ryan22laird Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) hi lads thought its about time a introduce myself well my names Ryan and am from Scotland I own a lovely 96 spec v that a bought a year ago from a friend who sadly blew the engine up here's a photo of how I got it http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1385874_616324258411235_1190573309_n_zps711ab5c4.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 so basically a picked the car up on a Friday night got it home so then the next morning a got in about it first step was do a compression test done that one cylinder was reading 170psi the other three was 20psi so a removed the engine to see what damage was done basically the three cylinders that was reading 20psi was fu**cked parts of the piston fell out in ma hand lol so next step was source a new engine just by luck a found a engine 8 mile from where a stay went and picked that up the same day it had been lying in the boys garage for two years so was a bit rusty nothing a good clean & paint couldn't sort out here's a picture of the engine all clean & painted http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1417593_662622793795362_1909248630_o_zpsb660c533.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 so after painting the engine I decided to paint inside the car & engine bay blue this was a paint in the cunt but got there eventually only taken 3 days lol here's some pictures http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/_78-1_zps8f0fced4.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=1 http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/1743508_676690595721915_1584465765_n_zpsbbc72461.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0three days later a finally fitted the engine gave it a full service all new oils new filter & plugs got her running for the first time in two years but sounded awful was reving hight and low so a got some advise on here & someone said it might be the spark plug cap & arm inside so a changed this and it ran spot on here's more pictures of the the car after all fixed http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/545973_629899227067719_299222123_n_zps82aa30a3.jpg.html?sort=3&o=26 http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140507_122433_zps0a4033b2.jpg.html?filters[user]=139833125&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0 6 month down the line its changed a lot here's the full spec omp deep dish steering wheel15" rotas painted Cadburys purplewildwood breaksd2 coilovers evo 4 seatssparco harnessesblitz boost gaugeblitz frontblitz air filtertrd short shifterlsd gearboxexcedy stage 2 clutchdid have a full cusco cage sold that now have a half cagegenuine varis bonnetvaris wingsid workz bumper2.5 side exit exhaust255 fuel pumphks dump valvetongs ct9 hybridzisco manifoldblitz decattial wastage with 1 bar springemanage bluesard fpr that's all a can think of just now here's more pictures how the car sits now have loads more plans to come as av just bought a stage 2 forged engine so a will keep everyone posted hopefully will be running big boost soon http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140318_164412_zpse407a10e.jpg.html?filters[user]=139833125&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=12 http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140316_124157_zps9e0fedf8.jpg.html?filters[user]=139833125&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=37 http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/laird1991/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140607_143716_zpsa908d416.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6 Edited June 13, 2014 by ryan22laird Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan22laird Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Can someone put the pictures up proper please Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 See when youre coping the link on photobucket it the IMG link that you need to copy, the pic will come up automatically then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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