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As many of you would know
My Clubman got stolen from out the front of my house in April

I got it back . The engine was flocked and the gearbox was not the best

Anyway Insurance said it was a total loss so I bought the car back ( after all it is RED:) )

after get it back I Fitted a Fancy Pants alarm and a hard top plus a 2nd hand engine
and drove it till late september (the rego ran out then )

In this time i build the Origanal engine ( i wanted the engine Number )
into a fire breathing Dragon . Custom turbo cams , over sized valves ported polished with Hbeam rods Fully balanced Using Hypertec pistons and a custom turbo manifold
3" dump pipe and 3" high flow cat 2 3" resornators to fit beforethe diff and 2 1/2" muffler and tail pipe
All in stainless steel.
Up the front it was decided to fit NB A/C compressor and Condensor along with the 600 X 300 intercooler,
a 19 row oil cooler and an after turbo water cooler .

As the car was apart The engine bay was resprayed and all the interior was striped and cleaned .
and as the interior was apart the stero wiring was redone to keep it away from the heat in the Transmition tunnel .
all this started at the begining of November and the following site shows the progress so far

Russell's Clubman rebuild

Saw your project last week Russell and cant believe what you've done in such a short time! It's an impeccable rebuild and will be one of the best if not the best clubby in Auz!

we need some bigger photos!!!

love the build.

sliq wrote:we need some bigger photos!!!

love the build.

Yep I shrunk them down for ease of uses
there are over 76 MB loaded to the site


will get more up as it goes

love the manifold and dump

thats what im talking about awsome nice work

If we come visit do we get a ride?

Jeo wrote:If we come visit do we get a ride?

When Its finished

Small amount of work on the car this week
finished the Exhaust and
Got the brake calipers back from ceramic coating

What a weekend
Finished my exhaust and got it all bolted back on,fitted the front brakes and
got the car of the hoist and on its wheels again
Fitted my new soft top, fitted up the doors and frogarm braces, sorted out the central locking problems
and wired up the amps and speekers.
it was here i found out that my 4 CH AMP is flocked and i need a new one
I also removed the dash cluster and replaced the oil pressure gauge ( was reading half with the iggntion on)
I also found out that the A/C button turns on the compressor ( I think i wired somthing wrong)
and the best bit of all

ITS ALIVE

woot!

Russellb wrote:and the best bit of all

ITS ALIVE

So Russ are you going to bring it up to Wakefield on Sunday to show us?

Charlie Brown wrote:

Russellb wrote:and the best bit of all

ITS ALIVE

So Russ are you going to bring it up to Wakefield on Sunday to show us?

I am hoping to get it there

Have to finish bleeding the brakes, fit the new amp and retune the ECU
and a list of small item about 3 pages long

Who needs sleep anyway

Drove the car around the Block today
Feels Nice and responsive Cant wait to take it for a on road Tune and Dyno
Rego tomorrow and then Here I come BABY


Se you all at wakefield on Sunday

Dyno sheet

Have to work on cam timing but happy so far