A bit of Progress / Parts arriving
Right guys, thought it was only fair to add some pictures to this thread to keep you guys in the loop.
Parts for the Be conversion are slowly being gathered, just a few more bits to get.
Bu hubs machined and stainless shims - thanks to SW Motorsport for doing these for me, top quality work:
The clutch setup has arrived, so the pedal itself, master cylinder, some braided hosing and pipe fittings. Still waiting for the clutch/brake pipe to come, and then will order some fittings for the braided line to go between the chassis and the gearbox.
Plus this is how the engine bay is looking currently - I'm slowly getting there building up a map for the engine, it does feel pretty nippy but not opened it up yet in high revs:
This is the oem external FPR used, it's just a L shaped bracket with two holes in it to locate the holder in, then just a zip tie around it all to hold it in place. The two plastic nipples on the FPR holder held it in the bracket pretty securely, but the zip tie is just to stop it working loose.
This is the L shaped bracket that helps to support the inlet. I had to elongate one of the holes so that it fitted the J4 head properly - it'll line straight up on the JP4 head.
Filter wise I'm just running this old green one for the time being - I just wanted something to stop the engine sucking in bits + I didn't want to buy a filter as the money is better spent on parts for boost.
Vacuum line setup for onbaord 2.5Bar MAP sensor, and vacuum takeoff for the FPR vacuum line. The OEM MAP sensor is installed just to cover up a hole in the inlet that is meant for it - ideally I'd like to fit a bung/plug in it but this works fine for now
Overall I'm fairly happy with it and it seems to be running okay. The only thing I'm currently trying to sort out is it has a sticky throttle cable so just trying to find out a route for it that is best. The spindle on the ATPower TB is in a funny location so has taken a bit of thought but I think I've sorted it out.
Will keep you guys updated.