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I am to pikey to buy the uprated shafts so I just keep loads of spare standard R180 shafts lol. Only takes 10 mins to change one.

CV's break more often than the shafts might be worth thinking about them as well

Sorry re-read my post and it was a bit cryptic and wasnt meant to be. I meant Steve Whitson.

One thing I am a bit surprised about is your choice of engine builder, which I am assuming is David at API. Nothing wrong with that at all but given you have an engine builder almost on your doorstep who is held in high regard by many on here then it seems a strange choice when a local buildeer would have made the logistics of things much easier especially when it comes to having important face to face chats ref the build.

If you can feel anything with your nail I would suggest its gubbed. The journals would need to be line bored but whether that is possible would depend on the damage as there is obviously a finite amount of material that can be removed. I would suggest that it is only a matter of time until the cam bearings also show wear/damage. Given your location perhaps a phone call to someone like Steve Whitson may be appropriate.

I dont think anyone is being negative, certainly from my point of view, I was trying to hint that taking advice from those that have the experience, Andy for example, and others who have already been down the road you are choosing may be advantageous to you. As mentioned by myself and others, I would ask Andy's advice FIRST, before deciding on any spec of engine and turbo/fueling combination. Experienced mappers see these cars day in day out and see/feel the results so are best placed to comment on compatability of components. From prsonal experience I have been round Kames in a car with a "large" turbo and it was comical. I agree changing the turbo and remapping accordingly is no big deal but it will be an expensive learning process at around £2k+ once you take into account the cost of purchasing a new turbo, gaskets, fluids and a remap and the depreciation should you decide to sell the GT35 which will have a much more limited market than a GT30. In my opinion you should be trying this the other way round i.e GT30 first and if it doesnt provide what you want move up to the 35 and sell the 30. The one comment I would totally disagree with is your assertion that you will use rev management to get the best from a 35. Depending where you are going to use this car i.e which roads/tracks you may find it very difficult to keep the revs within the required power band. As mentioned good luck with the build and hope it goes well.

Speechless you obviously have far to much money can I have some

The problem you have is that fitting a higher pressure pump means you will have more fuel pressure available. So it depends on how good your regulator is, if your regulator doesnt regulate your supply fuel pressure to exactly the same pressure as before fitting the new pump you will either run lean or more likely rich. Realistically you should fit a decent fuel pressure regulator, fuelab or the like, and then have the car mapped to suit the fueling. Its not as simple as squirt in more fuel and crank up the boost.

The police should prosecute him for leaving the scene of an accident which will end up with him having points and a fine.

In my opinion you will need more than a single 044 for that Turbo. Swirl pot prob not required given your usage you will just need to manage the fuel levels in the tank. You should really be directing the questions relating to pump and injector suitability to Andy preferably before you buy them.

You need to say what turbo you are using you have been asked but didnt say, its impossible to advise without all the info. If your retaining the standard fuel tank then you need a swirl pot if the car is going onto a track to be used competatively, otherwise you WILL get fuel surge. There are also a world of other things you need to think about in terms of whats fitted depending on what class you are putting the car into.

Valid points Colin but it wouldnt make any sense to me to put the filter in the engine bay. You use more hose returning 2 lines to the FPR unless its mounted on the manifold, I prefer to mount the FPR on the bulkhead out of the way, the hose and fittings are not that expensive if bought from the right place and made up yourself. I have already been advised I need to up my current single 044 to something with more capacity so this build will be compromised on a single 044 for definate. Not fitting a swirl pot on a project which will be used on track is a huge mistake.

Looking good some nice parts there. I think you will have a problem with your fuel lines as they stand. The ones from the fuel rails to the T-Pieces look fine but the other two look too short to do anything. You will need a feed from the hard pipe on the pax inner wing to the first T-Piece which will be your pressure feed. Then from the T-piece that will be your return line to the FPR which preferably should have AN unions fitted, then another line from the FPR to the return hard pipe on the pax inner wing. Did you go for nitrile rubber hose and cutter type fittings or Teflon hose and olive type fittings?ired What model of Bosch fuel pump are you using to feed this as i am not sure a single pump will be sufficient to feed a GT35 and you dont mention a swirl pot. Have you thought about the current requirements of the fuel pump and the current wiring gauge/fuse. What make and type of injectors are you using i.e brand top or side feed. Have you checked if your 1000cc injectors will have enough headroom as you might be very close to maxing them on a GT35. Top feed ID 1000cc injectors are maxing out on billet GT30's.

