It was the first time I'd met Luke and I spent the day at his place while he was working on my car. At some point while we were chatting Luke mentioned that my Veilside rear bumper was a great shape for having a diffuser fitted and it was something he'd always fancied having a go at. It got me thinking and we talked about it again on a subsequent visit. Another thing that came up was fitting some ducting to get cool air to the front brakes and dressing up the engine bay. The more I thought about it the better it sounded so I decided to go for it.My car has been at Lukes for the last few weeks having these mods done as well as a ton of other work I threw at him.
I wasn't sure how I wanted my engine bay dressed or what design the diffuser should be so basically let Luke get creative and come up with something that looked good.I picked up my car this afternoon and to say I wasn't disappointed with the end result would be a major understatement!
Engine bay and back end before
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The finished article
The transformation in the engine bay is amazing, I was blown away when Luke lifted the engine lid
Aside from painting the core, the chargecooler system had a complete makeover.
The cinq rad was replaced for a GT4 rad that was fitted without having to remove the air con rad. Result!
The chargecooler core had to be replaced as when the lagging was removed for painting we found a nasty surprise
Somebody had previously hacked it up and done a really bad welding job as there was a 3" crack along the weld which was leaking boost straight out the bottom 
All the CC pipework was replaced with high quality reinforced pipe and the gutless pump that was on there was swapped for a high flow rate marine pump.
The pump is located near the filler neck, you can see it in the last engine bay shot. The charcoal canister was relocated to make room for the pump and is now behind the Arc box. The CC overflow is situated right in the corner of the engine bay. I'm really impressed by the quality of work and attention to detail, from things like the core being raised slightly so it doesn't heatsoak so quickly right down to the use of numerous clips to keep the pipework tidy
This was practically a new chargecooler installation and I'm happy to say that I got the Kingsmill installation this time without even having to ask for it
For the brake ducting Luke used existing holes in the sides of the Veilside front bumper.
The holes are behind the flared bits so you can't see them but in a perfect place where the air is channelled through the bumper. The ducting is fibre glassed to the inside of the bumper and shaped to fit into 3" fittings in the wheel archliners. It worked out really well and should be pretty effective at keeping the front brakes cool as they're getting loads of air now 
You can see the ducting through the bumper below the sidelights
The diffuser is probably the best bit for me.
Luke and his fabricator mate have done a great job with the designing and fitment and I think it looks wicked 
All in all I'm really happy with how it's gone and can't sing Luke's praises highly enough
He's a top guy with great creative vision and an eye for detail.
If you want a proper job done to the highest standards with no corner cutting yet still at a competative price then he's your man every time. A proper MR2 specialist Cheers Luke, great job
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