Another Track 4th gen - Carbon bonnet & cooling plate.

[Merlin]

The block came up nice. Good job

[Thebusofwoe]

Thanks Merlin . I do have parts of the alarm left but tbh its all pretty cut up and sat out in the rain Tbh i didn't think it would be useful to any one. Sorry fella. The block was a bit of a nightmare to clean up. I used a can of gunk foam turd but it was fairly useless. I then used unipart degreaser in a spray bottle and scrubbed that in . . . Result

[Vtecmec]

Great work matey.

[batkosio]

I wish I had the time to do all that work on my car...

The original alarm system, didn't work

What was wrong with it? Can I have it?

[Thebusofwoe]

Unfortunately i cut and binned the alarm system. I didn't think anyone would want it, how wrong was i . Not only that, both the glove box switch key and the siren key was missing

[batkosio]

I am trying to install an OEM security system, and I might get the USDM optional one.

[Thebusofwoe]

Yea sorry i cant help matey. I would imagine the old systems are quite rare now, even rarer they work!!

[batkosio]

even rarer they work!!

[bennyboy]

The ukdm alarms were supplied and fitted by Hamilton and Palmer @batkosio, they are still going and I have bought parts off them (fobs, door actuators) a few times.
I'm pretty sure they could supply the entire setup if required.
HTH

Oh and thanks anyway @thebusofwoe

[Thebusofwoe]

Hi guys.

Well as some of you may know, I gave @CrunchyAdams82 a hand on Saturday. We was talking car stuff when he said "you got 6 weeks to get it done". At that point I then thought, yea SH1T. I have a shed load to do inc testing in them 6 weeks .

So I got onto it yesterday and got some stuff done. So in no particular order I got this lot done, as well as some other stuff.


New gasket for oil pump pic up pipe.


Sump back on. Now, the gasket was well and truly drokked. Hard as nails and a few splits So I am pretty sure this was leaking along with the oil cooler seal. Soooooo . . . . I glued the bloody thing back on with sealer I don't have the funds nor the time now to sort a new gasket out, as I will only use a genuine one. So this will have to wait till later in the year.


Got the non ABS prop valve plumbed in. It looks a mess in the pic, BUT, is not that bad in person and is completely functional and leak free


Next was the rear end. Here I got the heat shield back on, plastic jobby shields back on, antiroll bar, and bumper fixed on as it should.


Rear discs, and pad carriers back on. Only to find both rear calipers are seized solid, so going to rebuild them at work next week


Silicon the holes left behind from the A/C and alarm removal. Good old sealant



Then as it was getting dark I decided to swap the headlights for the JDM one piece units I had lying around

Then last pic I want to thank @bluejackhustler for the track wheels. Awsome matey


So . . . . . . I still have a load to do . I have ordered the Vtec Direct manual tensioner, which should be here tomorrow. The Fidanza flywheel will also be here tomorrow. I already have the ATR clutch kit under my tool box And just got to pick up the water pump. Then the motor can go back in.

Had a problem with the rear lower suspension arm bolts, as in I ripped off the bloody captive nuts when I cut the arms off. So had to sort other nuts, as the bolts are a big funny size. So apart from the calipers, the rear is almost done.

Getting quite excited now as I REALLY wana this thing.

So I still have to do:

Fit manual tensioner and new cam belt
Clean gearbox
Fit flywheel and clutch
Fit motor back into car
Re-fit plastic sill trim pod things
Re-wire ignition system (alarm removal caused problems)
Re-fit heater motor and ecu
Get motor wired up/plumbed in
Fit the exhaust system back on
MOT,TAX,Insurance

Then go . That's all chaps.
Cheers