It now has an MOT and Tax.

feels great to have it on the road

Temporary exhaust tip that was needed for the MOT

 

 

Nice Charlie, look forward to seeing this soon!

The sill repairs

 

 

So glad to have it back home and running

 

It feels amazing to drive. 

A few little gremlins to sort.

load signal wire seems to have snapped, so will get that sorted. Everything else should be sorted by vcds.

 

future plans:

wheels/ tyres - both sets could do with a refurb and need 4 new tyres across both sets

might be more economical to get a new set

spoiler

outer window trims - current ones are horrid, bubbled and distorted so need replacing

Load signal wire repaired by my brother Chris. Also found some other wiring for the air conditioning which was ruined. Looked like a mouse had been at it.

 

Also took it around to show my other brother, as it used to be his car. Looks a lot different to when he last saw it

 

 

 

 

Car is looking very good Charlie!!

Thanks Steve. Will look little better when it has matching wheels

Had a visit from a chap called Joe with vcds. I now have working central locking and no error lights on the dash

happy days

Managed to get hold of the original load cover and the side covers. Shame one of them’s missing the clip. But got a replacement on order.

 

 

A couple of jobs done today.

fitted my new headlights

they look amazing

 

 

 

They have sweeping ping indicators and drls.

more pics to follow, but reached the upload limit.

also replaced the window trims as the old ones were out of shape and pretty nasty 

 

Edited 11 August, 20187 yr by Dark_Hero

Sweet

The window trims 

before, it was worse on the other side

 

After

 

 

much better

Looking good mate !

Just put a set of window trims on my black one as they were looking worse for wear like yours, can’t believe how cheap they were!!

1 hour ago, Lofty said:

Just put a set of window trims on my black one as they were looking worse for wear like yours, can’t believe how cheap they were!!

I know. Was expecting them to be more expensive, but £45 for all 4 was great value

It's all in the little details, IMO, that make the car better. Both to drive and visually to each individual person, which is why we mod our cars. Great work and attention to detail Charlie car looks amazing! 

Thanks Steve

quite happy with it for now

 

Uploaded a little video to YouTube. 

 

Edited 13 August, 20187 yr by Dark_Hero

Had a last minute space arrive at a local car clubs rolling road day

Power was disappointing 185bhp and 300 lbs/ft, although every other car was down on power by at least 20bhp

Have a bit of a flat spot in the curve, which might be a boost issue? 

 

 

 

Bit of a difference from the last dyno

 

Aye I think boost leak because the graphs are similar with a slight decrease but whereas it used to "power" through it now dips off. I'd guess split pipe somewhere or pipe not on far enough maybe.

The change in weather has introduced a new gremlin!

doesnt like starting on cold mornings and nearly left me stranded in Devon this weekend. It turns over and just as it fires it cuts out. 

Had a check and found the plug to the maf sensor wasn’t seated properly. Refitted and it started first time.

coincidence??

tried it today and it still struggled. Eventually got going though, but don’t trust it. I think the connector might be damaged, so got a replacement on order. Time for soldering just as it’s getting cold! Joy!

 

Heres a couple of snaps from when it was working

 

 

 

shouldn't it run anyway on a "base" map if the maf is unplugged ? 

It probably should. Just being a pain in the ass 

New tyres fitted today so finally have matching wheels

 

needs a clean though!