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Actually got sweet F.A. done this weekend.

Friday got the battery mounted in boot & that's about it due to being drunk from thursday still 8)

Saturday pulled out dummy block, mounted coils, sorted fuel & oil fittings & hoses.

Still waiting on the fuel rails to come back from engineers.

Mocked up new radiator in the mounts we had modified on the original, wont fit with the factory electric fans, so will have to get some aftermarket slim fans.

Spent most of saturday afternoon doing NOTHING. Was waiting on the block to be finished.

Finally picked up block at 5pm saturday night, went to drop it in & found that there was no spigot bearing in the E-shaft :evil: so called it a day.

Workshop was shut yesterday so no more progress.

Hopefully today I can get hold of a spigot bearing & drop the block in tonight after work. This & the fuel rails are the major holdups.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Almost got her done before new year's then stores decided to close / I decided to drink for 2 weeks straight.

Worked out how to retain my power steering & aircon, so a little bit of works gone into that.

Have had to wait for some places to re-open (Today).

Also had to source a second hand loom for plugs (air temp, water temp, crank angle sensors etc.) as my old ones were brittle as.

So just a little fab work to be done, however, had to take car out of workshop due to customer's cars having priority, so will keep cracking away at her slowly.

Would say possible start up saturday, with it driveable sometime next week.

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Just to prove it ain't pinto powered...

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Note: Pic was taken before BOV flange was welded on or radiator mounted correctly

SPEC LIST:

S8 Bridgeport Turbo Block

S8 door cards, centre console & dash panels

Microtech LT10S

Microtech X4 Ignitor

4 x Bosch Coils

Masterpower GT37

Turbo Beanie

Tial 44mm Wastegate

Tial 50mm BOV

3 Core Alloy Radiator

New Waterpump

Bosch 1680cc Secondary Top Feed Injectors

Sard 880cc Primary Top Feed Injectors

Sard FPR

Bosch .044 (700hp) Fuel pump

SX Fuel Filter

Battery in Boot

Custom Primary Fuel Rail

Custom Secondary Fuel Rail

Fuel Pump Fittings

New Crank angle Sensors

MAZDASPEED Thermostat

Braided Turbo oil feed / Fuel lines

Fragola Fittings

3 Inch Mendral Bent Exhaust

600 x 300 x 76mm intercooler

2x10 inch electric radiator fans

Series 7 RS brake rotors & calipers

Exceedy Hyper Heavy Duty Clutch

Would be running this weekend but I'm away. Next weekend it is.

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Aite, so this things in dry storage at the moment. Moved outa my old flat into a nicer area / house. However, no room at my new place to work on it.

Had a wee (massive) hold up on the wiring.

However, loom is finished & ready to plug in. (Only the 2 crank angle sensors plugs to sort)

Left to do:

Dash gauge wiring

Bolt on Intake

Plug in loom

Find a S6 Alternator bracket

Bolt on ancillaries

Run vacuum lines

run water hoses

Fill with oil, water, Powersteering Fluid

Bleed Brakes, Clutch & Powersteering

Check for leaks

Maybe start it up...

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So this is out of storage now.

Picked up a mint new interior for it tonight, my old one had a few scratches n little broken bits. Stoaked.

All of the emissions blank off plates are on with new gaskets.

Slowly getting there

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Some Photos I took:

Cheap shit exhaust manifold:

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3 inch mendral bent exhaust:

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44mm Tial Wastegate for max thrash action:

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New Doorcard vs old door card:

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Some assembly required:

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Sard FPR with 13b PP KE25 in back ground

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Tial 50mm BOV

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The Huffer - Masterpower GT37

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This is almost back together with a new dash cluster, old one was all scratched up

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Love the wide hips on this thing

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Good Bye Red:

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Final Result:

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Red is faded from sitting in the sun for 2 years after previous owner blew the clutch.

Yes will be getting new wheels when I can afford them. Painting those centres is just a quick jobbie (simple green to clean them, mask & bomb black. Managed to avoid any runs in the paint though. paint will probably wash off of the 1st wet day i drive it.

These in white or bronze have caught my fancy:

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Have also removed front kit and will be slapping on the factory bumper for now.

Slight hiccup, cant seem to find anyone who makes alloy mounts for radiator fans, so will have to make some up on the laithe on saturday.

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