whiteglanzav Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 this is what I've copied and pasted fro m my members garage on tgtt*******************************************************Right then guys, where do I begin . . . I first bought my car in December 08 after driving it back from manchester I decided to get some new brakes so i bought EBC discs and green stuff pads. I was happy with the purchase and when coming to fit them and checking the rest of the brakes I had realised that the back calipers were seized and also that the handbrake cables were fuuked. After getting it back from the garage and driving it around for a couple of months i came across 3 major problems.1. The left handside caliper was missing a pad clip and caused the pad to rub constantly on the disc which wore the pad all the way to the metal and scored the disc.2. The most pain in the arse problem ever - Heater matrix ! :holdit: anyone thats had to do this before knows what im on about ! See pik:My Dad in the pik lol - and notice the snow as i was doing it lol. It took around 12 hours over 2 weeks !!! and I did it all myself ! Whilst it was out i decided to get the interior re-done - and put it all back together again ;)3. This being the more serious - I started to hear a blowing noise, at first i couldnt find where it was coming from and after some investigation i found that the cylinder head had a fuk off massive crack in it which the previous owner neglected to mention but obviously knew about as it had been puttyd up. I re-puttyd it to keep it going till i could source a new head and get it fitted.Managed to get a head and it was fitted whilst i was on holiday. I now thought "fucking awesome - lets get some modding done" very dangerous . . .At the time the head was changed it was fully serviced so i thought it would be fine - So i changed the 17" rims for some 15" ones and gave it a nice clean and took some piks:3 weeks and 1000 miles later i was proved very wrong.Was driving back from football to my girls house and i have to go cross country roads to get there and it was around 11 and dark, no cars so i was driving a bit quicker than usual and BANG engine cut and couldnt be started . . . . . shit.Stranded in a field 5 miles from anywhere 12 o'clock at night 1 bar of battery on my phone - gutted.Got my dad to tow me home 7 miles with a nakkerd old 6 ft rope and i had no lights or brakes wasnt fun at all and i was well pissed off :mad: I posted on here as to what may be the problem - and as usual plenty of help and support As feared - it was the bottom end I had found that there was no oil in the engine so i put a few litres in it and it started, on slight revs there was a very loud knocking noise and it was shaking the entire engine. In 2 words - absolubtly fuckedNext day a man with a low loader came - the car didnt even have enough power to drive up onto it so it had to be winched The decision was made to go forged ;) i got a set of wiseco pistons and scat rods from Dave :eek:Look at the standard issue Cadburys rods compared to the scats !!! When the car got to the garage we managed to take out the engine and strip it within a day !Standard Engine !The block then went off to be honed to suit the 0.5mm oversize, the engineers fucked about abit and we waited for 4 weeks in all. it didnt help that I had to get a new crank aswell as mine needed far 2 much taken off !So in the mean time we decided to cut out the bumper and fit the mocal oil cooler kit and fmic !!! We finally got all the bits back and started cleaning and painting the block and then notching it and sitting the pistons and rods in ready to be fitted I left Ryan to it and started cleaning up the bayQuick update just to show bits of work that were done last week, including 90% of the engine being built and my home made gauge holder Forged Engine Bit of an update:I had a livesports style lip sorted and sen to me - thought that it would go well with the cut out bumper and an air filter relocation kit from mikePicture of my custom gauge holder that i made, fitted nicely Quick shot of the engine bay, i will get some better ones in a bit as i have made it even more nice and tidy And some piks of the car UPDATE for td04 piksAn off focus shot of the bay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan5793 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 thats awesome! love the interior and the front end! keep it up ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Awesome build up, love the car. Engine bay and interior look awesome mate.We have a meet on the 7th of March in Huddersfield, would be nice for you to pop over as your not too far off. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
addz Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Awesome, truly awesome:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michel_M Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Nice work. I really like how mean the front end looks, with the FMIC and air filter. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Awesome work mate,love the colour of the cam cover im thinking of doing my TOM'S wheels kawasaki green ;) Also love the size of the fmic is doesn't look big like most,keep up the good work buddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan_Glanza Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 looks smart, good job, a lot of time and money well spent im guessing ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5T4R7ET N/A Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Nice car mate!you done that interior yourself, looks MINT! ;) how did you do it?p.s get a bigger FMIC on it ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B11G KY Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Dam shes beautiful! im definatly gonna get rid of ma AC! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Seen this on TGTT, beautiful mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlet__SR Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Are you the guy who parked infront of my SR months back at the multi storey car park in donny????Damien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 That interior is perfect, How much did all the flocking cost?? Awesome motor mate, keep up the good work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Love this motor!!Interior is stunning and so it the bay and exterior, love it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chr15_7_t_ Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 sooo jelous .... great work with the car though ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dale10ellis10 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Looks awsome!! Is the dash actually flocked or is it some form of material looks amazing ;)how much and where did you send it, been speaking to ' flock it ' and got a few quotes from themDale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200bhp starlet Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 ^^^^^ same as above where and how much i want some Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 few more piks for you lot - its not flocking its suede trimmed and it involves taking the dash out its a ryt pain and it cost £250 !! also because its not going to look like this for long !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 £250 wheres that from?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blitz Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 fantastic mate stunning the suede interior makes it look aston martin'ish lot of money gone into this now doubt very jelous mate lovely car Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dale10ellis10 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Suffolk Flocking flock dashboards for £110 just sent mine there for the above people asking about dashboards ectDale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 cheers guys this is transformed now !! haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Show us what has been transformed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Show us what has been transformed will get some piks up this weekend !! :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 Just thought i would put up a few piks of my new brake setup - they are levin (bzr) twin-pot callipers as far as i can tell they are standard and have no aftermarket bracket, as you can see from the first pik the two 17's bolt straight onto the original carrier bracket - also the discs are around 5mm wider than the standard ones but a fair bit fatter - i should have taken a pik to compare.they fit with the same braided lines that i used on my stock calipers and they are a HUGE improvement :harhar: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silverglanza Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 nice what they on? and what was the cost if u dont mind me asking and what size wheels they fit in? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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