Bearings now in stock and ordered today !
Bearings now in stock and ordered today !
Sorry for my inactivity, we were slowed down waiting for some main bearings due to covid, and i still dont posess any ?
i will be back on it soon and keep you posted
A couple more...
We removed all the track that the rubber sits in round boot area.
It was rotten in places, and rusty on underside, plus you can buy new stuff,
So i purchased some for...
A few more.....
Its just mocked up and will be welded up properly, we just wanted to make it work, and it does brilliantly, obviously it will be bmw power steering, but none of it is piped up yet....
Turns out i dont need to make a crank, as a bloke in finland s advised it can take over 1000 bhp, and 1200NM of torque, so i will be fine,
At the minute some pistons are been made at a place in...
Usual stuff, some arrow precision rods, omega pistons, bore liners, balanced crank,
Cams, oversized valves, ported, flowed, triple valve seats, uprated injectors
MASSIVE TURBO ! :banana:
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No plans on paper at all, just a tape measure, welder, grinder .
We take each problem as it comes, sometimes you need to go backward 2 steps to move forward 3 ?
A few more pictures, we made our...
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Next job is to line all the front panels up, and mount the front bumper.
Pics to follow soon .........
We removed most of our "scaffold support bars"
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More to come soon.............
Its a VW T3 motor lid, id lyin about, looks ok to me.
We are now about to join our lower rear quarters, to our new spare wheel well, thus the rear end will be done completely construction wise, we...
Some more...........
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Ive seen it yes, i like its 3 door conversion, i also want it similar, but to use as many volvo bits as poss, i like the cool amazon dashboard and clocks, and wont swap it for a newer look, as in my...
Cheers lads, it is a labour of love, it was really bad and i dont want to do any more as bad as our amazon,
We are just bead rollin our spare wheel well sections,
more pics soon......
A few more.....
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Remember we saved our old volvo boot floor to put back in, so it looks as factory as poss !...
Update.....
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Some more pics.
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Nice one mate, appreciated,
RANDOM INSIDE PIC
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Been busy last few weeks, but a bit more s been done
Rear end under construction, we needed to make our own repair panels as none exist
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Been a bit busy last few days, just spent £12 on some metal, as i needed some thinner stuff, to make our repair panels for the rear quarters,
I ve used for the rest of the car some 16 gauge and...
Saved from our amazon, we will try and fit it so it looks factory and as is.
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More for ya...
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Drilled ready....