lloyds ek9 restoration + k-swap


Thats the best (if i'm allowed to say that) engine failure i've seen in a while - what a mess! Top effort with the refurb on the replacement one
 
shes coming on well now lad! keep the updates coming man! if you'r ever back for more parts i'll have to show you the yellow machine ;)
 
epic work so far, be like a new car when your done. You keeping the engine bay white this time? :nice:
 
Maffy said:
shes coming on well now lad! keep the updates coming man! if you'r ever back for more parts i'll have to show you the yellow machine ;)
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yea lookin forward to seeing it, you should call up some evenin, :nice:

DOSvtec said:
i hope so or else :slap: lol great work lad, any regrets of starting this yet :D ill have to call up some day soon to get a look.
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nope, blue this time me thinks, :secret: :lol:

yea call up surly til ya see the mess of the shed, :p

yea well regret it a bit, miss takin it for a spin now an then, and smoothing the engine bay is driving me mental, HATEEEE sanding :lol:
 
Maffy said:
shes coming on well now lad! keep the updates coming man! if you'r ever back for more parts i'll have to show you the yellow machine ;)
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You any pics of the yellow yoke up anywhere?

Coming on well Lloyd, I'd say you will be glad to see her finished? What did you not like about the ohlins? Iv ohlins in my eg6 but haven't drove on them yet, bc's in my teg, was thinking the ohlins would be ever better :s
 
stu87 said:
You any pics of the yellow yoke up anywhere?

Coming on well Lloyd, I'd say you will be glad to see her finished? What did you not like about the ohlins? Iv ohlins in my eg6 but haven't drove on them yet, bc's in my teg, was thinking the ohlins would be ever better :s
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The ohlins i had only could be adjusted by the spring platform, so any adjustment in ride height affected spring compression, the bc's you can change ride height without messing with shock travel, and you seen the shape of the roads round my way, need all the suspension travel i can get,
 
Some parts whoring goin on, :p :D
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Tegiwa k swap header arrived, pretty happy with it, not quite as perfect as my bseries one but still not bad,
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Got the engine bay all flushed and primed, have yet to get a decent pic of it in primer as it was dark by the time we were done

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And bought meself another ek9 to build :p :D sadly wasnt the real facelift ek9 daily runabout that i dream of, :( :lol:
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I'm amazed at the effort which has gone into this car! Really interesting!
 
Some serious work here mate! Fair play to you, wish I had the time and space to go this in depth with something!
 
lloyd said:
Steady as in roll over? Or do you mean does it flex much?
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As in roll over when fixed to rotisserie. Only reason I ask is most of the other rotisseries I have seen had link bars joining both ends to provide stability. How easy was it to rotate the shell once mounted?
 
importchoice said:
As in roll over when fixed to rotisserie. Only reason I ask is most of the other rotisseries I have seen had link bars joining both ends to provide stability. How easy was it to rotate the shell once mounted?
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Yea this one has a bar to connect both ends but its only needed if you are moving it, the bar gets in the way of rotation so i just left it off, i actually managed to get pretty close to the centre of gravity when making it , more by luck than skill, so it is easy to turn over
And dosnt try to flip over when its not locked,
 
Thanks for the clarification bud. This is going to be a really cool build. Will be keeping on eye on this.
 
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