Project hopeful, no will power

[bashbarnard]

So on saturdaywe had the hdi engine out again to fit the turbo and the pipe down the back while the engine was o the end of the day we had the entire engine all ready to be wired up along with the front mount routing done as well. Sunday we spent all day wiring with a lot of coffe energy drink, cake,curry and various other things and got it running andd took it for its maiden voyage. where we made it 50 yards and ran out of fuel. so we picked up another jerry can of fuel and off we went. paddle clutch took some getting used to

I have driven the car to work for the past two days without issue on the standard map which will run things like the paddle clutch in and i hope to iron out some minor issues with her as well. she is far from complete. still have arch liners to go in. wiring to tidy, front mount install to tidy, boost,egt,oil temp gauges to sort. but she does run.

would also like to add we had a lifter stuck when we started it up which almost immediately sorted itself. have everything working including the obd port in the car.

the wiring most things were in place it was just a matter of checking EVERYTHING so it didnt blow the ecu. then realising that it was just one wire that needed to be givin an ignition live to run. A MASSIVE thankyou for those who have came to help. messaged me advice and just generally kept my spirits up when i thought i was going to scrap her, and yes it did come that close. really really close. im glad its done and will be taking a few days off this just relax as ive been non stop. then it will be get a good map sorted and push the standard components into submission so we can sort a few upgrades. its a shame i lost ALL of the footage i had for doing this but hey ho.

Im hoping that this will be the first of many hdi conversions now as the wiring really isnt that bad.........