My new toy !!

[wh0s_the_daddy]

I've done some more work today, stripped a lot out of the engine bay ready for cleaning, sanding and the rust prep and painting.

I'm doing the engine 1st because once i start the underside the wheels will be in the garage loft and the car will be on axle stands for a couple of months, I need room to work at the front of the garage so i'm wheeling the car in and out at the moment.

I've managed to re-route a lot of the engine loom to hide it as it gets on my nerves !!!

Here's the current state ready for paint preperation, been on it since 8am this morning, packed up for today now - back ache !!









I'm getting the angle grinder out tomorrow and chopping off the old battery tray mounts as the battery is in the boot, it'll tidy up the bay a little, also removing the bracket that held on the carbon canister as i've ditched the canister (a small part of the bracket will be left because the ABS attaches to it). - I've put black marker pen on the bits i'm removing.
The brackets will be completely removed and smoothed off so they were never there.





Took off the scuttle panel and its going to get a good clean underneath before painting as its got 11 years of grime under it....




more work and pics soon....

cheers

Andy.

[Nigel S]

some one is being bissy good work andy

[Big Mark]

Nice work Andy....looking good!

[wh0s_the_daddy]

Made a start on painting the engine bay, my fingers are worn down to the bone with all that sanding !!!!

Put 3 coats of primer on, and rubbed it all down....









Took off the brackets that held the batter tray on, what a job that was !!!

BEFORE...



AFTER...



Then tested a bit of the Scotia White to see how it goes on, looks like it goes on ok.



Painted the bonnet hinges as they were manky...

BEFORE...



AFTER...



Lastly painted the bit that goes on the front infront of the radiator, its a pipe that carries power steering fluid.... its gloss black but doesn't show up very good in pics.

This is the part i mean....



PAINTED...





Just waiting for the rest of the Scotia White paint to arrive now and i'll get cracking on it.

cheers

Andy

[wh0s_the_daddy]

I also decided to get off my fat arse and get the dash out, i've been putting it off for ages so seeing as the weather was good i'd thought i'd sort it out.

Its not a bad job, it took me 3 hours from start to finish including taking the door cards off and re-routing some of the loom and generally tidying things up as the bodger who put in the rear fog light and turbo timer needs to go on a course to learn how to wire things in safely, no fuses were used and the wires were just twisted together and covered in black tape !! - so its all sorted now, nice and safe and tidy....

I've also moved the alarm control box and all the wiring so that once the dash is on it will be very difficult to access it without removing lots of bits of dash, so this prevents a thief getting to it to disable the alarm....

I was going to do a "how to" but to be honest its easy to do, its just a matter of removing panels and the screws / bolts are pretty self explanatery, I did identify each plug though so I know where it goes when i put it back together....

I'm getting it all flocked as soon as i get the cash together and it'll look brilliant !!!

I'm using these guys AUTOFLOCK

here's some pics....

























I'm really looking forward to getting the flocking done as its looks the dogs !!

I'm removing the rear fog light switch that the importer put on to pass SVA and i'm wiring the rear fogs into the original front fog light wsitch as i don't have front fogs anymore, it'll look a lot neater plus it'll get rid of the naff switch thats there now.

I'm removing the turbo timer too as i never use it, i just drive sensibly the last few miles home to cool down the turbo.

I may as well get rid of the Kenwood Double Din as its jap spec and I want a decent stereo in its place, I might get a double din DVD player ?

Whilst the centre console is out i'm going to try to mount the hand controller for the Power FC in the centre console somehow, so i think i'll have to get my dremmel out ??

Then i'm changing the bushes in the gear change linkage, by the gear lever, for skateboard bearings, i've already done it to the linkages in the engine bay, it'll make the gearchange crisper along with some brass bushed to mount the linkage box to the chassis, get rid of the rubber mounts.

Wish me luck...

Andy.

[wh0s_the_daddy]

I collected some bits from Autoflock that have been flocked and i'm VERY happy with the finish and feel of the parts.

I'm collecting the main body of the dash soon once its been flocked and modified slightly to incorporate my Apexi hand commander.

Here's some pics of the parts that have neen done....

AIRCON FACIA...







GLOVEBOX....



RADIO / ASHTRAY SURROUND....





and the AIRBAG COVER that Raj at Autoflock has modified too, I LIKE IT !!!!
(and before anyone comments on the airbag not working now correctly, I am aware of this - airbag has been removed ).









Can't wait to get the rest back now, main dash and centre console and A pillars.

