I posted at the start of this month i had bought a SWB N/a with a naff engine and was planning on doing a TT swap among other things and general tinkery stuffs.... ( BTW i bought this with a Big end Bearing gone.....)

 

Well i started to strip her down and upon removing the R/h Wing i found this abomination!

 

 

Then obviously having to remove the engine and planning on stripping the underside i start removing the engine beginning with the Fluids and find a certain something peeping out the sump! (the dipstick i knew about when buying the car and the look on the owners face when i asked him where the rest of it was was priceless)

 

 

 

 

This next one isnt detrimental but i thought, at least I've gained something so far from buying this.....

 

 

 

Now for my favorite surprise ive had yet...

 

L/H Sill

 

 

R/H Sill

 

Yeah and OE evo X disks are 2piece so cost like £700 for the pair.....then pads.

 

....gulp

Little update :)

 

Engine bay before....

 

 

Engine bay After

 

 

 

 

not too bad for my first time spraying/smoothing/simplifying and engine bay.. some imperfections here and there but i aint going to lose sleep over it as filling and sanding was doing my nut in and my first intention was only to make it presentable which went out the window when i started smoothing stuff :hammer:

Edited February 12, 201411 yr by Hollings

oh and i had a delivery of my rear wheels finally!

 

My mother apparently signed for delivery of 3 wheels and argued that there should be 4 and said she counted 4....then sent me this picture..

 

 

 

 

Anyone hazard a guess as to how wide??

 

The dish isnt crazy as i wanted usable offsets.

 

 

one of my my rears (without tires) with one of the fronts

 

oh yeah and i sold my vg30dett late last year as i had a change of heart....

 

and got this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

looks pretty clean eh.

They must be 12" wide?

Looks great bud. Nice to see the shropshire star coming in handy :lol:

yeah only use i could find for that paper!

 

I bet the majority of people who see that engine dont know what it is. :ninja:

VH45DE? 4.5litre V8 :wink:

VH45DE? 4.5litre V8 :wink:

 

The file name 'vh45de.jpg' was a small clue :lol:

The file name 'vh45de.jpg' was a small clue :lol:

 

God dammit!!! :2guns:

 

...yeah you could be correct :clown:

:lol:

Need to mod my sig! :saddam:

Got to love the infinity engines the vh45 is a stunner

hey rickster i thought you was keeping quiet lol:lol:

i got bored :sweatdrop:

i got bored :sweatdrop:

 

Between songs.....pmsl....:lol:

im getting slagged off on my own build thread now :hang:

 

I know where your cars are ian... ;)

nice, what size tire are you hoping to mount on the rear?

285/30/18 they are 11.5j

im getting slagged off on my own build thread now :hang:

 

I know where your cars are ian... ;)

 

PMSL.....You know I'm only joking Rick.....:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Very nice engine there though buddy, on a more serious note, that is going to be awesome in your Zed.

Haha i know you are ian..but dont think this is over!! ..and cheers!

 

anyway yeah for my new engine here is my gearbox adapter from Xcessive

 

 

And my New fabbed Engine mounts from eric and Performance VH!

 

I can't wait to see your car when it's finished, it is going to be fantastic.

cheers bud, it means a lot!

its going to be awesome once built;)