berg Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Bit of progress made now Started cleaning the whole bay while everything was removed, i bought some stainless bolt kits for everything in the engine bay aswell Just waiting for the turbo heat shield to arrive back from Rob then i can get the turbo pipes all fitted too Only problems faced so far was the fitting on the APR cooling cover, for the money its a shocking fit, none of the bolt holes line up either, plenty of tweeking needed but got it on eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Always shocked to read about the poor fitment of the APR panel. The one I bought went straight on? Looking forward to seeing the bay come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich.2211 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 My panel was just the same Berg. Some time spent with a Dremel and it's all sorted now and all the bolts are in. I took a look at the back of mine and you could actually see the markings for the holes they were supposed to make 5mm away from the holes they cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Maybe they were from a bad batch....or 2 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Decided to rip all this clutter out (excuse the labels, just making sure i ran the new lines to the correct places 3 of the hard pipes are redundant now anyway so with some silicone vacuum hose and a couple of T-pieces the new lines are now tucked up out the way, out of sight, to allow the turbo pipes a bit more room to shine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Next installment ready to go on Quick pic of the current ride height Still needs to come up on the front a tad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 should have another box on its way mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 should have another box on its way mate. Sweet, Im already planning what to send to you next, but it wont be till after the summers out now, i cant bare to have cars off the road in summer, thats what winters for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Few little bits done Replaced the cam cover connection hoses courtesy of Whifbitz Old cam cover breather had seen better days New ones Fitted my Whifbitz silicone heater hoses (what a PITA) Resulted in this But they were soon on and looking good (once i cleaned the blood off them) One sits too high but thats because the water pipe it connects to isnt bolted on yet and is currently not routed the correct way just yet Painted a load of brackets satin black to tidy stuff up I started to sand the engine hooks down for paint, and was quite suprised with the finish just from sanding them so i left them like it for now and will give them a blast over with metal polish later Edited March 20, 2015 by berg (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Thats a massive improvement. Should be a very nice bay after all your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Them engine hooks will rust very quickly mate, sorry to burst your bubble lol. looking nice though mate. i would remove the hooks all together as it looks cleaner.. obviously keep them in the shed or garage though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yep did think they will being bare metal Removing them will do me, less clutter the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich.2211 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I replaced the heater hoses on mine too... what a pain that was. I've done away with some of the metal pipes at the back and connected my heater hose down to the coolant pipe running underneath the turbos. I ended up doing the job from under the car it was that fiddly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay1374 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I have to say I'm very jealous of how the engine bays coming along! Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Starting to come together now and is nearing completion Just waiting for the intake manifold to arrive back now I recieved my polished heatshield so cracked on with getting the turbo side back together All thats left to do that side now is to finish making the air filter pipe up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Coming together now mate. Nice to be part of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_ufo Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 That looks bling and tons better what are you doing with your old heat shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glanza_Mike Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 That looks great mate, real nice improvement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Coming together now mate. Nice to be part of it Getting there now yeah, If you come accross a PAS reservoir Rob, ill be looking to have one polished, ill keep an eye out for a used one to send to you. That looks bling and tons better what are you doing with your old heat shield? Cheers, i dont have another heat shield though, thats my original one thats polished Looks fantastic! That looks great mate, real nice improvement! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackyBoi Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Those chrome parts look gorgeous all coming along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-love Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Looks really nice. Very shiny! Are you planning to tuck it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Thanks guys will hopefully look pretty good when finished Looks really nice. Very shiny! Are you planning to tuck it too? Im not sure on that to be fair, i may try and and hide some of the loom running up the sides but as far as a full tuck goes i probably wont go that far i doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 manifold is looking hot mate! should be finished tomorrow... so when you sending me that mucky eye sore alternator then lol?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Awesome Im getting an alloy rad and twin fans soon which will expose the alternator, then its over to you Theres a few more little bits im sourcing currently to have done aswell, master cylinder, pas tank, every little counts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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