One quick q fella...

Where were the radiator hoses from in the end?
How did you paint the VTS letters??
No strut brace???

Utterly amazing Willsy mate:y:

been following this alot recently..

spot on tbh mate alot of respect for this project!!

awesome work mr wills! gayest of all questions when youve done so much but how did you paint the 16v logo from red? what did you use mate

Gone realy well by the looks of it mate. I hope it all fires up and runs well for you mate.

Radiator/coolant hoses are from SFS stick a search for them in google and theyre first on the list :) Reasonably priced and quick to process the order

The 16v bit on the intake manifold i rubbed the faded silver paint off using some light wet and dry then ive got a touchup pen in the same colour as the car. A few coats of that and then using a lacquer toughup paint applied that on top.

Easy to do, gotta take your time with a steady hand though :)

Strut brace will probably go on last. Would just restrict movement and access to other areas at the moment but it will be going back on :)

looks awesome mate
you made good progress after me and rich and alex left then.

just read most of the thread, nice project m8y!

Amazing Matt!!! It still amazes me just how much time and money has gone into this built but from these pictures, its all been worth the wait!

Can't wait to see this puppy in the flesh!! Oh and get a vid up of her firing up :)

Absolutely AMAZING mate.

I can't believe how much progress you have made, it's all coming together now. All the best buddy.

ooooo bet shes excited to have a new lump inside her :p

Monday 11th Feb

Oooh so close today!

A few things that needed doing today were:

Connect the fuel lines which we got sorted fairly easily in the end

Connect the exhaust to the manifold, this was a little tricky as the exhaust wasnt connected properly from previous fitting at the joints

We had to heat the joints and whack them apart with a hammer.

Surprisingly the BTB exhaust and the BTB manifold are a pretty odd fit, very sketchy indeed where they join and they will not sit flush together but that can be rectified later.

Then the KMS ecu with the wideband had to be connected up, as usual nothings straight forward, instructions are shockingly poor standard and i wouldnt give any form of positive feedback on that.

The adaptor loom is plugged into the engine loom and the ECU into the adaptor loom. Then from that the lambda sensor is connected.

Then theres multiply anomolies within the rest of the wiring, there are 2 random plugs left which appear to go absolutely nowhere and do not fit together, these are black with a yellow rubber sealed bit and a red connection end.

Theres also another bit or wiring off the adaptor loom which is cut and taped over, does this go anywhere? who knows, hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

Also there is not enough wiring cable from the ECu to the wideband display to even get anywhere near through the bulkhead let alone anywhere near the dash for mounting.

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Despite this we went ahead and connected as much as humanly possible, poured the oil in, filled up the radiator and turned the key!

There was life! engine was turning but as the battery was flat it wouldnt burst into life. Its been left to charge overnight now and hopefully in the morning we might have liftoff!

On the instrument panel the orange light was flashing aswek with the key symbol. Ive got no idea why that wouldnt be flashing as we have been nowhere near any of the key, transponder or any of that system. What could be the cause of this?

Sounds good progress mate!

Little Key is probably because the batteries flat, Don't worry about that :)
Mine always did it with a flat battery :)
Pics! lol

Aha hopefully thats just the case aswel then :) my keys flashed before and then started.

Think i still need to let the fuel pump whiz a bit more fuel round the pipes aswel, did the priming a couple of times before turning they key but may need more as the pipes would be largely dry.

We'll soon see in the morning with a fully charged battery anyway :) 10 hours to go!

Glad it fired up mate. I cant wait to see this at one of the shows

Give it a go mate, Won't do any harm :)
Best of luck, Better post up when its running :p

glad it worked first time willsy! very good progress :y:

pics needed....

as said above , pics and video's of finished product :P

Excellent progress mate:y: can't wait to see the finished pictures of the engine in the engine bay:):P

same here willsy when my battery ran flat recently when the alternator died, connected up the new alternator an mate fancied tryin to start it an the key icon was flashing away so it may just because the battery is flat :y:

pretty amazing so far mate an good luck for 2morow :y: