The one I'm looking to do is with MSV so maybe it won't be so packed? Fingers crossed.... plus it's all day so if it is then I'm not gonna be out all day anyway

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Black power baby! SUUUUUPERCHARGED
Seat Leon FR TDI 190BHP 300lbft daily gti-6 killer :p
12x 306's owned so far

Cambelts, clutches, service work carried out on All makes and models, Peugeot Citroen / mitsubishi specialist.
Pug planet / Citroen Lexia diagnostics / code reads available.

Yeh the snett one is filling up. Looking a tad busy!

Random note but while i was changing my rear suspension i noticed it had solid rear mounts - result!

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ROLL CAGE

Some of you may have seen that I cut the cage out of a shell that Ross had (I think he got it from Dan). I then spent quite a few days prepping the car and the cage for welding. My angle grinder has been my best friend for a while now....

With my cousin we began placing the cage and trying to work out the best way to fit it, bear in mind we had cut it out of another car and lost a little bit of length. After a little while we got it tacked into the car and then we were still able to tweak how it sat, we decided to sit it a little further forward than it was in the rallye we cut it out of.



Once tacked in we were able to make up 4x4 plates to sit under the hovering ends of the tube. Once done this allowed me to make the cardboard templates to create the rest of the mounts.



After that it was time to use the guillotine, angle grinder and sander to start replicating the cardboard plates with sheet metal.





These were then tacked in and dressed up to ensure a good fit



Then it was down to my cousin to sit and weld, as always he did a brilliant job. I was there for moral support and fuel line duty to ensure we didn't blow the car up.
After a few hours the cage was fully welded in and the mounts were painted with hammerite to ensure no rust and the underbody coated with a load of underseal where the welding had destroyed the original sealant.







I stupidly haven't got a full cage in picture but will put one in soon , the second seat was also welded in however it got pretty dark by the point so I do not have a picture of that either.

As everyone knows the car feels SO MUCH better with the cage in, ridiculously solid when driving around now, I love it.


TARTING UP

While he was welding I was able to spend a bit of time tarting up more of the car with spray paint. Got the wing mirrors and door strips painted up, which looks a lot better





LEFT TO DO

I have a few more parts on the way:

1. Roller bearing wishbones
2. Some Hi Spec calipers alongside everything I need to fit these bigger brakes

I'll update once these have arrived!

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Cheers mate. I want to try and get them fitted bere Snetterton but not sure that's going to happen!

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They got a euro torch by the looks of it so their welder is much better than mine. Welds do look decent too.

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See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl.

Nothing wrong with my welds you cheeky fecker!

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See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl.

Did a compression test today as I am keen to go down the throttle body route and wanted to check just in case before I invest.

All cylinders were at 120psi obviously the gauges can vary however the fact there is not any difference is reassuring.

After Snetterton I had some idling issues, while I was looking at the car today I moved the loom that runs near the air filter and it idled perfectly so I think I have a wiring issue which is what my hunch was all along!

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Thanks mate

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Its a phase 1 so i do not have a temp sensor, i would need to fit one. Going blind at the moment but from what ive read I should be fine

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Did a bit of work on the car today only simple stuff.

Replaced the heat shield and I am glad I did!





Removed the inlet manifold in preparation for the throttle bodies I am putting in!



I need to tidy up a load of the loom and fit a new rad with hoses I am going to order from Baker BM, I really need to get rid of the heat exchanger I have cable tied up!

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