Micheal's S14 turbo project!

[lady89]

aw no
good excuse for an engine swap tho ha or to get new car parts

[michealkirwan]

good thing ive a spare car and 2 engines ill get built!

[derek89]

Ye unlucky dude. But hey build it better.

[michealkirwan]

been a while with college and placement and xmas and new years and getting a new partner haha! shes into cars and wants to learn so she will have her hands full! right properly fecked off over the car as ive no shed its outside dark cold and wet! shes on axlestands at the front so i wont put up pics as it might break hearts!
ive lights out bonnet off frontmount and piping battery afm and filter off and power steering resevoir done. hard to have motivation when your on your own at this i want to do the bay too so hence the strip so silver lining.
getting 1.6 mm cosworth head gasket and arp head bolts also finally fit my hardrace engine mounts and tidy the block by painting it just a matter of labelling and stripping back. all to have a summer car. rear works will be coming to the front so find wider for the rear also fit the new topmounts ive been meaning to for ages and spray the skirts and find the bn widebody front bumper!

[Davy]

That's a bit of a list alright! Be some job when it's back on the road tho.

[Eoin k]

Good man Michael. It sucks not having a shed especially when It's not really working outside weather we're having!!

[michealkirwan]

thanks lads lots of things on my mind with it its love, want to have her looking low and stanced yet do a track day and not freak over blowing an engine or wrecking the kit yet take it to a wedding and it to be seen as a sports car not a "boy racer car" as narrow minded fools would call it. want to have roadtrips with herself and just enjoy it.
ill always have her and by the time ive my degree in 2 years she should be fully completed then its real world like a house etc. the otdoors is not the place to build a car realy but thats life.

[lady89]

cmere, it will be better soon(weather/time wise i mean).
The evenings get longer already but i fell your pain.

defo look into getting a unit spot somewhere etc. it will help big time!
u will have her out in no time im sure

[michealkirwan]

no units around lady89 trust me ive looked and im doing it all on my own so im doing what i can when i can so see areas for improvement so got more into this now and started removing easy bits and bobs. labelled the plugs with tippex to there connections so will know what goes where to remove and reconnect them. down pipe engine mounts and driveshaft by the diff to do but waiting on a crane still! not enough hours in the day. went to mondello for autoheroes three met david conlon and dave speers had a good time. serious motivation got! also finally tried the spacers on one side and i need a 50 mm!
ok some pics!



need to simplify this loom






the bumpers for sale


now this isint tight so will be in a small bit!

the works : )


peoples thoughts and opinions? wont see it till friday as im in college in dublin. will get poish coolant bottle etc, wiper bottle in boot if i can along with battery.
the end result will be yes i will be tracking it as is it as well as road will have bumpers on and skirts

[michealkirwan]

rocker stoppers arp headbolts and cosworth headgasket 1.6mm got, so depressed over no shed and every fecking bolt seems to be hardship.but good news regarding the car its a surprise so hopfully it works out!