brucers GT/LET wip.

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Originally Posted by 7ova

nice collection of parts
like the seats a lot

have some rep fella ;)

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thanks alot. they are nice seats, when i sat in them for the first time in almost 3 years it felt like home!

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Originally Posted by Benn

Looking good dude, looks low mine mine was first set..lol

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i thought i set it at a decent height to start with. obviously not. lol

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Originally Posted by krobinson

Love the engine bay! Looks superb!

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cheers keith, some influence from yours is evident.

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Originally Posted by Nova_Tek

Top work and great progress dude. Really coming along now. Lots of nice new bits too :thumb:

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not too long to go, but it is beggining to be a pain in the back side. going around in circles at the moment. hopefully the weekend goes a bit better.

I know how you feel man, I still got a few things to do more than you, just hope they go smoothly.

WOW thats some good work there mate

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Originally Posted by Mags

WOW thats some good work there mate

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cheers mags :thumb:

update

saturday

during the week i had received some more goodies from the postman, unfortunately not a large cheque.

roosemotorsport sent me out a nice new top hose.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3683.jpg

mr silicone sent me some 8mm fuel hose, 13mm fuel hose and a selection of 't' bolt clamps, again, 'p' clips, fuel hose clips and polished stainless pipe for my bottom hose.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3682.jpg

fish tank one valves and 't' pieces for the vacuum tubing.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3684.jpg

also taken delivery of a gear linkage and tailgate pins. my rose jointed linkage is rather stiff to use so have given up on that one untill i get the car up and running. dont want to be messing around with it for it not to work. it doesnt self centre either as its too stiff. apparently thats what there like until they loosen up.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3681.jpg

modyfied the linkage to suit the f28, gave it a paint and fitted it. have all gears selectable but will need a test drive to confirm.

intercooler hoses on the inlet side fitted and clamped up. there not the neatest but i need the car on the road asap so untill i have more time and money to deal with it it will do.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3685.jpg

i gave up with taking pictures as i wanted to crack on, ill hopefully remember to describe what ive done.

fitted the radiator, top hose and IC support bracket

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3691.jpg

piped up all the vacuum hoses from the dump valve, hot start valve, turbo and amal valve. tried to hide as much of it as i could under the inlet

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3692.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3693.jpg

made up the bottom hose with 2 45 deg hoses and stainless pipe.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3704.jpg

to make things easy on myself and so i dont damage all the filler in the firewall im going to route the loom across the front of the turret and into the battery area. once there ill take it into the cabin.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3703.jpg

at this point i got it so it was cranking over. i still hadnt got my fuel lines in or pump on, didnt have a fuel pump relay or the top nut for the oil feed. so i left it and went home

after contacting will foy i made a very late run down to his at 10pm to arrive at 11pm. picked up the aforementioned so i could make a move with trying to fire it up on sunday.

et voila

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3705.jpg

sunday

dug out my fuel pump and gave it a clean. the fuel reg thing was way past its best and all i had was my battery drill to try clean it. it wasnt going to happen. so for now it will do.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3707.jpg

made up all my fuel lines and mounted the pump into the powder coated bracket. had also bought 4 litres of fuel for 6pound. all i could afford. lol

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3711.jpg

so after some cranking to try get oil pressure it wasnt happening. the light on the dash wasnt going out and none was coming out of the turbo return. so decided to strip some parts down to check why i couldnt get pressure. the relief valve on the oil pump was free and moving. there was oil at the start of the oil feed for the turbo so was at a loose end. i cracked off the oil feed nit on the turbo and cranked to make sure oil was getting through. it was so tightened it back down. cranked again and i got oil pressure!!! it was air locked at the turbo, i was so pleased i had sorted it. didnt fancy stripping the engine back down.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3716.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3715.jpg

after that i went to fire it up. it cranked and cranked, eventually heard a pop, to my delight its what i wanted to hear. after some more cranking it attempted to start. after some more it ran a bit better and so on and so on. it doesnt stay running for long, longest i had was around 20secs. my exhaust isnt on so no lambda. my amal valve is wired up, the EML light isnt wired up yet so im hoping once i get those sorted it may run better. but time will tell.

the cars off to the bodyshop on the weekend so tonight ive been sorting the panels out.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3719.jpg

some messing around later it looked like this

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3720.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3726.jpg

that isnt the bumper ill be using, was my test bumper. im yet to cut up the one ill be using.

one thing im concerned about it the red mesh in my bonnet. is it too halfords? if so, what do i replace it with? i like the red as it helps compliment the other red on the car.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN3728.jpg

at the moment ive ran out of thoughts in my head, yet again ive most likely missed something so please ask any questions if need be.

thanks for looking

more good updates to come:d

bruce

Looking good dude. Metal pipe in the water system looks familiar... lol

aha, you caught me.:p

My eyes see it all..

look good mate nice and low

Great work, I bet you'll be well happy when it's all done and should look perfect when back from the painters and all the panels matching.

What an earth will you be using the 13mm hose for? I'm still waiting for my bracket for the fuel pump. Good ol' eBay, knows exactly when to funk up and mess ones plans.

Is your rocker powder coated black? or is it grey? Looks grey in the pic but either way looks great. I'd do the mesh in black or body tbh, looks a bit... you know.. in red... sorry!