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I purchased the Spartan. I think it was about 4-6 weeks before it was even shipped. No communication, very slow to ship, but the item looks nice and they have good rep for quality. Havent had a chance to even power it on yet.

10 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

My speeduino board is looking pretty good on the table.. like a nice shiny red coaster. Certainly large enough for my mug of tea right now. I must order the rest of the parts needed. If I was intending to hang on to my HB wagon I'd have a go at injecting that engine with it. But more costly than building the speeduino is buying another wideband.

http://www.14point7.com/products/slc-free

11 hours ago, RevDWC said:

Have mine assembled and flashed, with Bluetooth configured, but not on motor yet. That part was easy, went smoothly. Have a look at the FB group, they're a helpful bunch.

Lol, thats exactly where im at, including testing with Ardustim. The forum is a bit slow, but the Slack and FB groups are good.

Mines still sitting in a bag waiting for me to get my arse into gear and make a loom for the SD1. I have all the bits now though.

I fit a Momo steering wheel to the SD1 today. Gosh its nice to use.

http://www.tasteslikepetrol.net/2017/01/rover-sd1-its-momo-time/

Picked up the pile of bits I won to Trademe recently. The photos were a bit vague as there was a bit of stuff there, but what i did see what an alternator bracket, a full EFI loom and a standard ECU. As soon as i saw them i had to hit the buy now button..... Its a complete score for $125!

The injection loom will be awesome for helping me design and build my new loom, and although i will not molest this standard ECU (genuine SD1 ecus are so rare it would be criminal), its good to have for troubleshooting and helping design the layout of the actual Speeduino housing. I have a Jaguar ECU on the way that has the same housing, that i will cut up for Speeduino. The Alternator bracket will allow me to mock up the placement of the new coils, off the car, and transfer it over.

What i didnt know and what wasnt in the photos, was just how much more stuff there was. I did some digging in the three big boxes when i got home.

There are various things, like a good condition front skirt, 'better condition than mine' tail light lenses, interior door handles, window switches and spare wood, a starter motor, alternator, a couple of mirrors, head lights and heaps of other stuff.

Oh, and yes, a Momo wheel from 1996 and a boss kit! This will be going on the car ASAP, cant wait! Not sure how i feel about the wood wheel, but worst case I can get a nice leather one. The standard wheel is so massive, and nice i faded and sticky to the touch.

And this is what an injection loom looks like.

Woo page two.

Took the Rover to work and had a nosy under it on the hoist.

http://www.tasteslikepetrol.net/2017/01/rover-sd1-on-the-hoist/

2 hours ago, michaelme said:

About an hour North of Wellington is the Southward Car Museum, pretty decent

http://www.southwardcarmuseum.co.nz/gallery.html

Well worth a visit. There is an entry fee, but you would be hard pressed to find a bigger collection anywhere else (and it goes towards operating costs and acquiring more cool cars). Ive been a couple of times now.

I used the Moreys stuff in my old marina. Not sure if its a good advertisement though, as that beast used as much oil as petrol.

I give up.

I fixed the cooling issue, its finally working correctly now. Fitted some LEDs, sealed the tail lights and gave the dash a spruce up.
 

http://www.tasteslikepetrol.net/2017/01/rover-sd1-cooling-fixed-some-leds-and-de-grot/

New page? Please sir.

Oh balls, it merges replies.

Oh well, I cocked up my thermostat replacement. No wonder I had issues coming to temp.

http://www.tasteslikepetrol.net/2017/01/rover-sd1-that-didnt-go-well/

Its about time i had a new page i think.

maybe not?

Knew i had a photo of the Marina.

Got more work to do on the SD1 shortly, just need the damn weather to clear up.

The issue you are having with the photos is that photobucket sucks now. Use a different host like Imgur.

Another quick update. Finished installing my rear speakers, tried some LED bulbs and started to breathe some life into the leather.

http://www.tasteslikepetrol.net/2016/12/rover-sd1-rear-speakers-led-brakes-and-water-ingress/

Woah, thats a stunning result on the paint!

Probably a question no one will know the answer to, but would anyone know if a lead kit like this would work with LS1/2 coils?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/electronics/auction-1225230664.htm

The coils have a small recessed metal stud in the terminal post. I dont know if that is HEI or not. Like these, ignore the lead in the photo (modified for an RX8 or something weird)

Way cooler valve covers than the boring ECCS ones.

Lol at being in other projects. Its only a couple of years newer than my Rover!

Cool car, looks like its a 200ZR-II?

Not many around, needs more pics.

haha, once i have the parcel tray fixed and back in the car ill certainly keep an eye out for one. I had one in the back of my old Marina, along with a tartan blanket on the rear seat back 

A guy in the us we met swears by atf for old chalky sun damaged paint. It does make it look a heap better

Isnt that the old trick for making a car you are trading in look flash (for all of two minutes)? Works on cloudy headlights too i hear.