bringing my 5 back from the dead

[philr5t]

ok i have a bit more to update but time has slowed up a little with new Matilda now here with us a few pics to show some bits that have been done i have also been to my local metal fabricator and bought some more materials so i can now make my air filter box and some brackets to hold more bits in place, holes now cut for pipe run in scuttle, will be back on my car as from next week doing evenings so i will hopefully get some more updates and be able to steam into working again

jobs done

had to remove the turbo/exhaust manifold/exhaust heatshield/down pipe and carb top to get some extra jobs done to them with big jim bung fitted to e/manifold to read egt's, bung fitted to carb top to read charge temps, small mod done to my heatshield by myself to fit perfect, oil drain extended on turbo and another v-band added to my down pipe so i can adjust the angle it sits at, more work to be done with this though and finally all put back on and fitted
starter motor now connected up (cheers james)
top rad hose now cut and hard pipe added inc low temp thermostat
shocks now built and in place
lower arms now in place
new track rod ends on
new bottom ball joints fitted
driveshafts back in to find a tiny split on a gaitor now to come back out
fan moved over on rad to give bottom rad hose more room and now connected up
holes cut out of scuttle for pipe run to c/cooler and new brackets made to hold in place
adj fuel pressure regulator now in scuttle and connected up with dial in situ
oil catch tank now fitted and connected up
bottom rad hose re fitted
new chrome boot struts fitted
turbo oil drain connected
new accelerator cable now fitted
heater matrix now turned round for modded pipe work so well out the way of down pipe
new fan belt fitted

[philr5t]

few more

[philr5t]

sorry a few more part of the origional flocked dash now in buy still alot lot more to add

[wrightygtt]

looking shexy

[R5TURBORON]

just been reading this whole thread great work

[Wallace]

Ah duuude your car is going to be fooking awesome - the engine and engine bay look sooo sweet...

Nice work mate, and congratulations on the family addition

[gtmatt]

mate looks sweet well nice

[car.crash]

this just keeps getting better. make sure you get an agreed value on this from your insurance.

[philr5t]

cheers boys appreciate all your comments will be hammering the hours in on the car now every evening when i get home from enjoyable work will keep you all up to date

[benj88]

this just keeps getting better. make sure you get an agreed value on this from your insurance.

10grand?

[philr5t]

10grand?

hi hope so mate as it owes me £21k as it stands

[TrixNFlix]

hi hope so mate as it owes me £21k as it stands

Feck me phil,

Made me feel better about my 2 fives

[philr5t]

Feck me phil,

Made me feel better about my 2 fives

you only live once mate if only my missus could understand

[TrixNFlix]

you only live once mate if only my missus could understand

My missus only knows about 1 of my fives!

[philr5t]

My missus only knows about 1 of my fives!

lol im glad i only have one otherwise i think i would be living in it

[Yellow]

I took 5 months of breaking my missis in (about owning another 5) excellent work though buddy. Hopfully see this puppy in the flesh soon.

[philr5t]

I took 5 months of breaking my missis in (about owning another 5) excellent work though buddy. Hopfully see this puppy in the flesh soon.

cheers mate im telling my self it wont be ready for nat day but i will try my best to have it there

[James5]

cheers mate im telling my self it wont be ready for nat day but i will try my best to have it there

To be honest Phil you are so close to finishing, the problem with your build is that nothing is simple. There are alot of custom / non standard one of parts going on which is whats taking its time to make sure fitted correctly, if you had another full week of work it could be done easily. within that time. Then once it's running it still needs the carb setup and the VNT will need setting up to how you want it to run etc... Oh and more money to throw at it LOL

[philr5t]

To be honest Phil you are so close to finishing, the problem with your build is that nothing is simple. There are alot of custom / non standard one of parts going on which is whats taking its time to make sure fitted correctly, if you had another full week of work it could be done easily. within that time. Then once it's running it still needs the carb setup and the VNT will need setting up to how you want it to run etc... Oh and more money to throw at it LOL

lol i think i need to get another mortgage out for this puppy but you are right james its just cause everything has changed but i do like a challenge working on it tonight and every evening now till mallory to see if i will have a posibility of getting it ready

[TrixNFlix]

lol i think i need to get another mortgage out for this puppy but you are right james its just cause everything has changed but i do like a challenge working on it tonight and every evening now till mallory to see if i will have a posibility of getting it ready

Good lad.
realy hope we get to see it at mallory.

[James5]

Good lad.
realy hope we get to see it at mallory.

Phil, I have told you before what you doing online stop slacking get of RTOC and get back out to that garage before I slap your arse (unless you are back to work and abusing the Internet pretty much like me at the mo then that's ok)

[philr5t]

(unless you are back to work and abusing the Internet pretty much like me at the mo then that's ok)



wish i was in the garage mate but now back at work and not finding it easy feel like i need more time off

[James5]

(unless you are back to work and abusing the Internet pretty much like me at the mo then that's ok)



wish i was in the garage mate but now back at work and not finding it easy feel like i need more time off

Hmm you sound stressed and depressed better see a Dr and get signed off for a few weeks

[philr5t]

Hmm you sound stressed and depressed better see a Dr and get signed off for a few weeks

i think i will be shown a p45 if i have any more time off like the idea though

[philr5t]

a few more pics of the air box i have started to make this evening and i am hoping to have it finished tomorrow brackets made and fitted and mocked up with card board and now ali has been cut will try to finish and put some more pics up tomorrow

[philr5t]

bit more of an update air box now fitted bar a hole drilled out for the pipe to feed the filter and my charge cooler now all bolted down and fitted now just waiting for hoses to turn up BLOODY SAMCO 4-5 WEEK WAIT FOR WHAT I NEED definatly no national day for my old girl this year but i am determined to have the car running when my hoses turn up just need to finish interior now

[philr5t]

couple more

[elcie]

Just spent the last hour reading through this and looking at all the pictures,

What a project ! and the attention to detail is amazing.

