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A little more progress made today. I removed the heater blower and box ready to fit the little electric blower. Then started to re fit the dash along with pod/ kill switch / gauges. While I had the dash out I gave the flock a spray with suede die as it had started to fade in...

I thought mine were as I ordered hose kit with bulkhead. Seeing a few pics every kit looks to be different. I’ve seen one with bulkhead fitting, some with grommets. Also some with straight or 90’s off the master cylinder. 90’s would make the hose runs neater. I got them fitted yesterday, but...

Looking very good. Where did you make the bulkhead penetration for the brake line looks to be low down from your pics. Also on the rear did you add any extra clips in the arch as my hose sits very close to the tyre.

Checked my hoses today all look correct lengths, did think the were coming with bulkhead fittings rather than rubber grommets

Thanks for the heads up I have found M12-M10 adapters ifhr hose is wrong may be easier than sending it back. With the grey wheels and head light blanks the car should be back to looking something like this

Yip i mind from before when i went to fit a R5 master cylinder to balance out the brake ratio when trying to fit the Porsche calipers that there were two different sized fittings. Im not sure if the full fat MC is different threads from the cup, that some kits have been mixed up ?

Less than ideal as im now going to be working with the engine in the bay, original plan was for them to be fitted before the engine.

Yes Arran they arrived about a week ago , to my address rather than my parents where they were meant to go . I haven't checked them yet as not back in the UK until the end of the week.

I got tins mixed at my local Auto paints a few weeks ago, I painted my FG tailgate with them in the past and the match was perfect. Black , green, yellow... actually looks good together

RAL 6018 Can’t wait to see it built up as it will really stand out. I don’t think 6018 was used on anything in particular , more used as a base to blend from. Looks like a really nice job , mine was a track car £400 2 day turn around job

What shade did you go for Porsche green ?

Managed to buy some OZ F1's with track tyres, which should get delivered next week. Matching R8 mmmm

Thanks I have seen those kits and will probably go for one later on . Plan is justnow to get the car out on the engine thats fitted , as its already mapped by EFI with group N settings and was always a fast engine in Frasers car. I will then fit the turbo kit to my spare engine and work out...

I will be sticking to low boost on a standard engine so no real need for a hybrid thanks anyway. For boost pipes I think it will have to be custom

I picked up a few parts on a cheeky ebay bid last week , I know the 225 turbo and manifold will make install more difficult than the normal rear mount log manifold. In the package I got .. 225 turbo (modified outlet so doesnt go over the head) 225 manifold Downpipe Oil feed Ph1 fuel pump...

If I were to turbo the car later would there be an issue of fitting the cooler here, the rad could be lowered about 4" more Way I see it would be less pipe run, still have good airflow from the grill, with a defelector plate should get less heat soak from the rad.

Nice work Robbie 225bhp NA was fast in a clio so can only imagine what 230 plus a load more torque would be like. Whats it like for putting the power down ? Ive started collecting parts to turbo mine later in the year but not wanting to have to fit a diff this time around.

They a They are 15" wheels

That's what I was thinking Scott , if boost is kept low it should only be producing similar power to my old set up but have a larger torque spread.

Thanks Arran but I have , a manifold , turbo , injectors, inter cooler and oil pipes , ph1 fuel pump on there way 😢:tongueclosed: ,will still need to source boost pipes and a few other parts .

Yip that's what I was thinking I will build a kit up during the year on my spare engine, then send the spare ecu away to be coded.

I I recon 230 bhp can be done for under £1000 so still cheap compared to last build

Now the car is almost back together , I started to think of ways to develop it further later in the year .

I officially suck at keeping to a budget , just bought a PMS rear roll bar for the car My proline hose kit should be getting sent out next week to will get that fitted when removing the heater box.

This is the style I went for .

No its a small heater matrix with a blower built into it.

Similar bought the same heater as Neil M so will have two intakes going to the center screen feed. Keeping the upper dash and some of the drivers side lower I think. Well unless you want to do the wiring

Well glad I got the car running and most of the parts fitted as it will now be middle of Feb before I get any more work done. I will have my hose kit to fit then along with tidying up the interior dash/wiring/ switches. I ordered a small heater at autosport so looks like all the original...

Nope Apparently he s waiting on an order of green hose. Held off fitting the engine as long as I could, just hope they can be fitted with engine in place.

I paid over £300 for them looking get close to that back really.