Project...underway

R's looking great,
Will you adding a heat shield around the exhaust manifold?

Hes having it all coated mate ....

Very nice

indeed manifold and down pipe will be same colour and engine cover :O) Got a few other heat tricks being added too....only a few weeks away now. Glad I got too see her...well worth the wait.

Any plans after you get it back up and running? Future mods??

Funny you should say that...I want to enjoy it for 12months 1st....but we are already looking at getting PPG to build us a custom 6 speed box....then we can un-peg it and see what she can really do!

Plus we just need to tidy the interior up :O)

Need to fill the piggy bag again now lol

Sounds like the gearbox would be a good plan. haha understandable you need to save up $$$$

My box has been stripped and put back together and looks in great shape! but it wont take half of what the engine can do.....so it will be well pegged to make sure nothing breaks!

Looks like we are aiming to be running on 31st :O)

What you waiting for all the bits to come back from coating ???

Yep, thats it then...all the basic ECU calibration are done for the engine run in....just one small glitch with the new rad to sort (Small air lock we think or block) 6 days for the other parts to come back coated then we are good to go!! I'll be driving it away ready for the 1st shows of the year :O)

Looking forward to hearing the next update then

How does the powder coating prevent heat radiation?

Stops the heat coming through and cools down much quicker - simple