Got bored

[Iain]

That interior is looking pretty swish

[Mike]

Haha cheers Iain. Its properly starting to look how I wanted now.... after 12 months of fannying around with it :S

Had some more electrical arrive today, the other 11 way multi plug (goes behind nav foot tray with the other one) 2x25A toggle switchs (F/Fogs & Nitrous arming) & some more meters of high temp loom braiding. Not back at work now till Monday 25th so need to crack on with the car & make a load of fiberglass parts up & get them sold :S

[peester]

Big enough flow capacity for 320hp IIRC (in a 2.3 conversion.)

what engine's a 2.3?
Looking good mike, great progress.
I like the roof vent's youre making.

[Mike]

what engine's a 2.3?
Looking good mike, great progress.
I like the roof vent's youre making.

Cheers Dave, I got loads of roof vents knocking around carbon & FG. Got rid the kevlar roof vent & rocking it out with a carbon one now aswell

If you change XE rods to 144mm centre to centre ones, JRE can supply a 94mm stroke crank that will give you 2.3 (or near enough) litres. They do 2.5 ones aswell (97mm) (cranks start at £1850+vat :S & rods are £785+vat).

[peester]

christ.. thought that 20XE maxed out at under 2.2 litres?!
im a little off from thinking of getting one of those yet , but when/if i do, now know where to go .

[Mike]

christ.. thought that 20XE maxed out at under 2.2 litres?!
im a little off from thinking of getting one of those yet , but when/if i do, now know where to go .

The overbore diameter yeah, but thats the average way (but only way for the masses unfortunatly) of getting bigger cc's from a shonky old XE/LET block.

If I had three grand spare Id do it, but I havent, so I cant

[peester]

yeah must the case then.
Aye many more better ways of spending £3k in your situation at the moment.

[Mike]

So lately I aint really been doing much as been busy doing other 4x4 type projects & making panels & shizzle, but got a bit more done none the less.

Got some GSi kit parts, front bumper, archs etc just need some GSi skirts now.



Mounted it all up proper yesterday using D ring Dzus fastners, looks swish.



And created a few more loom parts, of which Ill hopefully get finished & fitted today (weather dependant).



That is all for now.

[Alex J]

is this heap done yet

[Mike]

is this heap done yet

nearly, just dont have nowhere near as much spare time as I did when I first started it tho