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so now the motor and box are back in i can make a start on a couple of things one being the tunnel...just need to put the clutch fork and slave cylinder in on the passenger side and the starter and clutch pedal on the drivers side and i can finish it off.. and the cold air feed/air box...i want a sealed box feed air from the outside but when you one the bonnet you can see the ITBs (other wise whats the point ay lol) all so regardless of the colour i paint the car i all ways planned on painting the bonnet the same as the falcon XAGT. i looked around at bonnet scoops for ages and wasn't keen on the wrx scoop on your mums honda style ...had to be long low and slim.....so went with the falcon XWGT scoop so it looks like it will fit the plan is to have the scoop on the bonnet with the filter on the otherside of the bonnet so when you open it you can see the filter and then when closed it will seal onto the box around the trumpets. now the easiest way for me to do this is to make it all out of the car then cut a section out of the bonnet and weld the whole thing in so i made a cardboard template and cut some steel out of the sheet and bead rolled around the template flip it over and it means the scoop will be recessed into it. i did some searching on the interwebs for panel filters and it turns out i might have found the perfect one......size and price. ....so i ordered a Porsche 928 k&n panel filter 517mmx157mm and around 20mm thick. and this is the room it will take up. cheers

More good work. The scoop will look great when finished.

Reinforcement panel stripped, blasted and acid treated. I added a small angle to bonnet catch area as it felt a little soft, not a place you want to fail. Did not bother to completely linish the welds on the underside. After this i fully welded in the patch to the bonnets edge and painted undersides of both the skin and panel. Next i welded the panel to the bonnet and prepared it for epoxy primer. I did a quick test fit with the front aluminium strip after welding, should be ok. Primed, I will let this cure for a day or two before installing it. I opted to glue the rear edge of the reinforcing panel after coating (mostly because i forgot to buy some). Does not need to be fully glued, only enough to stop any rattles.

Remove tank the sender unit & drain through there as filler nec goes into tank 1-15 mm so won't get it all out. If you don't want to remove either suck out through filler you'll only leave dregs or through petrol pipe & it'll leave less for both latter ways you need to be as level as possible.

Are you dropping the tank? It isn't a big job, although you might need to replace the metal straps that hold the tank in place and the bolts.

You can siphon it with a length of hose and a suitable container. Or if there's not much in there you can buy hand pumps - long plastic tubes with a one-way pump in the middle. They're not quick, but they work. It depends on how much in is the tank at the moment.