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His clutch is toast

Who in their right mind would use bread to make a clutch?

No wonder its toast if thats the case

Got a new rear bit welded onto the down pipe



Damn, my welding looks crap...

Then clamped the middle section down and chopped the middle box out.



And welded in a straight section of tube.



Aparently the peko exhausts don't flow very well. Should be a little better now.

Then John showed up. So we stripped the interior and started the wiring for the fuel pump. We're following an early MK 2 wiring diagram so it gets power when the starter is turning and/or when there is oil preasure. Just need a new starter solenoid and an extra relay. We're also wiring in an inertia cut of switch, for when John crashes it.



Getting there. Should be able to use the pump to drain the old fuel out of the tank soon.

that fuse box set up looks nice and neat, might use a metro one next time

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

on the left hand side screwed to the fusebox case with the white and brown wire, is that the inertia switch? whats it from?

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The inertia switch is just a cheap one from eBay. Looks like its off a rover to me. Same as my SPI one.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

cool, just getting ideas mine is huge think its from a landrover i robbed it in 07 sometime

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I've crashed it before. It's your turn now.

On 1st Nov, 2009 apbellamy said:
We're also wiring in an inertia cut of switch, for when John crashes it.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

This looks great lads, saw a couple of pics of when u first got it on MetroOC but didn't realise you were going this far with it. What was your intercooler from?

Edited by Gunny on 2nd Nov, 2009.

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getting on well boys!

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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Some new grille furniture on its way

Thanks for the comments.

The intercooler is from an MR2. Turbo Phil's web site shows a picture of a very similar i/c buts says it's from a landrover. Can't garuntee it would fit, but it looks the same.

The only problem with the big i/c is getting a rad in. Hopefully Sprocket has solved that little problem for us

Is the bike rad no good for the job then?

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We will never know as the bike rad was bollocksed.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Ahh right fair enough. Just gathering ideas and info for mine. What rad are you going for now then?

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Seen as you asked....

We've changed the Rad for a MPi Mini radiator.



It's a snug fit, but with the top pipe trimmed down a bit it will clear nicely.



I can easily take 1" of that which should give plenty of clearance. It will be getting an inline fan switch as close to the top inlet as possible and a 9" fan on the front.



We've also replaced all the fuel hose clips for some propper ones.



Happy now Sprocket and Joey

With that done we've tested the fuel circuit and draind a load of old fuel out of the tank into a gerry can. We gave the turbo carb a try and watch petrol piss out of all the seals. That will be heading over to Turbo Phil in the near future...

just get a seal kit of phil there a piece of piss to rebuild, a quick rinse in the dish washer ( shhhh) gets it clean too lol

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That rad looks super:)

this is going to be one quick metro

Welding up the 4 mounts on the front subby is a top mod on mettys,

also weld the front rear ones up as they can tear out during handbrake turns, leaving the rear subby flapping in the wind........

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The rad fit's like a glove. Loads more room than with the factory rad





You'll never know what's lurking once the grille is back on!