Old School shock remodelling:
1) As usual moulded in springs are removed leaving the end joints.
Discs are stamped out using a punch set and different diameter rods are cut and glued to more accurately replicate the real shock/damper.
2) to make my coils, I wrap two pieces of wire in parallel, around a rod.
3) you then remove the coils and carefully "un-screw" one coil from the other
4) which can then be cut to size and fitted into the plastic damper.
Once painted and fitted into the front suspension, it looks much better even though it is one of those things that get's hidden once the body and rather solid rims are fitted.
While I was waiting for various bits of styrene-gluing to set, I went about exploring how to fill the engine bay a little more.
It's not 100% accurate as I can't fully understand the wiring and plumbing diagrams but this is maybe 80% of the larger main lines, the most noticeable being the oil cooling circuit.
And once painted, it isn't half bad for a rough job...
bits of yellow tape need to be "set" with some superglue (that I don't have) before being painted semi-gloss black and finished with a little strip of bmf "clamping".
There's a couple more hoses that can be fitted in there and then it'll be the bit I'm dreading the most here.
The 328 came with fuel injectors that are
very visible...
I
hate .015 wire.