What did you do in the garage yesterday?

[phazed]

Hoofa said:

Why not try jools trumpet less base ?

It doesn't fit the CF triple plenum.

Just to add to the list I'll be fitting the new deeper rocker covers.

Novel way to remove an engine,

[Chuffmeister]

I'll look forward to receiving that 5.5 lump in the post then Peter?

[Sardonicus]

Chuffmeister said:

I'll look forward to receiving that 5.5 lump in the post then Peter?

Oi back a the que you

[phazed]

This thread should be renamed "today"!

No more front suspension then half a day cleaning up, rubbing down and dabbing on dome rust beater, boring or what

[Pupp]

Listened to Under Milk Wood on Radio 4 whilst also scraping and rust killing/painting chassis spots (well, swathes really). There's something satisfying about getting a lump of millscale off when you find sound steel underneath... long may that continue!

Went to get some fuel after and ended up doing 85 miles

[s p a c e m a n]

Was getting annoyed with all of the light bleeding from behind the number plate and illuminating the bottom of the boot and the top of the bumper so used some double sided foam to stick the plate flat. Then used the spare spade connector for the light (I'm only using one led strip behind the plate) to work another led strip that I fixed inside the boot. So now I have a boot light, it's on when the lights are on but you can't see it from outside the boot when it's closed.

[Tyre Tread]

Spent an hour or so digging out alternative 7" headlights and mounting cups as fitted to the P5B to see how they could be mounted to the TVR as per the headlight thread.

[rigga]

phazed said:

It doesn't fit the CF triple plenum.

Can you expand on that a bit Peter. I thought the carbon Plenum bolted to the standard trumpet base via an adaptor plate, if the normal Plenum top fits to jools blended base with no issues, why won't the adaptor and carbon Plenum fit?

[phazed]

rigga said:

phazed said:

It doesn't fit the CF triple plenum.

Can you expand on that a bit Peter. I thought the carbon Plenum bolted to the standard trumpet base via an adaptor plate, if the normal Plenum top fits to jools blended base with no issues, why won't the adaptor and carbon Plenum fit?

The ported trumpet base that comes with the triple plenum isn't the same, it has a wider top.

The CF plenum then uses an adapter plate to bolt to the trumpet base.

Apparently those wider trumpet bases were used on some early Rovers, possibly a Vitesse iirc.

[rigga]

phazed said:

rigga said:

phazed said:

It doesn't fit the CF triple plenum.

Can you expand on that a bit Peter. I thought the carbon Plenum bolted to the standard trumpet base via an adaptor plate, if the normal Plenum top fits to jools blended base with no issues, why won't the adaptor and carbon Plenum fit?

The ported trumpet base that comes with the triple plenum isn't the same, it has a wider top.

The CF plenum then uses an adapter plate to bolt to the trumpet base.

Apparently those wider trumpet bases were used on some early Rovers, possibly a Vitesse iirc.

Ah ok, didnt realise the triple carbon Plenum comes with its own trumpet base, that explains that then.

[neal1980]

I made my second downpipe. Now on to the exhaust

[url]

[rigga]

neal1980 said:

I made my second downpipe. Now on to the exhaust

[url]

Your far too talented for this forum ....

[Sardonicus]

neal1980 said:

I made my second downpipe. Now on to the exhaust

[url]

Nice fabrication there Neal welds aint bad either

[phazed]

rigga said:

Ah ok, didnt realise the triple carbon Plenum comes with its own trumpet base, that explains that then.

That's one of the reasons that they cost so much, that and that they are all bespoke.

[neal1980]

Sardonicus said:

ice fabrication there Neal welds aint bad either

Ran out of gas with like an inch to weld ...typical lol

Probably using abit too much filler but prefer it to be strong.

You ordered yours yet ??

Ordered some alloy to make the water pipes so looking forward to welding that up at the weekend :-)

[neal1980]

rigga said:

Your far too talented for this forum ....

Thanks but not really...I just can't afford to pay someone else to do it. So bought a welder and I am really enjoying doing every bit of this LS twin turbo conversion.

Engine build and fabrication all mine.

Making great progress now I set myself target of march/april for Burghley meet ??

[phazed]

neal1980 said:

Making great progress now I set myself target of march/april for Burghley meet ??

That time will go quicker than an LS thing!

Great work Neal, don't let up, it always takes longer than you think!

[Sardonicus]

neal1980 said:

Ran out of gas with like an inch to weld ...typical lol

Probably using abit too much filler but prefer it to be strong.

You ordered yours yet ??

Ordered some alloy to make the water pipes so looking forward to welding that up at the weekend :-)

No not yet I wasnt taking the piss Neal that's quality mate got to see this project when your done

[Pupp]

neal1980 said:

Thanks but not really...I just can't afford to pay someone else to do it. So bought a welder and I am really enjoying doing every bit of this LS twin turbo conversion.

Engine build and fabrication all mine.

Making great progress now I set myself target of march/april for Burghley meet ??

Excellent stuff Neal; really enjoying seeing the updates but you are going to end up making me buy a bloody TIG set!!

Think we should bag a FI only corner at Burghley

[macdeb]

Pupp said:

Think we should bag a FI only corner at Burghley