Twin Plenum Vitesse restoration

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Loom cut to size on the car:



Removed and ready to wrap:



Wrapped, pins crimped and housings fitted:



Finished and back on car:

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The air intakes were getting sucked flat as was the air filter, originally they looked like this (for the turbo build):



This was the start before the sides on the filter went almost flat:



I need to separate the feeds to either side of the intake and have two filters, this meant moving the battery to the boot.

First out was the bracket/stay that the battery is held against, drill the spot welds and out it came:





Then connect the positive terminal under the bonnet to a long (and very thick) cable that runs through the inner wing, under the carpet (seats and carpet had to come out) into the inner rear wing and then finally into the boot. Not the best picture but you can see the box on the inner wheel arch where the cables are joined:



Then I made a new housing in the boot from two lengths of angle alloy and clamped the battery into position. I welded a stud into the body to take the negative connection and connected it all up:



Sounds like a quick job but it took several hours to get it neat and safe.

Then the new hard pipes could be made up and twin filters:


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New exhaust:





The result is 480 bhp with 0.8 bar boost, drives beautifully with excellent road manners (aside from the fairly brutal paddle clutch).

I'm over the moon with it, worth all the time, money and hassle!

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crossie said:

amazing build

how much of the original car did you use?

480 bhp is a great figure!

Thanks!

I used as much as possible, quite a decent amount in the end - lots more repair than replace, took a lot longer though.