now your taking the pee !!!he says blushing like











Nice update Willsy

**checks for aids favourite white text** ;)

Wednesday 6th february

A little overdue perhaps but heres the next photo update for you all.

The engine bay has had a major cleanup over the last few days with alof of degreasing, rubbing down of iffy bits and rust treating/proofing.

Didnt feel the need to take any photos of this as there was very little to show.

Bit all of the above done today we started to paint the engine bay, decided to start with the outside of the front chassis and under the arches.

Heres the results to far from that

Before paint



After









Tomorrow ill be attacking the inside of the engine bay and all being well the new part of the chassis should be welded on to cater for the ECU engine mount

Coming along nicely now!
Be like a different car when its done i bet!

getting there matt :y:

Coming alone nicely Matt.

When is it due to be completed?

Getting there Matt,

I see your abusing the passengers side scuttle for a place to store parts and tools - its a great little place isnt it :)

looks good don't know why but i thought you were painting it yellow? wrong page number in the title as welll btw

starting to get there now man
its gonna look amazing in a black bay
hope it runs as well as it looks
im pretty sure it will though

New engine will be in the car by Sunday lunchtime, a completion date depends entirely on whether it all starts first time etc etc, impossible to put a date on that really.

lol its very handy, theres allsorts in there at the moment :)

Good spot on the page number cheers :) went for the cleaner black look, really glad i did.

Package has just arrived at work which means i can weld on the engine mount part which isnt on the 1.0 chassis.

Cheers Aid :)

are you painting it on with a brush or actualy spraying it mate? Only reason i say is there are a few places which its difficult to get a brush into, and it will look better sprayed on!

Thursday 7th February

Quick update today as we've only had a couple of hours there this morning/

This was plenty of time though to sort out the problem id encountered with the ECU side engine mount brackets

The original spot welds were drilled out and the assembly came off.

Marked out the holes on the chassis where welding would need to be done and cleaned back to the bare metal

Fits as snug as a bug in a rug

On the old bit



Fitted into place.



Havn't got a pic of it actually welded in place, ill take one tomorrow after ive cleaned it up and painted the engine bay

Get that washer bottle out the way mate, you'll want to paint behind it (underneath chassis leg)

looking good.

progress is looking good mate :) cant wait till youve got this finished.

coming along nicely, hopefully once the engine is in by sunday, it will start first time!

I think he means it will be in the engine bay, not wired up, exhaust fitted etc etc

oh i no i no! i meant when it is started :p

Saxo is coming on well mate, can't wait to see the engine in the engine bay:) it's going to look awesome:P:drool:

Coming along nicely mate. Glad to see your taking your time and not rushing things. :y: