The poor car before the intervention
 | Exige is bleeding, as you can see
 | left side for later reference
 | right side for same
 | same here, left wheelarch
 | upper bolts that need to be undone
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original heat shields
 | some pics of original state
 | wheels off, Kerry besides
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clam off
 | clam off 2
 | clam far away
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fuel line vent (anti-rollover) and piping
 | original heat shielding
 | original pipe routing
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intake resonator valves (not used but there to fail)
 | vaccuum reservoir, map and barometer
 | fuel return with pressure regulator
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that hideous engine mount
 | left side of throttle bodies
 | again
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front of throttle bodies
 | detail of linkage
 | from below
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damage to vaccum hose on the resonator valves
 | hose details
 | some more hose details
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IACV can be seen
 | some more details with IACV
 | crank position sensor (& IACV)
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just so I know where to put the zip ties later
 | what is this thing?
 | the vent again
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and again
 | the brown one goes on top, pink at the bottom
 | less things now
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another pic for reference
 | and another one
 | the pink water sensor
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sourced this out of a ford in a junkyard
 | fuel rail can't come out, so CUT!
 | the offending braket in two
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bit more naked
 | gearbox, that's the reverse sensor
 | almost ready to come off
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only need to take the exh. manifold out
 | that's Gareth and me with a 4x2 to lift the engine
 | final adjustments
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almost out
 | need a little help with the jack
 | engine finally out!
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and broken in two
 | gearbox and engine ready to ship
 | underside of the front bonnet
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one side
 | other side
 | detail of the bolt
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other bolt
 | right front wheel arch liner hole
 | underside of same
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holes in rear wheel arches
 | front clam back from re-spraying
 | front without clam
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front detail
 | check out the trick plug that covers the adjusting hole I did
 | hole re-shaped
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one plug more and hoses re-covered in black spongy stuff
 | hole from above
 | sparco plastic
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cut in shape to cover hole
 | in place
 | other one
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goo heated and in place
 | new alloy tat to hold fuse box
 | other one in place
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no more grit inside the plastic
 | no more sand, bugs and hay through the vents
 | it's very fine alum. grille with the goo that sticks the headlamp covers
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check out the wear in the door hinges
 | close up
 | another look
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old heat shield and new one below
 | oil cooler line covered in new heat shield
 | clean rear of firewall
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reshaped bit of original heatshield
 | again, overlaying to paint the pattern
 | New EBD ultra-bore stepped manifold
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another view
 | secondaries, did I mention that it was also ceramic coated?
 | nice flange!
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from further away
 | very neat hole
 | quality is miles apart from Janspeed
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see?
 | big side
 | new heatshield cut
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coated with glue
 | coated as well
 | in place
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Engine arrived!
 | left side, you can see the balancing grind on the clutch
 | right side, check out the small alloy pulley
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there are two designs of lower cambelt cover , only one is the right one
 | another view
 | Red inside !
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old head ports, not very good
 | my engine intake ports
 | another view
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the main reason my engine had to be stripped
 | another view of the mess the previous mechanic had done when changing my HG
 | close up, the guy should dedicate to something else
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another close up, AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!
 | Engine and gearbox with brackets, ready to install
 | Another view
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Engine and gearbox in place
 | Starting plumbing
 | TB's apart, view of the modified cable bracket
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Another view
 | Other side, upside down to see the port-matching
 | Mutsnuts engine mount in place
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I had forgotten to take a pic of the re-powder coated grille and towbar, so here it is
 | Now that I'm fitting the remote thermostat, I find the coolant pipe behind the firewall is too bloody long!
 | Now it fits correctly
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Note that the oil cooler line's angle needed to be modified to allw for the thermostat
 | This is the way they should go, but we still need to put the coils
 | Shorter pipe in place (and insulated BTW)
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Gear linkage, had forgotten to take pics
 | Gear linkage, another view
 | and another...
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and another...
 | Routing of the oil cooler lines from below
 | IACV
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Behind engine looking at the coolant outlet
 | View of the infamous mechanical speedo take off. It has been cut and plugged to avoid gearbox oil seepage.
 | The new heatshield
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New heatshield from above
 | Detail
 | Other side.
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You can't really see the amount of time that went into forming it...
 | Look at manifold and new CRP, constant bore from manifold, through CRP and to exhaust
 | TB's in place
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With fuel rail in place, I put back the top piece of the bracket
 | detail of bracket without screw
 | fuel return hose no longer held by airbox screws!
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And this is such an easy mod, the tapped holes are already there!
 | Coil in place, ooops!, now the pipe doesn't reach!
 | So I had to re-route the piping, not ideal.
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Another view of the bodge. I'll fix it another way later
 | Airbox plate and trumpets in place.
 | Detail of the bracket that now holds the cooling pipe to alternator
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Closer view
 | New holes for repositioning the coils
 | Coils repositioned
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Coils repositioned 2
 | Timing the cams
 | Original but "reworked" engine mount used
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Engine mount, another view
 | Original fuel filter mount.
 | First do a cardboard pattern
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Tehn do a bracket...
 | Beautiful, but wrong
 | Another view...
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See why it won't do?
 | OK, new bracket done
 | Another view
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With catch tank in place
 | Another view
 | And another
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Some pics before I fit the clam
 | And another
 | And yet another
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Look at the inside of the rear clam, looking at the (normally closed) vents
 | Other side
 | One rough cut done
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The other one...
 | Both roughly filed down
 | All filed and vaccuumed
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Some pics of the new 1/4 turn bolts on the airbox
 | Closeup of the 1/4 turn bolts
 | See both sides
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Now fastened
 | My engine's Emerald Rolling Road run, 22-Nov
 | Mike Lanes Exige power graph for comparison purposes
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Bruno Schlumpf's Exige power graph, also to compare
 | Pic of the inside of the rear wheel arch repaired
 | The other side...
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Pic of the engine
 | Here come the mandatory pics of the car before taking it out
 | And another
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And another
 | Ok, finally took it out...
 | Perfect weather for runing in the engine!
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Setting up the car at Emerald's
 | Coming back, and started taking tings apart
 | Another pic
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And another
 | Closeup of the flange
 | Another closeup
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And another
 | And another
 | Flange, with its marks
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Flexi section of the CRP
 | Another detail
 | And another
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Other side is not as bad
 | Obviously the CRP was blowing on the other side
 | Now, this is a really important one
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Good news, I started wrapping the exhaust
 | MutsNuts steering wheel spacer 1
 | MutsNuts steering wheel spacer 2
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MutsNuts steering wheel spacer 3
 | Reinstalled the original engine mount
 | Another view
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Wrapped exhaust in place
 | The part close to the gear linkage is now protected
 | Another view
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Wrapped exhaust 3
 | A better view of the molten boot
 | My Mountney wheel with the MutsNuts spacer
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Mutsnuts spacer from the side
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