grafteratwork 2 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 nice thread good luck Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted March 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 ah thanks grafteratwork but the thing is my car is dead at the min ! im in the middle of taking the head off to see if i have fucked any valves ! this will be fun !! Link to post Share on other sites
grafteratwork 2 Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 good luck!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted April 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Well since the lastr tiem i was on here i just done my clutch and timming chains but it wouldn t start!! i had thought of everything the last thing to do was to remove the head and wouldn t you know it 8 vavlues out of 12 bent enjoy the pics !!here are some of the other pics i didn t get to put up !dirty gearbox :my airfilter lol my lovely clean gearbox loli did leave it on my was on the started motor so i thought not a very good idea then this is my head :-(then i got hold of a second head with nice vavles and cams all for £50 love it lolthen cleaned it up and put back together and that is my car up to date there are some more things to do but i have no monies at the min !! Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 right hello people !! i haven t been on here for a while i ve been busy busy busy working on the motor now all up and running after that bent vavle incident :-( anyways once the enigne was all put back together and running like a dream again i thought i would do the inside of the motor as it was looking shabby !! here some pics :got the old roof linner out :same with the sun roof !all gone ! lolthen went to hobby craft found the perfect materielsame with the sun roof and same with the cover thats covers the sun roof motor :and i sprayed up a couple of bits :then i fitted the new plastics as i had cream ones !then from ebay i got hold of some black sunvisors with lights in then this weekend i took the dash out to do the heater matrix that was fun !!then put it all togther to make this : Link to post Share on other sites
dman78 1 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 well done mate,looking good Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 thanks mate!! Link to post Share on other sites
Dazdub 0 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Thats awesome mate. Fair play to you sir Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 thanks dazdub still not fnnshed yet a few more little things to do lol Link to post Share on other sites
Dazdub 0 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Keep it coming mate :-d Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Nice 1, but why put it all back in? Think of all the added weight??Only joking! Looks good though, and the heater matrix is a pig, but worth it when the temp drops to below 0!! Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 lol yer i know the added weight i was thinking of a turbo converson there is a kit on ebay for £750 not bad price but i can think i would be replacing some parts !!! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 looking good so far mate... you coming along to any shows this year? Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 none that i know of the only thing i know im going to is the USC at pod ! unless there is any i should be going to ?? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 you should be going to them all!! lol. just wondered cuz id quite like to see how the green and black works in the flesh, lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 there is still a few bits i wanna finnsh before i take her to any shows lol i would rather people see it finnshed then see her as a shit hole lol Link to post Share on other sites
Just_Paul 0 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 dude, this looks really nice! a job well done so far! Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 thanks just paul hows the badge ? all good i take it ?? Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormt 0 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 nice one pearsy looks spot on....good to see you never gave up after the valve incident ... Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Cheers vr storm I thought I would have given up meself but lucky to find a head down the srappy then clean up and bolt on I love working on these engines so easy !! Sometimes lol Link to post Share on other sites
*P3nfold* 0 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Looks awesome. Cannot wait to see it!! Are you going to no-rice on the 14th? Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 well this is a nice thread dude, while my head is off i may take the gearbox off and paint it looks nice, what paint did you use high temp paint or just normal hammerite? Link to post Share on other sites
Pearsy47 1 Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 thanks funky five and dunno about no rice and i just used normal hammerite ashmk3 Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 ahh nice one cheers i need to take the box off any way, as my head gasket has gone and my chain guide has snapped so i may aswell just give it a lick of paint while im there. Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 have you found your problem yet Link to post Share on other sites
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