Another mk1 F4R conversion.

[Laine_16v]

Thought id paste it over here, might inspire some of you to join to the dark side ;)

Ill just copy and paste my projec thread from c16v.

So D Day arrives, i hadnt heard from the garage chap down the road so i was a little worried, i chased him up slightly later in the morning. But i was anxious because i had to literally role my car down the road to his garage which is probably 150m away and the car has been stood still for about 6 months, and the later i leave it the busier the road gets with traffic.

So i tied the exhaust up, freed the gearlinkage up which was smashed and destroyed and had wedged under the car and started . With a bit of a push i was off and made it fine, i had to sat truck my engine down the road, i got some rather funny looks lol! (pictures of that to follow, you will LOL).

Ok engine there and in the garage, off we go.



Tools n shit..











It was ****ing hard to line all the mounts up foxy 5th mount is a stiff cunt, and hard to line up the top mount with at the same time, but managed in the end with a bit of a push.










Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr no doesnt fit, this engine seems to tilt upwards compared to the F7R i used to have, no idea why, but cause the bonnet to massively foul the airfilter.



With the bonnet shut, the bonnet touches the air horns :(



Mock up of the smaller setup im going to have to run (flat backplate with offset upwards by about 1cm to make the filter sit lower and some 45mm/60mm trumpets instead of the 90mm).



Going to make the backplate tommorow.



More pics later :D

[vkosho]

Very nice mate. Good work!

[zmaster2k]

Damn Laine! PNX has a heart once more!

Bet that feels good dossnt it ;)

Well done mate look top banana!

[Laine_16v]

So much still to do though :( But yeah its nice. Not one of the coolant pipes fit.

Driveshafts in today, welding the downpipe up to complete the exhaust system and then it time for the wiring.

[zmaster2k]

Oh F4il!

[Laine_16v]

It lives!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZM4NJdgYRA

[schakal]

awesome stuff laine

have you bolted the itb s on yourself ??

[Laine_16v]

Shackal saying something nice? :O

Yeah its all my own doing, has taken many many months though

[schakal]

Shackal saying something nice? :O

Yeah its all my own doing, has taken many many months though

i have been in constructive critisizing business for years
and to this date, have not seen one fully happy customer .

ohh wait ... you missed a bit there :D

[Wobba]

My setup has te bonnet subtely shifted forward a little by using nuts on the stud bolts of the bonnet to act as washers, so when you bolt it in properly it sits foward and up a little.

Mine fouls the bonnet a bit too :( Thinking of cutting a section of the inner skin out, not sure if I should or not.