Due to my extreme bad luck in engines recently i've kind of been ignoring the zed as i don't want to feel any worse than

i do by thinking about it to much but that being said the cover has been off and parts lying about that there was a layer

cake of dust and other contaminants that could have spoiled the overall paintwork.

 

So today with the help of my wifes car we hauled her out of the garage for a reassembly and thorough clean.

 

Afer a scale and polish she makes my proud again to say i own her - minus an engine for now.

 

 

 

 

Such a nice colour that.

I've always loved your cars colour, very special. Whats the blue thing on the nose panel? Light refraction?

3 hours ago, TheRealNips said:

I've always loved your cars colour, very special. Whats the blue thing on the nose panel? Light refraction?

Must be from the camera, i checked other pictures in the same position and they all have it.

Maybe the lense is refracting light at the nose panel.

 

such a buitifull motor, forget the engin, I could just happily look at it sitting there.

Wish mine looked like that.

Paintwork is beautiful! You should be proud of the way it looks - so so clean [emoji2] Is that midnight purple? Assuming you carried out the paint job? As from memory only late models I think were available with the midnight purple.

What’s the story with the engine then?


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28 minutes ago, naz27 said:

Paintwork is beautiful! You should be proud of the way it looks - so so clean Is that midnight purple? Assuming you carried out the paint job? As from memory only late models I think were available with the midnight purple.

What’s the story with the engine then?


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Its House of Kolors paint in of course Purple.

So the engine issues spans originally back to 2015 when it blew up on my old zed, I stupidly used the same plenum because it

was highly polished on my new build without checking that it was 100% internally cleaned.

The result was debri or what i would call shrapnel metal which remained in the old engine components got sucked

back through the air intake and damaged the engine, aswell as that i had a failed open injector which gave me washed bores

Washed down oil mixed with fuel caused my turbos to cease too.

The whole thing was a huge dominoes effect.

I still have all the components and the engine has been stripped down to the block but to trust the build again would

require every components to be surgically cleaned and reassembled which at the moment i cannot afford.

 

 

 

Looking amazing once more Lee....

5 minutes ago, RichardS said:

Looking amazing once more Lee....

It does but its just a huge and expensive paper weight.

 

Its House of Kolors paint in of course Purple.
So the engine issues spans originally back to 2015 when it blew up on my old zed, I stupidly used the same plenum because it
was highly polished on my new build without checking that it was 100% internally cleaned.
The result was debri or what i would call shrapnel metal which remained in the old engine components got sucked
back through the air intake and damaged the engine, aswell as that i had a failed open injector which gave me washed bores
Washed down oil mixed with fuel caused my turbos to cease too.
The whole thing was a huge dominoes effect.
I still have all the components and the engine has been stripped down to the block but to trust the build again would
require every components to be surgically cleaned and reassembled which at the moment i cannot afford.
 
 
 

Oh I see, what an absolute pain. Hope things get better and you get it sorted in the end. Does look beautiful so well worth sorting one day.


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