling blar blar, it's burnt off areas and wants stripping back and welds flatting anyway. :D

I forgot what a nasty job this is, and this time I've not got a ramp and fancy body shop tools. :disagree:

Round two wire wheeling, this time I've strip all seam sealer to. :)

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This is the mess just from that section! :scared:

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I did a lot more, but was at it solid and got to dark after I finish to get any decent pictures, I say finished, but really I only got as far as the whole front underside, just got the rear fuel tank area and boot floor left, then onto the wheel arches, oh the joy! :laugh: Thank god for the hardcore ear defenders I bought, or I would most likely need an hearing aid. :ashamed:

Can't help but feel I'm going backwards at times as this is now how it sits and I'm back doing jobs I've already done. BUT, if you want things done right, I guess some things aren't worth cutting corners. The car so light, I picked up the front and could move it round like a wheel barrel and wheeled it back into the garage like this. Next need to take the t-bar off, AGAIN, so I can get in everywhere properly and possibly give that another coat as it's off. Saying that, I reckon I could just pick the whole thing up once the rear taken off if get some one to lift the other side. :laugh:

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Good work and a good job you realised about putting something over the bare metal before it's to late. I am in the middle of this myself under the front arches, I burnt most of it out then got the wire wheel on it with the angle grinder. Google's and ear defenders are a must.

Oh my... This really is getting boring now. I've been keeping track of the grinding hours, I'm at 11 hours so far and I'm still not attacking the wheel arches or the whole rear upper section yet. :scared:

Some areas are just not easy to reach or get into, but at same time I think maybe I'm just being to o.c.d.? :cooter:

Anyway, took the subframe etc off to get on with the front curve section, gave that a good going over and gave it a couple thin coats of red oxide for now, still more todo, but not good leaving it all bare in a damp-ish garage etc, looking good so far tho. :)

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You should leave it that colour :D I'm keeping a close eye on my surface rust appearing. Luckily my garage is quite ventilated and not at all damp :) so far so good.

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You should leave it that colour :D I'm keeping a close eye on my surface rust appearing. Luckily my garage is quite ventilated and not at all damp :) so far so good.

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You know what, it actually does look pretty smart, the camera not "jazzing" the colour up, it is that strong and bright. :laugh: Would work well once the body done in white and go well with my powder coating colour choices. ;)

But, I've spent the penny's on aload of 3M cans and got them ready and waiting. Just all this time consuming process is taking its toll, not forgetting I'm still yet to seam seal the lot once I'm finishing grinding and coating it all and that before I apply the stone chip over EVERYTHING! :scared:

Attacked the front passenger wheel arch today, 3 and a half hours to grind this out! :scared:

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Couple mid way pictures. :)

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Pretty please with it even tho this is one nasty job todo. But as you can see, all solid. :cool:

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Dam it, wrong picture. Anyway, forgot to take final picture before giving it a coating. But that arch is now done, next will be seam seal it all and stone chip, but I'm waiting till I've finished the whole car then do the seam sealant all at once etc. Whole arch in total took me just short of 4 and half hours, so one down, three to go........ :laugh:

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It amazes me, these days so many of the projects on RTOC are fully-blown restos. It's great that folk are saving cars that would have otherwise been destined for scrap in the very near future. A lot of skill and dedication out there :agree:

Have to agree Trev. :agree: This one was up on eBay for spare or repair, but most likely would of been broke for parts as was missing a good few main bits. :(

I don't think when I started this just how far I was going to end up going, I have stripped down, taken off and removed everything apart from the doors and boot lid! :eek:

And with that said, I will be removing them in a week or two so I can get the inside painted. Will just be the bare shell rolling around on a trolly! :laugh:

Have you considered seam welding the shell whilst its stripped back so much?

I see I've been getting a lot of hits so the main photo bucket hit its limit (using two accounts.) again, need to remember to split accounts when loading up, main pictures will be back up in two weeks when it resets. :laugh:

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Have you considered seam welding the shell whilst its stripped back so much?

