Turbo ERA
Well I am finally starting to make some progress again. I finished off the drivers side suspension work and I am in the process of cleaning up parts. Jesse has been working on the engine and hopefully there will be a lot of progress over the next couple of weeks.
Well I finally got all the parts painted and reinstalled. Some of the bolts still need to be tightened up more, but it is starting to come together.
I will post some more engine shots shortly. Hopefully everything will still be done for Mini Meet West in June!
Jeremy
Things are still moving really slow. The target of Mini Meet West is in question… 🙂 Hopefully January and February will be months that show significant results. I know I keep saying that…
Well the crank has been lightened and is off to be balanced; the head has been ported and the new valves are being fitted; the blocked has been bored and honed; and I am slowly cleaning up a little more of the Suspension. Actually here is a before and after shot of cleaning up the break calipers.
Jeremy
Well the suspension pieces are going back together, but I have had almost no free time this last 4 weeks at home. Jesse has been working on the engine a bit in my absence and hopefully in December I will get the suspension pieces finished, work with Jesse to finish off the motor and maybe even have it sitting in the car. Not sure it will be connected up though… 🙂 We will see as December generally does not usually lend it’s self to a lot of free time.
Jeremy
I don’t have any picture for you this time around, but the front subframe is painted and so are a bunch of the other suspensions parts. Unfortunately there just wasn’t enough time to get it finished before I left. Other then ordering parts there won’t be a whole lot of changes till I get back. 🙁
Well I finally made some good progress in the last week. The suspension and everything tied to the front sub-frame has been taken off. The sub-frame has been cleaned up and soon it will be ready to be repainted!
The gearbox is also finally apart. Next step is ordering a rebuild kit and a cross pin diff.
Jesse has also started porting and polishing the head. I had some pictures, but they didn’t come through on the camera to well.
So… hopefully it wont be long before everything starts to get built again. I would just like to do a bit of cleanup on the engine bay before I head back to Madagascar. Who knows by the end of summer I might actually be putting everything back in the car… well maybe. 🙂