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[Matt]

Say hello.. to my little friend!!!



Overnight xmas deliveries ftw!!

[Matt]

Cant wait to pull it apart and have a look at the goods!

[MrSober88]

Nice bit of bling you got there haha

[Matt]

Boost gauge ended up smack bang in the centre of the tacho when im siyting in the drivers seat

Fluke or what!!!

[Hypnotic]

STOP IT!!!

 

 

Nah don't, keep going, looking sick as.

[Barbbachello]

That steering wheel belongs in the nsfw thread

[Matt]

Haha its not as nice as my s401 wheel...but it feels better to drive with!!

I scratched it in storage though ...need to give it a hit with ye olde leather conditioner to hide it

[Barbbachello]

401 wheels are mint but are a bit too big for sporty driving. I'll bet the nardi is perfect. My old v3 STi nardi was amazing but in shite condition

[Matt]

Yep far too big...and they have that annoying airbag thing lol

But yep...with the smaller body, lighter car, sportier steering wheel and very supportive seat...the car felt like a go kart last time I drove it

Which was a while ago now lol

[allpaw4]

Have you put in a harness yet Matt? If you have, remove all the airbags. A lot of places don't like airbags on track cars. I know when I put the B4 to track spec, they want the airbags removed. Thoughts behind it is basically the harness will keep you put, so the airbags will just present a danger. Their use doesn't apply when wearing a full harness as your body won't move like it would with a three point safety belt in production cars. I like where this is headed. It's really coming together man, nice work!

[Matt]

91 model....so nope no airbags have ever been in this car

Will have a harness just into the back seat bolts for track fun....but put in later with a cage properly

[Matt]

Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!!!

Got back I to the beast today and wanted to get the engine in and mounted before the days end

And I had a great success!! No pics of the engine in yet..as I got caught up putting bits together and chatting with Joshkong and his mate Brendan....(good to meet yous properly!!)

Got the clutch in and torqued down properly and slowly mounted the engine up and throwout bearing locked in...looking much better now!!

Roughly fitted the fmic pipes up and I was worried the cold side wouldnt fit at all...but once fitted up all it needs is about 2.5 inch extension going to the throttle body and im set

Got the fuel lines, power steering lines and a few engine wiring plugs hooked up...had to tweak the power steering lines a bit to clear the rotated turbo as it was right where I needed to run the pipes lol...only took ten minutes to sort out

Now for a few pics.....will get ones tomorrow with the engine actually in the car lol

Custom billet steel flywheel



Solid 5 puck clutch centre




3200pnd jim berry modded pressure plate



Ready to go home finally

[Adam]

Exciting

[Matt]

Exciting

So exciting!! Looks so different with an engine in lol

Already have a sore back from working over the engine bay..rather than standing in it lol

[Robert]

Dis gon be good

[Barbbachello]

[GNGBNG]

Nice work, some really nice bits and pieces going in.

[Miguel]

Dat sum pretty clutch