I hate this car with a passion now.

another day, another set back

Gearbox moved back a bit and engine now fits nicely







Todays bad news is that my turbo/manifold combo wont fit due to the location of the wastegate is hitting the body so it wont fit which now means modifying my manifold to move the wastegates

Really wish I had never started this now

 

If it was easy then everyone would do it. Your going to hit a few walls, just keep knocking them down.

 

I saw in another build thread they banged a huge dent into the fender area to fit the manifold. might be easier than redoing the manifold. Also, do you plan to keep a/c with this build?

 

My friend who is doing the build for me does things properly so won't be banging a dent into the fender! Especially since his shops name is all over the build

As for the A/C it's been ditched

 

You have come way to far no turning back now keep at it. This is going be a very cool build to watch the progress.

 

keep up the god work. it all works out is in the end.

 

im very excited to see how this will turn out!

 

Some more progress being made today



Forged rod & piston







ARP fastners









Painted block







Titan motorsports oil pump

 

A little bit more progress





A short video of it being turned over by hand

 

More updates :O

















Hopefully the engine and box will be sat in the engine bay by the end of the week

 

Custom gearbox mount made







and fitted







which lead to this

 

looking good keep the pics coming

 

Manifold now modified to fit

 

Sick...!! Where does the shifter assembly fall now in the car? Center?or....

 

Shifter sits in pretty much the exact same place

 

I just went through a huge ordeal just to get Akebono's on my car; this doesn't make me feel so bad!

Glad to see you're still making progress. This will without a doubt be an incredible machine when it's finished.

Cheers!

 

Really love this build. Done proper and no half *** work. Looks great, cant wait to see numbers.

 

Really digging the build bro.. Everything is coming out nice.. Can't wait to hear the first start up of this beast..


Keep up the great work..

 

I'm using the same intake manifold, but had to shorten the runners. It was touching the body. And it's recommended to weld the runner to the intake manifold because its usually leak from there.

GL.

 

**** this looks amazing ...and expensive

In for the final product and hopefully some figures