t`s novat turbo build new one

little update last saturday the engine went in as ive been putting it off for a while now,so finally got my a**s into gear lol,well my mate was ment to come round and fit the timing belt and water pump before the engine went in and guess what he didint,phone was off,so thought sod it its going in,plus my other mate was ment to come round and help me but got called into work,sounds funny to me as he dont work saturdays,well you know who your mates are then ay,plus i popped over to see ward to get some engine hooks thanks mate helped me out big time really appriciate that,gotta say quality bloke,love the colour of your car its awsome, so i thought sod it i will do it on my own,took me alot longer than i thought,was a struggle but with the help from my bird which is pregnant,i told her to just pump the hoist up and down,i had other things she could do that for lol,then my dad came back from shopping so he give me a hand aswell,i was shocked as he hates cars,so was chuffed when he said i will help you,must of been in a really good mood,so took the most of it lol,so finally with abit jiggery pokery it went in,got a few picks not alot as was nackerd

also i cut and bent the clutch cable bracket,which all the paint cracked then,sanded it down and repainted again,not too bad i mus say to my self
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engine in
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then decided i want a different inlet manifold so gonna get one made up
so off it come,change my mind like the weather
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inlet manifoldless
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Shame your not closer as i would of come and helped Tony.

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Originally Posted by Ernie

Shame your not closer as i would of come and helped Tony.

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thats ok mate to be honest it was a struggle but kind of liked it on my own in a weird way,its a far old trek for you tho thanks tho:thumb:

i like what im seeing :cool:

done some more bits on friday and saturday,first off was tap a new thread in the g/box front mount,as it stripped its thread been like that since i had the box,anyway thought things was going good,the the bloody thing snapped as i was tapping it out,borrowed a tapping kit off my mate cheapo s***,so went to a tool shop in romford essex,only 10 mins away,to get some drill bits cant remeber the name i know there gold and really strong,aslo got some stud extractors,then got back to get the bloody thing out,sprayed it with wd40,then tried drilling a hole in the middle of it,got nowhere,so tried another bit,still nothing so i got my spike out the started tapping it on each corner the more wd40,then drill in the groves into it get some metal out the way,then more tapping,more wd40 so after a hour or so it finally came loose,so tapped a new thread really slowly this time,so on the g/box mount now has two 17mm and one 19mm,aint tapping them all the same sod that lol,also i fitted my drive shafts and the equal length aswell,plus trial fitted the rad and boost pipes and intercooler,gotta get a new slam panel but will do that abit later,got a few pics its geting there slowly but shorely,hope you all like

the new garge alot better than my old council one lol
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looking good and there is loads more room in the new place.

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Originally Posted by Ernie

looking good and there is loads more room in the new place.

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yeah mate got abit more room than that other place,thanks just gotta sort the height out of the engine now

got my mate coming round tomorrow,so there is two of us to sort the engine height,we was thinking of cutting the body mount off and lowering them,then rewelding them back on or cut the engine mount brackets(the ones that bolt to the block),the redrill the holes,but will get a updat tomorrow,well my manifold is being made now so hopefully will get that back in the next few weeks,also i bought the dd2 dash off G8WCC,just waiting for my paypal to clear,just after a dash now,so can get that flocked then,start putting the fuel lines in oh and get my wilwoods and sort the wiring out,so hopefully should be up and runing soon,just gotta be abit more patient instead of trying to rush it,well its taking long enough now lol

was cleaning my car today(for once),looked in my boot and forgot about my lower strengthend arms i got off novashed,only got them the other day lol,so i thought i will get them on tonight,after finishing work at half 4,thinking i will be home in ten minutes,i was wrong after sitting in traffic for about 2 hours i finally got home,not happy lost some good time down the garage,so first off was get the car up on axle stands again,been in the air more than on road ha ha,then i changed my mine and thought i will have ago at this bloody engine height,after fiddling around abit,ive got the front engine mount sitting ok,its just the f28 one,think it needs abit more modifying to get it right,but will leave that for now,as i started getting the hump with it,so put some spacers in it for now,then i thought sod it i will put one side on of the lower arms,that was it for the night as started to get hungry chicken and chips nice?

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out with the old
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in with the new
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how do does everyone else run there balljoints on the top or the bottom
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