** Lee's Barn ** Current status 'OPERATION PIKEY VAN'

LMAO Dar, your the gay who was mincing around with the tarp with Dan, not me. I was clever and looked after the 'smoking of ciggarretes' side of the job lol

Olly, im lucky in that I have a nightfire red Nova which i use as a development template. The exhaust on the 'development' car works well, so im opting for that. Im also waiting for my development consultant to work out what to do with the hubs as well lol lol

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Originally Posted by nova---chris

im waiting for 'it wont ever work with that pulley line' lmfao!:thumb:

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Oh, it'll work fine :) Im just worried about the cam cover, as i wont want a trip in the gravel with that lot exposed ready to lunch the expensive internals!!

Stay out of the gravel then :p.

Or make up a ford escort/fiesta type shield.

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Originally Posted by Xen0phobiak

Stay out of the gravel then :p.

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He would have to make it to it first lol

lol, funny guy chris, funny guy!


Finished the engine install today with a bit of mincing involvng the Manifold (had to grind a small amount from one side of the flange to clear the thermostat housing)

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Oil cooler, radiator/fan, struts and brace back on

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Also slapped some stickers on the bonnet as im pretty certain ill never be assed to paint it lol

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Went to crank it but the battery's flatter than flat thing from flat land.


Just need to wait for Dar to pull his finger out of his ass and sort these hubs out now lol

Next week, its time to get down and dirty with the Wide Arch :)

Nice, nearly ready-ish.
How similar is the new engine compared to your old one?
Going be running it on the same map?

looking good chap! great work :)

do you run short trumpets then? going on the depth of your ITG?

how many zip ties?
goes like yee ol' nineties song tubthumpin this thread..
good spirited stuff

Adam, nope, Chris will be emailing me his map when he can be assed :) He paid a lot to have it done so I may as well use it lol Not overly similar TBH, my old engine was a revver, and this is more of a torque monster. Last one revved to 7750 and made 190 - 200bhp, this one only goes to 6900 would you believe it, and it makes 220 ish bhp! Christ knows what it'll do when i stick the yellow injectors on and take it to jamsport for a tweek! Estimates are around 235 ish :) W00t! Ive driven chris' car with this engine and i instantly fell in love, thats why i made sure I was always at the top of the list if he came to sell up :)

Peester.. Cable ties are the future ;)

Olly, yup i had the stubbys from new and never realy felt the need to change them. I know they make a small difference to the torque/ power split, but no plans to change em at the moment.

Cool, its making a lot of power at pretty low revs then (compared to most tuned NA engines)
Should go very well.

I assume the first proper outing will probably be Combe Spring Action Day?