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Hahaa, yea, I live in the outskirts of London mate, I have traffic wherever I go :(
Though I have the slight issue of the engine spontaneously catching fire to sort out first.
Yes, you read that right, caught fire! Pulled into work today, bit of smoke coming out from under the hood, popped it open and the engine was slightly on fire!!! Thankfully I carry a fire extinguisher with me luckily!! Seems to be pissing oil out of somewhere under the turbo and it hit the exhaust and just caught light :(
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Engine fire has been sorted, an oil line had split slightly and was spraying oil out when under pressure onto the turbo and onto the exhaust. So that's now been sorted (hopefully)
And now a sticker update time!!
Rear side windows, with the Scrappage Scheme Survivor and Rat-Look.com stickers, but now accompanied by the rat manifesto sticker I designed!!!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._8386537_n.jpg
This is the original design of the manifesto for you guys to read a bit easier (not got round to tinting the rear side windows yet so this is how it will look eventually)
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...mindset2-1.jpg
And the front badge has now been altered slightly too :D
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4533927_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7221407_n.jpg
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Got this fitted today too :D
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...0_508000_n.jpg
Also added some spring assistors too to help raise the back end up a bit, need to add another set to each spring I think too, get some sweet rake on there and then I can stick larger tyres on for a bit of a hot rod stance :D
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Well after much arguing with, well, everything, I managed to get the new speakers in :D
Unfortunately after all the work, found that the bloody amp has packed up!! Ah well, guess I'll get a new JBL one, been needing to replace my Vibe amps with JBL ones anyways, so now I have a good reason to!
I also started tinting my windows but the bloody neighbourhood chavs decided to f**k it up for me and I ended up slicing my arm right open as they jumped on the car as I was sitting in the back trimming it a bit. They're just lucky I didn't manage to get out the trunk in time before they rode off on their bikes :evil: I've decided I can't be arsed to pay out for more tint film, so I'm just gonna paint the inside of the windows. 100% tint, and damn sight easier to do too :lol:
But here's the result of today's work:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7031219_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5578924_n.jpg
Yes, they are shelving brackets holding the speaker pods up. There's another bracket on the other side too :) Hey, it works eh?
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Good news and bad news folks.
Good news - the whole car is now matt black and looks awesome :D
Bad news - the turbo seal has blown :( Need to replace the turbo but luckily I should hopefully be getting one on Sunday off Justin (who is a total life saver!!)
But enjoy the photos :)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4208789_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2475956_n.jpg
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Well some sad news, the engine is dead :( Checked everything and everything seems fine, but there is oil getting into the combustion chamber for some unknown reason.
Good news though - I've bought a Rover 3.5 litre V8 to drop into her!! Gonna be running on carbs and straight through pipes, so with a few little mods should see me to about 180 - 200hp :)
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That's going to be even more amusing than before! Looking excellent.
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thats going to be wild put a 4 barrel on it and a cam and manifolds and your looking at more than 200 bhp more like 250+
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Only thing on that list I'm not getting mod ones from that list is cams.
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sounds good mate and the advantage is they drop straight in.i would luv to put a c6.3 amg merc engine in mine oh yes lol.
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Heh, that'd be sweet mate. Do you know if the gearbox fits to the v8? Can't find any info on it online. I can fab up an adapter plate easy enough if it'll fit.
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Mmmmmmm, taaasstttyyyyy!!!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1783479_n.jpg
I have done quite a bit of research and I have found that to get this in, and hooked up with everything, I need an earlier 940 gearbox, one with the ZF4HP22 code on it, attach a Rover bellhousing to the front, and then hook it all up :D
Once I get the bits, it hopefully won't be too long at all. Just gotta get the bits now.
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keep it manual mate alot better power and fuel mpg too
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It's auto already.
Plus, kinda need to be able to use your left leg to drive a manual :lol: Something not many of you may have realized, but I have spinal cord damage. Why I got into rat look cars, cos I physically can't clean them, so I just go with the rat look so it looks cool when it's dirty :D
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ok mate forgot yours is a auto go for it mate should be good and the rat look looks good too
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Yea, I reckon it'll be interesting putting yours and mine up against each other sometime. Yours with higher hp, but turbo lag, and mine, with lower hp, but high torque all through the rev range.
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i think next year will be a surprise with what i am going to do over the winter with mine also i dont get turbo lag on my car mate.but it would be good to see though
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Well maybe not turbo lag, but you'll have power kick in at higher revs.
Got me intrigued with what you're gonna be doing now though :D
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List of parts obtained so far:
The engine (always a good start)
Distributor (on the engine already)
Alternator (waiting for delivery)
Starter motor (waiting for delivery)
Water pump (waiting for delivery)
Spark plugs (waiting for delievery)
HT leads
Headers
Full gasket kit (waiting for delivery)
I need:
Inlet manifold + carbs
Gearbox off a 91 - 95 Volvo 940 (gearbox code ZF 4HP22)
Landrover 4HP22 gearbox (for bellhousing and torque converter)
And I'm looking at all of those bits that I need at the moment :)
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I got bored today, so thought I'd play around with the car a bit.
Took the door cards off the rear doors, taped up and tidied the wiring, and painted it all matt black.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2396167_n.jpg