A great car and is good fun but could do with a bit more oomph
1st idea was to fit one of these:-
But finding a suitable gearbox proved to be a fruitless exercise so I started thinking about a V6 swap.
Then this turned up on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182275138565
Some beverage tokens changed hands and its now in my shed
The manifold shows signs of a previous repairs by untrained marmosets
this has been handed to a tame fabricator who will either repair or make a new one.
The turbo has been tested and spins up nicely on compressed air with no leaks. No play in the shaft either.
The turbo is missing the actuator, but I have managed to source a replacement.
A beast of a dump valve
Not sure if I'll keep this as I do prefer the sound of wastegate chatter
I've ordered in a few extra bit to improve reliability.
- Mishimoto Radiator
Oil cooler kit with auxilary oil pressure and temp gauges
Boost gauge (tho I did realise that buying a mechanical one was foolish as I'll need to run a pipe through the cabin ops: )
Next step will be to do a head leak check, and compression test before I start the fitting process