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  1. #301
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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Fantastic work Love the refurbed handbrake!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy5 View Post
    Always liked Morettes and these came up at right price in excellent condition.

    Its going to be more fast road than OE - but with ability to go 100% OE in future if I ever decide to. This is idea on look. Will be running Turbines



    Hehe, thats my 5

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    Re: New R5 Project II

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    Hehe, thats my 5
    Looks quality! Took me ages to find pic of a silver 5 with turbines on!

    Definitely made my mind up that silver turbines on a silver 5 looks brilliant!

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Got my parts back from the platers - pretty impressive how everything has come out.






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    Re: New R5 Project II

    That's dedication to the oe theme getting all the nuts and bolts zinc plated top work.

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Brilliant James

    Who did the plating mate?

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Little bit of progress - overhauled quite a few parts and assembled some brackets - pics as always.

    Also assembled front suspension but cant get inner arb bushes on. No way will they go on.

    Ordered 21mm ARB with 33mm height - which are smallest bushes.

    Temp assembled carburettor to inlet manifold to see how zinc plated parts look.

    Also had to rebuild horn compressor as bushes had died. Fitted bushes of a spare compressor and all good again.

















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    Re: New R5 Project II

    This is all looking nice and shiney

    Something doesn't quite look right with the shape of the inner ARB bushes, they look squashed, isn't there a 23mm ARB on some models?

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Having just browsed from page 1, gotta say looking sweet, only hope one day I can pay as much attention to detail on mine

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Cheers for comments ARB bushes sorted they were too long. they now fit nicely.

    So front end suspension sorted, R5 turned and back beam stripdown commencend





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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Bit more progress





    Managed to get rear beam off and clean all underneath up so I could underseal everything.





    Then stripped down the rear beam got torsion bars out and cleaned up the rear brake calipers and old fuel pipes.





    Finnished overhaul of tank heat shield and them commenced to give the gearbox a clean down. However when I took the end cover off to paint I found these small metal rods in the thick oil? Anyone know what they are?





    Pics as always




























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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Hi progress is amazing and great quality alot of effort has gone in and it shows. The little bars look like the inside of roller bearings thats givin up what were gear changes like and was there any noise from the box

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Quote Originally Posted by mk5gtt View Post
    Hi progress is amazing and great quality alot of effort has gone in and it shows. The little bars look like the inside of roller bearings thats givin up what were gear changes like and was there any noise from the box
    Cheers mate, its taken alot of effort and expense to get this far.

    The gearbox was fine before. Only issue was sometimes when you put car in first you got reverse. However after strip down it was noticed that gear linkage was bent. So assumed that was causing that issue.

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Little bit more progress

    Checked driveshaft and that was the culprit for the needle bearings in the gearbox

    Bought a piper 270 cam uprated valve springs and vernier

    Got a replacement gear linkage as mine was 10mm out of shape.

    Been working on the front calipers that Jon kindly had blasted for me.

    Also got a replacement upgraded Garrett Turbo and purchased a fuel filter and carb kit.

    Rear Beam has gone to powder coaters.











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    Re: New R5 Project II

    right time to update!

    All Callipers overhauled and ready to go on.

    Rear beam powder coated but in process destroyed rear bushes - replacements fitted and beam now on car.

    Brake pipes fitted as are fuel pipes and fuel tanks.

    New Retro number plates and dealer sticker purchased.

    Also got a replacement rip free rear seat and an enlarged intercooler

    Should bring things upto date. Rear beam needs setting to correct height.















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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Lots of detail in this. I especially like all the brackets and bolts being coated. Great build!

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    very jealous of your dedication and refurb skills!

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Stunning!!! love the period number plates and sealer sticker, nice touch .

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Cheers for the kind comments. Hoping to get some big progress done this year.

    Starting with getting the car a rolling shell again.

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Big thanks to Jonathan Smith for helping me out with rear beam.

    We had loads of hassle with torsion bars but back end is all sorted

    New bushes seemed to have held up well!

    Just sills to drill sideskirt mountings and its ready for paint.







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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Looking fantastic that! Excellent effort.

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Excellent attention to detail!!

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Great project thread....quality work looking forward to more updates

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Not updated for ages but today decided to tackle the engine strip down.

    Some pics of the stripdown














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    Re: New R5 Project II

    nice work, coming along nicely.

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Made a start on cleaning block up, came out well!





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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Not much progress on five its not high on the priority list at the moment.

    Plus cant really do much until five is painted.

    Anyway a little progress

    Bought a genuine tow eye cover off James that cleaned up really nice.

    Also bought new front brake discs and pads plus found old brake reservoir cap inner rubber had disintegrated so a new one of those was purchased and a new reservoir off ebay.

    Sump has been powder coated and looks quality - still to be picked up from Jon

    Also cleaned up inside of the block and gave it another coat of high temp black paint.








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    Re: New R5 Project II

    You git!! Now I have to buy a new reservoir more parts!!

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Great project, coming on really well .

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Perfect job

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    Re: New R5 Project II

    Little progress - five finally under cover after 3 years

    Have stripped down front suspension to get all the bolts plated - rear was showing old bolts up!

    So get bolts plated and then car can go for paint.

    Thanks for looking





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    Re: New R5 Project II

    love getting a car back freshly painted. great work so far pal

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