Engine bay pics after cleanup, its getting there now. Just need a new o.e turbo heatshield & new hot air pipe to airbox. The hot air pipe is on order, is the heatshield still available??
Also carb top has its fair share of marks, the original had been cut down so had to fish one out of the spares. If not too expensive i may renew if still available.
Some of the brackets have a bit of surface rust on, ill see to them over winter when i get bored.
Huh, I remember when mine was as nice as that!
Nice one Brigsy!
OE's definately the way to go now!
You can still get new under bonnet heat mats for about £40 I think??
Whats the part number for the mat? ill be having one of them
Bought a new o.e starter/turbo heatshield as i had a bit of spare cash.
Heatshield looks like it will be fun to fit, also needs anti perc fan sensor hole drilling.
Also got a copy of the new up to date dialogys off a mate, might come in handy
how much were the heat shields dude ?
Forget that, how much for copies of the Diologys?
Turbo heatshield (6001009529) was £43.75 & starter heatshield (6001009580) was £29.83. I think they were with my mates staff discount though?
Ill do you a copy for gratis mate, just need to get vista installed on my tower, will take ages on this craptopOriginally Posted by Hoolio
Forget that
I was half joking but that would be brilliantIll do you a copy for gratis mate, just need to get vista installed on my tower, will take ages on this craptop
Your car is looking brilliant! Im not biased, honestly
Did you get a new hot air pipe for the airbox? Mine looks like yours in the above picture!
Engine is looking sweet, i actually think it looks better on standard rims, strange because i love the turbines.
phil
love it mate nice 1
Small update time. Got talking to a mate & they do powdercoating where he works, so got some engine bay parts powdercoated for gratis.
Had to clean up the bits myself with a flapper wheel but they turned out really well, prior to coating all parts were tatty/rusty. The finish is pretty near o.e so should look good when fitted
Airbox, old vs new. Fitted my new sticker from the set off Sam Fish. All the screws are currently soaking in vinegar to remove rust, seems to be working really well!
Headertank bracket, i/c strap bracket & knock/tdc sensor bracket holder.
Next step is to get all the other metalwork zinc plated as per original. I have a full spare set ready so wont have to take car off the road.
Looking damn fine brigsy top work, I wish my raider was as up together as that under the bonnet.
Update time!
When i bought the car the drivers side door graphic was missing. I assumed the graphics were o.e so bought a full set, trade for £148
Mr 5 fitted the new graphic when he machine polished the car, the new graphic was no where near a similar match, totally different shades! The car has also had both sides painted to a high standard at some point, but they have laquered over the graphics
With the o.e graphics clear, there was no way i could fit the new ones over the top. Only options were repaint the door/qtr & more graphics, or try & get the vinyl matched.
I called round a fair few places locally, most were unhelpful or insisted they couldnt match it/not interested in a small job.
I went to signs express & the lad in my local branch said he would need to do a full side as couldnt match the current vinyl fitted. He scanned my new o.e graphic for the 'gt turbo' lettering, took a couple of months to sort it but its done now.
Got both sides done & fitted for £70, laminated vinyl fitted over the top so should last. Im happy with how it looks, not 100% o.e but ill be grudged spending a lot of money to make it 'right'
Also the new vinyl covered a worn patch on the passenger side graphic that had been laquered over
Its generally still running great aswell, touch wood it has never missed a beat. Have replaced a few little bits like new numberplate lights/gearknob for a mint condition one.
The tape deck did pack up on the o.e pioneer stereo, driving down the road & my hardcore heaven tape stoppedon inspection the drive belt had snapped, after a little bit of research maplins still sell them, £3 gave it a new lease of life i love old technology.
looking good
are you saying the lad knocked you up the full set of graffics for 70 notes? rear quarter, doors and wings? if so would they knock out anymore sets as thats about the price matey boy was doing a few years back
Full set fitted to the car was £70+vat
Ill give him a shout if your interested? i dare say another set is no probs now he has the template.
Last edited by Brigsy; 28-02-2010 at 16:36.
you know i love this car fella , looking superb
made and fitted for £70, thats a fecking nice bloke, people round here would want £30 or so just to stick them on the car..Full set fitted to the car was £70+vat
Ill give him a shout if your interested? i dare say another set is no probs now he has the template.
im putting the money aside for a respray and want stickers back on, but would change the colouring slightly, perhaps the gt turbo bit in a lighter grey, i've seen a few tungys with them..
i think your sticker guy could sell a few sets on here if he showed his face, might be worth asking him to join and offer his services..
