Hi all,
Thought I would introduce Jet, My black Phase two no O.E GTT. Ive only owned her for around 6 weeks but have had my fair share of ups and downs already, and have already spent a fair wage of time (and money) change/modifing/fixing things so thought that I may make a thread.
The shell is an Ex- BMS shell and the engine was built by Marky-Mark back in '07.
tec-spec;
T25
balanced crank and lightened flywheel,
Piper 285 cam and vernier
slightly ported head with Piper valve springs
Side exit
Huge front mount
Other usual R5 mods
This is what she looked like the day I picked her up
Not a lot happened at first, showed friends etc but after boosting/pottering around for a couple weeks I decided to take her down to K-tec as its only an hour from me to have a go on the rr
turned out that we couldnt make full power as I still had a standard fuel pump, and we were emptying the carb. Still mighty impressed with the results and hoping for a nudge over 180 bhp at 6.25K now that I have the larger fuel pump fitted.
Had to get rid of the silly boat seat for the passenger and the mrs. was to short for the pedals in the bold in bucked so had to sort out some new front seats
Not to everyone's taste I know but for the short term it sorts out a lot of problems and only set me back £20 so seemed a no brainer, I also managed to source a nice red carpet from fleabay as I have always felt it sets of the interior for the 5.
Spent a little time tidying up the interior fitting odd plastics etc that I had
Then the nice weather came around so spend a good few hours in the sun with some t-cut, polish and my favourite cloth which resulted in;
And believe it or not, as I turned 21 I am now allowed to supervise which means this now happens
Plans for the future include;
Removing the roll cage and go for a more OE interior
Take the engine out and rebuild,
Sort out some patches of rust, blemishes
Rear exit exhaust and standard rear bumper,
If/When i can afford to, respray in glacier white with a black bonnet
I am a Marine engineer technician so do have a some mechanical knowledge but it will be the first time i will have taken on something quite this big, prepare the forums for lots of 'newbie' questions.
I will hopefully make it up to the ND next year if not in this then in the daily RS