Fortunately for me my Missus step brother is a very talented mechanic who has agree to help me (do the majority whilst I make brews) with the turbo conversion.
This was the state of play when we left it last weekend
Unfortunately we had a few hiccups. Firstly was that on the day we were due to start my battery was completely flat which triggered an immobiliser fault! Why these things happen on these days is beyond me.
As I was sat having a poo contemplating life, I came across a post on here where someone recommends leaving the key in the ignition with all the doors open.... and it worked!
We lost 2 hours to this and finally got started just gone 11, getting the engine out by around 2.
I bought the turbo kit from a member of the Facebook group, unfortunately a lot of the parts were generic or not up to the job. Not his fault, and the kit could certainly have gone on but I wanted t to be perfect, que another £700 on parts for vehicle specific parts for this at Engine Dynamics.
He also forgot some of the bits and very kindly arranged a courier for the next day.
Whilst the engine is out we intend to change the clutch to a helix paddleshift item with a new valeo cover.
Buy a cheap track car they said, it'll be fun they said!
Car left at his garage as a rolling shell, feeling sorry for itself
Also, I had the alloys on my daily refurbed and powder coated. They are a bit gay but I like em!
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