TFM's - Project 855 T5 MK2
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Post 503872 by stephenevans99 on 2012-05-27 17:07:11
Good to see it was spared from breaking and has gone to a good home !!
Post 503873 by foammanmark on 2012-05-27 17:12:10
This is a happy ending, and it will be great to see it come on.
You guys talk about football last night!?!
Post 503874 by claymore on 2012-05-27 17:14:43
Swap my roof bars for your blanks :)
Post 503875 by Rhys on 2012-05-27 17:19:44
Always interesting to see how a car changes when it acquires a new owner :)
It's going to look smart from the pics you've put up, pleased another one isn't going it be broken when there's no need.
Post 503876 by daza-b on 2012-05-27 17:20:09
[quote=foammanmark;503873]This is a happy ending, and it will be great to see it come on.
You guys talk about football last night!?![/quote]
you funny enough no we didnt! i think i was too busy thinking.....im fooked!! lol
Post 503882 by foammanmark on 2012-05-27 17:36:10
[quote=daza-b;503876]you funny enough no we didnt! i think i was too busy thinking.....im fooked!! lol[/quote]
What, nothing to do with Rovers going down then?
Post 503884 by V70 Graham on 2012-05-27 17:36:43
[quote=The Flying Moose;503867]
.....after a day of tweaking, including fitting new rear pads, replacing the comulbas with Nebs, replacing all the tatty engine plastics, giving it a full service, replacing the overly noisy exhaust with a stock one and fitting an RIP kit she has certainly moved on.....
[/quote]
You did all that in a day.....makes me tired just thinking about it !
Cracking job so far, will look excellent if it resembles your pic, following with interest.
Post 503890 by T5RPete on 2012-05-27 17:50:01
Very nice mate. Sorry I couldn't come with!
I look forward to seeing it in the flesh!
Post 503892 by LiamT4 on 2012-05-27 17:57:50
Looks excellent with the nebs on.
Thats a lot of work you've done on it already, especially in this heat.
Post 503901 by The Flying Moose on 2012-05-27 18:19:47
[quote=claymore;503874]Swap my roof bars for your blanks :)[/quote]
Can do colin... are you going to York?
Post 503902 by The Flying Moose on 2012-05-27 18:20:51
[quote=LiamT4;503892]Looks excellent with the nebs on.
Thats a lot of work you've done on it already, especially in this heat.[/quote]
I cheated I was indoors ;)
Post 503909 by claymore on 2012-05-27 18:34:24
[quote=The Flying Moose;503901]Can do colin... are you going to York?[/quote]
Yep, as long as I don't have any unexpected problems putting the car back together this week.
Post 503924 by merc85 on 2012-05-27 19:13:04
Thats gonna look sweet buddy
Post 503938 by T5frankie on 2012-05-27 19:36:04
well done mate good to se you are 20yrs younger again lol, looking good
Post 503939 by Nealevo on 2012-05-27 19:36:35
Looking rather fab there mate, I'm coming up to York next week.... In my Volvo (not a jaguar in sight) so you can talk me through the pitfalls of a manual conversion!!!
Post 503949 by antz on 2012-05-27 19:47:37
Looking good mate! On a side note, the Titans that used to be on that car are now sat in my garage waiting for my dad to pull his finger out and get them refurbed :)
Post 504037 by Wobbly Dave on 2012-05-27 22:52:36
Good to see in a T5 again - I am sure it'll be lovely when finished
Post 504048 by WOODY T5 on 2012-05-27 23:17:14
back to the 850 about time to mate looks very nice with them wheels;-)
Post 504185 by martybelfastt5 on 2012-05-28 13:40:48
some work for one day....great to see it got a good home
Post 504255 by MoleT-5R on 2012-05-28 18:00:33
Great looking project :rolleyes2, will you have it all done for Trax???
Post 504290 by t5steve on 2012-05-28 19:19:49
nice looking project.................hope it turns out like image.................sweet
Post 504376 by The Flying Moose on 2012-05-28 20:58:59
[quote=t5frankie;503938]well done mate good to se you are 20yrs younger again lol, looking good[/quote]
Well it was about time... figured it was the sensible stupid car approach!