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Yes I have entertain the idea a few times, :) but my main worry which put me off the most is the fact these are so hard to weld because of the thin metal, and I'm no pro welder so could easily go terribly wrong. :eek:

Plus, for a road going car I think it will be just that bit to stiff if I do :confused: once you add the fact I got Coilovers, polly bushes, meaty welded roll cage big box sections with four fixings on each foot! :cool:

Although, I've still got a way to go yet on the underside, and you've got my brain ticking now thinking about it. :cool: See what happens I guess. :laugh:

Got more grinding done, three and half hours on the drivers side arch, still more todo on this arch but got to 6pm so decided it was best stop as getting a lot of noise complaints now. :ashamed: Prob got another 45 minutes left on this arch then ready for coating then onto the rears. :rolleyes: Should of got this sand blasted or something! :coffee:

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Ha I was going to say your neighbours must friggin love you :laugh: looks great though keep it going :agree:

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Ha I was going to say your neighbours must friggin love you :laugh: looks great though keep it going :agree:

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I've had four neighbours complain, not good when one of them is a copper and the other a solicitor! :scared: Im doing my best to keep it within reasonable day hours etc. I've now moved it to doing the grinding in the tiny garage with the door shut as this is my dads house and garage I've been doing the work at. :ashamed: When ever I get to my dads house, I do get the burning sensation and dagger eyes from the neighbours when I pull up now. :laugh:

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As I've said, I've still been buying bits and bobs here and there but not really posted up any, but here couple bits that's popped up last week. Got a full set of Ferodo DS2500 pads, bag'd myself a pair of 3 month old rear calipers and top condition campus plastic door card without the speakers holes for a bargain tenner! :laugh: Will be getting them covered at some point and give the calipers a rub down and paint to. Here some pictures for future ref before snaps. :cool: Got loads of others bits, but no time to pull em out and spam my thread with photos at the moment. :laugh:

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Top work mate :D

Finished off the front wheel arch, bolted the sub frame etc all back on, wheel'd it out the garage to turn it around and back in and up on axel stands to attack the rears...........

Was flat out, so no picture of the front but I can tell you if it helps you sleep better, it looks the same as the other front arch pictures. :laugh:

Moving on... Started the rear arch, got a lot off for two hours of grinding, so pretty pleased with that. Still got to get in all the tricky areas then that side done. :cool:

QUE PHOTO............ :cooter:

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Only found two little sneaky cover up bodge jobs whilst at it, as I said, I've covered this myself but didn't strip the sealant off last time, hence another reason for me doing this job again. Anyway, back on topic, if you see areas that look like they gotton carried away with sealant, it most likely mean there some thing hiding/cover up underneath and here a fine example of that! :sad2:

At the rear small area, this will be easy to fix. :D

And here I knew I was in for a treat as was rather large lump of it that I'm still digging out! This section will be a bit tricky to fix, but no major drama. Picture does make it look worse than it is, but good solid when giving it a good stabbing and not rusted on other side when pealing it back which would explain why didn't noticed it when I was doing the sill as all good from the other side etc. :)

Apart from that, the rest is golden. :cool:

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Update, kinda. :laugh:

Well after nagging/borrowing a welder etc I decided it was time to update my tool collection some more and bagged myself a decent welder. :cool: Was in Brighton town centre when passed M/Mart so got the Mrs to pull over so I could pop in for a look, twenty minutes later walk out with one, Mrs was well happy. :wasntme: I was genuinely only just looking as been trying to get a decent second hand jobbie, but managed to blag myself a decent price. :D Had to be done.

Watch this space for some more fabricated one offs, can't wait! :pimp:

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Check you out :) spend a little more and rent out a big bottle. Those little ones are shocking and expensive in the long run, I did and haven't regretted it.

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Already on it. :agree: This one came with the kit plus some crappy mask. :laugh: The guy tryed convincing me to buy the 131 that you got, but kept thinking about what you said. It was between this one and the 160tm which is pretty much the same, but got the best deal on this so snapped it up. :D

Just ordered a pimping joker printed mask off eBay to. :cool:

I can see a list of things I wanna weld with it growing already. :laugh:

151te a very good welder! I've had one for about 10 years ish, never let me down and produces good results

Grind, grind, grind... :coffee:

That's now three wheel arches down and one to go, CANT WAIT! :laugh:

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151te a very good welder! I've had one for about 10 years ish, never let me down and produces good results

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Cheers mate, got good review everywhere I've look'd. :cool:

Got my gangster welding mask today to, came with welding gloves, hat and carry bag. :smokin:

Il edit this post for better pictures tomorrow. :)

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Top work mate. Coming along nice!!! Get it on the road already!! ;)

I love reading this. It's great!

