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MY little red celebration.

The wheels will be staying silver and dragging this back from the dead once more, weekend free so engine swapping commences, need too strip the broken engine for a few parts but work is commencing.
 
While i force you guys too wait for updates on the Micra heres whats been going on car wise in the mean time.

As some will know i got a silver Micra which i named Viggo.
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An offer i couldn't refuse came up, Viggo as a straight swap for this.
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Visually a little tatty but zero rust.
The best bits about it, leather and aircon!!
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Now as i have an underlying phobia of having a standard car i immediatley did this.

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A little boy racer in general, VERY boy racer for me, but it suits the silver well i think.

Then i saw some wheels and went clinically insane and bought them.

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Within 24 hours they looked like this.

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And the next day...

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Now trying too get it lowered on a budget is even harder than lowering a micra!

The wheels look stupid with the car so high but i have suspicions less arch gap will = winning.


So thats it for now, hopefully Scarlet will be back on the road before long and i can enjoy Micrahood again.
 
SHOCK NEWS{!!!
Work has started, removed all wiring, fuel lines, coolant, oil.
Alternator belt off.

Few questions, PAS pump how too remove?

Worryingly the engine seems too turn quite freely chain seems too be in all the right places so me thinks something deep down has gone pop.
 
I became a man and its now out, had still got a heater matrix pipe connected... :eek: All the shims are up no matter what stroke engines on... think my chain may have jumped... woopsie.
 
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Note the bumper suffered me mis jundging the sump.

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Engine cams out and head about too come off now.

Finally the only real accident.

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Progress for reals!!!
 
Luckily i have the other engine just so little motivation now...
Just want a high comp engine read too go in then i can do the rest worrying i'll do something wrong with the new one and kill that too.
 
Getting very frustrated building this new engine, dropped the chain back down the side cover, had too take it all back off then crimped the brand new Head gasket... FML!!
 
Since no one came too take her shell away.
This will be the last and saddest update too this topic.
Bye bye little red, you were a faithfull first car!

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:'(
 
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