[Montye90]

Very Flash Socket. How did it go on the cruise? Any issues? Positives (must be lots )

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Montye90

Very Flash Socket. How did it go on the cruise? Any issues? Positives (must be lots )

Went well thanks Monty.. No problems other then the version 3 map nerfed the car which kept tripping out with an over boost code when we hit 4500 revs...
More work needed on the tune I think lol

[Coupes33]

SPCGRY back on the road and looking as good as ever. Well done Socks

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Coupes33

SPCGRY back on the road and looking as good as ever. Well done Socks

thanks mate

[Brule]

Glad you got some reliable power up and going.
The m3 bonnet looks great on these cars.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Brule

Glad you got some reliable power up and going.
The m3 bonnet looks great on these cars.

+1 to M3 hood Brule

[Socket]

NBT wiring diagram

[Socket]

ST build continued


Got around to tidying up the engine bay today.. refitted 3 cowl, engine cover and scroops

[totti84]

What happened to your air filter?

[Socket]

Mod 89 - Black seats

Time to swap out the old beige seats for a set of black leather front and rears, thanks to DrJ

To keep the two tone look going, swapped out the black front and rear consoles and put the beige ones back in Is certainly unique lol

Hardest part of the swap, was the drivers seat. The yellow connector plug wouldn't plug into the new seat, so I had to remove the wiring looms from both seats and swap them over. Took about three hours to do, but once switched over the new seat plugged in and is working fine

Pics below:

Pic 1 - Black and cream interior before the swap
Pic 2 - Pulling the interior out (again)
Pic 3 - Inside stripped
Pic 4 - Beige front and rears consoles in again
Pic 5 - Rear seats are done (connecting bolts are a pinta to get to)
Pic 6 - Drivers seats ready for a wiring swap, lots of wires
Pic 7 - Ever wonder whats inside the drivers seat?
Pic 8 - Wiring loom transplant complete
Pic 9 - Done - Drivers side view
Pic 10 - Done - Passenger side view

[Socket]

Originally Posted by totti84

What happened to your air filter?

Squashed it up so the hood will close. Doesn't look pretty but works

[Trev88]

Socks your engine bag now looks sooo clean! You and Vince have created a hidden monster !! Looks kinda stock now haha

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Trev88

Socks your engine bag now looks sooo clean! You and Vince have created a hidden monster !! Looks kinda stock now haha

kinda stock if you don't look too close haahahh

[DR-JEKL]

Originally Posted by Socket

Squashed it up so the hood will close. Doesn't look pretty but works

Perhaps you may be better off with a filter like this one?

https://www.knfilters.com/search/pro...x?prod=RC-2530

https://www.knfilters.com/images/l/RC-2530_Dim.jpg

I'm guessing you dont have room to fit a 5" dia filter, hence the squashed filter?

Good to see you've got the seats in they look nice

[Socket]

Originally Posted by DR-JEKL

Perhaps you may be better off with a filter like this one?

https://www.knfilters.com/search/pro...x?prod=RC-2530

https://www.knfilters.com/images/l/RC-2530_Dim.jpg

I'm guessing you dont have room to fit a 5" dia filter, hence the squashed filter?

Good to see you've got the seats in they look nice

Thanks mate. Don't think that one would fit either. Not much room between the fan and the engine. Need something not wider then 3.5" Might have to get a custom one made up

Seats are in amazing condition.. The guy that had them before me really looked after them

[EB89]

Socks, you should take both sets of seats and get them to swap some of the leather pieces, so you can have dual colour, white highlights on a black seat

[Socket]

Originally Posted by EB89

Socks, you should take both sets of seats and get them to swap some of the leather pieces, so you can have dual colour, white highlights on a black seat

Had crossed my mind lol

[JB4-335]

Sorry I don't care too much about seats. I'm after some 35psi logs of this car.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by JB4-335

Sorry I don't care too much about seats. I'm after some 35psi logs of this car.

Lol just filling in time until tune is completed. Up to V4 map but won't be able to log again until next week. We apologize for the delay normal services will resume shortly

[Shanusascarabus]

Wow..... spent almost a full day reading this thread, its been like a novel.... started well... some good bits of modding... some i cringed at but grew to love.. some sad parts ( ST story ) and a happy ending.
The cars a credit to you... you got balls of steel mate

[e36mmm]

Sock u never cease to impress

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Shanusascarabus

Wow..... spent almost a full day reading this thread, its been like a novel.... started well... some good bits of modding... some i cringed at but grew to love.. some sad parts ( ST story ) and a happy ending.
The cars a credit to you... you got balls of steel mate

Thanks Shan so glad you enjoyed the read mate. Awesome effort getting through 140 odd pages lol. Has been a journey. I cringe thinking about parts of it too like the cf boot lip haha. Really appreciate you taking the time to read the thread bro. Build is not over yet. Auto to manual conversion and PI yet are next and then it will probably be done.. probably