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I feel like I've gone back 10 years reading through this thread and seeing a bubble T16 conversion - it was a very popular conversion back then.

Its looking very good, it cant be far off from finished?

James3990 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:01 am I feel like I've gone back 10 years reading through this thread and seeing a bubble T16 conversion - it was a very popular conversion back then.

Its looking very good, it cant be far off from finished?

yeah, killed many a good coupe for its heart back in the RT days.

James3990 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:01 am I feel like I've gone back 10 years reading through this thread and seeing a bubble T16 conversion - it was a very popular conversion back then.

Its looking very good, it cant be far off from finished?

It’s got a fair way to go. Stuff like wiring is the main headache. All the rest is easy mechanical stuff. It’s just time really as I work lots and have other project cars.

Wow i havent updated this for a while. Been busy with other cars. To recap, i finally worked out how to get the rad fans, intercooler, radiator and all squeezed in behind the front bumper. Then i started buttoning up the main systems like fuel and brakes.

All the intercooler alloy pipes have beaded ends and are secured with mikalor type clips rather than jubilee clips.



I made these mole grips so i could crimp a bead in the intercooler pipes. Its a piece of bar welded onto one jaw, and a groove ground in the other jaw. Looks like a grumpy Alien!!!




The fuel tank was in perfect condition. It was repainted in epoxy, as were the mounting straps. I checked that the pump worked and then lifted it all up under the back of the car.

While i was doing that i repaired and then repainted the rear brake lines and made sure the handbrakes cables were nice and free.

The fuel lines and brake lines run under the car together, supported on plastic clips and little metal bars. Some clips had broken and the straps had rusted so i ordered some new ones. Ive also ordered and fitted a full set of HEL braided flexy brake lines, in a rather fetching shade of blue.







Hard to see what yr looking at here, but basically i had to buy all new tank holder bracket bolt thingys. They fit in slots in the floor pan and the straps bolt up to them. Quite neat really.

It will be good to see this finished, do you have any date in mind for completion?

I need that alloy throttle body bracket spacer

Andy’s making them again to order.

James3990 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:37 am It will be good to see this finished, do you have any date in mind for completion?

No date really. I was doing quite well with this and then demolished the garage to build a new one. Ill update this thread soon. Basically im doing wiring now. I spent a cold day today outside trying to get the wasted spark 800 vitesse loom tied in with a k-series loom and MEMS relay pack.