let it begin!

awesome pcture!
good luck with the swap mate!!

Good luck!

Good luck, let me know when the bell housing arrives!

Cheers guys! Pretty much just the engines to be swapped over now, waiting on the bellhousing to turn up as we speak.

Bonnets off now. Fuel lines ready, just need to be fastened to the underside, pump, speed sensor etc also done.


I did find this however . . .


Ah. Not good, that'd be why the back end felt more floppy recently Dont know how it happened, must have clouted a rock or something, I'd remember though. An excuse to upgrade them sooner mind!

More updates to come.

Ouch! If you're starved for pennies you can have one of my old rears as a temp replacement.

how come youve taken your mirror off?

theo2468 wrote:how come youve taken your mirror off?

Im gonna guess its a space related issue. Doesnt look like theres a lot of shuffle room.

I like guessing.
It fun.

i thought it was common knowledge that door mirrors slow you down?

samueljon wrote:i thought it was common knowledge that door mirrors slow you down?

the Fonz wrote:I dont wanna see where ive been. I wanna see where im going.

Speedy, that'd be wicked mate. Did the head unit work in the end btw?

Theo, VND's guess was right. Couldnt get it in the garage otherwise, and it helps me move round the car

And Sam, thats got to be quote of the day, I found found it pretty funny!

Erm, fuels lines fastened and sorted, second external filter plumbed in (nowt fancy) and front subframe and ARB now on. Buggered the poly ARB mounts though, I was getting frustrated at least they aint too expensive! Had a load of good nick rubber spares though, so they'll do for now. Getting rid of rust and primering stuff too, since paint takes a while to dry, thought i'd kill 2 birds with one stone.

Last things to do is engine in (tomorrow), water hoses and wire it up.

Pics to follow!

jon-ovlov wrote: Erm, fuels lines fastened and sorted, second external filter plumbed in (nowt fancy) and front subframe and ARB now on. Buggered the poly ARB mounts though, I was getting frustrated at least they aint too expensive! Had a load of good nick rubber spares though, so they'll do for now. Getting rid of rust and primering stuff too, since paint takes a while to dry, thought i'd kill 2 birds with one stone.

Last things to do is engine in (tomorrow), water hoses and wire it up.
!

Sounds like youve been cracking on man!

deffo get a vid when its chugging man.

Will do VND! Im pressing on yeah, nothing else to do though

Fuel lines, chuffed with how they came out, very neat



Those would be fubard 26+ year old engine mounts then!


Close up of the mounts (whats left of them). I jacked up the engine slightly to get the old subframe off, the mounts were completely un-bolted. They stuck to the subframe, not the engine. ha ha! Christ.


Difference between MK2 and 3 subframes (newer one MK3)

random fuel pump pic - Adam's work is awesome, no corners cut!

good work bud

Good effort dude!
that happend to the engine mount on the grey car!

i deffo need to take a few days off work and just crack on with mine, just waiting on the loom still