FULLY FORGED - New pics of the car (page36) + 1/4 mile times

[2mad]

quite a few pictures for those interested

I am

[Gullzter]

This is the pile of parts I need to have fitted before mapping and the bits I done yesterday:













First thing was to remove the remainder of the arms that won't be used, anti roll bars etc and this was how the car was sitting after I had done that:











Spent a few hours trying to fab up some brackets to mount Spal fans to radiator, almost taking my thumb off, TWICE in the process
I used 3mm steel as I didn't have any aluminium lying around but it works for now til I decide on how to go about a custom shroud, this is the steel I used and a couple of shots of fans mounted:












Before I done the coolant for a 2ND TIME!.. I decided to fit a water temp sensor I realised I had lying around, to do that I had to take the intake off, checked the turbo while I was at all, all nice and strong, no shaft play side to side or in/out, well chuffed, and some awesome pics of the ports for you lot:











More updates soon again as I need to get some more done

[Gullzter]

Mostly preparation done on Saturday, stripped out most of the interior so I can get my new harnesses in, marked out and drilled all the points, just waiting on the fixings, will be putting my recaros in with the intention of getting fixed buckets at a later stage








Difference between stock seat and Recaro, not much apart from Recaro being a bit bulkier, probably millimetres in height difference





New headlights fitted, unfortunately one of the ballasts is gubbed so that will need changed





So making good progress, 30hours out of 48 worked between Friday and Saturday, another busy weekend ahead again

[mister two]

Love the jag xjs. That yours as well?

[2mad]

Lovin` the progress .. keep it up buddy

[craig]

You can get SPAL fan mounting kits from Demon Tweaks for reference.

[Gullzter]

You can get SPAL fan mounting kits from Demon Tweaks for reference.

Considered a few different ones, it was more of an excuse to test my fabricating skills before I attempt a shroud

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[Gullzter]

Lovin` the progress .. keep it up buddy

Cheers, got a lot coming up this weekend again

[Gullzter]

Love the jag xjs. That yours as well?

Not mine unfortunately, there's another 5 of them here amongst some of the other fantastic metal

[synXero]

Was good to catch up with you this week + chat about the car. Look forward to seeing it in summer I hope

[Gullzter]

Yeah I hope so too although I think summer is already over

So first order of business at the weekend was changing the perished driveshaft cv boot, simple enough:








Then I moved onto getting the lower arms, anti roll bars, drop links, hubs, new discs and porterfield pads and calipers back on, I didn't have the caliper screw tool for rear Pistons so improvised but never again without the correct tool























Once all that was done I changed the brake lines to my new Goodridge braided lines, unfortunately nothing goes to plan, one of the stock lines were jammed in, had it out within a couple of hours however needed to file down the edge slightly as it had been pressed out too far to get new line on, here is OLD vs NEW:








Once that was done I quickly got the 6 point harness eyes all bolted in then seats and harnesses in along with the steering wheel and TRD gear knob from my old 2:














Then wheels back on and ready for a test drive:














Let the car heat up for 10mins or so, then disaster struck or so I thought, heard a whine then a pop, checked the engine bay and the downpipe was sitting loose:











The downpipe had broken loose off the vband joint so off came the downpipe and clamp:











Luckily we have one of the best tig welded in the business on our premises so got him to do a decent repair:











Ordered a new gasket for dp to flexi then I can get it refit then test drive it to make sure all is 100%

[Gullzter]

Last pieces of the jigsaw to get it going:

[Gullzter]

And it's ALIVE!!!
Short and sweet video recorded by a friend, believe it or not he cut it off just as I was about to hit boost

[JD]

[Chumbaside]

Last pieces of the jigsaw to get it going:

Can I ask where you got your downpipe gasket from? I've been sent the wrong one four times now!

cheers,

Mark

[Gullzter]

Yeah sure, it was this one I got:


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321217535953

Important part is it has the fire protection ring so it doesn't let any flammage out the bottom, bare in mind this is for 3" so if you need a different size just ask the seller

[Chumbaside]

Thanks dude, that one is perfect! Ordered

[Gullzter]

Unfortunately been in hospital for 17 out of the last 20 days so have managed to do nothing to the car, got the car on a friends stand at a show coming up this weekend and it's not going to be in the condition I want it to be for that
But health comes first, I'll be happy to give the car a polish and make the show if the weather is good enough.

On a more positive note my new GoPro hero 3+ arrived
Still need to figure out how to work it though











Can't wait to get it set up and get some videos going

[Gullzter]

This is a pic to show around about where I enter boost





And here's a quick video of a 2nd gear boost on the road

[Gullzter]

Got some new wheels, WORK EQUIPS after long searching





Tried them on to see the difference:

















Think they look really nice and blends better than the Image EV2 wheels, the fronts are 7.5 et22 so are a perfect fit for flushness as can be seen, the tears are 8j et43 so are quite far in, this can easily be fixed with a spacer and extended wheel studs which I have but I'd rather avoid spacers if possible, so I've set upon searching for extended lips which is proving difficult
An extra 1 inch on lips would see it sit close enough to the arch and take it upto 9j which would be wide enough for my semi slicks all round
Once I find lips then all lips will be mirror polished but unsure of colour to go for with the wheels.. Initially though a gloss bronze/gold centres but I like the current colour they are, also crossed my mind to match them to the blue of strut brace ends, also anthracite could be an option

If anyone can help with sourcing lips for these or good at Photoshopping colours onto the centres of the wheels I'd appreciate it