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yeah, they have done a great job, i'm really pleased

ive attached a photo of the offending fuel pump, (the little silver box bottom right) I think its the lifter but i'm not sure. TBH i don't care, I just want to get it certified and back on the road, i'll sort all these little niggles out down the track

should be another video up shortly...

second vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOSG4omkcZg

Sounds like it is a facet pump, which are noisy little bastards. I replaced mine with a Pierberg (sp) low pressure pump. It is almost silent.

so... car is done and paid for (ouch) and back in my hot little hands

took it for a blat last night, pulls hard in first and second, suspension needs work, new shocks and bushes will help tighten it up I suppose.

also, pedals seem a little spongy for my tastes, I'll play around with the cables to try and tighten all that up.

Brakes... hmmm... not much confidence in the brakes tbh.. I'll put in some braided lines in the next few weeks.

exhaust is a clunky ugly POS. I will definitely be changing that asap.

The engine is supposed to rev to 8500rpm but it seems to be really straining at 6.5~7. maybe its having trouble breathing... not sure, will have a clearer idea in the weekend when I take it for some long B-road blasts

performance-wise, I was sitting at the lights next to a big V8 jeep that buried the throttle on the change to green, chirping his tyres... i was a little slow off the mark but then the car just took off and I blew past him with no trouble...

Also, near where I live is the Mt Vic Hill climb event. ( a closed public road in wellington city ) i think the record is about 46 sec in some monstrous WRX. The cars keep a really straight line through the curves as you would expect so when I took that road home last night, i stayed in my lane and took it relatively easy ( ie stayed in second the whole way ) and was roughly 30sec off the pace! Not bad at all I thought.

AE86 on Mt Vic hillclimb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBysK2NiB44

I have vid of my run, i'll post it soon.

some glory shots

Such a tough little nugget of a car.

Hi Chris here. Don't know if I'm shooting arrows into the dark but I met a guy in Wellington a couple of years ago who'd been in Oman [as I am now ] and who was doing an engine swap for a whizzkid. Same guy??? I have an SC100 in storage in NZ in exc cond with only 50,000 ks on clock plus an entire 2nd car in parts. Love it. Would like to keep contact as I'll be back home in a year or so and close enough to Wellington. Your car looks brilliant. Cheers 

Hey yeah that was me yours is silver, right? send me a PM and we can swap contact details, cheers! 

another vid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERFWLsOF7G0

photos of summer holiday work

I want to tidy up all the wiring etc over the next few weeks and then get started on the engine bay.

Not going to explore fuel cut issue until the engine bay is clean. 

Also, might put that Yoshimura pipe on for a laugh.. carbon tip may not last long and it will probably sound a bit shit but so what...

So clean! Nice work. I think the Yoshi pipe has to happen. 

hey Brayden, yeah I think so too

maybe I'll have it mounted so it sticks out of the side vents.. or even have the pipe extend through the vent and then attach the muffler so its out in the airstream

Great work, looks real nice

So... getting ready for round 2

I want to finally sort out why the engine cuts out under load... research indicates that the cam angle sensor is overheating and failing.

Lots of wiring work to be done plus cleaning, soda blasting, painting etc.

I want to re-work the exhaust for a more aggressive tone and also, finally tune the car

I doubt my budget will stretch to it, but blueprinting the engine would be nice.

Anyway, I'll post updates when I can for those who are interested

Well, 2 years gone by now... been through a few tough times and some big changes but all good

Car has been off the road since last pics were taken, now getting its front end sorted.. will have to soda blast soon as all the amateur painting i didd two summers ago is starting to spot up again.

Anyway, car has been started and will be WOF'd soon, Ill post again for the next stage