Mk5 V8 project

[Tinamk5 0]

Just read the whole thread and you have have done a very good job sir, i wish my v8 was put in as necely as yours has, can i ask you a few questions about engine, what fuel pump did you use ? what gearbox did you use ?

 

Thanks mike.

[trusty 1]

be nice to see this in the flesh i bet it flys aswell

[MK5 V8 1]

Well maybe you will this year rob :thumbup:

 

Mike, thanks, the pump is a facet redtop and filter king pressure regulator and the gearbox is a rover LT77 5 speed

[Crayford MK4 10]

Very nice Andy

[MK5 V8 1]

Getting there, a few more odd jobs to do but at least is on the road....... well when i tax it again :angel_not:

[MK5 V8 1]

Well it was that time of year again yesterday...MOT time,, flippin eck that year went quick and i even managed 602 miles driving in it as well, it passed no problems, get it taxed at the end of the month and have 6 months of fun :thumbup:

Edited April 23, 2014 by MK5 V8

[MK5CortinaEstate 54]

Woohoo!

[bugsntinas 29]

and i'm sure you will have too.

[MK5 V8 1]

Been playing around with the dash illumination yesterday and after seeing ChristinaGXL's idea (great idea by the way) of using strips of LED's and grafting in a rover speedo to match the rev counter it came out rather good from this

 

 

to this

 

 

Massive improvement :thumbup:

[buzzard 13]

very nice mate . your so fast and furious . lol

[ChristinaGXL 23]

Wow very blue!

[MK5 V8 1]

very nice mate . your so fast and furious . lol

 

Ha ha, yep just need a bigbottle of NOS and a "go baby go" button

 

 

Wow very blue!

 

I love the blue ever since i saw the first Tron movie :thumbup:

[buzzard 13]

sorry mate couldn't help it . nos would look great to lol .

[MK5 V8 1]

Well it's been a while since i've been on here after having a little shunt in my car back in Ausust 2015. I had gone to a little show in leicester and by midday it started to drizzle with rain so we all decided to find somewhere to get a bite to eat. I was one of the last to leave with some others, got on the road and approached a roundabout. Realizing i was in the wrong lane, i shot accross and as i was accelerating ont of the roundabout the backend swung out and the next thing i remember was :poo: this is gunna be expensive, i slammed sideways into the curb and the backend bounced up and into a barrier. I was quite lucky there were no others involved. anyway with the help of Gavin XRS and his mates we got the car off the road to await a tow truck. When i got home i put it in the garage and there it stayed for a few months to assess the damage

 

2 busted alloys

bent steering rack

bent brake disc

bent rear halfshaft

bent rear bumper

broken rear light

damage to the rear valance and a dent in the rear quarter.

 

I was debating whether to sell it of fix it but as i've promised it to my son i had to fix it, so the hunt was on for the parts. Ebay came up trumps as usual and i got the half shafts, brake discs and steering rack. Gavin found me a set of the wheels i had on it originally ( never thought i would get another set) and i managed to straighten out the bumper and bracket and i also had a spare rear light. With the parts collected i went about repairing the damage. With that done it was just a case of saving some cash for the bodywork repairs. This has now been done. i also found some electrical gremlins too, as the washers wouldn't work and the indicators would flash randomly and the headlights wouldn't work properly, also the wiper motor was very lazy, almost straining to wipe. i found the small earth wire which bolts on to stalk switch burnt out, so i repaired that, the headlight connectors from the fusebox were dirty, so i cleaned them and replaced the wiper motor with a spare one i had and now everything is working normally.

 

So MOT next week and back on the road ( fingers crossed)

 

 

 

 

[wolfrace 116]

Well done getting it sorted, pics look good & it's a lovely car in real life too.