And keep chucking those photos on. Never too much :cool:

Yesterday grinding progress..... :coffee:

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And today's. :D Finally done with the wheel arches. :yeah: Well, for now anyway. :laugh:

Next up is the underside of the rear seats and boot floor grind........... :scared:

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Two more afternoons grinding sessions down..... :( Getting close now, really wanting to get on with doing some thing other than this, but can't do the next stages till it's all off. :innocent:

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Just to add, you may of not noticed at first glance, but I've cut off and smoothed the oe exhaust hangers and welded new ones in else where for better fitment and stability. :D

I will have the ecu bud. Sorry wrong add :-)

Had a cancelation at the office so sneak'd off early to put some hours in on my forever never ending grinding.... :laugh:

So where am I at now four weeks on? Well, STILL GRINDING! :mad:

BUT, I'm nearly there. :D Spent about another two hours at it then got fed up with getting bits flying off and stabbing me on the face even with protection on, so moved on to removing the torsion bar so can reach the areas it's blocking, plus need to re paint it now after catching it a few time and getting over spray on. :ashamed:

Anyway, whilst under there I could see all these hard bits that's taken forever to try and get off, and as I've done such a long job getting 99% of it off everywhere I didn't want to get near the end and start letting the standard drop! So I switched the knotted wire wheel for the cutting disc and did this! :laugh:

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O M G !

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I'll second that, I'm confused:D wtf

Whoops! :D

Radiator going in the boot??

Emergency escape hatch? ;)

I will be cutting up the engine bay too and maybe some of the floor, I'm not sure yet. :confused:

So why cut out the boot floor that's not rusted?

Well, as the regulator visitors on this site will know, I've just sold my whole engine set up, so maybe, just maybe I've cut things out to make space to run a four wheel drive engine set up combo................ :cooter:

Common more info needed ;) by the way your crazy :D

crazy is indeed a word id use:laugh::laugh:

only joking goobs

but when I collect all the other stuff im having a nose around, I can keep a secret lol

mitzy, Scooby lump??:laugh::laugh: jap crap as you'd say

Whoops! 'Fred Flintstone' rear wheel drive?! ;)

Five week's of four hour sessions totalling to 40 hour to grind the whole underside to bare metal and I'm finally done! NEVER AGAIN. :laugh: So much for me thinking 4-6 hours. :wasntme:

So now that is out the way, Im guna start cutting up the rest of my shell next week after I buy a new angle grinder as mine died just as I finished luckily. :ashamed:

Here's the last of my underside, keep watching as from now on things will be going full one off custom, WOO... :cool:

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I guess its going to be audi vw gearbox and 4x4 running gear bolted to f4r lump:smokin:

Exactly what I was thinking -Haldex with aftermarket controller? :)

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Originally Posted by turbo ted

I guess its going to be audi vw gearbox and 4x4 running gear bolted to f4r lump:smokin:

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I wonder if a Audi tt 3.2 turbo quattro 4x4 set up would fit... :coffee:

I've be looking at this you need to build a new subframe and move the steering rack up out of the way to allow for the transfer box off the gearbox to fit and build a bigger tunnel for the propshaft:coffee:

It's really interesting that 2 other people have this idea seems I'm not the first either ;) found a local body shop to me (AK Bodycraft) that is 5 minutes walk away and he used to own this

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k9gFJjOCPxc

I got speaking to him and he said why don't you 4wd my 5 :D happy days as he even offered advice and a helping hand. So only got as far as looking into it as not wanting to do it this year.

So far your car looks amazing so far can't wait to see what happens next :cool:

Buy a crash damaged Audi TT, cut the floor with mounting point for the subframes out of the TT cut the 5 floors out then fit the TT floors in place! Simples! ;)

Ok I know its not as simple as that but its a way I would do it, this way would make mounting everything a lot simpler. Basically converting the underside of the 5 into a TT, use all standard VW parts and as minimal custom parts as possible
Something I have always thought about too doing a 4x4 5

A lot of good info above. :agree: And there those bloody mark one golfs again, maybe it's a sign? :laugh: Anyway, without going off topic etc, back to my build. :)

Got it back on all four wheels and rolling again, for now anyway. :laugh:

Started with the chopping of my engine bay, I've cut out most of the "boob" section and left in the front part for the bonnet catch set up, I will properly be cutting more, but this will do for now till I bring my new engine set up to the garage as then I will know more on what's in the way and where to weld in mounts for it to sit on, more to come on that nearer the time. :D

