The Cobra Adventure

[Waitey]

Did a thing.

Took all the gear to advance the timing out of the distributer.



Locked it out, phased the timing to 45deg before tdc.



And bugger me it works, the ECU now controls my timing too! All for £50 and some wiring.

Timing table is taking some time though.

Edited by Waitey on Monday 19th June 13:11

[Waitey]

mattdavies said:

Looking good, I am really enjoying this thread.

I find it interesting the modernisation of a classic without making it too obvious when you can.

Yes that is important to me.

It all still looks period. It just has modern parts (ECU, Brakes, tyres and steering/suspension) where you want them!

[Waitey]

Getting the itch to sell this.

No idea what I'd get next though..

Edited by Waitey on Monday 19th June 13:11

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I've not updated this since all my Photo's died on the thread.

Well I moved house and made the garage into a nicer workshop with a mini lift.





Nice to have the whole gang in one place. The 275k mile Alpina, the Mrs' EQC, The Cobra and the Double write off Lotus. The Lotus is sold now, to pay for house things...



Had an overall just lovely summer using the car for fun car things

[Waitey]

Then came the big job this winter. LHD to RHD. Along with sorting out my oil leak.



I'll be using a 'purple tag' BMW steering rack for the conversion. Which will allow me to have power steering too.

Old rack out and BMW in place on custom mounts



Oil filter instantly in the way!



With that removed the alternator wasn't in a clever place either



Resulting in terrible shaft angles. Alternator will be moved inward 50mm to clear this. Allowing for this shaft run. Which isn't ideal with the miss matched angles of the UJ's but its the best I'll get.



Pedal box mocked up



Astra PAS pump mocked up



Electric water pump test fitted




I got really lucky in the dash, there was already a mounting point for the RHD column



When meant I could get that all in place and working nicely.






I'll remake the dash once I'm all done.

[Waitey]

Not thats all sorted its the case of stripping the engine and box down so I can take it out of the car and re do all the seals.







And thats where I'm up to.

[Waitey]

Engine is out

[Waitey]

I have one of these to mount it, so it shouldn't be too loud. Not hat you'll be able to hear it....

[Waitey]

Over night ish parts from the USA

[Waitey]

Only one little job done today. Fitted some ARP intake studs, as it’s a nightmare to align without them.

Love the quality of the modern ARP stuff, you never feel short changed by them.

[Waitey]

Mazda Mariner Blue looks great on the rocker covers!

[Waitey]

Before…



Now...

Mariner Blue Rocker Covers
BMW Polaris Silver Intake
Ford racing blue block
New water pump and alt mount.

[Waitey]

Now I’ll be running remote master cylinder tanks I decided that they’d look good if they looked more original.

The original ones are made by Girling, used on things like Series 1 Landrover’s and are massive!

So my solution was, some Ali ones from eBay with some mini version of the correct Girling stickers made up for them.

[Waitey]

Alternator on. With the adapted bracket and new adjuster rod.

[Waitey]

There are a lot of knackered pumps out there.

When fitted to an Astra MK5 you can't hear them!

[Waitey]

Alt belt on. It fits!



Flywheel back, all skimmed up. They also found a slight warp in it which has been corrected.

[Waitey]

Thou said:

Cool thread, very enjoyable read. Shame the old pics are dead though as the older posts would make a lot more sense with those included!

Its taken FOREVER but I've fixed them all.

Time to get this back up to date.

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Time to get on with this.

So I showed it some sunlight which I got the engine off the stand and onto the floor.



Also couldn’t get the pilot bearing out, quick search on TikTok and wet bread was suggested. Ah sure f**k it, let’s give it a go.

It f**king works!!!

[Waitey]

Clutch on. Mmmmmmm.

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Stupidly expensive Tilton release cylinder on.