Forgot to update this on here. Got that car back at the end of September:

Paul Wray's work is second to none. Every bolt has been cleaned and polished and I did not even to ask him to go to that type of detail. *So glad I went to him. Had considered doing it myself a couple of times. But now I can say without a doubt it was so worth getting someone with experience to do it.

Some pics of the build.



After 75 liters of cleaning products (entire engine not just sump)





New N1 pump



N1 Crank fitted (cast lines removed for stress relief)






















Also fitted an Excedy stage 2 paddle while we were in there. Head was taken apart and cleaned with all new seals.

Had HKS DD filters so repainted them and fitted new elements.






Front end was off while engine was out so quickly put it back together so I could drive it. Car badly needs a detail as I have never had a chance to properly clean it. Just focusing on the last few things to make it mechanically perfect.

Set out to detail it on the weekend. Was starting on the interior. Ended up taking out all the aftermarket that was under the dash (remote started, turbo timer) Ugly wiring and in my opinion all pointless. That escalated and ended up to a point where I was cleaning being all the panels and and cleaning the the clocks themselves and both sides of the clear plastic. It also has the jumpy/sometimes dead Rev needle so will re-solder the chip and should sort it



Got so side tracked and ran out of weekend without cleaning anything that you can really see. haha. Only pics I have of it really.





Absolutely babying it have not ran it over 2.5-3k rpm. *It was started on break in oil and then oil and filter changed after a short start up. No its running mineral oil. I need to do 500miles driving like a granny. Another service with mineral oil, another 500 granny driving. Then I can put in synthetic and start hitting booooost and get it mapped. Yes its very hard to resist but just remind myself how much time and money it took to get where I am.

Progress has been slow since September. Got stuck stuck in initially but then the shit weather came and kinda slowed down. Change out some bushes on the upper front control arms as one was squeaking. Went with Strongflex street spec (reds).






How it has been sitting all winter. Will get the finger out now. Just need to fit my drift-works HICAS delete kit and get it documented for the road. Also have a Tomie Rytec ECU on the way. So will be mapping it once the engine is broken in.