Pics or GTFO

Looking forward to this.

here are a few pics so far from when i picked up car to a few shots from a few weeks ago i will get lots more pics up of the engine build interior change fuel system etc etc as time goes on and how good the engine bay looks without engine in there now;-)

small update

the head surface had a few marks on due to some plonker thinking a screwdriver or something should be used to remove it lol

so iam strpping the head and its going to the machine shop to be re surfaced and a few other little tweeks ;-)

also the block is fully stripped so that will be decked to ensure the head to block seal is perfect !!! while its there there going to clean up all the crappy casting marks on the coolant ports as the castings on all 1.8t blocks is rough so this should help and again it will ported and honed to the new pistons ;-)

taken the old starter into work today so that will be fully stripped re greased and re painted so will look nice a new ;-)

just wish this rain would **** off !!!!!

howd i miss this good to see it getting looked after

small update ...

Beginning to think you should start with a fresh block :S

The block is v?ry good and once machined and the few other little tricks it will be better than new ;-) and álot stronger ;-)

P.s i do have a spair forged engine now sitting in the garage as a spair lol

wow. just wow. sounds like it's going to be awesome but why sell it once it's done??

i want to buy a house ( i mean she has told me i need to buy another house lol )

I carn't make my mind up if i like that rear spoiler on not

Estimated finished bhp!

Glad it's being sorted properly - best of luck with it

The legend lives on... :yes:

I carn't make my mind up if i like that rear spoiler on not

not there for just looks its there to actually do a job and create down force ;-) genuine wrc spoiler ;-)

Estimated finished bhp!

not chasing figures really but a strong 400+ and 400 ftlb will be good and driveable ( rolling road days turned up 500 lol)

Glad it's being sorted properly - best of luck with it

The legend lives on... :yes:

thanks mate hopefully she will be good and she is being taken to the next level and will be in full track prep so light as poss

The rear spoiler is a genuine WRC Kevlar lightweight spoiler, and does actually perform its intended task of keeping the car on the road / track. IIRC it cost the previous owner a pretty penny or two, its not some cheapo milotec or simillar product.

Good to see life being bred back into the red devil, cant wait to see the results.

I still remember the Rolling Road day we went to, where despite endless efforts it was impossible to get a power reading as the car despite being well strapped down and full of people inside and more standing on the sills the car get on getting wheel spin as the turbo spooled up.

Its only going to get worse power wise lol it going to have mo?e cc,s and higher comp ratio , large port head , hard pipes big front mount , and methanol lol

Plus mapped by a legend

P.s i do have a spair forged engine now sitting in the garage as a spair lol

the spare engines nothing to do with implausible performance ?

Plus mapped by a legend

Who are you using, or is that under wraps at this stage?

the spare engines nothing to do with implausible performance ?

Lol no buddy

Who are you using, or is that under wraps at this stage?

Nick @ r-tech

large port head

I was told in the past it had an AGU head already?

I was told in the past it had an AGU head already?

MOAR BIGGER!

No its had a small port now has an adr largeport

D?s got the head but its not been run ever with a large port ;-)

started on the removal of a few more non essentials lol

full wiring cut down !! new distubition blocks to be mounted on the bulk head to supply gauges etc etc easy access incase of faults !!

will fill all holes on bulk head with carbon fibre panels and tiger seal

wonder how much she will weigh after i finish with her lol

i want to buy a house ( i mean she has told me i need to buy another house lol )

ahh, fair enough. bad times though

you never know andy i might win the lotto lol

some progress today get a few bit bolted back together after some weight shredding lol

i am building a fuse board at work to go under the dash but a longer loom to be able to remove quickly this will run all the gauges boost control afr etc etc all fused properly

hopeing the weather will play ball tomoz as i want to take the gear lever and linkage out and mount on top of the turret inside and run the cables through the bulk head!!! make it a much nicer position