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The engine is the reason she was laid up so long matey, got into trackdays and the turbo setup just couldn't hack it and I cracked two blocks in two years. So gave up and built the red mk1 for track and this languished on drive ever since, knickers round her ankles.
Now got a standard F7P lump...
Decided couldn't resist the temptation and popped wheels on, dropped to deck and refitted the external bits to make it a full car again.
Got the old motivational juices flowing and as @Daniel so eloquently put it, get the tip all dewy :ROFLMAO:
God I've missed this car, I just love the...
Next job was fit the frame to the car and mount up the front uprights, hub assemblies and coilovers etc.
So frame bolted up
Williams coilovers dug out and standard top mounts fitted
Fitted to car
Hub assembly with roll correction kit fitted
Wheels trial fitted
And nosey...
Some progress made today, fitted the Williams ARB with the 172 wishbones and powerflex purple bushes all round.
Fitted the phase 1 172 inner track rods to the mk1 1.2 manual steering rack and bolts that to the frame. New boots fitted too.
New subframe bush also fitted to replace the tired...
Got some inner arb bushes sorted, just need to order up all the other bits, going to wait till payday for that.
So clocked over 213k so Hoover and a bath
Not made any progress on this really, not had time to sort the carbon front parts, hopefully get front bumper off in next week or two and get it done.
In meantime collected front subframe assembly to strip, get powdercoated and build up with new components. Come from a 100 ish k car so I'll...
Still awaiting correct steering rack boots to arrive as ones I ordered first are too large. Once they arrive I can fit front subframe and suspension assembly to the car and pop it back on the deck up front.
Then I'll begin task of stripping underside from bulkhead back.
As such, nicked...