ahh they must be gti wheels hes got then..

shocks should make it better too.

fix your arb bracket then! or buy my rear axle! then you will have pure rs2000 stopping power all round! lol and 2 roll bars!

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

arch gap means nothing

exactly, the ignis isnt exactly a low car yet it handles immense!

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

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the tyres add alot of chunkiness to the wheels, but i like them they say its a road user, it gets its daily use and that its able to cope, 45s are harsh sometimes intolerable in day to day use


just realised this thread lacks the engine conversion, shall add the posts now

heres an early photoshoot of it, my fondest memory of it

pretty standard minus the 30mm drop and tinted rear lights


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little photo shoot where i work :Q

not taken decent pics with the original wheels on since lowering so
seems to be only down 30mm, will be fine for now, ill drop it to 40mm in a while
main thing is im planning on removing the 1.8 from the mk4, and dropping it in the Si, makes more sence than buying a 2.0 as id need a pre pats ECU which will be close to £50, id need another Ho inlet for it, another 2.0TB, id want to service it, new headgasket, bolts, cambelt kit etc will be almost £300 in the end, so sod it, my 18 is already all the above and has 130bhp ish so its going in, the 1.6 engine will then go in the mk4, which is going to be scaled down in most ways, and possibly given to the missus for a daily runner :Q

anyway





yes i work in a musuem







love the shimmer









new 260mm brakes coming over the weekend :Q

here is the engine removing from the mk4, prior to going into the Si


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haha two matts and jon on a romp eh?

sounds good matt, in the back of the bus?

update

how it looked at the start









A dinner short break







and out! were very chuffed, no hoist and left the gearbox in, was tough wiggling it free but hey come out in the end








sits so much higher now with no weight in it lol, half the engine is in the boot lol so the back end is really low

cheers mate, maybe cant remember but bike carbs make it run really bad mpg or not? would rather Tb's

had more progress today, got the engine out of the Si, at long last, took almost 10 hours! ABS is a fucking PAIN! god, took hours to detatch it

im strongly considering removing it, anyone got any advice or shall i just take it all off, and by pass the pipes going to the modulators to the juntion thing on the wing? should work

not that its gonna be too anoying to put back in but in the future again on removing engines or gearboxes etc it will deffo get in the way

bloody thing is useless anyway, sometimes it doesnt even prevent lock ups in the dry

tomorrow im gonna try and find a hoist as i cant see me and matt lifting the engine and box in easy, anybody have any tricks or good ways ofgetting them in without a hoist???

matt wanted to prove that i do work as all the pic are of him (hence why it smy phone etc)







odd face




this ABS system is such a bitch, who ever thought of this needs a bullet in his head, so rediculas, reading the haynes, which says it uses a clutch type bypass mechanism, jesus














tomorrow will be less progressive, got an job interview and matt is busy with similar things too, so i will just swap the clutch onto the 1.8

Jon

as i stand, much more tomorrow, should have the 1.8 back in, and running latest wednesday, b ack in work on thursday and leaving for silverstone Saturday :aaah: little time for a shakedown lol

pics of how it stands now


the 1.8

the 1.6/gearbox



and the devilish ABS, i will retain it, ill put it back together eg drivebelts and covers prior to fitting the gearbox

Day 3 in South Wales

well time for the Si to have an engine back

sorry for the arty pics of the back of my head! but matt got camera happy and decided to rape my identity

this was rather tence, never want to raise a car this high again, but sliding the entire lump and gearbox assebely in on the cart seemed the easiest method, matt was right with it

we started the day by cowering in the garage from the rain, removed the gearbox from the 1.6 and clutch with it, oh and since its such a good job and very unasuming, swapped the satin black cam cover too



pushed her around the lane to get cracking


my very own F.O.B camp bastion


i was very wary of the slab of brick sliding off the roof onto my head underneath :aaah:

'Box fitted to the 1.8


up up away



the method, step by step, beam of wood to act as a crossmember, jack in centre, highten untill cant take it anymore with jack, hold with stands and add a brick tot he jack and start over a gain




the removed 1.6 with the polished cover


ready to slide into place


getting high now













looks unsafe, but at a steady rate and using the stands as a failsafe and two pair of eyes watching it raise, it went up ok



under it goes, had to raise the cars front valance up to 34 inches :aaah:






its like it just swalled it whole








getting there 8)



as we left it for today, A-team in the cinema and a well earned break was on the agenda


tucked the 1.6 away, still not decided on what to do with it atm, its a good engine with a good service history, pulls like its on 30k miles, might keep it for future use, or sell it for the right price


more coming tomorrow now, should get it finished and running, things left to do:
Fit radiator and pipe coolant hoses in
fill coolant
finish bolting the inlet on (two bolts)
plug everything in eg sensors
heat shield
coilpack, leads and lead cover
thermostat and relevent piping
fit the 1.8 Blob mondeo Ecu
bypass the ABS and remove the drivebelts for the modulators, pipe in the pipes from the resevour to the brake pipe split in the wing
bleed brakes
few other things ive probably forgotten

my grandfather and his woodturning club helped out by skimming my brake discs for me, when i bought them they had some pitting that the pads through general braking didnt clear, so theyre nice and flat now so the pads will have nothing but clear contact with the discs
will need new brake pads soon as they aint got much life left in them, EBC green stuff's are on the table atm, not bad price at just shy of £49 for the pair set

more tomorrow :Q

ah those sweet big old hills

yea clark its almost ready, need to loosen the timing belt tensioner a tad,belts too tight and is screaming for mercy, litrally!, and swap the water pump pully as its wobbling/wonky and hitting the cambelt cover a bit making a noise, the exhaust is banging around a tad so new mounts are needed and its ready to go :Q

thanks for the kind words guys


the work is complete, in four days too, not bad, im very proud



to bypass the ABS




short video's for you, mind my fathers belly



:Q pulls like a train, the Si 1.6 gearbox is truely fantastic, the 1.3 one was rubbish, wasnt as quick either

also id liek to replug the ABS sensors in, to shut the light on the dash up

Really? You'd say intolerable? I had them on a 60mm drop and a 40mm drop and tbh, theres no real difference thats so noticable i'd hate my life everytime I drove.

But them I drive around decked with no real issues. I quite like it, its actually very bearable Just adds character imo

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nah im more into refinement, i struggle with a modified 17 year old fiesta but i cherish what little i have lmao

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very interesting jony, nice job

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fifi

hope you were taking notes
hopefully you'll be doing similar soon

Nice work with the engine...

fair play to you, trolley jack on a pile of bricks lol sort of thing i do with a bottle jack in work, except im jacking up 15 tonne tractors lol

bet you robbed that trolley from the spar as well lmao

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

haha fuck do you know?

proper italian job that trolley was hahah




guys check out the capri project