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But imagine the kudos from Wayne and troy at the next rodders meet.

It's all good and that however I can't help but think that your open trumpets need some assistance and style...

Neat! What a cool combo. Engines and parts are so cheap in the states too. This bit... "Power is sent to the rear wheels through a five-speed sequential transmission reportedly sourced from a Honda Gold Wing" That would be the stock transmission then (saved them about 9,765,653 hours of work)

I'll have to do a road trip south and visit you then (and your cats)

hopefully you'll get to see it when you come along to the oldschool nats next year

Oh and the ignition will be controlled by the megasquirt 3 and most likely be a separate 6 post coil - much like I had in my Viva. Wasted spark.

They ain't going anywhere - there's a lot of glue involved I want to see a Dave @Roman graph on the effects two Mandalorians might have on induction efficiency though.

I've finally finished the inlet plenum (although I want to add some paint/tidy some bits) and I'm pretty stoked with it. The end result is a bit of fun. Just mucking about after I had some ideas pop into my head and wouldn't leave. I had to do it. So where I left off last time I had made the base of the plenum which I continued on piecing together, changing some ideas and sussing out construction issues as I went along while keeping the design close to some original drawings that I'd done while visiting my parents. Building the box... made some stainless trims to smooth flow out of the rectangular hole feeding the plenum and also hide interior welds... Tubey bit sticks up facing towards the front of the car... Boxy bits getting tacked together. Welded on the inside too. Enough tacks and welds that it would hold fast and not 'pull' when the outside welds were added Tacked together bits getting welded on the outside... Stumpy elephant trunk... (it could be described worse) Back to milling bits of alloy... Making these bits.. Which were then very, very carefully bent to suit the curved lid of the plenum... Drilled and tapped to suit the plenum body... Lid fits nicely onto the body, sealed with high density foam and held in place with dome headed socket screws. Then the throttle body flange needed welding on. I took my time so nothing warped but luckily it was pretty thick ally anyway. Tacks then welding. Added another layer so I could file it down flat and have a good sealing area. In pics.. Next thing to make was a little curved bit of alloy that would surround a bit of acrylic. I started with some small section alloy capping and milled it down.. It had to be bent in 2 planes. Out with the shrinker stretcher which luckily did almost all of what I needed, the rest being finished in a vice with hammers and pliers. Turned out like this... I got some 5mm acrylic and cut it to the right size. I made a form from two bits of alloy, shaped to the same curvature as the lid. Out with the heat gun... Setting the forms and squeezing together... Checking the curves formed are correct .. Pretty good matches the alloy rim... Drilled some holes in the alloy and through the acrylic (carefully.....! ) which as I predicted was tricky next to the edge and I ended up splitting a couple of the trial domes. So I made this little tool, using a bit of steel I machined to a point and one of the little wooden handles I had made ages ago for wood burners we make. Heated the point up with the oxyset and pushed it through smaller pilot holes drilled... Around the same time as I was playing with bits of plastic some leds with a controller that I'd bought online turned up. I chopped them up and reconfigured bits to suit the underside of the lid. Tiny little solder pads on these. I checked they worked... A hole was cut in the plenum lid to suit the acrylic and alloy rim, which was then bolted in place with little socket head screws, again sealed with foam. Neat. Now I could look inside. Then I stuck those led lights to the underside of the lid. This was all needed because these little treats turned up a while back after I first had the ideas pop into my head. (thanks Ali express)... Lego fun.. The detail... I glued the Mandos so they'd never come apart. They got screwed and glued onto a little section of alloy. I cut a section bit mirror to size and stuck it to the back wall. Then the Mandos were bolted into their new forever spaceship home complete with some signage ... Zooming out from the front of the spaceship/engine... Plenum sits nice and low... I did a little video for fun. I couldn't resist... Fun is over. I now have to crack on with boring water pipes and exhaust manifold building (I must order some stainless bends!!!!) But yeah- I'm pretty happy with what I have just made. A bit of silly fun I know but hey- I'm not a very serious person I'll really enjoy seeing the response the 'Mandalorian spaceship' gets from the more serious type of enthusiasts at car shows in the future. I hope it works out for me and this is a thing that happens.

Take as long as you want. I'm ages away from finishing the Imp yet. I'm still busy assembling our van back together after giving that a bit of a resto.

I'm now watching this thread with even more interest because I've been offered a cheap complete mk1 mini which I might take up in the future when the Imp is finished * *the imp is always gonna be an ongoing project..

Yep- @igor any moisture that makes it past the window seal (which will be plenty) and then sits in the bottom of the door ,because the drain holes are badly placed or blocked, can then find its way as condensation onto the cards if not protected. A bit warmth in winter and the rising damp will fuck the cards on old cars with the hardboard backing and they'll warp easily (very hard to straighten once bent)

I tape mine in place with duct tape along the top so easy to remove if I need to do window/lock fixing in the future. Or if it just needs securing along the top then use sikaflex 123 ms bond https://www.placemakers.co.nz/online/adhesives-sealants/adhesives-sealants/caulks-and-sealants/interiorexterior-sealants/sikaflex-123-ms-bond-adhesive-and-sealant-300ml-bond-grey-595755/p/5900433?gclsrc=aw.ds Make sure to tuck the bottom back into the door so any condensation will run back into the door rather than out into your carpet. Our toyota van has long slots an inch up from the bottom where you pop the plastic through.

Do you lightly heat the vinyl before pressing? Looks great.

Don't show too much interest. They might put the starting price beyond my megre reach.

Looks like the engine cover and the frunk are both opening?

New thread for this one please. Separate to the xjld28ts thread thanks.

Yeah but we all know that the mighty ld28 will purr. .. Unlike the overrated leaky heavy old English anchor

Yeah but what about the up coming LD28T and manual box swap it'll be getting?

Where's the project thread on the XJS?....

They have to grow the plants first to collect the pigments needed.

Nah. That's what I'd expect and get from the paint shops in Nelson/tasman. Go somewhere else but let them know why so they might learn from it and sort their shit out.

+11 for pastel yellow

Looks like it's a simple enough conversion if using the engine and transmission as is.

But yeah.. Its been done before..

Just turn the engine upside down and inside out and it's sorted.