Just wondering how much the turbo manifold set you back?

 

Cheers, Keelan.

Just wow. Reading your thread just makes me want to build a 7a hybrid even more, great work mate well done

Over the last couple of weekends I fitted up the fuel system.

New Bundy lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some bits and pieces

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stainless steel braid lines that go between the tank and the Bundy lines

 

 

 

 

More stainless steel braid lines between the bundy lines and the fuel pressure regulator/ fuel rail

 

 

 

 

An engine bay shot

 

 

Nice mate, taking your time and getting her looking rght,

 

Keep up the great work mate :thumbsup:

It’s been a little while between updates …. I have been sorting out the radiator.

 

I wanted a bigger then standard radiator so the only way it was going to happen was to do some slight modification to the radiator support.

 

The below pictures shows where I was going to make for a bigger radiator (see the white line as a guide line ~ being equal distance from the centre of the car)

 

 

 

The result

 

 

 

After contacting PWR about core thicknesses, I made up a dummy radiator (out of timber full size) to see if it will fit with the engine/engine bay.

 

 

 

 

 

It all measured up how I planned so I placed an order to have a new twin core radiator made up to my specifications and about 3 weeks later it arrived.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dummy radiator and the new radiator

 

 

 

All fitted up with new radiator supports welded in.

 

 

 

Just another random picture I found ….. its been too long since its been under its own power.

 

I hate uploading photos, it’s so much mucking around…

 

Hit the cam covers with some paint stripper and then a little bit of polishing.

 

Before

 

 

 

After

 

 

 

What it looked like in the car

 

Before

 

 

 

After, but this time with an aluminium valley cover

 

 

 

Before

 

 

 

After, but this time with an aluminium valley cover

 

 

 

I did not get a lot of pictures of making the aluminium valley cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought about buying one of the Carbon fibre things that do not fit properly, and I think a plastic look would not look right on a vehicle of this age (and I like shiny things) :)

Nice :D

Been looking all week and do you think I could find any 70mm diameter aluminium tube anywhere......... Noooo

 

Need some to start making the intercooler piping !

 

Looks like I will have to make one

I had some aluminium sheet that I cut to make a 70mm diameter tube/pipe once it was rolled. I made the pipe length longer then I needed.

 

Pictures in the making

 

 

 

 

 

 

The finished tube/pipe all polished up with a side piece for the blow off valve

 

 

Hmmmmmm cool works..... keep it up.....

How is the steering setup with the ST141 Corona struts? Did you have any issues with camber etc.?

I used Otomoto camber top kit (and a coil over kit) and I have no issues with camber what so ever.

Finished off all of the wiring over the last couple of weeks with the last of it being the wires that run from the battery in the boot. The battery wires are 50mm² which are huge. They run through the car, coming out through the firewall into the engine bay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The list to do is getting smaller and smaller, the next thing to do is the intercooler and piping and the oil cooler.

Edited September 11, 201214 yr by _FNQ_rolla_

50mm is big, I went 35mm on mine. Bigger is definately better in this case though.

Even with a trade price that 50mm cable is not cheap.