Interested to see how the new airbox comes out now.

[James5]

Phil, as always the pictures just don't do the car justice looks so much better in the flesh. Top darts finishing the airbox off aswell.

[philr5t]

Just spent the last hour reading through this and looking at all the pictures,

What a project ! and the attention to detail is amazing.

Interested to see how the new airbox comes out now.

many thanks mate i have made the air box so it comes out in 2 sections the lid is held in at the back end by the inner and outer wing and is screwed in at the front end of the box and the large panel that will hold the filter in sits in 2 lengths of box section aluminium and can slide out once the lid is removed sounds more complicated than it is though mate

cheers phil

[philr5t]

Phil, as always the pictures just don't do the car justice looks so much better in the flesh. Top darts finishing the airbox off aswell.

cheers james should have a good week on it next week as well so not long now i think

[Wallace]

- Looks foooooking mint

[philr5t]

- Looks foooooking mint

cheers mate

[philr5t]

ok bit more progress made this week but not alot of time spare at the mo with work and the new born but still trying to crack on with the olde girl

progress made heater matrix now turned round and connected up on inside of the car to allow perfect tight bends coming out the bulk head so loads of clearence from the down pipe


water system all complete now including moving the header tank and re routing some pipe work including heater matrix pipe work

charge cooler now all bolted down in position and half the pipe work connected up and complete just waiting for big jim to come round on monday to bend/weld some pipe work for me

bonnet re fitted to make sure it does not fail on the header tank, next job find a nice home for the charge cooler header tank and bosch bump but running out of a little room and the finally connect up pipes from pre rad to cooler with the idea of trying to hide the pipes between the inner and outer wing to keep it neat and to keep it running as cool as poss

will upload more when engine is almost finished

[philr5t]

a couple more


cheers phil

[James5]

Just had an accident in my pants seeing those pics.


Phil, top work matey that chargecooler pipe run looks a right pain in the arse to sort out, am likeing the way you are sticking it in the bulkhead to give it some protection from the engine bay heat.

[philr5t]

Just had an accident in my pants seeing those pics.


Phil, top work matey that chargecooler pipe run looks a right pain in the arse to sort out, am likeing the way you are sticking it in the bulkhead to give it some protection from the engine bay heat.

cheers james the whole car has been a right challenge the way everything has been moved or changed but you know what i am like i love making things and love trying to do things different to other folks ideas just really wanna here it start now

[James5]

cheers james the whole car has been a right challenge the way everything has been moved or changed but you know what i am like i love making things and love trying to do things different to other folks ideas just really wanna here it start now

Phil, you could start it now once you have the coolant, oil and some fuel in and primed it all up, but with no exhaust she will be loud.

[philr5t]

Phil, you could start it now once you have the coolant, oil and some fuel in and primed it all up, but with no exhaust she will be loud.

i know but i still have the push button and a few other things to set up and then she should be good to go i must be quite sad as for the last 2 years i have layed in bed at night making the sound of the car in my head at the pod and doing impressions of my launch control lol i am a propper sad c**t

[Wallace]

i know but i still have the push button and a few other things to set up and then she should be good to go i must be quite sad as for the last 2 years i have layed in bed at night making the sound of the car in my head at the pod and doing impressions of my launch control lol i am a propper sad c**t

I walk around work ""vrrrrrooommmm PUUUUUSH!!"

Phil as said before - your car is looking amazing, a real real credit to you mate

Can't wait to see it in the flesh

[philr5t]

I walk around work ""vrrrrrooommmm PUUUUUSH!!"

Phil as said before - your car is looking amazing, a real real credit to you mate

Can't wait to see it in the flesh

cheers mate shame you cant make nat day but i will do my best to have the car ready soon so we can get a local meet going

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Thats looking bloody brilliant mate, top work!

Think you, me and Wallace need to have a group pic when we got them done and pop to a meet, be nice line up 1 red standard 5, 1 red tuned c1j 5 and 1 red tuned B18FT powered 5!

[philr5t]

Thats looking bloody brilliant mate, top work!

Think you, me and Wallace need to have a group pic when we got them done and pop to a meet, be nice line up 1 red standard 5, 1 red tuned c1j 5 and 1 red tuned B18FT powered 5!

cheers marky and that sounds like a quality idea for a group pic wonder if french performance would be interested

[Markey Mark (BD)]

cheers marky and that sounds like a quality idea for a group pic wonder if french performance would be interested

Hmmm, sounds like an interesting feature poss.

First things first lets finish them.

[philr5t]

Hmmm, sounds like an interesting feature poss.

First things first lets finish them.

yes lets hope the mags still going for a few more years LOL

[Markey Mark (BD)]

yes lets hope the mags still going for a few more years LOL

If the build still goes on for few more years i'll hang myself!

[philr5t]

If the build still goes on for few more years i'll hang myself!

i have already considered it mate but im s**t at knots

[James5]

A couple of more pics updated on Phil's behalf of a nicely welded pipe with welds removed done by Big Jim and a modification to the chargecooler itself again done by Big Jim (the man has some skills). Check out the chargecooler mod?

[philr5t]

cheers james hope to get it all connected up tonight so will put more pics up when its complete need to find a nice neat home now for the pump and connect the 2 pipes from rad to charge cooler

[rs250nut]

Looks real nice Phil, I need to have a look at it in the flesh