Well, so much for the long weekend, and getting stuff done. Friday: Came down with the sickness. Saturday: I was dead. Sunday: [ugh] Monday: I rose again, cursing profusely. Still feeling pretty rough, but managed to get the intake a few steps

That's that bit complete! (Will need to put a little protective sleeving on the plastic pipes where they pass right by the braided hose, just to remove any risk of rubbing/melting.) So, we all know what needs to happen now, don't we?

The car is starved for attention, and decided to get some in a potentially dramatic way, with a fairly sudden hot low oil pressure problem. So I went and changed the oil & filter -- no glitter at all (hmm) -- in case it was just degraded. That didn't fix it. So I order bearings, and go to park the car up until I can tear the sump off and investigate. When I park it up, I notice my alignment has gone all to

(Not pictured: the obligatory beverage) Go round in circles for a bit, and voilà! I didn't quite get to place the fuel pump hole where I'd originally planned, due to conflicting with the fuel tank straps. It's sat further out than I would've liked, but I didn't want to end up running

So, on the bank holiday monday, I did a little more measuring and confirmed that I should be able to get the manifold as-built to fit under the engine cover with a bit over an inch of clearance. Satisfied with this, I committed to more welding! And a bit more...

Templates drawn. I would have preferred to have these cut by cnc plasma, or something, but I haven't yet gotten myself to the point I can make up and send out a drawing for someone else to cut it. So how do we make those?

Didn't manage to grab my drill from work, because my saturday morning shift turned into a most-of-saturday driver cpc instead. And without my drill, I can't make up the other injector hold-downs. Painted a bit, instead. And, just as the rain rolled in, loosely bolted the front wing on for the time bean, to keep it out of the way