Cyanidesid Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Hey guys .. thought I'd give you a little insight into my build . Many of you know this car already it has been passed about abit🙄 I brought the car in march needing issues sorting !Firstly I insured the car last month thinking I could drive it around but I was wrong I took it for a spin and immediately started smoking blue .. there was oil around the turbo inlet and to top that off on the way home the head gasket went between 1-2 sooo I had the head skimmed new valve stems cosmitic mls and arp bolts so I started the rebuild got it running and the head sized (cams) no oil pressure.i know some of you would say did the oil light come on well no the bulb was out. Anyway lucky took the cams out and they were free had it all checked out and all is good as for the oil pressure problem turns out the oil cooler and filter relocate pipes were the wrong way around .. so that's them 2 issues sorted now to the turbo turns out the exhaust impeller was lettting in oil so I brought a new td04L..Now I brought the car with a forged mrk1 ft engine in with NO proff but since the head rebuild that has now confirmed its forged 😬Another issue was no gearbox oil and I run it for 60 miles without any in apparently it has a cusco lsd and it is really noisy when cornering I've put new oil in and a friction modifier .The car cam with 12 months mot but shouldn't of passed 😂 All 4 shocks leaking No bulb in n/s head lamp no battery tie down 2rear tires down to canvas Role bar gaters none existent no fuel cap .Yeah I know why bother well I didn't wanna break it ..I have sorted the issues out now so it's completely road worthy .I'm looking at getting 280bhp over the next few months so any tips are welcome the car mods are as follows....Forged engine by Chris bover Wossner pistonsScat h beam rods Cosmitic mls Arp bolts Acl bottom endCrank polished New belts and oil/water pumps Zep racing ecuJperformance inter mani and decat Tdo4 Greddy fmic sard fprHalf radD2 coilovers Rota gridsInside stripped out Exhaust system is mixed and matched so will be looking for another Standard breaks also looking for something better Please excuse my spelling 😬 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Cyanidesid Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Also made a diy shifter and changed the bonnet to silver Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JamesD89 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Well done for not breaking it mate, sounds like you've had quite a mission getting her healthy again. Looks much better with silver bonnet. Good luck with it.James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyanidesid Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 Thanks James I can't wait to do some track days in it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeyJp_68 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Did extending the shifter by that much make a difference ? Looking to do mine shortly and i want quite a short throw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyanidesid Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Did extending the shifter by that much make a difference ? Looking to do mine shortly and i want quite a short throwYeah I extended mine by 20mm but doing that meant I needed a lot of spaces for the shifter housing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeyJp_68 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) Yeah I extended mine by 20mm but doing that meant I needed a lot of spaces for the shifter housingOkay cool will look at doing itVery nice looking car by the way. Im liking them wheels. Although id have to sort that fmic out.. looks to be sat over to the nearside a lot more ? Edited May 29, 2017 by SpikeyJp_68 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyanidesid Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Okay cool will look at doing itVery nice looking car by the way. Im liking them wheels. Although id have to sort that fmic out.. looks to be sat over to the nearside a lot more ?It's smack bang in the middle but it low the bottom of the intercooler comes past the bottom of the bumper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyanidesid Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Fitted new wepr evolution tdo4 mani decat and screamer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomson Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Looks good mate! What are the wheels specs by the way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DRiiFTiE Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 All my old bodywork on that ;-) or atleast got sold with the car! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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