Also, as I've been buying some more new tools, I finally got round to removing the rest of the sound proving off the floor using my new fancy heat gun kit. :cool:

So there we have it, I've just got to go round the inside with the wire wheel to remove the seam sealant then I can start welding it all up, things should start happening pretty fast from now on. :agree:

Oh, and as we all know I like todo things the hard way, I'm attempting todo/get body work done around me as I'm doing other things. :laugh: Whatever I can take off and not needed to be on the car will be dropped at the body shop to be prep'd for paint etc, so as long as I can get the engine in correctly with everything in place in record time I could have a fitted engine and complete full body work within 4/5 weeks! :eek:

Here's a couple of snaps, I wouldn't wanna get ban'd under the new club rules for doing an update without photos would I Nad. :cooter:

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Still not got round to getting a big bottle of Argon/c02 mix for my welder but was given a small bottle off a friend so decided to have a play. Wire wheeled off all the sealant inside my shell, got a bit messy. :laugh:

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Then moved onto setting up the welder and doing some practise runs on the cuts off I've chopped out of my shell, once happy, I made a start on seam welding my shell. :D

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It came out alright I guess, I'm not overly impressed, I got round once of the main inside section then the little bottle run out. :laugh: I didn't expect to get much out of it anyway, but I did do a lot of welding on the cut off panels to set it up, so really for a 60 litre bottle that wasn't to bad. :)

I did give it a quick once over with the sanding disc, I may do more, but at the same time, once I've painted and put sealant on it you won't see it anyway, but will prob still flat it some more and maybe give it another go over? :confused: See how I feel at the time after I've done the whole car. :scared:

Moving on, as I said I run out of argon and as I was in the zone I foolishly hooked up the c02 bottle I had that come with it and what a mistake that was. :ashamed:

I'm no pro, and this all a big learning curve as I'm doing it alone this time with out my welder friend to advice and tweak the settings etc, it kinda went down hill after that and just wanted to blow pin holes and penetrate to much as your see in the pic below, so before making any more work for myself I called it a day till I get my proper gas bottle next week. :coffee:

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Welding gas, check! :yeah:

Got a couple of big sheets of metal in, so set about sorting out my rear wheel flintstones missing boot floor today. :D

I did toy with the idea of fixing in a carbon fibre boot floor, but seem'd pointless as wouldn't be seen anyway. :laugh:

So set about measuring up the hole, cut my sheet to size then trim'd in the curve around the rear edge and cut it to shape, test fit, then drilled it up for plug welding.

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Then got some bar for reinforcement, chopped to size, trim the edges to give it a snug flush fit and welded that in to. :)

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Placed the new floor sheet in and away I went with plug welding it into place. :cool:

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Welding on the exhaust hanger then went onto the rear brake comp plate and... RUN OUT OF WIRE. :laugh:

So that kinda ended the day. :sad2: When I get some more wire il finish off welding that seam, then seam weld round the edges inside the boot and flatten the welds. :cool:

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Nice work does this mean some more grinding? :D

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Originally Posted by phase i 16 v turbo

Nice work does this mean some more grinding? :D

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Funny enough, yes! But of the sanding type this time Mike. :laugh:

Lots of progress has been made since last update, but usual waiting on third party's are holding me back again.

I finished off the underside, that will all be sealed and stone chipped once I've painted the inside.

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how long are you going to keep us guessing goobs:laugh:

So where am I at now? Well, I'm kinda back to where I started near enough bang on a year later, I got the windscreen out and a fresh new genuine one off Mike (Thanks.) with the proper fixing, not cheap but well worth the money. :agree:

Bought a orbital sander, stripped any and every clips etc out and been flat out sanding down the whole inside again for paint job number two. :laugh:

Not the best picture but you get the idea. :agree:

I got my other engine, gear box, gear shifter, hydronic clutch set up all ready and waiting to start making it all fit, BUT, till the shell back at the body shop for the inside paint job I can't get on with anything else, but hopefully that will be by the end of the week, then I can seal and stone chip the underside then start welding up brackets etc to make my power plant fit. :D

It looks like it's all a long way off right now, but I do feel things will be making a fast progress once the inside painted. :cool:

Couple pictures. :)

