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paulm

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2009, 01:11:01 PM »
£1,500 sounds a bit pricey, when you can get a complete third party ECU unit for about £500-£600. I guess they dont want the business that much.
I've got a list of parts that should work as emulator, which costs £14.73 including a project box, so for that money its worth a go.
Darren, You may still need to put signals into the gearbox ECU, the gearbox has a multi pin plug which links into the ECU, this will be where you may need to generate a signal or two.

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2009, 10:26:36 PM »
Holy moly sir.

I cannot wait to see this mofo done.

Did you get rid of the old shell btw?

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2009, 07:59:06 AM »
Yep ,  the old shell has moved on , got a nice little silver MK3 with a gutless 1zz in it, well, it did have, the engine and box have been sold off and there now a bit of a..ventilation gap inbetween the driver and passenger, check out TB tonite

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2009, 11:02:08 AM »
It's a Twobrutal invasion! lol

Just thought i'd add my own 2p seeing as PaulM and i are sharing as much info as we can with each other.

The £10k price tag i mentioned was for a turnkey conversion supplied and fitted by a specialist like ourselves, in truth we do not even know what the final bill would really be, all we can do is project costs based on costs as they stand on our own builds.

My V8 mk1 up to now has cost....

AHC v8 engine with all ancilliaries £1000
01X 6 speed gearbox £200 (normally £500 though)
Driveshafts £280 (including new CV joints)
Flywheel £280 (includes delivery)
VEMS ECU and harness modification by Hilly £1050 (the way to go in my book)
Clutch £150
Exhaust £200

So that is my "basic" budget up to now, around £4k in parts alone, i have not added all of the little things that i have pulled from the parts bin at work, mk3 shifter cables,engine mounts,box steel,toyota alternator... the list goes on.I probably have another £1000 to spend in reality on traction control and various items.

All of this is without accounting a single penny in labour, we estimate 8-12 weeks of work in doing one full time.So i think circa £10k turnkey is a reasonable estimate at this stage.Obviously if you build one yourself then it's just parts cost, but i wouldn't like to attempt anything like this with less than £5k as a budget.

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2009, 06:21:52 PM »
seems very reasonable

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2009, 07:27:28 PM »
I'd also add on £150 worth of new bushes for the rear end

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2009, 10:32:00 PM »
I agree there is an immense amount of work involved, and have only looked around my old haunting grounds getting ROUGH dimensions, I have been in and out of salvage for over twenty years, and my father was damge repairer for his whole working life, I can only thank hiim and his contacts for letting me rummage around their well organised yards, I was and will probably always be 'Colins' son
 I can get a 01x box with all the ancilleries for £350, I have the choice of a v6 manual box with bits aswell, but Paul and Hilly advised me on the 6 speed diesel.
 It seems for now the A8 car is not a problem, just looking for a square abused MR2 mk3, preferably grey or black.
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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2009, 11:17:40 PM »
I'd also add on £150 worth of new bushes for the rear end

Is that for the car or your own rear end?  ;D

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2009, 08:16:41 AM »
I'd also add on £150 worth of new bushes for the rear end

Is that for the car or your own rear end?  ;D

TBH I'm not sure which one would be looser when I get round to driving it !  :o

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2009, 04:29:26 PM »
This is how it fits




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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2009, 02:57:22 PM »
Just a quick update with the exhausts and backbox (ferrari 360) fitted.





Its looking nearly complete, so I totted up the things that still needed doing.




Fit new drop links
Modify rear roll bar
Fit rear roll bar
Weld fire wall
Weld X member
Fit torque mount
Wire up ECU
Panel fire wall
Modify tail pipes
Fit battery
Seam seal fire wall
Modify centre pipes
Modify battery position
Modify CV joints
Modify driveshafts
Fit coolant pipes
Modify alternator
Fit expansion tank
fit alternator
Build fuel tank
Modify sender
Fit fuel lines (out, in, evap)
modify battery position
Fit battery
Vacuum resovoir
Vacuum drive
Modify A/C pipework
Change bushes
Re trim subframe
Change cambelt, clutch plate
Extra support for subframe
Fit A/C compressor

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2009, 09:40:56 PM »
awesome job m8.. not much left to do now.. should be finished by say 2pm tomorrow if you dont stop for dinner  ;D

The fat one..

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2009, 09:53:05 PM »
optimist, it'd be at least 2.30  :P

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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #28 on: June 29, 2009, 10:57:00 PM »
I'm a little behind but just took delivery of the 4.2 V8 Audi, the car is 100%, almost a shame to tear it apart
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Re: V8 DNA 4thirty
« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2009, 11:16:49 PM »
Paulm,
   Are you using Hillly's ecu set up? And screw fitting the fire wall for future engine access?
 I plan to utilise as much of the A8 as possible, even some of the suspension and the wheel hubs, new wheels are already sourced, they're a close match to the HAMANN race forged light, i need to purchase the wheels early for a correct wheel base to dna430 body kit fitment
 wheels are Inovit DTM Black Stainless 8.5 and 9.5j
Lot of research going on in the background while looking for the MR2
Darren
Well, I'm into the 11th year of the project, could it be ready for Stoneleigh 2020, doubt it. The longest DNA build ever