ha ha good one

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For the moment I thought that this is Seans garage, then I realized that he builds his Lambo on his own
keep it going mate

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awesome man, is it ready for wrapping?

Awesome work man.
Are you not really tempted to just drive around now as is? I know I would be! lol

sweet

jesus man epic work it must weigh tonnes!

@ Silverlux - its ready for wrapping just waiting on the stuff to arrive Friday i have been told

@ Infamous - Cheers no i have driven it around the industrial estate wont be on the road till its 100% finished

@ Bommie - Cheers mate

@ white97 mr2 id say it doesn't weigh much more than a mr2 as the mr2 underneath lost a shit load of weight

Hi Sean,

Good on you sticking with it, long time coming.

Cant wait to see it wrapped.
Is the roll cage/padded bars thing only for the construction, i.e will that come out upon completion? Or is that a permanent fixture?

In one of the pics there it looks like the rear nearside wheel arch is rubbing the wheel, or at least is very close to it. But then it kind of looks like the arch isnt quite rounded off, so maybe its just the camera angle?

Who is doing the wrapping for you?

c'mon peggy, did the wrap arrived mate?

@ R1_Pete - The roll cage is staging just getting different padding for it its permanent fixture i'm afraid.The suspension is dropped to the ground for security reasons the car has to be risen up when complete. Myself and another chap that wraps cars are doing the wrapping.

@ Silverlux - no sign yet have been working on the civic interior just waiting on the gearbox for it

Nothing ever goes right

This arrived today

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Changed the air filter

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Side by side

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Its really looking good. Can't wait to see the wrap

Was out on Sat and seen the car in person and have to say the amount of work gone into this car is insane!! Looks great in the flesh cant wait to see her finished and also the carbon dipped parts gave me a hankering some carbon lovin on my car

Are ya sticking with the wheels that are on it now or changing when the car is finished. I had somethink like this link below on my Fiat Coupe. Momo nice.....


www.google.ie/search?q=momo+alloy+wheels...fit_R31s%3B350%3B363

I would like to point out a slight concern about the TOM'S ecu. If it was tuned for Japanese higher octane fuel, you could end up with knock when using standard pump fuel. Just a thought.

Havent had the chance to get near the Lambo been busy sorting out a few other cars

Dynamat on the civic

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Civic Door card

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Re-trim the door arm on the door card

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These arrived

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Lovely weather outside

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One door card finished will go well with the seats

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Fitted the steering wheel to the lambo

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Now the bad news :( Done a compression on one cylinder 70% at full rev on another cylinder 50% so it out with the engine

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Gunk

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Starting to strip down

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Rocker cover off

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Gunk crap on the rocker cover

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What a fuck of a day :( :( :( :( :( :(

That's shit luck. Kcd for moral support

Sorry to hear that Sean kc for moral support too . By the way is there nothing you can`t do , I wish I had your gifted hands .

Any ideas what caused white crap in the engine? I have seen something similar on f'd 97 Astra engine...mind them carbon bits
KC for better luck and speed Sean
by the way..civic looks the job man

Sometimes that happens if the car is standing up for a while and because ireland has very moist air im guessing it got into the engine and mixed with the oil which gave the oil that white colour, also you probably didnt drive it much just pulled it out of the garage and back in which isnt enough time to get the water to eveporate and just caused more condensation because of temp difference, it happened to nearly all the cars i had but in the summer because of big difference in temperature at day and night, if u take off ur oil cap in the summer u will see that color oil on the cap, also the oil was probably in there for too long give that poor engine an oil change lol
I dont think that white oil is something to be worried about, the car just needs to be driven.
Did you try pour a capfull of oil into each cylinder and check compression again?
If the compression goes up then it must be the piston rings.

id say headgasket bud all that gunk would be caused from the water forced to mix with the oil shouldnt be a big job for you thou

@ Slpa300 - i poured oil in each cylinder and the compression was still at 50 on the two inside ones and 75 on the outside ones think the head is ka put

Cheers for all the advice guys

Maybe its the valves then...
Would you not buy that rev3 one for 100 with the ringland problem since ur gonna be taking the engine apart anyway?

just use the engine from your black mr2?

Am looking for parts

Steel head gasket set
ARP Head Bolts
Clutch
Water Pump
Timing Belt

Am open to any information on where to get these will need these asap

I think i saw someone here sell a rev2 stock gasket but ur better off get some thicker aftermarket one on ebay and you should be safe to run 1bar,
also ebay would be good for bolts too unless they are the same as a rev2 na in that case i may have some lying around.
Im only after getting my exedy clutch from this lad for 330 delivered, delivery was quick: Shane 0876633761.
Try ebay or toyota for water pump,
And any car parts shop should be able to get ya a timing belt, also u may need the idle and tensioner bearing for that belt. the idle bearing is exactly the same as the one on the tensioner so if ur buying one buy the 2 idle ones because the one on the tensioner is about 70yoyo and the idle one is about 30.
Ive no idea why price is so different for 2 the same bearings i always get the one for 30 and use it for the tensioner aswel.

Are the pistons and cylinder walls good? were u losing compression just because of the blown gasket?
A friend the other week told me Percision engineering place in enfield skims the head for E60
Good luck, at least the engine will be 100% after this.

Try funky power in the uk they should have all the bits you need cometic gaskets arp bolts etc. Haven't bought anything of them in a while but there prices were fairly good in the past

Try funky power in the uk they should have all the bits you need cometic gaskets arp bolts etc. Haven't bought anything of them in a while but there prices were fairly good in the past