[engine_work] Indigo Gti, Jp4 Build

[Steffrallye 0]

also bonnet has been collected from dano over on 106oc thanks alot. so that just needs paint now.

 

also rose-jointed gearlinkages are now done, you can now buy these from me or Woo on here too , and more stuff will be available these ones arent mine sadly tho, ill get mine in time hopefully

 

headported and polished, thanks liams, ive just touched it up abit and but still needs some finishing off,

 

also recieve the pistons back from Colin nicely pocketed, top work thanks alot.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Steffrallye

[woo83 0]

the whole roof was soaked and covered in water droplets, so dryed the roof with all of ma mums kitchen roll,

then clean and check the the sunroof drain pipes was clear and clean.

 

If I've told you once I've told you a thousand times PROPER CARS DONT HAVE SUNROOFS!

[welshpug 1,657]

photoshop looks great apart from the absolutely horrid bonnet!

[Steffrallye 0]

i like my bonnet , its a love or hate thing lol

 

and Jonny, THE SUNROOF IS FINE, ITS NOT LEAKING, ITS NOT A CHEAP ONE THATS HAD A HOLE CUT AND ITS JUST BEEN GLUED IN, ITS STAYIN!!!!!!!!

Edited February 21, 2010 by Steffrallye

[woo83 0]

i like my bonnet , its a love or hate thing lol

 

and Jonny, THE SUNROOF IS FINE, ITS NOT LEAKING, ITS NOT A CHEAP ONE THATS HAD A HOLE CUT AND ITS JUST BEEN GLUED IN, ITS STAYIN!!!!!!!!

 

 

[welshpug 1,657]

furry muff, just I can't imagine why the hell you'd want to obstruct your headlights and restrict airflow to the engine like that...

 

looks a bit rude boy/chav to me, reminds me of the corsas at the local crooz

Edited February 21, 2010 by welshpug

[Steffrallye 0]

welshpug - it is a bit old skool chav, but for some reason i like it lol, its not covering the main headlights at all, and there HID too which is plently, as for air flow it'll be getting its air from the other side (throttle bodies) and the scuttle will be cut and the front isnt straight across, it has a curve so still allows abit in there, but most the cooling is done through the bumper to the alloy rad, and for track the cut outs behind the number plate will help there, so i dont think air will be a problem. also the heat exchanger from a VTS is being fitted.

 

Woo - its 2 odd in the morning jonny, theres a drill and some tin snips nearby, i think i should beable to see the moon when layin back in a comfortable 205 seat

Edited February 22, 2010 by Steffrallye

[custard-rallye 25]

looks the same as my saxo did i wanted to get some irn bru centre caps made up for mine

Edited February 22, 2010 by custard-rallye

[Steffrallye 0]

finally she looks like a car again

 

so finished port and polishing the head, the exhaust ports are gleaming, the combustion chamber is spottless and the inlets are pretty much done

 

 

right, so the other day we had a sunny warm day

 

so flew out, got the wet and dry, some water and fairy-up liquid and sanded the engine bay down all over, then on when some acid primer and flatted that down again,

 

 

then over popped jonny (woo), with his compress and new posh gun and after fumigating the garage out we was left with this

 

sadly it has reacted a little in one place as you can see here, oh and the battery tray bolts have gone too..

 

it still needs buffing and polishing as there's some dust in there, but i cant complain it was done in the front of a garage lol

 

Soooo, now one day on things can finally get done

ive pulled the wiring back thro, and it... well looks a complete mess lol. but its a little progress,

Edited March 1, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Steffrallye 0]

but then, on goes the wings and some new clear repeaters,

 

and to keep everything dry put the bonnet on,

 

along with some ORANGE boot risers, god it feels good to use the orange again lol

 

 

and while at it lets just stick the bumper on lol,

 

 

oh go on then offer the morettes up too XD

 

 

But you no what , i dont like the bonnet , it doesnt look like the photoshop and comes way to far over the morettes and pretty much completely covers the inner lense, so i think its going to go. so if anyones interested let me know and im gona get a standard one me thinks

Edited March 1, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Steffrallye 0]

so then the next day came,

 

new standard bonnet lol in a beautiful dark green but guess ill spray it indigo to match in and all lol,

 

also came across some oil for cheap so got it for after the engine has run in,

 

and then heres the single wiper, from a citreon AX

Edited March 1, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

good decision on the bonnet that grey thing looked g*sh, coming along nicely though

[Steffrallye 0]

Right then, think i better up date this.

 

the car came to life a little when the battery was fitted for some testing, was good to she her with some life again and have the radio on ,

 

so why did i fit the battery?

 

well one was i fitted the rear number plate lights, SMD sidelights giving the modern look, also gave the lenses a clean while at it.

right one is the SMD,

 

 

also i checked the wiring was working for everything, including the morettes and tested how i would wire the inner lense up on one morette,

 

 

but most of all i needed to check that my new wiper setup worked

 

so it started with some cutting, and bit of hammering and a custom little bracket for the scuttle, as i had cut away the stand item aswell as my nice new paint lol, shame but to fix it i had to dent the scuttle lower as the motor sits lower the a 106 item,

 

 

so with some hammering, drilling and cutting in slotted the item,

 

 

then on with the scuttle and wiper arm,

 

 

 

and a little bung to block up the other whole where the left arm use to fit,

 

 

right so its all together now,

 

 

 

the bonnet needs a trim where the arm rubs the lip, but its all fully working, but the ax wiper was a little short soo....