Nice weather today so give it a good valet/polish
Got a rare pic of the gtt/van together aswell. If i ever needed to sell one of them i couldnt decide which one would go?
The gtt is probably the best car ive owned condition wise & looks/drives mint but the van is a lot faster.. Ill have to keep both!
Also turned up the boost on Benj's tungy, should have got a pic of the two together but forgot.
Fast vs slow
O.e for the win
Arty shot
O.e ftw, carpet is the wrong colour though Jon
Original carpet in it mate
So which one will go national day, cant decide can you, its what you get for have two awsome cars...
is flat eric driving the extra or am i tripping
looking good but not a fan of the side decals, but i understand needs must
looking really nice,
you said you got sticker kit off sam fish?
is this a friend or a company that sell's them
Dominic send member Sam fish a pm.looking really nice,
you said you got sticker kit off sam fish?
is this a friend or a company that sell's them
You are on about the engine bay stickers aren't you?
http://sites.samfish.co.uk/r5bits/stickers
Is this what your after
oh yes!!!!!!! thats brill
i know were they all go apart from the one with the pics of gearbox
and the one directly below that? do they go on underside of bonnet
(i'm talking about the ones that are all in the same pic)
Last edited by gimme5; 14-03-2010 at 07:57.
Pretty Car!
You keeping those wheels on for the ND Brigsy or going back to OE?? I'm tempted to put my Turbines on the Raider for this summer as I love those wheels, would make a nice pic with the both of them together?
Ill probably keep the turbines on Steve, ive got a few sets of o.e speedlines but all need tyres/refurb! Have got a set of cup rims that i fancy fitting at some point for the road going cup lookPretty Car!
You keeping those wheels on for the ND Brigsy or going back to OE?? I'm tempted to put my Turbines on the Raider for this summer as I love those wheels, would make a nice pic with the both of them together?
It does corner miles better on the turbines aswell
Hoping to get both to nd Rob, need to rope Jessop into driving one
The stickers look great, im going to need a set at some point.
phil
Should be able to get another set made up easy enough mate, gis a shout when your ready
thats exactly how i want my raider to end up under the bonnet!
OEM is where its at with R5 GT Turbos!!!
superb brigsy!
Standard all the way... dude, that is one fine looking motor! Love the original dealer plates and window sticker detail.
Should be able to get another set made up easy enough mate, gis a shout when your ready
Brigsy, would he do different colours?
Shouldnt be a problem Ashy, what colour do you want?
Wow, this is an awesome example and a lovely resto. But the Turbines look so ****! Get some speedlines or cups on there dude!
yeah if he can do me them for my white 5, that would be great
thanks phil
No probs mate
Had a couple of probs with the gtt this week! Front brakes have been binding on, i thought it was from lack of use. Freed off calipers (they werent bad at all) then went to bleed the brakes & the master cylinder packed in, pedal is flat to the floor!
The brakes have always been a bit gash, long pedal travel & seemed to be progressively getting worse lately, good job it happened outside the house i suppose or could have been messy
Last edited by Brigsy; 21-03-2010 at 23:08.
LeMans 24hr & back done without missing a beat
Fitted the williams alloys for the trip as the tyres are low on the turbines. Got a few good pics in france will upload later.
Give her a good clean up, also fitted new rubbing strips to front bumper as the heat made the old ones go funny & the glue had come unstuck.
Ill be doing a few bits to it to get it mint before national day, needs a little bit of bodywork sorting as the laquer on o/s arch/sideskirt has been poor since buying so its off to SBS for some tlc in the next few days.
Man that car is dope... lovin' the quality pics!! Bet you got a few looks over the water.
love the wheels
Wheels go realy well I think
I think those willy wheels go really well on it, if it was me (I'm preparing to get shot down as I type) I would have to lower it!
phill
looks amazing tho widh mine looked half as good as that
looks lovely on the williams wheels!! hmmmm very nice!!
My 35 mill springs and standard shocks are there for ya if you want them Briggsy
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