[quote=Nealevo;503939]Looking rather fab there mate, I'm coming up to York next week.... In my Volvo (not a jaguar in sight) so you can talk me through the pitfalls of a manual conversion!!![/quote]
Excellent, look forward to it. Are you camping and or racing?
[quote=WOODY T5;504048]back to the 850 about time to mate looks very nice with them wheels;-)[/quote]
You said it would happen and it did mate! Silver Bullet Mk2???
[quote=moleadrian;504255]Great looking project :rolleyes2, will you have it all done for Trax???[/quote]
Possibly, as thats september its a reasonable amount of time away. All depends on the D5 and whether I keep it or not. Half tempted to flog and LPG this.
Post 506947 by The Flying Moose on 2012-06-03 22:31:49
Got a nice new Turbo today from Dell Boy... A ported and Polished Post 2000 16T with 3" Angled outlet.
Also found a Rica map in the garage when I got home, popped it in and low and behold she fires up and runs really well.
Extremely tempted however to Invest in a Tim Williams map after experiencing Frankie's today fitted to my car. It was far more aggressive than anything I have ever driven on a 15G and it was blatently obvious that it was custom rather than off the shelf.
Post 506990 by Nealevo on 2012-06-03 23:48:24
[quote=The Flying Moose;506947]Got a nice new Turbo today from Dell Boy... A ported and Polished Post 2000 16T with 3" Angled outlet.
[COLOR="Red"]Also found a Rica map in the garage [/COLOR]when I got home, popped it in and low and behold she fires up and runs really well.[/quote]
Go back into your garage a find me a standard grill :-) lol
Post 507026 by Jamest5r on 2012-06-04 00:52:56
[quote=Nealevo;506990]Go back into your garage a find me a standard grill :-) lol[/quote]
Do you want a standard grill?? got one lying around but missing the slash if its any good to you.
Post 507133 by The Flying Moose on 2012-06-04 12:27:59
[quote=Nealevo;506990]Go back into your garage a find me a standard grill :-) lol[/quote]
Dont worry Neal... Ill find you one. I know I dont have one in the garage but I know a man who will down the road. It will be Thursday before I can pick it up however.
Post 507212 by T5frankie on 2012-06-04 16:11:13
[quote=The Flying Moose;506947]Got a nice new Turbo today from Dell Boy... A ported and Polished Post 2000 16T with 3" Angled outlet.
Also found a Rica map in the garage when I got home, popped it in and low and behold she fires up and runs really well.
Extremely tempted however to Invest in a Tim Williams map after experiencing Frankie's today fitted to my car. It was far more aggressive than anything I have ever driven on a 15G and it was blatently obvious that it was custom rather than off the shelf.[/quote]
you cant copy me emlyn thats cheating lol, so you just have maps lying around your garage you have forgotten about? lol how does the rica compare in yours to my map?
Post 507216 by The Flying Moose on 2012-06-04 16:17:16
[quote=t5frankie;507212]you cant copy me emlyn thats cheating lol, so you just have maps lying around your garage you have forgotten about? lol how does the rica compare in yours to my map?[/quote]
Mate I havnt a clue of half the stuff in there! Just found a pile of ECU's one with Rica sticker on it and it worked.
As for your map mate, difference is night and day... doesnt compare to Rica in the slightest. Tims maps in a different league.
Post 507221 by T5frankie on 2012-06-04 16:21:30
[quote=The Flying Moose;507216]Mate I havnt a clue of half the stuff in there! Just found a pile of ECU's one with Rica sticker on it and it worked.
As for your map mate, difference is night and day... doesnt compare to Rica in the slightest. Tims maps in a different league.[/quote]
i heard that's why i had to have it, still trying to get the right balance on mine with the actuator cos it boosts alot higher in 4th than the 1st 3 gears in 4th its an absolute monster
After a day of tweaking, including fitting new rear pads, replacing the comulbas with Nebs, replacing all the tatty engine plastics, giving it a full service, replacing the overly noisy exhaust with a stock one and fitting an RIP kit she has certainly moved on... next gearbox leak was seals arrive.
Oh and it will be getting roof bars too as I dont like the estates without them.
Here she is:
This is to give you an idea of hopefully what it will look lke (roughly) when finished:
You see secretly the reason for buying was I could bare putting up at tent at York.... or was it arriving in a D5???