 

after about 30mins in halfords going through all the wipers on selection i came back with a 26" one for a .... well i dont know lol, but its the one i wanted and now the wiper cleans the screen perfectly

 

 

so now i have room to cut a nice chunk out of the scuttle panel when the time comes. ill have to pull it all back out of course to tidy it up and redo the paint along there, but i still need to spray the slam panel so thats no problem,

Edited March 31, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Steffrallye 0]

its all in the little touches

 

stainless bonnet latch pin, Custom one off by Woo,

 

 

old and new.

 

Also Lots of stainless bolts and nuts etc

 

 

also, wheres the badge gone

 

 

........

Edited March 31, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Steffrallye 0]

paint and clean of master cyclinder and servo, power steering pump and bits

oh and removed all sound deadening and painted.

 

 

 

 

 

then, fitted the power steering pump back on, like so

 

 

As i think everyone on the 106oc site knows i came up with a new little toy,

 

A CUPHOLDER!!! XD

 

I was chuffed and felt a little sad being so excited over a cup holder, but posted it up and well you all went nuts, so im glad everyone else was excited too lol

 

heres the pics again

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Steffrallye 0]

Also Brought a few bits, got my self some NGK spark plugs for a JP4, also ordered and picked up a head gasket set and multilayer metal head gasket,

 

 

because, ive sat there and lapped all the valves it, and cleaned them up. So now need the stem seals etc to put it all back together.

 

 

also had the head skimmed, then degreased and washed,

draining,

 

 

then a little paint to the head,

 

 

 

Also to the heat exchanger,

 

Edited March 31, 2010 by Steffrallye

[Steffrallye 0]

picked up the headgasket set this morning, which means i could put everything together, so it went like so...

 

the head, washers, valve springs, retainers etc ready to go back in,

 

 

so first off refitted the washers, and then the new stem seals with a 10mm long socket.

 

 

 

next after placing the valve spring on, retainer and collets one of many was done

 

 

 

then all inlets in place,

 

 

and then finally all 16 valves in place,

 

 

then in went the followers,

 

 

and then in went the Exhaust cam, (708) and the other followers, still need to buy the inlet cam. all in good time tho lol

 

 

 

god i wish i could add more pics in one post

[Steffrallye 0]

another little prezzi turned up today , (30-3-10)

 

 

 

GSXR 1000 throttle bodies, 42mm

[Steffrallye 0]

right then, i think it's time for a little update then.

 

First off, ive been out there and pulled the AX single wiper set up out as it didnt give me the clearance i hoped for, so i needed something to wipe the wet stuff from the glass so i brought this from Raunchz.

 

 

Its a LHD wiper set up from a french motor+ mech, arms and a brand new scuttle from peugeot. so now i just need to get the welder out again and put some brackets on the other side for it.

 

Also the front suspenion has been rebuilt,

 

first off powerflex bushes fitted,

 

 

then some new ball joints,

 

 

also some new wheel bearings,

 

 

and everything got a lick of paint,

 

 

and on when the struts,

 

 

and anti-roll bar on to, poly-bushed.

 

 

 

and then one of the bigger bits arrived today

 

[Steffrallye 0]

ive had a few little parcels turn up.

A clio style Stainless Tow eye,

 

 

a couple of near enough new engine mounts,

 

 

then some rose joints turned up,

2x M14x1.5

4x M12

and sealing boots too,

also some 16mm alloy and 18mm stainless round bar, so now i can get on making my droplinks and steering arms.

 

heres the droplink material, as we've started to make these but i need to get some dies to finish them off.

 

 

Also some porn arrived

 

 

AT Speed racing lightweight billet flywheel,

 

 

the 18mm bar and droplinks have been started in the above pic.

 

also popped out side, remove the standard steering arms,

 

 

and stripped the block ready for a clean, waterpump etc removed

 

 

ooh and she got a little clean today, the dirt has just been building up and it just looked so depressing. but still she is so dirty, she needs a proper claying and polishing but she can wait.

 

 

i did some cleaning up, the black vinal stuff thats on the doors has got ta little tatty over its 11 year life, so thought it was tiume to pull it off, was a pain but looks better.

 

[Steffrallye 0]

Also.....

 

 

Colin Satchel GSXR JP4 bodie setup arrive, with ITG filter and alloy base plate.

Im quiet happy now

 

very nice, thanks Colin/sandy

[Steffrallye 0]

So right, some cutting was going to be needed.

 

well i went and found the block from the back of the garage, bolted on some engine mounts and 1.1 gearbox and slotted it in.

 

then carefully place the head on top, tried the bodies, no so out came the grinder and hacksaw, chopped my self a little hole and tryed again. nope so cut again and again until finally.

 

 

 

so now there is a big horrid whole in the scuttle, so im going to tidy this up and get it looking abit more OE, so some fab work is in order. it needs welding any who as ive cut beyound the seal and i can now look at the foam behind my dash,

 

so next i think i better pull the dash out slighty so i can move the foam out of the way so theres no scary fires, thats all i need lol

[Sandy 191]

Looking good Steff

[Steffrallye 0]

thanks sandy, maybe one day it'll be done and you can finally map it lol

[Sandy 191]

Haha, you never know!