Still waiting for my paint for the engine, i've filed a paypal dispute because the seller is fobbing me off, I ordered it a month ago.
(NOTHING TO DO WITH AUTOFLOCK BY THE WAY - COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SELLER ).

So i've ordered the Scotia white from somewhere else and will paint the engine bay once it arrives.

cheers

Andy.

[wh0s_the_daddy]

I've sorted out my Apexi hand controller so that the screen is now detached and seperate from the keypad.

The reason behind this is because the hand controller is being custom built into the dash before it gets flocked, there wasn't anywhere for the hand controller to go before except on a mobile phone holder attached to the dash.

As soon as its fitted to the dash i'll put up some pics, here's the screen seperated from the keypad.....

FROM THIS....



TO THIS.....








HERE'S ONE SOMEONE ELSE DID, SO YOU CAN SEE WHATS GOING ON....





Mine isn't going by the radio though, its going in a custom jobbie...

cheers

Andy.

[wh0s_the_daddy]

Finally got my paint delivered and set about painting the engine bay today.

I sanded all the primer with 1200 wet and dry, cleaned with panel wipe and painted the 1st coat of Scotia White.

Leaving it overnight to dry properly and then another quick sand down ready for another coat of the white tomorrow night.

Then its a couple of coats of laquer to make it nice and shiny and hardwearing.

Next job is to take off engine mountings, and H brace and get them powedercoated, whilst the engine mountings are off I think i'll put some polybush engine mountings in to replace the standard bushes.

Here's some pics after the 1st coat of white.....looking much better.



























I look forward to getting the shiny bits bolted back on, oh and i've got to spray the underside of the bonnet Scotia white too as its a bit grey at the moment due to never getting polished...

cheers

Andy.

[Richf]

Looking really good Andy lots of hard work , i will be joining you in Evo ownership next week

[Squeak]

Wow lots going on there then Andy! The splitting the hand contoller looks a nice idea and the engine bay looks very white now

[wh0s_the_daddy]

Looking really good Andy lots of hard work , i will be joining you in Evo ownership next week

Good stuff Rich, no doubt it won't be long until you start messing with it....

[GTR-NICK]

stunning mate... white Evo 5`s look the dogs. amazing amount of work there. cant wait to see the finished thing... although i get the feeling this will be forever evolving!

[wh0s_the_daddy]

stunning mate... white Evo 5`s look the dogs. amazing amount of work there. cant wait to see the finished thing... although i get the feeling this will be forever evolving!

This is true mate, its just going to get better and better.

I've not even started on upping the power YET, thats the next objective, i'd love to get a stroker kit - 500bhp ?? - thats what i'd like.

[wh0s_the_daddy]

Engine bay has now been laquered and looks very good, can't wait to start getting it all back together, there's still more things to paint such as all the various brackets that hold things on (gonna do them gloss black).


















Next job is to take off the engine mountings, including the one under the engine, to get them stripped and power coated GLOSS BLACK - i'm going to replace the bushes whilst they are off.

I'm removing the inlet plenum and throttle body to get them polished aswell, lots more to do in the engine bay yet then its on to tackle the chassis.

Also got myself an engine damper, just got to paint it red, going to polish the brackets for it as they are a rough finish - gonna make them shiny !!



Then I put the car up on axle stands for then next couple of months and made a start on painting the underside, 1st coat is on, as soon as its dry then the next coat goes on.

The chassis is going to be Scotia white and the rest of the suspension, gearbox, diffs etc will be gloss black....

(NOTE : i'd better remove that bristle in the paint ).










Next I spent a day taking the whole rear suspension off and the fuel tank to reveal the rear floor so i can clean, treat and paint it.

Its in very good condition really, the only areas that need addressing are the rear suspension mounts.

The diff will be painted along with the propshafts and rear hubs, i'm painting the fuel tank too to give it some protection.

[wh0s_the_daddy]

The paint i'm using is Epoxy Mastic 121 as an undercoat and then whatever colour I need as a top coat.























Next job is to remove AYC pump and brake calipers, then paint the pump and pipes, i'll refurb the calipers while they are off and replace the rubber hoses with braided brake lines.

Fuel filler pipe is in excellent condition but will be treated and painted as a precaution.

Fitted the carbon bonnet lifters and alloy rad (the rad is from an Evo 7 but if fitted ok ), the standard fan doesn't fit the rad so I got a slimline fan to fit instead. Had to get some new coolant hoses to fit the rad.