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[Broomer]

Offerd up my new front, and i am well impressed how well it fits with ZERO trimming at the moment. ARC ANGELS front.


DA'd my rear bumper its nearly finished now.



Its all slowly coming together.

i was told today, that with the black tag masters the ports are the different way round compared to the yellow tag, therefore the rears are at the top, and the fronts at the bottom? can anyone clarify this?

[bakker110]

i was told today, that with the black tag masters the ports are the different way round compared to the yellow tag, therefore the rears are at the top, and the fronts at the bottom? can anyone clarify this?

Maybe that's why my rears lock first? I don't know what my master cylinder is though.

[Stevee]

ohh ohh its looking good !!!


im so tempted by the K series convertion its unreal.

[Broomer]

Update with pictures to follow -

radiators plumbed in,

clutch pedal is made and connected up.

lambda sensor is relocated.

soon i shall be firing it up and making some noise.

[MiniLandy]

Update with pictures to follow -

radiators plumbed in,

clutch pedal is made and connected up.

lambda sensor is relocated.

soon i shall be firing it up and making some noise.

Any progress?? I'm seriously considering flogging all my trick a series bits and buying a crashed 214, and a better welder...

[Broomer]

LOOOOADS of progress.
Today i worked my arse off. i heat wrapped my exhaust, fitted my electric fan to my radiator, fitted my fuel pump to the rear subframe and all the hoes P clipped through the car up to the engine. and i made the exhaust my welding my maniflow box to a metro exhaust ( cut down a little ). plugged in all the wiring so now i just need to check a few things with the circuit diagram, chug in some fuel, hook up my freshly charged battery and turn the key!

i even replaced the battery in the key fob just to make sure it doesn't cause me any trouble.

[MiniLandy]

PICS!

[Broomer]

Some pictures of the progress.




I will be getting more metal zip ties dont worry.

this is where i moved the lambda sensor to.

one shock mount repair, still got the other side to do though.

[Broomer]

Doesnt start...

im thinking ECU fubar.

[MiniLandy]

Did the engine run in the donor Rover?? I'd be double and triple checking wiring first, before assuming the ECU's knackered...

Conversion looks good mate, got any detailed pics of the subframe, and how you solved all the problems people complain about with K series in mini subframes? Oil filter, driveshafts etc?

Cheers, Paul.

[Kam]

Just came across this Liam, didn't realise you had build diary on it!

Is it gonna be ready for Germini?

[Broomer]

Just came across this Liam, didn't realise you had build diary on it!

Is it gonna be ready for Germini?

Fingers crossed.

tried the ecu, 5as and key fobs off the retro metro earlier, did the exact same thing, which means its a problem with the new loom.

Got another friend coming over tomorrow to assess the situation with another pair of eyes, before i loose my temper with it and leave it for 6 months like i did last time ).

finishing it before Germany shouldn't be too bad, its insuring it that's going to be the killer.

[Kam]

finishing it before Germany shouldn't be too bad, its insuring it that's going to be the killer.

Compared with what? I dunno know, off the top of my head? maybe a k-series metro!

Will be interesting to see how it goes round compared with the purple monster

[Owen]

Haven't you got this going yet Liam?

[Broomer]

Haven't you got this going yet Liam?

Quiet you.

You cant rush perfection.