The rovaru? UK's fastest rover 25 build goal

Il be using an MS3 ecu as it has the required outputs to handle the active valve lift and vvc on the intake cams along with the normal requirements


Made a few braces for the front subframe to body to make use of the extra braces 4 in total and can see where subframe was notced for manifold clearance, was all caped it and plated for retain all its strength 





swapped out subframes and picked closest ratio steering rack i had and put the worst on so i could move the car about and work on the ones i intend to use on the car 



whipped the gearbox out so i could finish welding the inside of the tunnel and weld on various captive nuts for the dash brace's, gear stick gaitor and centre console, can see the "wrong" subframe fitted at this point as a placeholder along with the damage to the back of the gearbox i also need to sort 


underside was painted in red phosephate then seam sealed and anothe layer of red phosphate  to fully seal it all 





sprayed lots of this stuff into all the chassis, sills and any other cavity and bolt hole i cold find to help the body last as long as possible


smaller time consuming jobs also done like added in 4 more exhaust hangers, 2 near the front off the gearbox mount and 2 more at the rar off the diff T bar infront of the mid boxes


inside painted in a black vinyl primer after the seams where treated to alot of red phosephate (if you havent guessed i love the stuff)


as i want it to be a nice motorway car its getting fully sound proofed and any voids filled, managed to get about 1.5 sq meter of foam tucked away in the front seat lower mount bar


whole of seating area front to back getitng flash banded and double layered over tunnel and wheel arch areas


subframes came back from blasting and coating, annoying rear poly bushes for the diff the should fit seem to be to wide


closer ration rack being cleaned up 



rack rebuilt with new trackrod + rack ends, gaitors and powerflex mount bushes + bolts etc, missplaced my yellow bzp so some stainless place holders in there for now 






now to start on getting all this in place, was going to have an audio build too but adds too much time and issues 



finally got the supercharger pulley remade to fit the supercharger now so i can make some progress again with that 



Ash

I'll do some research on the MS3 and how it fits the EZ30R. I have a Speeduino but I'm a long way from being ready to fire it up. About the supercharger pulley... is it resized to change the drive ratio? Will you be matching all the other pulleys on the engine to the same width as the charger pulley? Great thread!

simply to add thickness and weight to the panel in the same way dynamatt does but at a much lower price





supercharger pulley is the ZZP performance modular system so i can swap out the pulleys to various different sizes, oem belt is a 6 rib but current is a 8 rib but that isnt an issue, i had to have it machined as they only make it for a 3800 GM charger, where as i have a 3800 ford charger, both eaton M90 but not the same....thanks them





plug and play is generally to use the donor cars full loom which i wont be doing, havent really looked into those other ecus as ive had MS2 on the fiat for 7 years with no issues and I'm also not very far from dale at Bailey Performance who can do all aftermarket ecu installs and mapping but prefers megasquirt which is why ive chosen that route a few times

Ash

Is the flashband basically a easy soundproofing?? Neverheard of it?

slow update as been held up alot and car isnt going to be ready for POL so also spending more tme on other things then trying to rush it


sound proofing continued upto that point, still need to give 1 extra layer on rear turrets and abit more on the floor so its ready for foam



inside doors done fully ready for foam 


starting to sort out where items will fit under the dash with heater and fuse box relocation etc 


loom pulled through and some unneeded wiring removed, will extend all the engine side

at this point removed abs, airbag, ecu plug and ac wiring fully from the loom over few days to slim it down


ended up with 3 variants of top hats made in 3mm steel to figure out clearance, shapes and volumes etc


finally got around to rebuilding the supercharger, new bearings, seals, oil, pulleys and isolators


landrover master cylinder bolts straight onto servo for a larger bore over the standard 


one of the many items ive had hold me back while trying to save time, i have a mock up propshaft on the car so easier to get a spare to retube and keep them side by side

propshaft 1 was lost via shipper, propshaft 2 same story different seller, propshaft 3 from seller 3 turned up looking nothing like its picture and fit for the bit only

ordered an6 line and they sent me 8mm overbraided stuff, so that thought it was close enough, same for solid fuel lines, ordered 3/8" and was sent 10mm as its "very similiar" but no good for me with compression an fittings so more time and money wasted





6mm ali side plates so it will have some material to be tapped and helicoil.....had to wait for these even longer too as they cut and sent them in 4mm first 


have to remount alternator and make sure supercharger lines up again after the issues of the 3600 supercharger pulley kit not fitting a 3600 supercharger and moving its position 


Ash

Good to see this back at the top. Can't believe so many parts sent wrong!