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Been over to my mates place to see how my car was coming on as he is the man on the job.

Check out the pictures below and let me no what you think, thats if they work, if not i might need a hint or too. ta.


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Looks to be coming along a treat, engine mounts look very solid.

Will be a right go-er

Thanks loads Lewis I owe you, I wont forget it.

That rad and tank look smart, and you have missed a square bracket off that first link.

The latest on the engine, paint on rocker and cam cover

Note the block painted and new oil level dipstick location

Check out the throttle bodies.

lookin like a nice job.

I like your radiator.







.......Anyway, engine looks great - install seems to be coming along a treat. Methinks you need more shiny anodised purple bits though

Cheers Lewis, I am going for a polished alloy crank trigger wheel and some vernier pulleys although they wont be obvious, Trying to keep the vermillion/black roof look about the engine bay, hence the black paint work.
As for the rad, I needed a new one and why not a non corrosive alloy custom fit one, not cheap mind.
Its booked in at hayward and scott for the most expensive custom exhaust in the world, pictures to follow.
Check out my billett steel lightened flywheel

One piece propshaft

I concur btw, it'll look great as it is

Its Looking good!

Making me very envious as my very obviously lower budget XE installl is on hold until I get my priorities sorted.

Who did you use for the propshaft in the end? How much? Its something still on my to-do but gathering dust list!

Cheers

G

graeme I admit I am just throwing money at the car to get it finished, if I qibble about cost of this or the cost of that it simply will not get finished and I will be left with a half finished car. Its worked out quite well as I knew I would not have the time to do this and a good friend has started his own business, when I mentioned the engine conversion he was more than keen to do it and use it as a promotional tool for promoting his business and showing what he can do.

He specialises in alloy fabrication, welding, radiators/intercoolers etc etc, he is a very talented man and general car nut.

By the way its Carrera Custom Design House 01284 388522

The propshaft was made by a triumph specialist believe it or not over suffolk way, cost about £200 ouch, I can get a number for you if you want.

eightiesflamer wrote:graeme I admit I am just throwing money at the car to get it finished, if I qibble about cost of this or the cost of that it simply will not get finished and I will be left with a half finished car. Its worked out quite well as I knew I would not have the time to do this and a good friend has started his own business, when I mentioned the engine conversion he was more than keen to do it and use it as a promotional tool for promoting his business and showing what he can do.

He specialises in alloy fabrication, welding, radiators/intercoolers etc etc, he is a very talented man and general car nut.

By the way its Carrera Custom Design House 01284 388522

The propshaft was made by a triumph specialist believe it or not over suffolk way, cost about £200 ouch, I can get a number for you if you want.

Can he knock up an uprated rad for a sprint for me?
If so how much and what capacity would it be over the original sprint item.
PM me if you wish
Ta
Ian

£200 sounds like a decent price if it was a properly fabricated item. But its probably peanuts compared to those tasty looking throttle bodies your engine is wearing!

Its still another one of those bits I need to sort.

Keep up the good work, albiet your completely cheating by paying someone else!

Did you use the getrag manta 1.8 gearbox or are you using something easier to get hold of?

Graeme
I had all the intentions of doing the conversion myself, I removed engine and box, drove all over the country sourcing all the bits, have made untold amounts of phone calls organising stuff, then spoke to a friend that snatched it away from me in exchange for an agreed sum, that and the fact that it is simply easier for me to do overtime, earn extra money and pay to have car done to a better standard than I would have got it too.

Manta gretag box indeed, spigot bearing bush, billet flywheel, custom balanced prop, standard 230 cover and manta 230 friction plate.

These are direct to head throttle bodies which cost an absolute fortune, couldnt be bother d with mis matching bike bodies, alot of them will not work anyway, cost per hassle the direct to head throttle bodies are the way to go.

Engine bay being painted at the mo, will update soon with some pics.