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Be good to see this done. Doing a 5 Gt turbo for someone at the moment needs a bit of welding. Lots of wiring to tidy up.

I use forch spot weld drills. Keep them covered in cutting oil and they last a lot longer.

The std mk3's aren't as wide as the 197's

Dug the wife's ph1 from under it's Cover at the weekend gave it a quick wash and took some pics with the Cup. Not seen the road in around 7 years now, still looks great.

Welcome back, have a 197 Cup myself.

Had to this on my R26 box I put into my clio. Made it much nicer. Mine wouldn't centre properly, would just stay to the left. 3rd gear was the worst to select.

Yes mate, that's the one.

Should've waited a little longer and bought Ron's. Lol

I really do love the look of this Exclusive, definitely go a similar route if I got my hands on one.

It's only the bolt hole doze that's different, M12 or M14 from me, you'll need the M14's. I believe they can be Drilled out but not done it myself.

The cat system is waste of time. Tons of cars are repaired on a daily basis that are worse than a cat c and none of them have a marker on them. All down to insurance companies and values etc Wouldn't bother me.

Never been a fan of the speedlines myself, mainly the way they seem curve inwards from the centre to the rim. Where as the Silverstone's are the opposite and fill the arches so much better.

The storm has been sold on since the person bought it from you, then up for sale again a month or so after. Shame to see it moving about so much!

Spotted!

I Love my Meglio, haven't had it on track as yet, but it has had it's issue's! Firstly the package I bought was a waste of money! The only parts currently fitted to my car from the whole package I bought for £1100 is n/s driveshaft and gear selector and cables and both need replacing! But if...

Got a few,

Have the same in my f4rt. Did you use std bearings OK?

Top Work as Usual Paul. (y)

I don't tend to wear gloves any more when welding, stupid I know!! The worst I had was when 1 small splatter landed on my wedding ring. My hands can take it no problem these days but when it landed on my ring it took all the skin off where the ring sat! Very painful, had to have my ring resized...

Turn your wire speed up a little, especially if your welding from below, also keep the torch as straight as possible and give the wire a light spray with some wd40. Let's the wire feed easier and stops the wire from rusting too. I give it a light coat every couple of months. See how you go.

There was a kit for sale on Facebook last week for £500!

That was quick, but kind of expected as soon as you'd mentioned the possibility of selling it.

Drooled all over it when i was there. Must say Chris is a top bloke that knows his stuff!

just noticed the box on the bench in the earlier posts. R tech, i have an R tech Tig welder, Quality machine ?

Nice result, Lots of time saved. ?

Good Luck, I'll keep an eye out.

In all honesty I think you'll have trouble getting it to seal with a mig. I've made a few ali tanks and the slightest pin hole will leak! I'm not saying you won't be able to but it definitely won't be easy. If you weld it with a mig you'll struggle to weld it with a tig after. Maybe find...

I had to repair a motorbike tank at work a few months ago. Took all day to make up bits and weld it up. But he couldn't get another anywhere. Can't find a pic of it all done! Typical.

How are you going to weld it back up Dave? Gas or tig?

@DaveL485 Well I do it for a living, have done since I was 17! Never seem to do anything for myself though. I Want to build a classic race car at some point though. Building cars and race cars for other people isn't fun when you have to hand them over at the end! Enjoyed turboing my 197 as...