Well i have started to put the engine back together today :dance:

 

Clutch came today :)

 

hopefully :bow: will be fired up by the weekend....hopefully

 

Big thanks to Mr Feeney who got a bit to me quicker than the speed of sound and Getgreddy Chris who also got me some speedy bits :)

 

Roll on Billing

 

Kirbz

No,this is as bad as choosing turbos:( Billing the car should be ready however I may have to give it a miss TBH:(

 

Yeah, but you are going though aren't ya mate? You can have a go in the hairdryer rocket! LOL :)

 

Not going unless you are...

Nearly there :dance:

 

 

In on saturday....all being well

 

Kirbz

keep it going mike - 6 weeks to billing :rolleyes: :dance:

 

Regards,

 

alex

You see alex you should have bought your car to kirby motors r us ;)

 

Yeh should be in and fired up by wednesday

 

Mike

Go bannana :dance: :dance: :dance:

Well the engines in!! :)

 

wot a b1tch to get in took about 4 hours to get the engine lined up with the gearbox up and down and up and down then plop went straight in!!

 

Big thanks to Jonnyz32 for the help beers are on me mate

 

So apart from a few bits i'm waiting for its nearly done.....seems to have been along time coming ;)

 

Kirbz

Nice one mate.

 

I think it's becoming very common now for people to start builing engines themselves.

 

With a fair few guys who have done it now and willing to share the knowledge, people like SE etc. will be going out of business in no time :rofl:

Nice one mate.

 

I think it's becoming very common now for people to start builing engines themselves.

 

With a fair few guys who have done it now and willing to share the knowledge, people like SE etc. will be going out of business in no time :rofl:

 

You certainly save alot of money but i'm not looking forward to dropping the engine again in a few months...just the thought give me a sweat :)

 

Its not easy and you dont get the guarantees that you would from a decent garage but then again you have the satisfaction of doing it yourself :duffer:

 

So the next post will hopefully be on wednesday when i will be starting it up and fingers crossed it will go ok

 

Mike

Well the time had come everything connected..well almost so we started her up :confused:

 

No probs started first time..bit loud as my back boxes were off but ran forst time bit rough but i expected that as i didnt have an air filter on the only problem was we have a water leak at the back of the plenum so may have to take the plenum off but hopefully can get to it but dead chuffed she started.

 

Just need an MOT now ;)

 

Mike

That's excellent News Mate Well Done.

Well the time had come everything connected..well almost so we started her up :confused:

 

No probs started first time..bit loud as my back boxes were off but ran forst time bit rough but i expected that as i didnt have an air filter on the only problem was we have a water leak at the back of the plenum so may have to take the plenum off but hopefully can get to it but dead chuffed she started.

 

Just need an MOT now ;)

 

Mike

 

Nice one mate , job well done

Well done mate. It's takes some guts to take one of these babies apart.

 

Hope all goes well.

Great news Mike, makes the hard work worth it :cool:

It just keeps getting better :dance:

 

Passed MOT first time not bad being as its been off the road for 8 months :dance: :bow:

 

Just needs taxing then i'm zedding again

 

Kirbz

did you get the induction then ?

did you get the induction then ?

 

Hi Mike,

 

what the full spec of the beastie now?

 

Regards,

 

alex

did you get the induction then ?

 

Spoke to SE yesterday and it was packaged to go out so should get it on monday but thanks for offering to pick it up for me :duffer:

 

and Alex heres the spec....so far!!

 

Spec:

 

Engine:

 

3.1 Ltr

Trust Greddy 89mm forged pistons

Trust Greddy forged con rods

Trust Greddy 2mm head gasket

ARP Studded Heads

Knife edge Crank

Water Channels Cleared & Polished

Gas Flowed, Ported & Polished Heads

Gas Flowed, Ported & Polished Inlet Manifold

Standard Garrett T25 Turbos – For now

HKS Front Mounted Intercoolers

HKS Hard Pipe Kit

AIV Removed

EGR Removed

Aircon Removed

Hicas Disabled

Blitz Induction

Apexi Twin Chamber BOV’s

 

Electronics:

 

Greddy Profec B Boost Controller

JWT Chip

Racelogic Clubman fully programmable traction control system with launch control

Waiting To Go On Autometer Boost, Oil and Water Guages In Triple Pod

 

Drivetrain:

 

ACT 6 Puck Clutch

Lightened & Balanced Flywheel

Short Shifter

 

Brakes & Wheels:

 

Brembo F40 big brake conversion

332mm brembo cross drilled / grooved discs

Pagid RS4 Race Pads

Braided Brake Lines

18 inch Antera 121's fitted with Good Year F1's

 

Suspension & Exhaust

 

Tokico shocks

Eibach springs

Suspension Techniques adjustable anti-roll bars front & rear

Solid Bushes

Turbotechnics Decat Downpipes

Twin powerflow 4.5 inch jap style exhausts

 

ICE

 

Kenwood MP3 Player Head Unit

Cerwin Vega 6x9’s In Front Doors

Kenwood 5” In Rear Quarters

2 x 10” Cerwin Vega Subs In Custom Builds

Planet Audio Power Amp Driving Subs

Genesis Power Amp Driving Speaker Set Up

Well done Kirbz, whats the running TTD mate?

wohooo :dance: dance banana dance :dance:

 

what happened to your t28 SE hybrids?

 

well done mate - its been a long road but a really biggg up to you for doing it all yourself.

:bow:

 

Regards,

 

alex

Well done Kirbz, whats the running TTD mate?

 

In money?? i couldnt say an estimated guess about £7k and me and my dad have done all the work ourselves so no labour costs are in there.

 

You cant take it with you so why not spend it on your zed :dance:

 

Might seem alot of money but when i drove it for the first time a few hours ago it was all worth it :duffer:

 

Must say some thank you's to

 

Macca - Pipes & Induction

Stuey0604 - Pipes and help

Jonnyz32 - Too many things to mention!!

Chris&getgreddy - Again too many things to mention!!

and most of all my dad....aaaahhh you all say but he did most of the work for free so couldnt have done it without him and he's got to do it again when i fir my turbos!! but i will leave that for a while before i tell him :p

 

Very Happy Kirbz

Good idea mate and make sure you buy him a really nice prezzie before u tell him!!! :)

 

7k is good mate, mine stands me about that but I had to add labour costs on top!! :(

 

Not anymore though, the new missus's dad owns his own garage!!! :dance:

 

Seriously though mate, well done.......

wohooo :dance: dance banana dance :dance:

 

what happened to your t28 SE hybrids?

 

well done mate - its been a long road but a really biggg up to you for doing it all yourself.

:bow:

 

Regards,

 

alex

 

Hi Mate

 

I sold them :rolleyes: shouldnt have now but i was getting bigger ones but hindsight is a lovely thing!!

 

But i will get them in the next 12 months :dance:

 

Mike

Aaahhh but i'm spending another 3 grand on her next month on wheels, front bumper, rear spoiler, respray and retrim!!

 

Like i keep telling myself its only money!!

 

Kirbz