The PF rotors and bells are not available for the 4 pot subaru calipers and are prob a bit OTT for a road car anyway. A decent pad like PF Z rated and a decent set of discs will work well with either the subaru 4 pots or Brembo's.

Is that the one that its a couple of older ladies? If so they fixed two pretty mangled wheels for me and were superb to deal with.

Nice to see this went well. Would like to have made it up but car is still in bits. Kept getting told off last year for going the same route as the sprint is run.

Have you tried Jim Dickson in Cumbernauld been using him for years and always had really good prices and never had an issue with an alloy and he has swapped a LOT of tyres for me on my RA.

Whats he going to do for speedo drive if using a hatch box?

emails your best bet as previously mentioned.

Will see if I can dig it out.

Already sold mate sorry, they are in Holland now.

Thanks Callum, not sure how long its been like that but suspect a fair while. It was John's old GT30 which we never stripped before fitting it so not sure when it happened. The car still made boost but would have taken MUCH longer to get there than it should have. I have to be honest I was shocked when i seen the state of the blades but suspect it is heat or water related as low compression and a bit of oil usage is the only visible issue with the engine no reason to suspect chunks of engine have eaten the blades. May know more when I strip the engine but also curious about the cause of the low compression would put money on the heads or perhaps an outside bet the rings.

Already sussed Peter bigger and better

Well back up to date and not much happening this year due to initially looking to move house but in the end decided to stay put and do some building work so decided a year out would be the best idea. That gives me time to sort things out with the house and at the same time take a step back and look to move the car on significantly. Decided to strip some bits of f the car but before doing so done a compression test of the engine and was quite shocked as the compression was quite low on 3 cylinders but worse was to come when I took the turbo off. The turbine wheel is badly damaged as can be seen by the pics, sorry for the poor quality. This explains a lot, the combination of the turbo and the poor compression now makes sense of why I wasnt happy with the car. I didnt feel there was enough of a difference in performance between the 20G the year before and the GT30 last year but think the reasons are obvious. The Turbo was being replaced anyway and the engine was due to come out so neither are a problem but I have now changed my opinion of rolling roads. Had I put the car on a Dyno at the start of the year I would have known there was an issue but hey such is life. The good thing is it doesnt change the plans for the car going forward In fact taking the year out makes it easier to sit down and make the right decisions for the car without any time pressures that have constantly led to corners being cut.

Well cant believe its almost 7 months since updating this thread. Partly to do with work commitments and partly down to taking some time away from the car. The season ended on a fairly successful note I managed to win the Lowlands Championship outright which was very pleasing, I only managed runner up in class in the Scottish Sprint Championship which was a disappointment having won it for the previous 2 years, but saying that I was fairly and squarely beaten by Jim Kelly in his EVO. Jim had a cracking year and I just couldn't catch him so it was a well deserved win :thumb: Also picked up the class win in the EACC championship so not a bad haul for a year which wasnt the best in terms of time at home and set up of the car. As for this year well decided to have a relaxed year and the car will be out when I get round to it. Picked up a few parts along the way. Decided the brakes needed a tweek so these arrived, new rotors required but other than that they are pretty mint condition. Definately needed to make the car handle better so these have returned from EXE-TC after a full overhaul and some info on custom settings to make them work for me :thumb: Decided on a change of lateral arms so sourced these. Lots of other things happening with the handling side but we shall see how that works out :norty: Also got another rear diff which is being tweeked to suit, but may well go down a totally different route rear diff wise. Many more things going on behind the scenes that would be just rude to post up so will wait and see where the year takes me.