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Bloody awesome

Yea all accidental working on cars except the thumb which I owe to the grip on an SLR and an idiot officer falling over me in the dark

I did say it wasn't a perfect fit mine was the same just loosened the rubber mount bent the mounting a bit pushed it through the rubber mount and re-tightened the mount also I had to trim the diff cover

Knowing how long seemingly small jobs can take , I'm very impressed how quick you got that in are you going to cut and weld the sump or buy it, when I did the v8 Capri I cut it off turned it around and rewelded it but I was pretty poor back then

In my defence I was only 19 then the fact that I've also broken every finger and my thumb on that hand since individually I have no excuse for Yes you can call me pops but not daddy as that would seem wrong

actually young man I'm 53 in march and yes a rover v8 into capri with twin 3" cherry bombs as an exhaust no big surprise I used to get pulled a lot in that car broke my hand twice in one week putting the engine in that by hand of course I'm paying for such stupidity now

surely you remember since we are about the same age

Buy a conversion kit when I were a lad 19 I believe I did this with a drill a jigsaw and a welder so we'll have no more talk about buying a kit

I've been using one for about 6 yrs on and off it's a bit tinny and raspy not a perfect fit but near enough no rust so far. good for the money

This project is still ongoing if a little slowly I have made a new controller which is slightly more compact ( just for you @cs2000 ) and has proper connectors unlike the prototype sorry I only have this picture and have devised a way to and fitted the rear level sensors hopefully I will get these wired into the controller on sunday as I'm working tomorrow

I hate it just because it's called a Jimny

You had to go over the top didn,t you Well done that man Now I have to come down some time and play with you Hmm that doesn't sound right but you know what I mean.

Thought they were illegal ?

does your one have the socket for the hairdryer ? maybe you will need this sign

if you look on the sealey site it's listed as a grease gun hose so probably stick with the current nylon airline for now

actually that was the mk2 the mk1 worked fine but I had to go and tweak it

Not sure it would fit but I love the idea.

It's a little bit one step forward 2 steps back at the moment I thought I was being clever with a bit more Ghetto Rigging, trying to use flexible hoses to go from the front struts to the body but hoses with the right fittings 1/8"Bsp and about 12" long are like hens teeth except for grease gun hoses. Damn I'm good at least I thought I was being clever watch the video and see so it seems grease gun hoses will hold 4500 psi of pressure as long as it's not air as it seeps through the inner core and blows apart the rubber outer scaring the crap out of me so back to the drawing board.

This is a little preview of my controller needs a little editing but not far off

Harsh but true

It goes up and down and I've driven it with no problems and the ride is great but no I wouldn't consider it done

As a pressure based system the arduino code is pretty much sorted I just need to write the code for the 2.4" touchscreen the only problem is that I haven't decided on the control philosophy and how the controls will work once I add the height sensors As for the PCB as you said it's a prototype and I've already started designing the rev 2 board in Eagle but it's always good to know there's someone I can run it by or the code for that matter.

the problem with most of your suggestions is that there just isn't the clearance it's hard to show in photo's but it's really tight. just look at the engine bay in sasha's 350 and how much standard stuff is missing and I'm pretty sure his bonnet wasn't standard either but feel free to keep the suggestions coming as I'll be back on it soon, as I have just sorted out the electronics issues I've been having with the airride

new controller / driver pcb is finished though I haven't tried it yet. should get a chance tomorrow after work.

picture as promised please bear in mind this is a temporary bodge to try to see what works and it has made a big difference 5-10 Deg