Toms kit (now rev2 tubby)

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Fri May 10, 2013 8:43 pm

Not alot of progress going on at the moment got the gearbox off and cleaned up and used a lot of gunk as everything was covered in oil, i didn't realise the starter motor and alternator were silver in colour

. Also painted the subframe black after a 2hour degreasing session. Just waiting for new parts to come now including cambelt kit water pump clutchkit and various other goodies

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:27 pm

Got the chance of a bargain exhaust for the car this week so i could not resist buying it for the tubby, I wanted a single exit exhaust but a phoenix power departure two came up and for a bargain price of £70.00 so after a 240 mile round trip its now sitting in my hall way

When i saw the pictures of it i thought i would have to do some metal work to remove the dents but i was shocked when i saw it in the flesh as it is very minor

Not a bad day today

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:52 pm

The sun has been out today so got cracking with the engine build

First things first was to use the homemade tool of the week to lock out the flywheel.

Spent the morning putting new camshaft seals, cambelt kit and water pump on the engine, last weekend i fitted the new clutch, driveshaft seals and put the gearbox back onto the engine.

Old engine.

New old engine almost done.

If all goes well should hopefully have a working car next weekend $\:D/$

craig · Post by **craig** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:01 pm

Nice work mate!

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:53 pm

2 hours well spent on the car tonight.............

The engine is in.....

Well chuffed is an understatement

matt-mr2 · Post by **matt-mr2** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:08 pm

well done keep up the good work

craig · Post by **craig** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:22 pm

Well done mate!

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:53 pm

Not really done much to the tubby for a while, Still having issues with running problems so tomorrow the cars going for a ride on a trailer to get sorted out so thought i best give it a quick clean....

First real wash its had since owning the car and paintwork doesn't look to bad, Hopefully the next post and pictures will be a fully working car

Fingers crossed. Got to get it done as i took the family out to wicksteed park last weekend and spotted the jae banner and thought got to get the car their this year

ceejay · Post by **ceejay** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:56 pm

looks really clean dude! gets my vote!

craig · Post by **craig** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:21 pm

Looks fantastic mate! Wheels suit it perfectly.

Always liked white on black.

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:17 pm

Thankyou for the kind words, I have not had the car on the drive for about 4 or 5 weeks as it has been at my local specialists in the area to have the running issues fixed and a whole host of other issues sorted out.

But the good news is its all ready for collection so picking it up on friday

Itching to get it back now and start driving it. The only question now is do i take it over to jae on sunday.

pistol pete · Post by **pistol pete** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:13 am

quite a journey you have been on buudy
be good to see you at jae if you can make it

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:41 pm

The tubby has officially been back on the road for 9 days now

enjoying every chance i get to drive it and the noise from the induction kit followed by the turbo is so addictive.

A big thankyou to Patrick and Mat and all the chaps that have worked and swore at my car over the past few weeks at Rogue

The only problem i have now is after a week of driving it i want more power

so i wonder where my hard earned money will be thrown at next year

A few pics below i took today of the car now it can move of the drive.

CRAIGROBBO · Post by **CRAIGROBBO** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:20 pm

Looking really smart Phil!

The power thing gets addictive! And expensive lol

Cheers Craig

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:34 pm

Cheers Craig,

I know it gets expensive been looking at all the options available, Selling a few organs might help

My mate is upping the power on his elise so i have to naturally make sure the tubby is still quicker

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:40 pm

Love the flywheel locking tool

More power eh? I might know of a 500hp turbo that's going cheap

Seriously though- nice work

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 1:17 pm

After having a tidy up in my mr2 stash box which has now over run into half of my shed, i came across a lockwood stainless steel cover for the clocks which i had forgot that i had, so after cutting the packing open i placed them over a spare set of clocks that i have.

The only problem now is do i fit it into the tubby and buy some plasma dials to finish it off i can not make my mind up

Any suggestions would be great or pictures of other members modifications to the clocks.

Here's how they look placed over the dials at the moment.

Ryan S · Post by **Ryan S** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:29 pm

don't go for plasma, they completely cheapen the interior, see shinnys mod to the clocks, costs about a fiver and looks fantastic, a few of us have done it now, very simple DIY and your choice of colour, not to mention it looks totally OEM

philmr2 · Post by **philmr2** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:44 pm

Cheers for the heads up on that sheppy, Just found the thread and had a good look through it looks like the way forward

craig · Post by **craig** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:21 pm

Another option to explore is Speedhut dials from the US.

www.imoc.co.uk

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