NineMeister

Really close to the end now, my friends.

Andy's worked wonders with the trimming. The dash top, door caps, dash panels and centre console all done and in place now, should have the steering wheel back tomorrow. The door caps still need the end pieces trimmed back to fit.

The extra large Recaro SPGs are going back in necessitating a relocation of the seat belt anchors from the seat base to the tunnel in order to clear the harness anchor points. Here Owen is doing a final clearance check before fitting.

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Mark continued with the engine build, here is the sequence of work as the day progressed:

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Details: Rob detail polishing the screen apertures before moving on to the spoiler; RS battery cut off switch now fitted and wired in; new engine bay airconditioning pipe arrived to replace the one which stripped the threads on dis-assembly.

ToSi

Always enjoy your threads, thanks for sharing.

Is that the original vinyl gauge surround or a new leather piece? How difficult is it to match the contour of the dash in that area?

I'd like to replace mine at some point but not sure if I can make the material conform to the shape of the dash. Have you ever re-trimmed one w/ Alcantara?

Bill Verburg

So it looks like SAI is retained, along w/ the OBD2 DME,

964 rockers, what cams?

Have you found someone to reflash an 88pin DME?

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SAI deleted, guts of motor retained to prevent check engine faults. 9m Sport cams fitted. My friend Wayne did the ecu reflash.....

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Rob polishing the rear spoiler; centre console and gearlever fitted; ecu (for the benefit of Bill); front end and headlights fully built.

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Robin finishing off some minor rewiring; Richard and Marc installing the engine; new Toyo R888 tyres on the Rays wheels; engine now running (minus exhaust)

Bill Verburg

Interesting, did you ever have a chance to play w/ the variant coding pigtail on the 55pin cars?

1pcarnut

It's alive!!! Cool stuff Colin. Best part of the project is when you can put it all together after all the disassembly.

Macca

Colin do you find those Techart fog/bake duct combos a PITA to fit properly?

I had them fitted and they required alot of fettling behind the assembly to get them looking right and sitting flush. Certainly didn't seem "plug and play" to me....

JimGinKC

Amazing work fellows! I have really enjoyed following this thread

Sean E Yamuni

BRAVO
Colin you are a man of perfection ....
I need to see a final pic w the Rays wheels can't wait
Thanks for bring this beast to us

NineMeister

Erm, no. Wayne just remaps them for us as required.

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Yes, they are. We had to rework the shape to get them to fit & repaint them when we were done. To be fair they were on the car when it arrived, they certainly would not be our first choice, we prefer the factory turbo S version.