Cheers mate :)

I am now officially shi**ing myself though lol what if she never works again :panic:

The only problem i can see you having is underneath the ecu plate, thats the normal place for corrosion,

And those chassis legs dont look in the best shape, although i'm sure you will tidy them up mate :y:

Is there definately a ecu engine mount on your car? Just i cant see one thats all.

Looking at that your going to need to modify your accelerator cable to the vts version i think, i snapped mine a while ago, you can get the whole kit fairly cheap from the likes of gsf and eurocar parts

Make sure you have a good look at that alarm wiring down by the battery before you rip it all out as well mate.

Hope that helps pal.

I'm sure you can get it sorted though mate, mine was a state

Before..





After..

Wont be going anywhere fast at this rate. £800 is not alot to play with with regards to ECU and mapping. No chance in hell of me finding any extra money than that for a while though :(

Engine bay had already been cleaned up a biy when i first got the car and high temp painted it which is why its black and not yellow. Seemed to be in reasonable condition back then, but you never know what you're going to find until bits start coming out i guess.

Most of that wiring around the battery is for fog lights and the morettes iirc. Hadn't really given a damn about it previously so will be looking to tidy all that up during progress :)

ECU mount is attached to the 16v engine too

think youve done the right thing tbh, kept going with the mods, save your no claims up ready to drop a VTS in, spot on :y:

By the time the engines in and finished ill be 22, 4 years driving experience, 4 years no claims :)

wont be too bad.

Having an off day today where im convinced that everythings going to go completely arse up and never work again.

1st Feb the old engine will start to come out. Im dreading it.

Aaahhh thats good, with mine dad had sprayed the black stuff onto it while i was at uni in the first couple of years.

The mood has changed today, started off extremely stressed already and needing some love. But now ive gone excited again :)

hahah i know how you feel

just disconnect everything in my engine bay ready for the old engine to come out and the new vts lump to go in.......the only concern is remembering where everything goes lol.

mate, this will work no worries lol..... i'll stay with it all day n night if i have to trying to get it going once its in lol. the cars to nice not to finish it off and make it all run as sweet as anything.

was good seeing you the otherday aswel mate, looks amazing in reality..... could eat off it its so clean :)

Monday 14th Jan


The engine itself is now pretty much fully assembled, there is a few little bits that i need to put on but very few.

Heres how it currently stands


Engine mount i still need to clean and a Group N part is to be fitted on the top


Yellow coolant hoses will be fitted upon their arrival




Removal of the old engine is happening in 16 days :)

Just waiting for the following to arrive:

Gearbox
KMS ECU
Group N engine mounts
Silicone hoses

All of which i hope will be here by the end of the month :)

Nice.

Might wanna cover up that wee hole in the cambelt cover... :y:

Yea we was looking at the hole in the belt covers. Could just tape over it?
Im an expert with gaffer tape :y:

Mate, if you need a hand to hold im there for you.. :luv you:

Yeah that hole is going to bug me a bit, cant remember if it was like that when i got the engine or if its happened somewhere along the way.

Wish id noticed or remembered before having all the timing setup on it etc as id have just replaced it. Ill find a way :)

Thats one hell of a clean engine!

Ah swine, it was broken when i got the engine. Grr now im upset lol

As Rush said... A bit of black electrical tape would cover it up nicely.

I wish I had the time and skills to take the engine out. With oil leaking everywhere, I really need to spend some time cleaning it all up and finding the leak.

Toad you drive it too much to do that kinda stuff.

Got plenty of black tape so thatll do fine i think for the time being :)

Just phoned QEP to order the ECU, damn prices have gone up for the KMS this year NOOOOOOO oh well its ordered anyway