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Exhausting

Busy shift tonight so only got a couple of pics of the first exhaust we’ve had made up

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2.25in stainless, mandrel bends, straight through silencer. Obviously it’s upside down but you get the idea.

Loom for Sara is now complete and taped, dash support installed, heater matrix installed and dash cradle in place. Dash loom test connected for power up hopefully tomorrow.

Wire it up!

So today I was getting on with cleaning and heat taping my fuel tank and getting the hubs ready to go on the car

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As previous, brand new Delphi ball joints and FAG bearings. Need to find out what the 1800 FAG points we have gets us.

Meanwhile Gerry was setting about the wiring harness.

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Not a bad weight saving

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The original car loom weighed in at 12.1kg not including door looms.

Engine In

Cleaning up the last few engine bits, starting with the heat shields

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Bolted back in to the bay

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The fun part will be keeping it this clean all season

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Better wheel gap lifted on a ramp than most R56s leave the factory with

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