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well done on getting it to turn over but bet you had gut feeling it was gonna start first time anyway? always love doing something to an engine and it starts first time

nahh i know its not going to start havent got any fuel and i havent finished plumbing in the fuel return from the injector pump yet but that was one thing that was anoying me as i didnt know how to wire it up, but now i do so iv just got to tidy the wires up a bit and make them more presentable in the engine bay, and then its on to sorting out some turbo intercooler hoses next, i might have to rotate the compressor side of the turbo housing tho as its toutching the inner arch when i put the wing on, a mate managed to do it to his land rover, i just hope its possible to do with mine otherwise i'l leave it and just cut the arch out and have the boost hoses running through the passenger wheel arch

cheers couple more,

diff guard on the front



and managed to sort out some intercooler pipework, and i fully articulated the front axle to see how close it would get to my pipes as i cant be arsed to try and rotate the turbo housing

she's starting to take shape now mate, nice work

matty101 wrote:she's starting to take shape now mate, nice work

^^^^ agreed like

cheers guys iv finished doing the fuel lines today, had to put a return to the tank from injector pump, and iv finally found some bolts that fit the front engine mounts so i put them on just got to make the hydraulic clutch pipework up now, thats a bit more orquad as its down behind the turbo between the chassis rail and the engine block but i'l figure something out hopefully have a go at starting it up these next few days

nice one mate. its getting closer and closer every day

iv had it going runs nice tbf just waiting for a aluminium elbow to be delivered to make up the rest of my intercooler pipework, and iv done all the brake lines now, iv got bigger brakes to go on the front but they're still at work, i'l bring them home 2moro so i can get them put on and my mates coming down this weekend, and he's got the same series 3 with 200TDI in it so he's going to help me a bit, and then get mine out and take it for a little test drive see how it goes hopefully

here's how it stands at the moment.

my intercooler elbow came today, so iv put that on, and iv also mounted my radiator properly aswell so that wont rattle about now either, here's a photo of my pipework

here is my layout of the front end air filter on the left, radiator in the centre and my intercooler on the right



and iv done a brake upgrade on the front aswell, gone from standard brakes to series 3 v8 brakes, should make it stop a bit better



and iv mounted my spare wheel in the back aswell

oh and we took our land rovers and had a bit of a pull on our sledge, and i never took a photo of mine, but here you go, he's also got a 200TDI engine in his landrover

looks awesome mate how longs still to go?

shouldnt be long, say a month and a half ish, its a bit hard to say really, as i'l be working more from now on so my time will become a bit more limited. but iv got a few things i still want to do to mine, which iv got inspiration of that blue land rover above,

still to do:
head light wiring,
indicator wiring,
all tail light wiring,
put my roof back on but with solid sides not glass ones,
finish of my brakes as im short of one v8 brake drum,
get two more shock absorber gaiters as i havent got any on the front,
weld on the intercooler mount as its only sat in place at the moment,
make a couple of brackets for my inlet pipe to connect to,
get hold of a couple of bucket seats for the inside,
get a momo boss so i can fit my momo wheel iv got from my old corsa,

thats about it really, then i'l probably just think things up and notice things that need finishing when im doing the bits above. lol

right i went and collected my bucket seats for her today Cobra Monaco S

when i got them home


after being mocked up, just need some flat strip so i can mount them fully.


and i should have one of these coming aswell to replace my boat wheel but obviously with a land rover icon in the centre.

they seats are lovley mate, liking the steering wheel aswell , bet the seats cost a bit eh?