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My god mate, that turbo is massive !! It's good to see that the project is still going ahead. What kind of ECU you going to use?

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Thanks guys . Oil pump is already in. Hopefully they thought about that in the gearing when they made it haha.

Atm im not too sure. Been quoted on vipec .. I bought a cheap tuning kit about 4 years ago, going to checkout what it lets you change and then yeah if its no good ill just go with whatever the tuner wants.

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Engine is coming out this weekend and engine bay is getting stripped ready for the ba k-frame swap. Hopefully it turns out as easy as it seems

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hey guys. Bit of an update with pics. My heads now finished just have to wait for it to come in freight in the next week. Ive also started some work on the actual car, its been sitting in the shed for a few months now with nothing going on so I decided to clean out an unused shed at the farm and get going with it.

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This was the shed after a full day of cleaning

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and once it was clean

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So anyway I got to work stripping the front end to pull the engine out

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and now starting the ba kframe swap..

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fitted

today just doing more measurements and marking places to drill.

also picked up a t5 for a few hundred. going to rebuild it and give it a go. See how long itll last if I baby it so ill have time to sort out the 6speed.

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Im not sure whether ive posted new pictures of my interior but this is how it is now.. excuse mouldy seats and trims

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Big clean up in the shed !! :wwww:

Great to see some more work on the car mate and the interior looks cool, almost identical to my el.

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Oh really? Wheres your build thread? . yeah the interior is alright swapping the dash out for a genuine cappa one soon and getting the top retrimmed black. Atm the whole dash is painted .. Looks genuine.. But yeah I dont want it to scratch and look sh*t. Seats will be retrimmed in cappa cream at the same time. Long way off worrying about seats though.

I really want to get the holes drilled for the sub frame this weekend.. Whether itll happen or not I dont know.

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Mate you're better off selling that t5 and putting a 6 speed in. At least you'll get some money for it.

The only other option for a manual is an astro A5 gearset. Bit cheaper than a 6 speed and they still seem to be quite strong.

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Yeah im thinking that.. I dont know atm. Ive got both t5 and t56 . I really want to put the t5 in to see how long it will last and then ill know whether those astro gears are worth it..

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