What Engine for 500BHP

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The paint is nearly done now.......

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Painting Is now Complete & Decals applied.






All that remains is for me to rebuild it again.

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Max_Torque said:

now THAT is really starting to look good!!

it looks 500bhp without even moving ;-)

I havent seen the car close up, as i am working away - but I have spoken to a couple of people who have & they say the paint quality is second to none.

When I received those photos by email, my initial reaction when I opened the first one was Just WOW!!

To say I am pleased with the paint work is an under statement.

The full paint story is on the painters Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paramount-Refinishin...

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stevieturbo said:

It actually looks like a remote control car lol.

There certainly hasnt been a car like it. In some ways it looks all wrong, yet in others it looks superb. Just because it is so different to everything else.

The colour scheme is based on an origional livery design used on the stratos (olio fiat), all be it with a few personalisations for me.

Once it gets the spoilers & lamp pods it will look different again ...... Even Better!

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Gompo said:

I really want to see this out and about, I'm in Retford so you cant be far away?

I love the Stratos, there used to be one (a replica..) very local to me about 15-20 years ago that'd I'd see and hear now and again.

There is no one who wants to see this car out and about more than me, unfortunately there is still quite some jobs to do, as well as re-assembling everything, i still need to build the engine, and finish off one or two items.......

I am closer than you think, as I am in Retford! & if the replica you saw 15-20 years ago was red with black spoilers, then it was me...... small world isnt it!

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stevieturbo said:

When you see it broken down into so many photos, you can almost see the massive amount of hours that's gone into the bodywork !
Definitely some work there

A lot of work indeed - made worse by the fact there are so many individual parts to paint. Ok most of the smaller parts were a single colour, but there were 22 individual items to be painted!

They had the car for 6 weeks - Ok when I dropped it off they were still finishing off another car, but I believe that Niki has spent over a month on my car.. His next project is another stratos replica also with a multi coloures livery..

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The very same - I moved from camborne though, I am now the other side of town close to the elms...

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I took my last stratos to harewood a few times - This one will be there as well, but probably not for the first year after it is finished - I wouldnt want to push it too much untill i get used to it again.
You wont miss this one when it is out and about!!

cheers

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This car would never have made it to this point without my wife Bev, who has put up with me spending the hours & hours in the garage taking forever to do what seems like nothing. Thank you Bev & thank you for not minding me spending the pennies to do the job right.

Thanks again and thanks to our dogs dougle & diesel who despite trying to help my with many of the jobs only seem to manage to hide the tools in the garden..

Thanks again to my family for putting up with me during this project!

cheers

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[quote=mickrick]Just checked back in, and my heart rate went up!
That's one helluva good looking car mate. Love the engineering too.
I want one badly! But I have too many projects already.

Good show, and thanks for posting. Respect! /quote]

Thanks for the comments

I am Away at work & still have a few weeks until I can see it for myself close up - Definately a good choice of colour..
It took me a long time to finally pick the colour - about 2 years of deciding & then changing my mind. Initially I was going to go for the Alitalia colours, but decided against those, as even though they look really good, there are a lot of them around & I really wanted somthing different.
I think this scheme was about the 4th I considered & finally decided on, the yellow being dictated by the Colour of the Vinyl for the Decals. There are a couple done in the traditional Olio Fiat scheme, with blue/yellow & White, but I think only one with the Black & yellow & white & I have changed the Decals to be Personalized for me, so this is definately a one off..


And a Real Head turner - I just need to get it finished!

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Back from work now & off to collect the car from the painters tomorrow.....

Then I can get stuck into the rebuild of the engine & start to put it back together..

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OlberJ said:

Every time i see this thread pop up i think about what you're building and let out a little giggle.

Love it

Glad you like it!!

Picked the car up this morning from Paramount refinishing & The paintwork is fantastic & the colours just perfect...
Here it is safe & sound at home.





I want to just bolt all of the parts too it and see what it looks like all together, but would only have to take half of them off again, so I am trying to resist the temptation.

Cheers

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Ok So I dont have time to get stuck into the engine this week, so I put all of the bits on the car, only the chin spoiler and lower pods have to come off again, 3 bolts in total, so no big deal - hope to get to th eengine next week....






It looks even better with all the parts together - I am one Happy camper

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I would love to be at the run what ya brung day in march, but realistically the car won't be finished & I will be away at work in march as well

I am hoping to get the car on the road in the summer, but all depends on work & family commitments....

Also hope to have the Car in PPC at some point

Presently working on the engine - I have finally got it totally stripped down, Heads and block going for cleaning tomorrow, then the heads to the machine shop to dress up the valves and seats, then some paint & I can start the rebuild.... once that's done I can start to rebuild the car........

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The car will be out and about as soon as it is finished - No point in having a car and not use it
Shake down is planned for Blyton park circuit on a test day. Its local to me and nothing to hit

As for a feature in PPC - I have been keeping will updated on a regular basis for the last 12 months..... things always take longer than planned.

Engine is now stripped & all the alloy parts at my local Aqua blast place for cleaning, then the heads go to have the valve seats & valves ground.Then some paint & bolt everything together.....

Only prep work left for the engine is to gap the rings & hone the liners - I have a ball hone that I plan to use for that.. Then of course I need to check the clearances during the build - If I am lucky the engine should be built by Xmas or if not then before the end of the year...

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The plan will be to do a Private test day mid week, so I can get out on the track when I like & because there will be less cars there. I guess a few spectators should be no problem.
Of course that plan might not come off and it might end up on a public day with all the boy racers....

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Liquid Knight said:

EFA



You need some quality time alone with the car so you can get to know her again and the characteristics of the new platform. The last thing we want is for you to hit boost and hit a car that was five hundred Yards away a second ago.

Last thing I want to do is hit anything
Car will be mapped on low boost for me to bed it in for 1000miles - that should give me time to get used to the car again with a modest 300BHP, then it will go back for a full power map after which who knows what power it will have... Then it can go for a test day. Blyton park is good as there is nothing to hit unless you get it very very wrong

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Liquid Knight said:

That's called "doing a Will".

If you remember what he did to his Audi at Malory Park a few years ago.

That would be this minor ding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ob9r1pQuHo

Miss ed your edit of my previous post - very subtle change

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Some progress today - got all of the engine parts back from cleaning, and dropped the heads in for grinding the valves - All parts now at home & I can start painting & then the rebuild.

Parts came back looking like new from the aqua blasting.

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When I sent the parts for cleaning I forgot to remove the oil way plugs, so have spent an hour today washing out the oil ways at least i am sure they are 100% clean now...

Most of the parts are painted now in black and gold - just no photos of the heads (black) as its too foggy in the shed as they have only just been painted.






Just got to let the paint go hard then I can start the rebuild.... Got some DIY to do tomorrow so thats at least 1 day drying time