Yes, lots of little things happening behind the scenes.
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.i am just a bit busy with customer conversions to give it any real attention at the moment.My VEMS ecu and converted Audi engine harness is due back in the next fortnight, so that will be ready to plug and play.I have my modified fuel tank to refit soon and when that happens i should be within a matter of days before firing it up for the first time, although the gearbox needs to come back off to fit the flywheel and clutch assembly.
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I am really at the next stage of parts gathering so that this is a working mk1 v8 and not just a shell with a big engine in it.
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over the next month i am going to step up the amount of time the car gets so that i can make some real progress.
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List of stuff still to do.
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Finish front firewall
Finish relocated alternator bracketry
Refit fuel tank
Make fuel filler pipes and overflow
Make battery tray and install battery cabling
Fit coolant expansion bottle/filler point
Remove engine and gearbox
Modify rear chassis crossmember
Modify rear suspension triangles to form a one piece Mk2 style member
Weld boot floor to make a gearbox tunnel
Add bracing to the engine bay
Seam seal and paint engine bay/front wall
Make radiator pipework
Fit new timing belt/detail engine
Install flywheel and clutch
Repipe clutch hard line from MC to slave flexi
Repipe brake lines to rear
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(new T off position)
Refit engine/gearbox assembly
Fit audi/toyota hybrid driveshafts
Fit fuel lines/filter
Design/fit engine rad pipework
Fit heater hoses
Modify throttle cable
Dummy fit TVR exhaust silencer/tack weld
Remove exhaust and seam weld.
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Design/fit induction pipework/filter assembly
Design custom dashboard with digital readouts of all engine sensors
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(Early prototype is here but needs redoing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3B25W3Yeds)
Install rear stub axles to front hubs with celica ABS outer CV joints fitted
Install wheel speed sensors to all four hubs
Fit racelogic TCS
Fit mazda RX8 front discs to rear with spigots/redrilled PCD
Modify rear mk2 rev2 caliper carriers
Fit handbrake cables
Design front Porsche Brembo 996 caliper mounts and fit
Refit interior
Make seat subframes from scratch
Work out how to refit rear ARB
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(currently no solution)
Finish bodywork
Respray the car
MOT
Make ridiculous youtube doughnut burnout video
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So not a lot to do really
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