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[Hegnirst]

 

 

Looking good, would love to do an engine conversion one day

 
go for it! i did! im sure i wont regret it
finally got everything i need essentially, just fuel pump, rear engine mount and radiator and probe hoses and end of exhausts thats it as long as i can see :)

It's on the list of things to do

Coming together well should be finished in no time

 

 

cool dude! ive been building up the momentum to do it for ages
 

thanks dude! :)

i cant wait to start fiddling with putting the frame in tomorrow!

[Hegnirst]

Looking good if you need any help or just want to look a project in progress over then give me a shout as I'm only in St.Johns Worcester!

 

thanks mate! :) your more than welcome if you want to come over matey!

 

know how to weld? i need a weld done tomorrow! lol

[Mr Thirty]

looking great, how much did he want for the sub frame? does he make them to order or what? good luck. some fast progress there mate

[Hegnirst]

looking great, how much did he want for the sub frame? does he make them to order or what? good luck. some fast progress there mate

 

he has a few single bolt ones already built but the twin bolt ones are made to order as they are hard to come by matey

thanks! just updating again right now

[Hegnirst]

UPdate!

 

really annoying, every single time i move the engine there is a oil spill underneath it

 

 

argh! dont know where its coming from, i need an engine crane to see from but i reckon maybe a crack in the sump? :/ i don't know yet though...

 

so i started putting the frame on, the tower bolts were perfectly lined up but the bottom mounts well...

 

 

 

which i thought was a real problem, but i guess the bolts just need putting in and tightening up

 

so hopefully tomorrow after the mount holes have been strengthened with plates welded on the inside. and all tightened together it will all be straight.

 

so thats the test fit anyway :)

 

 

 

my next thing was to have a look at the rear engine mount.

 

 

 

 

i am missing a  part i know, i need to get one at some stage but from looking at it, the engine mount on the engine is offset where as on the frame its central as you can see here

 

 

 

then just having a look the standard gauge which im using just to for the mean while, probably change it for the s2000 one mentioned earlier at some point ide imagine.

 

heres my dash with the other gauge held in front,

 

 

 

i actually like it a lot more than i thought i would do. if i do keep it i will be putting full LED's in there just like my mini ones, :) it makes such a difference! i love it!

 

here is the steering column and everything

 

 

 

i have currently taken out the steering column to see if i can use the honda steering column as it would save me the time changing over the ignition barrel and stalks if anyone has any advice or knowledge, please do share!

 

more wiring!

 

 

this is all the cars electrics so i will be staring on this through the week my girlfriends going to love the lounge 

im guessing its just power steering, abs stuff etc that i dont need :)

 

i gave up with borrowing people for cutting and grinding stuff so i just bought my own lol 

 

plus some stuff to complete cleaning the engine :)

 

 

SAFETY FIRST! LOL

 

 

 

 i then had a cup of tea and test fitted the manifold

 

 

well i say test fitted, i mean garden clipped it on with one nut lol

 

i went and picked my mate up for a bit of company and he gave me a hand finishing of the engine.

 

after an hour it came out like this

 

 

and with manifold

 

 

which i think is good enough

 

after dinner im going to go paint it with some VHT aluminium paint so it should be a smart finish i hope :)

 

will be back later with some more updates!

[Hegnirst]

ok so i started making the first coat on just the engine which looked like it going on well :)
looks like the cleaning paid off

 

 

and proceeded onto the gearbox and back of the engine

 

 

 

 

then i found that annoying oil leak! YES! lol

looks like its just been pinged of a stone, its a tiny tiny hole, so either new/used sump or something to fill it :) result!

 

 

so finished painting 3 coats all dried and i will give a couple more tomorrow but thats it for tonight! :)

 

 

 

 

happy with the results! 

 

another update tomorrow i think!

[megamini_jb]

Engine looks awesome

[Hegnirst]

Engine looks awesome

 

 

thanks mate! havnt seen it in the day yet, it could looks rubbish! lol

[Hegnirst]

ok big update :)

 

soooooooo first today i picked my mate Matt. He kindly offered to do some welding for me, as i dont own a welder

 

first call of the day was to pick a pair of metal plate off cuts from a fabricators locally, they were 6x6 inches each and 1.5mm thick.

this is to strengthen the floor where the bottom mounts for the subframe are.

 

heres Matt welding them in 

 

 

 

and finished, with some nice M10 bolts and nylon locks with mahoosive washers

 

 

 

 

and both 

 

 

i then began to start making a good surface to paint on for the lower part of the engine bay

 

 

then i cut out the bottom bit of the bulkhead, as i know i need to make space for this manifold, but until i can place it and see how much i need to cut out, i guessed this for now, as soon as i have the inlet i will cut anything more i need to :)

 

 

 

time for a tea break! mmmmm biscuits mmmmm

 

anyway! on we go

 

so were at this point now

 

 

and finished stripping the old subframe 

 

 

and in comparison to the new one...

 

 

then i got stuck with the subframe with getting the cones out, so i just gave up and cut them out!!! in fact both of us cut a tower each at the same time lol

 

 

nice bit of water in there aha! looks odd from above aha

 

 

after taking all of the stuff of, i have put all of the nuts and bolts in a glass full of gunk mmmm so a week of soaking they should be good :)

 

then drilled the new holes for the subframe through and went for a trial fit, it went really well apart from having a small space on one side and a bigger space on the other side :/

 

 

 

 

and the bottom mounts were pulled in so they were ok

 

 

 

and then ended up cutting the last bit of the bulkhead so there wasnt a stupid lip on it lol

 

 

then this happened by accident :)

 

 

 

 

whoopsie!!

the conversation went like this,

 

"shall we?

erm, i haven't got an engine crane....we could probably lift it?

yea go on then"....

 

it carried on like this for a bit, looking at the best way to do it, we had a big plank with tow rope, we had a stool, cushions, wheels, car jack, after fidgeting around with this for a bit, we said b******s to it. and we just lifted it in, gearbox first then the rest! lol went well :)

 

 

the engine cleared everywhere which was awesome

 

 

 

 

 

 

and to be honest, im loving the camber a lot and if i didnt have my wheels i would definitely go standard 10 wheels it would look badass like this

 

 

thats it for today!

till next week!

 

next week, wiring mmmmmmm

steering column (strengthen and decide to use the mini one or the honda one)

checking the clutch

cutting and welding the rest of the bulkhead to suite manifold

fit inlet manifold 

 

[giacomo]

Will be following this closely, looking to do an engine conversion in the future and this is high on the list

[Hegnirst]

Will be following this closely, looking to do an engine conversion in the future and this is high on the list

 

cool dude, its going really well, not as hard as people think they are, nice and easy to be honest just hard labour lol

[Rocket.]

Engine looks great !

[Hegnirst]

Engine looks great !

 

thanks matey! will be painting it again when it goes in again for the final time :)

[Hegnirst]

well my hinges for the front end have arrived, but the struts are 20 quid!

thats something i will be doing on monday as well :) will be good i think!

[Hegnirst]

well my hinges for the front end have arrived, but the struts are 20 quid! 
thats something i will be doing on monday as well  will be good i think!