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Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project usually whenever ive got nothing else to do in the daytime, lol...trying to get it running and sorted by the end of the month, so i dont have to piss around with it for the rest of summer yes, 3mm pmsl. im going to weigh it tommorow, its not that heavy tbh....it aint...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Not done much today, just tidied a few bits up...got a few daylight pics, all three mounts now bolted up...

let me know when you do please :approve:

172 mk1 allowed?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Hopefully get a radiator, get it plummed up, sort a downpipe tommorow and loads loads loads more, then I can try and start it :p

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 174 Few pictures of the sump guard laid on top of the subframe as requested.. Anyway, todays jobs...Fit the steering rack.. Fit the clutch... Then it was time for the subframe to go onto the car, but I was on my own...rig-up.. Sorted....Brake lines...

ph3 is the gay headlight edition ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 172-173 Quick update from the past two days....I re-painted the top part of the bulkhead yesterday, and the suspension turrets in body color. Sanded, primered, painted, clearcoated, looks alot better fresh. Everything else is hammerite again (Need to touch up round...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project yeah, ive had the multi meter out testing sensors and stuff for the other car ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project its 20 thousand views behind my old mk2 thread james, lol

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread cool updates...getting there quicker than I am lol

oh hai..

got it working then finally, sweet!

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project when you made a downpipe from the 172 decat, did it need length adding, or was it too long as it already was? just trying to work out if i need any pipe to make it at the weekend or not?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project neither, i cant be bothered faffing with having more joints than i need to in the exhaust, its just going to be....Manifold-Downpipe-Exhaust....cant be bothered hacking things up to put flanges in to have a cat, etc....i can easily get an mot sorted ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project yeah no rust on the shell itself its tempting, but im holding off on that for now....be reet lol there is nothing else left to paint engine bay wise....i started putting back together last night lol update from yesterday: Day 171 Orignally I was going to have an...

how much do you already know? most generalized night classes are usually from the rock bottom i would imagine... i learnt from just messing around trying different things and looking on the internet over a number of years, but I guess you want to learn it quick

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 170 Spent two hours late this afternoon with the grinder tidying up the welds/plates on the inside blanking the heater matrix hole and blower unit hole... Might look a mess, but it took ages to get it 'smooth' so to speak, with the grinder...The whole interiors...

nice! what plans you have in mind for it?

Magazine work is his Uni project I think, he wanted the pics for that so did him a favour and took some today :)

Who did the ECU for you?

Did a few quick pics for BIFCAIDS today, here are some of my favourites...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Not a chance, got better things to spend £250 on at the moment....maybe one day ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Fail at those, R19 UPP is £245! tempting tbh lol...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project lol...dear oh dear.

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project because Mk1's love the rust usually ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 169 Got a few bits and bobs sorted over the last few days, blanked the heater matrix hole up with some sheet metal and welder...The welder I had lent didnt want to play nice, wire kept sticking then had no gas...so the welds took some tidying up. After that sealed it...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project cheers for the info carl......and kuta, yes im writing it in a minute!

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project I see yeah....but the thing is, its my every day car until say september/october this year, too.... So what are R888's going to be like in horrible wet weather, and general road day-to-day use?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project T1-R's.... £117.24 delivered for 4.... what other 'decent' tyre, in 195/50/15, comes into a price bracket anywhere near that? Nothing that I can find at the moment....