looking very nice indeed mate, very tidy!
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Very nice mate, nice progress.
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very nice 
cant wait to get my new covers on now either
cant wait to get my new covers on now either
Cheers for the comments guys
Been doing a bit on the engine over the weekend, got the gearbox off and took the clutch and flywheel off to discover I was right about the rear crank seal leaking !
Nice and oily lol
Yup !
Then got it on the stand to remove the sump and fit the new 8v gasket/baffle plate.
Decided to fit ARP rod bolts whilst Its apart why not hey
so need to order some this week.
Finally gave the sump a good clean and fitted a new oil seal to the level sensor as it was also leaking from there.
More soon !
Been doing a bit on the engine over the weekend, got the gearbox off and took the clutch and flywheel off to discover I was right about the rear crank seal leaking !
Nice and oily lol
Yup !
Then got it on the stand to remove the sump and fit the new 8v gasket/baffle plate.
Decided to fit ARP rod bolts whilst Its apart why not hey
so need to order some this week.
Finally gave the sump a good clean and fitted a new oil seal to the level sensor as it was also leaking from there.
More soon !
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i want a LET 
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Done a bit more this weekend:
F28 almost ready to go in, 2wd conversion kit, new driveshaft seals, and modded F20 quick shift all fitted
Going to be making a custom steel rear mount soon to avoid any breakages
Waiting on the front mounting bracket and release bearing fork to show up now. Just hope the box is a good `un !
ARP rod bolts arrived, will be fitting these this week along with new bigend shells, just need to get the crank measured to check the size.
Cleaned out the bolt holes for the sump bolts suprising how much crap came out lol
And sorted out how I want the Electronic clocks to be like, combination of GSi rev counter and fuel/temp gauges fitted with the red needles.
F28 almost ready to go in, 2wd conversion kit, new driveshaft seals, and modded F20 quick shift all fitted
Going to be making a custom steel rear mount soon to avoid any breakages
Waiting on the front mounting bracket and release bearing fork to show up now. Just hope the box is a good `un !
ARP rod bolts arrived, will be fitting these this week along with new bigend shells, just need to get the crank measured to check the size.
Cleaned out the bolt holes for the sump bolts suprising how much crap came out lol
And sorted out how I want the Electronic clocks to be like, combination of GSi rev counter and fuel/temp gauges fitted with the red needles.
looking very nice mate
WOW! dont suppose you fancy selling it back to me once your all done do you? lol It looks mint, am so jealous!! wish id had the time and money to do that to it, Its gonna be amazing when its done, I cant wait!
I hope the offer stills stands of comin up to see it once your all done!? lol
Laura
I hope the offer stills stands of comin up to see it once your all done!? lol
Laura
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Hiya Laura glad you like what Im doing to it ! I wont be selling it to anyone for a good while yet trust me lol
Wont be long now till the turbo is in and I`ll keep the pics and updates coming
Offer still stands too
looking good so far pal,
how did you get the box that clean mate as im going to get mine the weekend and damm it loks sweet lke that.
one more question, any chance you know what linkage i got to use, not sure if its f20, f28 or abit of both lol
top work though pal
how did you get the box that clean mate as im going to get mine the weekend and damm it loks sweet lke that.
one more question, any chance you know what linkage i got to use, not sure if its f20, f28 or abit of both lol
top work though pal
Was planning on getting all the bottom end back together this weekend but best laid plans never go right 
Turned out I have bought the wrong bigend bearing shells so that ment I couldnt fit them, the ARPs, 8v sump baffle/gasket and the oil pickup pipe.
Have managed to fit the rear crank oil seal and reseal the bearing cap so thats one job out of the way.
Decided to do the job properly with the clutch so instead of using a flat flywheel and F20/F28 hybrid clutch a lightened billet steel pot type flywheel is on its way along with an uprated clutch.
Cheers bud
I soaked the box in traffic film remover for a bit then steamed cleaned it first to get rid of all the grease then sprayed it with hammerite smooth silver.
The linkage on mine is an F20 quickshift that Ive had modify to make it fit properly, You need the main pivot arm and link bar off the F20 and the short bit from the F28 to join the box to the F20 bits.
Turned out I have bought the wrong bigend bearing shells so that ment I couldnt fit them, the ARPs, 8v sump baffle/gasket and the oil pickup pipe.
Have managed to fit the rear crank oil seal and reseal the bearing cap so thats one job out of the way.
Decided to do the job properly with the clutch so instead of using a flat flywheel and F20/F28 hybrid clutch a lightened billet steel pot type flywheel is on its way along with an uprated clutch.
Cheers bud
I soaked the box in traffic film remover for a bit then steamed cleaned it first to get rid of all the grease then sprayed it with hammerite smooth silver.
The linkage on mine is an F20 quickshift that Ive had modify to make it fit properly, You need the main pivot arm and link bar off the F20 and the short bit from the F28 to join the box to the F20 bits.
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petrol to degrease it
Time for a little update, got my new lightweight billet steel pot flywheel yesterday 
Weighs about 5 kgs which is lighter than a standard flat one ! Now I can use the proper turbo clutch setup and that should be here this week fingers crossed.
Glyco bigend bearing shells, these are the wider type LET ones as I had mistakingly bought XE ones which are thinner so would of been no good to me.
Oil cooler bits, I had bought these to fit to the gte but never got round to doing it, going to fit the cooler behind the bumper like in the pic so will be losing the foglights and using the hole to make a proper duct for it.
Mocal 16 row 115mm matrix cooler and late type sandwich plate
And a large intercooler, 2.5" inlet and outlets.
Using these to stick the sump gasket and seal the flywheel/sump bolts up.
More soon
Weighs about 5 kgs which is lighter than a standard flat one ! Now I can use the proper turbo clutch setup and that should be here this week fingers crossed.
Glyco bigend bearing shells, these are the wider type LET ones as I had mistakingly bought XE ones which are thinner so would of been no good to me.
Oil cooler bits, I had bought these to fit to the gte but never got round to doing it, going to fit the cooler behind the bumper like in the pic so will be losing the foglights and using the hole to make a proper duct for it.
Mocal 16 row 115mm matrix cooler and late type sandwich plate
And a large intercooler, 2.5" inlet and outlets.
Using these to stick the sump gasket and seal the flywheel/sump bolts up.
More soon
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doing a proper job then mate, went and got my f28 the weekend so will be doing exactly what you done to your box
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jesus least your parts are being fitted