Finally got hold of a D16A9 Sump in good nick! Paid a decent price that i was very happy with.
Also had some visitors at Wagon Attack HQ!
Visitors meant more goodies had arrived...
MB6 1" MC
Low mileage D16Z6 Long Block.
Now the rush is on to get the engine bay prepped for paint. With the car now 10ft outside my front door..,I try to spend a good hour a day/night on it.
I was toying with cutting a piece of the slam panel out for future inter cooler clearance, as well as charge cooler pipe clearance. so i decided to cut a small section out either side, without the cuts being too destructive.
And the painstaking process of sanding the bay down, all the nooks etc. ive also been removing the seam sealer in preparation for spot welding.
ordered a welding in -10 fitting for the sump oil return for the Turbo (And a Bung for now until Turbo arrives...)
Finally got the welder round to get the seam welding done! overall im happy apart from the strut towers - Bit messy for my liking and reasling now that they didnt need to be done in the engine bay as we welded the main plate from underneath...so going to crack the dremel out with some carbide burrs and try and make it look OEM again.
Had the engine mounts welded aswell, as these commonly brake off under track abuse
It also appears the front passenger side HAS been in an accident at some point having the entire from LH panel replaced. Lack of seam sealer between the seams set alarm bells off - it has however been done to a good standard (Drivers side however was a nightmare due to all the seam sealer between the panels)
So welding done...time now to clean it all up ready for paint!
Drivers wheel arch
Drivers side engine bay
Passengers wheel well
a lot of people have questioned the way i have done the welding...Spots opposed to stitches. It doesnt matter which way its done - Ive seem alot of the "Hardcore" time attack cars done the way i have done it. And it was the look i was going for!
Love it as always. If you could just balance the audio on the videos a bit better it would save the hell out of my ear drums though. I have to turn it up a good deal to hear you talk and then I get blasted out of my seat with the music. Fantastic work, definitely lots of good ideas here for when I do a full on engine swap and bay cleanup.
So thanks to Anglian water for digging up the road right outside our hose until late in the night, it masked all the compressor/ air tools/ grinder noises... So i spent an extra hour getting shit done!
seams primed, Then coat of seam sealer, then another coat of primer on top to seal.
Since im not going turbo right away, got a nice AN Bung for the sump.
And that's it! bar another coat of primer in some places as I ran out at the time. She is ready for paint...Hopefully next weekend! guesses on the colour??
good new ep! I just noticed your wheel on the beater looks stock but has stitching. Whats going on there? is it wrapped or is it fake stitching into the rubber mold?
That sump looks just like mine! with a nice AN cap!
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Finally got hold of a D16A9 Sump in good nick! Paid a decent price that i was very happy with.
Also had some visitors at Wagon Attack HQ!
Visitors meant more goodies had arrived...
MB6 1" MC
Low mileage D16Z6 Long Block.
Now the rush is on to get the engine bay prepped for paint. With the car now 10ft outside my front door..,I try to spend a good hour a day/night on it.
I was toying with cutting a piece of the slam panel out for future inter cooler clearance, as well as charge cooler pipe clearance. so i decided to cut a small section out either side, without the cuts being too destructive.
And the painstaking process of sanding the bay down, all the nooks etc. ive also been removing the seam sealer in preparation for spot welding.
And thats up to date as of 24th May
DONT FORGET!
you can watch the VLOG Series of THIS build here! ----> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1hDBwaePXhwZEMr9jgWqazPoJGFWhinD
And for anybody looking for the original pictures of the builds from years back, ive dug out the backup discs and uploaded all the albums to the Facebook Page for easy viewing, These can be viewed here ----> https://www.facebook.com/WagonAttackUK/photos_stream?tab=photos_albums
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ordered a welding in -10 fitting for the sump oil return for the Turbo (And a Bung for now until Turbo arrives...)
Finally got the welder round to get the seam welding done! overall im happy apart from the strut towers - Bit messy for my liking and reasling now that they didnt need to be done in the engine bay as we welded the main plate from underneath...so going to crack the dremel out with some carbide burrs and try and make it look OEM again.
Had the engine mounts welded aswell, as these commonly brake off under track abuse
It also appears the front passenger side HAS been in an accident at some point having the entire from LH panel replaced. Lack of seam sealer between the seams set alarm bells off - it has however been done to a good standard
Paint soon.... :drivegear:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tOV2_YLghs
Drivers wheel arch
Drivers side engine bay
Passengers wheel well
a lot of people have questioned the way i have done the welding...Spots opposed to stitches. It doesnt matter which way its done - Ive seem alot of the "Hardcore" time attack cars done the way i have done it. And it was the look i was going for!
:top:
The stitch welding is 100% worth it, did it on my car and it's made a huge difference in stiffness.
I'm not sure if you're going to be definitely get some seam sealer on all the welds!
Is the JRSC still going into this?
Getting there!
After cleaning up the subframe mounts ready for paint...found this...
So had that fixed... And some other bits i found aswell.
And had turbo oil return welded into the sump - opted to have it done inside and out to prevent any oil leaks.
More work tomorrow - hopefully paint next weekend :top:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvYsf2bkeeU
you WILL be some-what finished today...
Drivers inner arch etch primed
seams primed, Then coat of seam sealer, then another coat of primer on top to seal.
Since im not going turbo right away, got a nice AN Bung for the sump.
And that's it! bar another coat of primer in some places as I ran out at the time. She is ready for paint...Hopefully next weekend! guesses on the colour??
That sump looks just like mine! with a nice AN cap!
Just checked in on page 13, but I'll start the vlog from #1.
Aaran working his magic...
Boom!
time to start putting it back together :OD
Colour is "Mouse Grey", or battle ship grey as i will call it...
1" Master cylinder polished (Still needs finishing)
Boom!
Finally got the new engine on the stand...lets get this thing built!
Engine appears to have been Dual Carbed at some point, pretty carboned up!
So out came the tools and elbow grease...
Lick-o-paint.