MadaboutKitcars

The car now drives so well! The combination of sounds from the supercharger and the exhaust are stunning! The only downside is that due to the bypass valve that I am currently using, the car is a little bit loud while idling. I am hoping to change the bypass to a different type soon so that should fix that issue.

The only recent photo I have is this one:



Excuse the bit of timber... I was adjusting the hand brake at the time so it was to prevent it rolling away!

Looking really good.
How many miles on the engine when you fitted the blower? Was the engine rebuilt for it?

Thanks!
The engine had done 90000 miles when the charger was fitted. It did not have a rebuild prior to the charger due to running relatively low levels of boost. It is setup to run with 6psi of boost at the moment but this could change in future.

Fantastic interior job, well done!

Looks really nice ... and I love the interior progress too.

Incidentally, what aftermarket gauges did you use for speedo and rev counter?

Thanks!

I made the gauges as I wanted to use as much of the original bmw cluster as possible. The gauge bodies are made from some 5 inch aluminium pipe turned down to the right size. I mounted the original speedo and rev counter motors on some acrylic sheet and trimmed it to size to fit inside the body.
The dial faces are vinyl stuck onto the acrylic and then some clear arcylic was used to seal the gauges along with the chrome trim ring.

Awesome bit of work! How did you create the bezel from straight pipe?

I just used a lathe to machine the aluminium pipe to the shape and size that I needed. I cut a slot into the outside of the pipe to enable the trim ring tabs to sit against it. The gauges have an aluminium back plate that the leds are mounted in that provide the backlight.