Some of you guys will know of my last 2 FD's for those that don't here is a bit of history!

First FD ended up looking like the pic below after 5 years of hard graft and went from 100% stock to 20B N/A side port, dry sumped full track car.





Second one was only a short term build and was mostly modded before I bought it but it wasn't what you would call nicely built!



This takes me to the current project, to build a 20B N/A side port engine again but wet sump and as a street car not a track car . . . well my old man can't have all the fun in his V8 MGB!

How she looked when I first got her home.



First job was to de wiper and de spoiler the boot.



Engine bay de ABS'd and de power steered.



De power steered rack in.



Close up of the work on the rack body.



The block and stud kit with it being an 'A' series.

 

The intakes bolted up.



The work done to the UIM.





The LIM took a bit of work to get right but with tools like this my mates machine shop is a cool place!

Stock.



Finished.



Via this work!

 

Engine mounts.

 

Alternator mount.











Thats were I'm upto so far should be back from the workshop this week then it's off for the exhaust to be made.

 

I like where this is going, Subscribed

 

Looking good Matt, what porting? Is pip doing this one again?

 

this should be good.

 

Now this will be an interesting build to follow for sure.

 

Thanks Gordon, your build is coming on great aswell, love the 3rd plug work Logan has done for you

The block was RE:WORX old one from the RX8 drag car, it's already got a large street port by Era already cut

Thanks guys!!

 

Some pics of the starting of the manifold that Craig from Topgear has sent me, he hasn’t even got the car yet!!

 

What kind of length will the primaries be before the collector??

 

What kind of length will the primaries be before the collector??

 

Yet to be finalised but I've got numbers in mind Grant

Thanks G, fingers crossed the manifold and whole system looks as good as I hope it will!

 

I was thinking of a touch longer, the port in the plates is pretty large so I'm kind of playing down the power it might or might not make!

At the end of the day as I said to you before I'm not mega bothered what it makes so I will have to wait and see. My current biggest issue is the TB as I want to use a 20B one but it just looks so damd fussy . . .

 

Thanks again G, will drop you a PM in a min

 

nice build, subscribed

 

drool that first pic is epic

 

Interested.....

 

Thanks guys dropped it off at the exhaust fabricators today and should have her home next week with the full exhaust system made

 

Nice build.

 

All in



Craig at Topgears idea what I should do for the exhaust

 

Live from Craig @ Topgear it’s a 3 leg monster!!
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That was my exhaust builders plan, as you have spotted the is most of the length we need by the brake booster

 

Some more pics from Craig of the manifold coming together