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Yeah I like those wheels. From mb1. Look nice.

Bummer hope you get it sorted. Good going tho that's some mileage!!!

Yeah really good. Space out the back and lots of parking on the front too. House was a real mess but ticked all the boxes otherwise.

Hey.. had to split the balljoints for the drive shafts obvs

Did a bit this afternoon. Mate popped over. Used the extra set of hands to get the engine off the stand and in the car. Fitted a competition clutch flywheel and stage 4 clutch. Need to Get that red cover off and everything plumbed in. Not far off the moment of truth now.

Not personally. I used footman James for my old eg that was a 92 car.

Looks nice that mate. What is it 1.5?

Bin a goodun hasn't it

Yeah I am more nervous tbh. Gonna be the biggest anti climax ever if it's no good. And I will have a meltdown. No way I can do it again. Been a real stress with work life and family life and trying to do our first house up as it was an absolute crap hole.

BWR manifold isn't ps compatible which is a shame. So started making a custom pump bracket that clears the manifold. Need a bit of slim lining and tarting up but should be functional.

I also removed the butterflies from the Intake manifold should flow a little better. And made up a plug and play resistor box for the low impedance injectors. Also using a GM bulkhead mounted map sensor so wired that into a plug so can just plug in. Will do the same with Injector's so can just got swap between the 560s and stock. Going to use a p28 that I've socketed. Used the same last time and it's fine. Suppose it's a little basic no safety features other than overboost. But does the job just fine.

Tried to get everything ready as I can. Oil feed and drain are in and capped off. Oil temp probe in sump and put a probe in the top hose outlet too.

That's a dual core rad and will use an oil cooler. Same as my last turbo build. I don't think this turbo will put so much heat into the system as before anyway. Previous td05 was small and always working hard even so temps were under control.

Yeah i guess so. Still be along way to go really. But no rush. Just want to get it running n/a get an mot.. and put a few miles on it before sticking the turbo on. Once at that stage I will start on the suspension is supose.

Ready to put engine in now. Waiting for a mate. To make life easier than struggling in my own.

The colour i put on with rattle cans but I used a 2 pack lacquer with spray gun and compressor. In future I will do all painting with spray gun. So easy and the finish is great. Quite pleased with result. Not perfect but much better than was. Once had time to harden fully, Sure can flat and polish

Little update. Spent couple of days on painting bay. Had loads of problems. Mainly due to the cold weather I think with primer So had heaters in the garage last couple days trying to warm it up for painting. Bay was pretty scabby initially so needed tarting up.

Honestly can't remember now.there off the shelf for eg and ek. Doubt it for m's. Will probably be best getting some made or making them yourself.

Fair play any pics?

Thanks dude. Yeah can't wait to get back out in it. Was really looking forward to cruising in an M again. But just been a Drive ornament since I bought it.

If the central locking works off the key. Buy a universal kit like hawk kit cheap and woks much better than the normal fob anyway

No mate you want to find specific ones for your car. Eg ones have rod type on the front and mg style on the rear usually. M's usually have the ball jointed type.

Cool read. You using stock C4 cams? What psi you running?