All finished and passed its MOT

[philg]

Well after about 11 months the car is now finished, insured, taxed and on the road.

I can not believe how hard it is to drive, used to newer cars in my old age :ashamed:. I have had so many people commenting and looking at it, even someone wanted to buy it straight of me.

The mot tester was very impressed and said it was alot better than he had expected it to be.

I still have a few thing to sort out, water temp gauge and oil press gauge light but do not rise up, fan cuts in so that ok.

My boost gauge on the dash is level with engine off then drops down below the marking when running.

Bumpers and bonnet need a bit of a shift about, but all jobs i can be getting on with while at work :) I am also going to raise the back end half an inch.

Thanks for all help help guys, you know who you are ;)

Watch out, its winning best car next national day :laugh:

Its been 10 years since i sold my last gt turbo and 13 years since i fist drove one, i can honestly say despite the harsh ride it made me feel 24 years old again.

I will get some better pictures from my digi camera up when i have given it a good polish.

[philg]

pics

[TNT Tricky Nicky]

:agree:

Well done, fancy doing mine now :laugh:

[djinuk]

well done matey, looks great.. there such cool cars, :D

[robbie506]

i want it.

[philg]

Never again, i have been to hell and back with this car, its caused sleepless nights, grief of my girlfriend, missed time with my little boy, so bad tempered when things went wrong and is doubled the cost of my original budget.

I could have bought another persons car but it would never have been the same and god knows what might have been lurking underneath.

Its done now, so just i will enjoy the good times to come. I will be getting to some meets next year and meet some new faces to :)

For those of you old enough, i have also bought a Daniel poole jacket as part of my mid life crisis :laugh:, she can not decide whats worse :)

[r5adz]

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It looks lovely m8. I can't wait to get mine finished, i'm such a long way off :sad2: Enjoy it!

[spinner]

That looks lovely mate.Good work

[SCHWARTZ]

the standard boost gauge is not designed to read vacuum ( normaly taken from before the carb) i guess you have it to the plenum so its trying to make it read vacuum but wont do any damage and will rise when boosting;) looks ace tho matey all the hard work has paid off;):D

[J8TRO]

Well done Phil...........can't wait to see you in my rear view mirror at Mallory ;)

Side Decals look the sizzle too, definitely on my list of winter to do's.

Enjoy it

[philg]

Well done Phil...........can't wait to see you in my rear view mirror at Mallory ;)

Side Decals look the sizzle too, definitely on my list of winter to do's.

Enjoy it

Funny fecker, spoilers top of your list mes thinks :cooter:

Just you wait till mallory i will remind you this my friend.

You want to hope i dont go fitting a t28, dont think your little 1.4 will keep up with 240bhp ;):cooter:

[philg]

the standard boost gauge is not designed to read vacuum ( normaly taken from before the carb) i guess you have it to the plenum so its trying to make it read vacuum but wont do any damage and will rise when boosting;) looks ace tho matey all the hard work has paid off;):D

Yeah taken of the inlet, thats ok then?

I read my boost gauge and its only producing 5psi at the moment, got a itchy little Dawes device in the garage ;)

[Tony Walker]

before throttle blade will read boost only, anywhere after the throttle blade will read vacuum and boost, the throttle/venturi in the carb is the restriction that causes the vacuum. (Its this vacuum thats used for your brake servo) not a problem on your gauge. just not the original way. Lovely looking 5 :D

[TrixNFlix]

Told you it would be worth it Phil.:smokin:
Thank god i wont have you wingeing at me for a bit!:cool2:
You might actually be happy, well as happy as you get !:cooter:

Enjoy it matey :burnrubber:

[devilish dave]

Its about time ya girl! Can't wait to call ya when i'm building the clio for all the info i've given ya returned cos i've forgotten it :D

[J8TRO]

Funny fecker, spoilers top of your list mes thinks :cooter:

Just you wait till mallory i will remind you this my friend.

You want to hope i dont go fitting a t28, dont think your little 1.4 will keep up with 240bhp ;):cooter:


ha ha ha I love the banter on this place...............where is JRP when you need him.

Spoiler will slow me down (although it is at the paint shop and will be going on)

good luck trying to get 240bhp to stick to the road........................:cooter:

Got a T28 if you want it.........in fact, on second thoughts :upyours:

[philg]

Thanks guys, this club has a some right dimond geezers. :)

Big thanks to dave at sbs for painting her to.

[Junglist]

those wheels are what i want ,,, what are they from

[philg]

Old skool momo arrows :smokin:

They are 16" et35 4x100, with 195 40 16 toyos

They do pop up on ebay time to time, there is a white j plate 5 gt on pistonheads with them 16" in silver to get a good look at them ;)

[philg]

here you go

[Junglist]

:) , do they come in black or did you get them sprayed

[philg]

:) , do they come in black or did you get them sprayed

Silver mate like the above, they were around 1990 93ish, i had them all refurbed and painted in gloss black.

[Junglist]

there is a few sets on ebay but none look as good to me like the ones on your 5

[philg]

I had considered buying them anyway or azev a or some borbets c.

They came on the volvo 440 i bought for the engine, so happy days.

I thing £100 would be a safe bet, £200 for a propper refurb and £250 for tyres. They had 195 45 16s on them and they were huge and caught the arches :scared:

[benj88]

Nice one mate all that hard work finally payed off

[Danboi2]

can you get full lock on your car with them wheels?

[xenon]

le style de ton GT et SUPERBE !!!!
ou as tu eu ton kit de combiné fileté ?

car je recherche un kit , pouvant me rabaisser aussi bas mon GT , que le tiens !

style of your GT and SUPERB!!!! :eek:
or ace you have your kit of threaded compound? :crap:

because I seek a kit, being able to lower me as low my GT, as hold it! ;)

[philg]

can you get full lock on your car with them wheels?

Seems ok, no mention when they did a lock to lock check on the mot.

phil

[Danboi2]

cheers and btw your car is looking amazing enjoy it :)

[philg]

Couple more pics

[xenon]

:crush:

[Tinka_Dill]

That is one stunning looking motor

[philg]

Thanks guys.

I have been driving it for a week now, what a grin factor :D

[Junglist]

give me your wheels :D

[J8TRO]

Put up some interior picture buddy. I want to know what lengths you have gone to save weight to try an beat me.

I'll make sure i put some ballast in mine to make it more fun instead of the inevitable walkover.................:D

[philg]

No real wight saving in it, all interior plastics in the car, electric window, c/l removed, all the sound deadening has been taken, head lining, the heaviest thing i took out was the spongy foam that goes behind the dash, it weighed a ton.

To be honest fitting the cage has probably added the weight back in.

Here are some more pics.

[J8TRO]

No real wight saving in it, all interior plastics in the car

Door Cards? Quarter Panels? Boot Trims? Center Console? Rear Seats? Belts? Parcel Shelf? Boot Carpet? Main Carpet?

Unless these photo's are out of date, you my son, are a little fibber!:rolleyes:

Looks bad..........:devil: if I wasn't semi obsessed with OE+ I'd strip my little bugger too.

[philg]

Door Cards? Quarter Panels? Boot Trims? Center Console? Rear Seats? Belts? Parcel Shelf? Boot Carpet? Main Carpet?

Unless these photo's are out of date, you my son, are a little fibber!:rolleyes:

Looks bad..........:devil: if I wasn't semi obsessed with OE+ I'd strip my little bugger too.


Think your going to have to for next year me old mucker :cooter:

[Ashy]

Phil, that look absolutely awesome mate, well done :agree:

[philg]

Phil, that look absolutely awesome mate, well done :agree:

Cheers mate :)