Had the mot and she passed with no advisorys 😎 mind you I only managed 350 miles in it this year 😥

At least I used my spare time for something scooby ,by building the workshop. 

Blockwork finished .

windows glazed steel doors fitted roof trusses made , roof sheeted and felted

 

Still got to lay the armoured cable for power and cover up my shoddy blockwork with some nice flat render but ... she's indoors and I finally have a dry space to "play" 

Noice, getting there then mate, are you planning on putting power in it?

Yeah got to lay about 120ft of armoured cable and then run a ring main /lights . 

Thankfully I'm a plasterer,  so covering my shoddy blockwork with a few coats of render is on the list too . 

Got another 2.1 cdb with v4sti heads to build in there over winter for a friend too .

So a fair way off buying a tig welder and finding the time to finally make some better reversed inlet pipework 🙃

But at least I'll have something more scooby related to post on here 

I've been a draughty for past 20 years so i'm sure some of the stuff you've seen like me has been horendus, that actualy looks pretty good.

 

Noice, might be worth insulating it then, some insulating panels would do the job well even with single skin.

Yeah , unfortunately I've had to render over much worse in the past 20 years but at least I know i can make my attempt at blockwork look  purdy 😂

It is a bit cold in there ,being single skin , might consider a pass of (waterproof agent loaded) sand n cement render . Then insulation board and a colour silicone render finish .

Either that or nylon mesh reinforced sand n cement outside and insulate the inside at a later date instead 🤔

 

Tbh the second option will suit my budget/needs better,  as I can get the exterior rendering finished and painted for under £200 . Then worry about the insulation values at a later date , if needs be .

But for now it's just nice to see it out of the rain and sat indoors 😎

 

Mind you I might regret not managing to get it insulated this year , when building my mates 2.1 over the winter 🙂

Had Danny from practical classics magazine pop over during the summer . Although he took a few pics and asked a lot of questions,  I didn't really think my 94 jdm was their sorta thing .

 

So was well chuffed to spot it in this months magazine release 😎

Of course I gave my engineer (Seager engineering) ,the main parts supplier (Alyn @asperformance) and the Subaru owners club forum a mention too 😘

 

Finally I've got a dry space to work on my car 😎

Unfortunately the next major project isn't for my 94 wrx sti .... it's for a mates 94 wrx sti 🙃

Will be building something Very similar spec to mine...

Closed deck block ,2.5 crank , 14mm headstuds and v3 sti heads .

So first up is removing the heads from a knocky v3 sti engine.

Now I've just got to make it look like mine 

heads off 

never seen soo much sealer used on cam covers , probably the cause of the bottom end failure.  As this is what came off the left hand cam cover , cams ,cam caps ,spark plug holes and cam cover 🙄

at least they're definitely v3/v4 sti heads,  as they have the separate shims under bucket 😎

At least the cdb , forged internals and gasket boxes passed the "sully security sniff " at the door 😂

be a while before I start building the block,  as I want the heads back from my engineer,  so I can bolt them to the block to seal it up till fitting.