rich1179

Just starting a topic to keep folks up to date about 2 years ago I started the mad beams powered rover 2000 swap... there is a whole playlist on YouTube what i've learnt is don't try and rewire a car, then fit it into a car from the 60s and then think anything will fit... but it dose and it will work

Random request and sorry if I hijacked the thread but can you get a photo of the sump on the 3000? Thanks

sounds fun haha

Still on in Lvl: 3?

this is next week right?

Thanks mate. Kinda thought about it but the weekly schedule works for me in more of a motion to get up there and do stuff haha. I will look at mic after work today sadly my camera won't take an external mic so will have to borrow my gf one

Clean up maybe coming in September as having a change of lease. Full tour is hard with the amount of stuff in there haha and only myself being there to film it but I'll see what happens

Thanks mate, honestly I would cut out all the ums and errs but personally I prefer some human feel too it. Also I realy need to invest in a wireless mic. Its definitely proving to be more popular than I expected haha especially as in person I'm quite a shy and quiet person who mumbles. Thanks for the support.

New episode is now live. I apologize in advance its a little longer than expected opps

thanks mate, that or I'm just better at editing out the 1000 bad takes P.S. new video tonight sorry its another short one

So I'm not sure if this is allowed but as part of my new year challenge to myself i have set up a YouTube channel and am trying to release a video a week. I'm open to any and all comments and feed back. most videos will be documenting the builds of my cars and/or stuff happening in garage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmzug6a8sKbje8AVNAvoHw At this stage there is an over view and 3 videos on the celeste hope you guys enjoy

Sadly got another project to get on with.... my new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmzug6a8sKbje8AVNAvoHw PS. Shameless plug

sadly had to zip off early lol but defiantly glad I've got a OS daily car back up and running again

Heading down in 5 mins woop

I defiantly wont be there but will the car be ready for drag racing next month... we will see, civic needs a new pair of shocks and wheel bearings. then rover and Mitsubishi needs to go for wof... hope they pass

we will see.. work is hectic so will see how i go

Perfect may have time to sort wof points

So tomorrow original place? may swing by in the civic now its running and i can pretend its 2018 (wof says it is)

Stage 4: the engine. its tired, blowing more smoke than my grandfather and taps like Gene Kelly. So tbh i have been planing the engine swap fro a few months now, First i brought a whole land rover for the 4.6L V8. (yes that is another 3.5 and a Honda city turbo engine in the background) while stripping this down i was looking at cams and found a hot auckland cams cut that stated "Needs increased compression ratio" and well that is like saying go nuts. so i looked around at how rover mad both the 4.6 and 4.0l engines have the same 9.35:1 ratio. I then found that the only difference is the pistons and this is how they made the 8:1 ratio low compression ones. so well i brought a 4l bottom end so with my maths if the 4.6 pistons in a 4l block lower the compression ration then the 4l pistons with a 4.6 stroke will raise it to about 10.75:1 (only 0.25:1 higher than a stock 3.5L P6 engine) perfect armed with a box of bits that i got just befor lock down I have started the clean up process (Rods and pistons chilling on a jag) as a touch of madness hit... i removed the spot welds on the front rad support... less angle for the v8 to get in and out of the bay then i got bored and well may have made a starter fit in the body as the solinoid did hit the chassis... not no more with a slight tweek to its angle And some new mounting holes well now you are up to date hopefully more to come soon

Right then i got news that i was having to go into lock down for 4 weeks, so i did what any normal person would do... I moved the rover and all the parts to my parents place. there is a reason for this, my car and workshop are not at my hose so i have no access to them for 4 weeks unacceptable any who stage 3: New exhaust firstly getting the Landrover 3.9L headers to fit just needed alittle tweek to the chassis... or if your a cert officer, they bolted right in Next up some custom down pipes to clear the starter and clutch (Yes the block of wood on the gearbox is highly important) next was lots... and i mean lots of thinking, cutting and welding (Did i mention this exhaust is made out of 100% recycled pipes) New front section And rear (tip has now been changed as this looked like poo)

Right update time, well i'm stuckin isolatio for 4 weeks so what better thing to do than to work on the rover... so I am (hopefully ill be able to get a fait bit done) Stage 1: clean up, eg paint the damn roof. its been bugging me for years that the vynal on the roof has been this faded gray (48 years of sun will do that) so i cracked out some old vinal die i had from when i painted some of the interior of my civic and set to work Started with this one side and it looks better but looked really dark when i put it on but hey ho its on now first take on the roof (yes i know the rear screen looks like trash) Roof covered, ok actually doesn't look bad Really good comparison of before and after in neutral light Stage 2: fix the speedo, never was connected when i bult the car (Jap speedo drive in T5, english cable on speedo) Fixed, with nothing more than zip ties and a bottle cap

Hopefully I'll be revising this build thread soon... new garage. And yes the black pos is for sale

Hey mate, sorry but i also had to track them down as well and they are now fitted. however i do have a couple of sets of P6 Steel wheels (Different widths?) if that helps? thanks

thanks, ill have a poke around. it seems its hitting a stop as winder is not fully extended but the 2 stops in the hanes book are not touching. wonder if there is an early and late door as the car i have has been put together from a couple.

Question for the GTO people, just installed he door rubbers on the green GTO and it seems the glass is too low in the fram by about 10mm to properly seal up to them? but ive tryed adjusting the glass up but still seems too low, can i slot the wholes in the door or is there another adjustment i'm missing. door are alined on the car within 2mm.