Small update. Gearbox has gone away to my gearbox guy to be checked over and rebuilt as necessary. Sent him a box with afew other bits in too, notably a Gripper LSD and 13/59 crownwheel and pinion + a shorter 5th gear set.
Also bought some more bits from Chris (Crispy Clio) as he was breaking his car, already bought my AST's from him and now have his OZ Ultraleggeras, Forge coolant hoses with heater matrix bypass, oil cooler kit and an AX wiper kit that i've been looking for for a while.
Tidying up some loose ends, painted under the rear arches in body colour, means the whole shell inside out and underneath the arches is in Glacier white now. Fitted my rear coilovers after the paint was dry.
Got my front struts fitted too along with the hubs, including new wheel bearings and Brembo HC discs. As much camber as i can get with smaller diamter bolts in the hub and top mounts to max caster. Give me a base to start from when setting it up.
Rest of the focus this week has been on fitting all the Pure Motorsport suspension bits, front wishbone bearing kit and strengthing plates + new balljoints and the full rear strengthening plate and bearing kit. Got the front arms stripped of the original bushes first before buffing the powdercoat off them ready to weld up.
The intention was to get these done first but i need to press the pure motorsport collars back in the arms, as they're so tight, before i can weld them so moved onto the rear beam. Got it stripped down with the bushes out and removed all the original mounts and spring plates with the trusty grinder.
Just got the bearing housings tacked in for now, need to fully weld them up.
Its a pretty involved task fitting the full kit but hopefully will be worth it when its all built up and painted and back on the car. Got all the plates tacked in first with some minor mods.
Managed to get one side all completely welded. See my tame welder Andy in action!
The plan is to get all the suspension bits finished this week so i can get the car all back on its wheels with the suspension and brakes all built up and bled. Once the gearbox is back next week the engine can go back in, busy few weeks coming up! Only big ticket item left to purchase is a Race Technology Dash 2 Pro, got my dta ecu here and once the engine is in i can finish my wiring, have my switch box for all my buttons and switches to sit by the handbrake to so more updates on those as im going.
Russ