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Good work mate :agree:

Nothing really to report, but that's due to things out of my control at the moment, I won't go into detail. Car is all sanded inside and ready to go to the paint shop, so hoping this will be done ASAP as it's been ready for nearly two weeks. :crap:

On the plus side, got a few new parts so il post them up. :)

New genuine wing, windscreen and full fittings thanks to Mike at GT Turbo Spares, top man. :agree:

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And not to forget, after how many months I finally got a Prima Racing Clio 16V style bonnet thanks to James5! :D

Just needs a little work but nothing major, but god knows what those holes in the front are all about. :scared:

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Originally Posted by Goobie

And not to forget, after how many months I finally got a Prima Racing Clio 16V style bonnet thanks to James5! :D

Just needs a little work but nothing major, but god knows what those holes in the front are all about. :scared:

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...ps36aecd66.jpg

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I Want one too! or a carbon bonnet.. :crush:

Car has sat in the garage for about 6 weeks now, still no paint on the inside. :laugh: But had some filler round the rear arches to smooth them out and around the roll cage brackets then some primer, as it stands it's just needs to go to the body shop for a proper spray job in the oven then other things can happen. In reality, the last two months have been a complete waste of time with nothing going on to this car due to things out of my control, but here a couple picture updates anyway. :agree:

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Now for something a bit more interesting. :D

Car came with original engine, I gave that away, then dropped in the F7R, then sold that. It's no secret that I'm a big honda fan, but at the same time I love turbo engines. As stated at the start of this whole build thread, I want the best of both worlds, reliable day to day modern manageable car but also crazy high revving that can take a beating. It was always the plan from day one todo this conversion to a R5, so here we have it.

Honda K20a DOHC vtec 2.0 16V turbo conversion from EP3 Type R using the cable driven 6 speed box, hondata Kpro ECU, custom Mainfold etc matched to my current T34 turbo.

Standard block and gearbox in decent condition should/can cope with 500bhp at breaking point. My turbo shouldn't be to far off making near that. Plan, run it near that till it either blows or once I've rounded up other upgraded parts need to strip and rebuild the block to 900bhp capable.

As some of you may of seen when I've been to a few meets, I've been in a silver Type R, that was infact my donner car but enjoyed being back in one so much I ended up buying another one to break instead. :laugh:

What a crap update :D I was getting excited expecting big changes etc.

Unbeflippinglievable :sad2: ;)

:laugh: and one minute later I'm eating humble pie. Chop chop.

Donner Type R number two. :laugh:

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Before and after stripping, now ready and waiting to be lifted out. :agree:

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I too am a big Honda engine fan and the K20A is an awesome lump. Lots of options for power.

There's an some Aussie brothers competing at the World Time Attack Championship in Sydney for the last few years by the name of Benny and Jimmy Tran. They're running K24 with a Rotrex type supercharger. Their car is making a bit over 350kw (almost 500 ponies) and has been pretty faultless. Nice guys too.

Can't wait to see it take shape!

What made u pic the Honda lump mate.
My last. CAr was a type r. Loved it.

Great choice of motor to put in there, you see stock bottom end k20 knocking out 500+hp!!!!

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Tadaaa:D might change plans though, evo 4x4 or front engine rwd gets my attention, wanted to be different (or the same as a few one here) and put the engine in the back but i'm affraid stability/handling wise wouldn't be too best...

btw, if you want to go k24 turbo i might have some interesting parts for you:D

So much has happen in the last six months, some good, some bad. :crap:

Nothing has really happen to the car since, main reason is a failed 12 years relationship which this build hasn't help the situation with at all. There has been times that has made me question weather to just give it all away.

Anyway, just to bring things and what's been going on upto speed, I was offer'd a 5 pretty much how I wanted which in the long run worked out to save me a lot of money and time then fit my turbo k20a set up into that, hence I sold a lot of my parts off end of last summer that I didn't need only to be let down at the last minute and now I'm really left in the sh1t.

I'm bit stuck right now with home life, career and trying to single handed buy another home, so short story is there not much to see for a while but I will be trying to get some working going on it in the next coming month now things are slowly going in the right direction.

Pull'd it out the garage Sunday and this is where I'm at. More to follow when weather starts to brighten up. :)

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Bad times mate. If I was you I'd wheel that car right back into the garage and sort out your real priorities, then come back to it at a later stage once you're settled.