Well the engine is with Rich now to have some work done and some other bits that rich advised me to get done at the same time so here is whats getting changed

ACL Heavy Duty Big End Bearings
ACL Heavy Duty Main Bearings
Thrust Bearings
Gates PowerGrip Timing Belt Kit inc. All Tensioners
Waterpump [enlarged impellor - from another engine]
End Bearing Cap Seals
Thermostat Housing Gasket
Thermostat Gasket
Inlet Manifold Gasket
Exhaust Manifold Gasket
Exhaust Manifold Studs
Exhaust Manifold Nuts
Oil pump sprocket - later single-piece type
Oil pump sprocket 'O' ring
Oil Pump Chain
Sump drain plug
Sump plug washer
Lower Dipstick Tube
Upper Dipstick Tube
Dipstick
Oil filter insert
Oil Filter

While Rich is cracking on with that lot he is also painting the block and head, I will be getting as many bits as I can powder coated for the engine.
My mate is painting the cam covers and inlet the same colour as the car

Iv been cracking on trying to make some other bits look nice and clean...

The charger has been polished


I tried to remove the alternator pulley so that I could clean that up but the pulley was well and truly stuck onto the input shaft, me being a bit heavy handed managed to peen over the end of the shaft and couldn't get the nut back on so I had to get another alternator

The pulley came off this one really easily


I used a wire brush attachment in my die grinder (forgot to take a pic of it cleaned up) and then gave it a few dust coats of black paint


Iv got to do the same with the starter motor and the power steering pump but ran out of time and paint so will post before and after pics once I have done them

Needed to fit the wings so that I can mark the hockey sticks, where they sit behind the wings they are a bit to thick and don't sit nicely into the wing so I will be removing some material so they fit better

That carbon/kevlar slam panel is soooooooo awesome
Keep it up mate

Get it ceramic coated, will keep engine bay temps down and looks bas**rd cool. Expensive but we all know you're loaded.

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

700£???
I got a quote from Zircotec once for only the exhaust manifold that was somewhere around the 200£ mark thou? I'll see if i can find the inquiry

I'll give them another email but I asked 6 months ago and that's the quote I got, Ross had has done and paid just over £400 before vat iirc

He doesn't, the heat shields will work just fine as they are. Not sure if powder coating them was such a great idea though.

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

If you get the ceramic coating you shouldn't even need the heat shield mate . suppose to lower engine bay temps by an incredible amount. think I'm going to send off my downpipe to get that done too!

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Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club

Just looked £438 in performance Blue plus £20 postage mate but that was 2.5 years ago.

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Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club

But have either of you tried it to see how much heat powdercoat will take? Didn't think so, why not try these things!
I could have left the car they way I got it and saved my self loads of money as it worked fine then....
And if it can't take the heat I can just get them blasted and refit.... No big deal really

Agreed however It didn't really cost me much to get them done as it seems the more I take the cheaper it is, anodising would have been far more expensive and to tell the truth I think I'm spending way to much on this car as it is and kinda wish I had never bothered!
On my grey car I never had either of the heat shields and never had an issue with the matrix pipes melting or the brake lines getting hot, if I do get the manifold ceramic coated fingers crossed the heat transfer will be minimal anyway

That is true but it still got bloody hot, when I was at keevil it was fine and that was with a full day of abuse

I wasn't having a go mate, just didn't see why you needed the extra expense of having the shields ceramic coated

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Team 'unintentional rat look'