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I think its the same old story, guy does work for friends, turns it into business, maintaining the friendly atmosphere, takes on to much because he doesnt want to let anyone down, gets out of depth and rides on past reputation until it all goes massively tits up and then name becomes mud. Theres...
Wow, feel for you, I remember seeing this at BTM when I had my black 182 5 years ago I think? Whats holding it up? Been some mega builds happen in a quarter of the time of this one!
That is absolutely awesome! Get some black hoses and jobs a good'un.
My mate had a 1.2 Corsa B Which we fitted a C20XE to and that felt properly quick when we were 18. Bet these are absolute beasts!
A ph2 172 is cheap as chips and readily available compared to Cups which are increasing in price, having said that as mentioned above they have more deadening etc. to remove.
Nice one, @Coops Turbo has an F4R MK1 as well.
I would just run the full 172 wiring setup, and shorten it/swap plugs for lights etc if needed, you can lose a fair bit of it (airbag and SRS stuff) but need the airbags deactivating in CLIP to keep the lights off.
Its easy if you follow each wire - some branch from big soldered joints of multiple wires, some go straight to the fuseboard/uch, some have shared earths etc. Just be methodical. Airbag plug needs some wires leaving in to prevent airbag light coming on (assuming you have deactivated or used...