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

Lovely. (Pay no mind to the slightly wonky bolt.) Then, follow this up with some additional fettling (carefully applied weld, then dress back with a file) to ensure as snug a fit as possible. That'll do nicely. Next step, pull all the new inlet runners back off the engine and try them in the fixture.

brushie brushie brushie< That's coming along quite nicely. I also gave the nearside front wing a cleaning and another coat, too, since I had the paint out. Really should finish repairing that cheek panel, so that I can refit this one, at some point.