Whipped my engine out today with a small panic half way through as one of the driveshaft bolts almost rounded off, split the gearbox which will need working on as I cant select fifth?

Also made a start on stripping the bay down, cut off the bracket for the expansion tank, removed the screws where the airbox bolts too and a few other things that arent needed in the bay anymore.

Going to be alot of fun rubbing down the bay and front end ready for me to hit it with the spray gun.

Good work mate, will be nice to see it progress

Finished painting the bay which was a nightmare all those little spaces to rub down and masking off etc but the end result makes it all worth it for me :) Its by far not a show finish just makes it look alot fresher than bubbling rust and bare metal etc. Really happy with it though just cant wait to get it all back together as I miss driving it!!

Smoothed off the bracket for the expansion tank as I'm running a top fill radiator and the bolts for the airbox as I dont need them anymore

The engine is now on its stand aswell, Ignore the silver paint I was testing a few colour schemes/options, still undecided what colours to go for possibly thinking of red bottom end, silver box and black or silver head

Please paint the steering arms and rack along with your servo housing, will give the bay the final little touch to make it look spot on, good work mate, you have done great by the looks of it :)

Please paint the steering arms and rack along with your servo housing, will give the bay the final little touch to make it look spot on, good work mate, you have done great by the looks of it :)

Its on the cards its just that Iv ran out of paint haha

Good work there Ethan! :-D

How did you find painting the bay?

Looks like you've done a good job there mate!

Good work there Ethan! :-D

How did you find painting the bay?

Looks like you've done a good job there mate!

Thanks :) the bay was a pain in the arse boring job constantly rubbing all the paint down, but at the same time strangely enjoyed it?

Well worth it in the end though!!

Cracked on at the weekend and got my engine painted up, now its done I cant wait to get it back in and get driving again. Miss the power :(

BIG

Will be impressed if this is all back together by the end of the week, glad to be of service today, What do you plan to do with the rocker cover?

Will be impressed if this is all back together by the end of the week, glad to be of service today, What do you plan to do with the rocker cover?

Plan to get a 6n rocker hopefully as I'm not a fan of having the tabs just sitting there once you've removed the boost return pipes off of it

Engines fitted :)

Fitted the supercharger and alternator and got them all tensioned right and wired up etc then remembered that you need to fit the exhaust first so removed it all again to then find that the engine mount fouled on the 4-2-1, I couldn't get it anywhere near where its supposed to bolt to the engine. Out came the grinder to cut off part of the mount and it all went together thankfully.

Need to fit the fan cover and boost pipe, get some induction pipe to feed my air filter down the hole where the charcoal canister used to be for a cold air feed.

Top fill radiators fitted, going to get a slim line fan on soon but for now the original fan housing will do

good news then bro, keep it up, not sure why I seem to be the only one commenting, cracking work, keep it up. will be great to see at the rr day

I hear your car may be back on the road very soon

Did you sort the clutch out, and did it pass the MOT?

MOT

Whaaaa, wheres the updates ethan??

MOT

Whaaaa, wheres the updates ethan??

Didnt pass the mot as I couldnt get away with having no cat on it this time unfortunatley :( trying to obtain a cat to get it through then its straight down to the bodyshop

What you decided to have done body wise then dude?

What you decided to have done body wise then dude?

Getting the front wings and rear arches resprayed

Car back at yours buddy, when you sending it back for MOT?

Car back at yours buddy, when you sending it back for MOT?

Yeah back at mine now, if all goes to plan hopefully sending for a retest on wednesday

Lets see some pictures of your exhaust then mukka

and does it sound good?

Moved the polo back into the garage to remove the 4 branch ready to fit my cat when I pick it up tomorrow. No idea what the exhaust sounds like as Iv only heard it on idle, its quiet which is what I wanted and did give it a quick blip of throttle and gave a little rasp so looking forward to finally taking it out on the road and testing it all out :)

Hidden looks sick