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]post-26828-1163673689.jpgpost-26828-1163673732.jpgHey all, just an update of what has been going on with my project as of late. Car was taken to friends house in Narrabri NSW and stripped of engine, interior and pretty much everything for that matter in August this year. Before my mate started on it he had his parents land rover to finish (which dragged out forever mind you).

So anyhow, it is now November and work finally started recently. He had this week off work and the car is coming along very nicely now. All guards, doors,boot,engine bay etc removed and stripped inside and out (back to metal). All apart from the roof and part of the body has now been primed and is ready for paint, hopefully by the end of next week the car should be ready for painting.

However, in all good projects there comes a problem, the bonnet was found to have large quantities of bog in the RHS front area. So since we have already gone this far I am going to replace it with straight one and be happy in my mind that my car will be sporting less bog than previous. So I am currently searching for a bonnet for the car, perhaps vented! Have found one already if vented ones are not the right price.

Have opted to paint the car the light XR6 falcon blue (velocity blue) and will two tone it with the bottom portion being Silver.

Car is going back together with all engine pieces/fuel lines etc being painted and or polished. Have alloy radiator to go in already and am planning exhaust manifold and turbo upgrade as well. Car had 220kw@wheels but I want 270kw.

Will hopefully have some pics of progress to post soon

This is the car previously

Hey guys, Just travelled down to my car on the weekend to help my mate out and we made some good progress with the engine bay now done. Colour is finalised with Velocity blue with 20% prismatic blu mixed in (sparkly stuff),

here are the pics

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looks nice from the outside i hadnt seen this before because im new and its good to see you working on it with your mate i guess you will have to go to wreckers or something to find a new bonnet

gl :P

looks nice from the outside i hadnt seen this before because im new and its good to see you working on it with your mate i guess you will have to go to wreckers or something to find a new bonnet

gl :P

Bonnet sorted from good bloke in Ipswich, nice easy outcome to a potential annoying situation. Mate is a Spray Painter by trade and doesnt often get to paint whole cars (especially nice ones). He going above and beyond call of duty for me on this one, Car will come out SCHMIK

Well done on doing the complete job, what mods have you got planned for the 270kw?

Mainly Exhaust manifold, turbo and injectors as I already have everything else. Already have 40thou oversize arias forged pistons, bosch fuel pump, ECU, PWR FMIC, Turbosmart electronic boost controller and all the standard stuff.

Parts I would like to get are new plenum chamber as the one I have although still modded has same flow restrictions as standard.

When I begin putting car back together will be going whole hog with polished/painted everything and braided hoses and all that good gear. Will be a long term commitment but a good one when the end resullt is finally here

she hasnt changed much mate

will look good with a lick of paint

Hasnt changed much "YET" those are prior to painting, am working on getting pictures as the car is getting done. Will hope to have some soon

  • 3 weeks later...
yeah looks good, might help to take a picture in the sunlight to show off the colour better.

Pictures were taken in spray booth as I was running out of time. Needs sunlight to highlight the sparkle. Cant wait for rest of car to be done thats for sure!!!!

hows the inlet manifold mate? bought one havnt put it on yet just curious how it performs? that bov isnt really in the best place either shouldnt it be after the turbo/closest posible to TB

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hows the inlet manifold mate? bought one havnt put it on yet just curious how it performs? that bov isnt really in the best place either shouldnt it be after the turbo/closest posible to TB

Manifold works well enough, rather than a performance mod its more just to cut down inlet length. However it works well enough for its intended purpose. BOV is probably not in the best place but it was one of the easier places to fit it and plumb it back to inlet, closer to the throttle body would be ideal I agree however sometimes its not that easy since plumbing it back would require one very long hose

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