outside, inside, bump stop, you've just confused the hell out of me. I did try it that way but thought i would foul on the bumper or my oil cooler pipes would foul on the bumper, so mounted it that way, oh well, it can stay that way if i can be bothered to change it

outside = the side nearest the outside of the car

bump stop is just a small rubber bung that the cooler rests up against

as for chopping off the brackets, my mistake, you need to chop off the ones on the same side as the connecting pipes, since the "outside" one will foul the inside of the bumper, and the "inside" one might foul the pulley/drive belts, but if you chop them off, the cooler will fit in the original position and you can use the original air ducting, I don't think you'll get very good air flow over the cooler the way you have it now

Couple more piccies

How the engine is looking now
4" SIP and K&N Cone filter
Fuel system almost done

Car has moved out of it's parking outside the garage due to neighbours complaining and threatening to tow it away tomorrow, so now has been moved into a different neighbours garage.

Couple more minor bits to do to the wiring and that will be going in, need some more P clips to run the fuel lines under the car, then the fuel system will be done.

Oh and it's the 3rd year anniversary since the engine last blew up

begbie will you be adapting the front bumper to get more air to the fmic ?

That is looking good Begbie. It will be a right animal when it is complete.

How much do you estimate the final total will be? In money and time?

Damn,

that means that if we knew the neighbours we could have bribe them to give you enough hell to finish the car last year

Looking good Mr. A., pretty sure next time I'm up there it will be running (or should I say will have been completed )

Waiting to see the dyno graph

V.

Looking good Alexis.

Looking very very good indeed.

Nope, zender bumper does a good job already.




Time, well 3 years so far, not sure on the man hours i've spent on it and as for cost, well, it's a lot!

More piccies :

Motec to Fiat Loom and coloured conduit
Wiring loom in car
Wiring in engine bay

Managed to get the wiring in, and back behind the sound deadening on the bulkhead, couple of brackets back on and painted. Fuel lines have been run and finished, need to sort the wiring out in the boot for both fuel pumps etc..

Neighbours are cnuts. Can you believe mine moan when I fire my biatch up??!! It's only 106db too

Don't let the b*stards grind you down mate. Keep the good work going - look forward to seeing the end product some day.

Only 106db? Really? That seems quite loud for your car, although it didn't sound that loud inside the car

LOL - not quite sure what they are moaning about...I'd love a nice cerb rumble to wake me up in the morning - a hell of a lot better then splashing cold water on my face.

what an animal!!!!!

cant wait to see this at some shows!!

how long till she eats the road?

a couple of [insert your favourite time unit*]


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*secs/mins/hours/days/months are too small to be considered

Shut it Francis Rossi

oi!
not fair he's a bald old man and I'm not!
did I mention that you're too slow?

comeon mr A., just the inlet plenum (anything special there?), pipework, connecting all the wires, OIL, water and firing up!
Upsetting the neighbours (since it wont have a downpipe ) and off you go for mapping. Correct?
One weekend max!

V.

Alexis has devised a new an unique way of locking the crank in order to torque the crank nose bolt - quite a success I hear....................

rich

hope he hasn't scrapped the engine, comeon then tell us!

You're a git! engine is fine, just needs a new cambelt

Do you wanna borrow my impact wrench Begbie?

Got one already Nobby, but it needs to do 300nm or whatever it is needed on the crank bolt

This ones mine - 325lb/ft equates to over 400Nm...

http://www.tool-supplies.co.uk/sealey-tools.php/cPath/10_132/products_id/5658

Dunno how you would tell it its done up tight enough though without a torque wrench. I used an old auxilary belt locked off when I did my MR2. Suppose you could leave it in gear, wheels on the ground & clutch to gearbox take up the strain? Would that slip the clutch though?

Oooh Can i borrow that then please? Will make life about 10 times easier then don't need to worry about trying to lock it into gear etc..

Nothing that dramatic, will all be sorted soon, I'm posting him a box of 'slap up side the head!'.

Alexis / Dave,

May I ask what size oil cooler that is ? I need a bigger one for the 2.4 & need it to fit in the same area

cheers,

Taz

Something like this Taz

Yeah but unlike Beggers, you can fit it in the original position, you just need to chop off the two ends of the mounting bracket that are on the bottom (pipe connection side, the pipes join at the bottom just like OE) plus you need to make up some new hoses and join them to the pipes somewhere/somehow.

Doesn't the Coupe have the access hole (remove covering plate first) on the front of the gearbox bell housing so yout lock the fly wheel with a screw driver?

What size/litre capicity is the alloy fuel surge tank?
Looks nice.

On the 20VT the easiest way is to put a long bar across a couple of bolts half in on the flywheel side and torque.