Other bits and pieces

Work has kind of stalled for Christmas now, the next job is to do the final fit of the front suspension, order what I need from the steering rack and fit that, and attack the back end. Once I have the chassis rolling I can bolt the tub on to work out the final placement of the engine then get the mountin sorted out. I'm expecting all this to happen between now and the end of January. I've sent my throttle bodies off to a company called Bogg Brothers who are going to make me a custome intake manifold to match them to the engine. This and the parts from Dunnell (modified water rail, sump, and oil pickup) will be arriving within the first two week sof January so I can then really start to get the engine back together. I was going to replace the oil pump purely because I had the cam belt off and it was accessable but at £140 or more I've decided to put the old one back on because as the bloke in the shop said - "if it aint broke don't fix it!". I've got a new water pump 0 one that is for an 1800 engine - this has the fins on the pump going in the opposite direction - without the pump for the power steering I will be running the pulley belt around the outside of the water pump so using the original one would mean the pump was rotating in the wrong direction and would probably just make a cappucino in the engine! I've also received my MegaSquirt ECU which looks cool - a silver box with a big connector and loads of cables - all of which are nicely labelled but still makes me think "where the hell does that lot go!". I'm sure it will all become clear as I get to that part (I hope!).