B24: It's not progressing fast enough haha, I've spent 10hrs on the bonnet this weekend and it's not even in primer yet. There will be a couple of late nights this week and I'm starting annual leave on Friday, so progress should increase!
 
Tree: I really wanted to pipe the intake into the cabin so I can listen to the song of the ITB's, but alas I was worried about the boys in blue classifying it as a child killing device that will end the universe.

It's crazy the amount of time you can spend on the mods. The bonnets look great. Better mod than mine!
 

Another busy day in the driveway!

First up, the bonnet was given a coat of etch primer. This is the first time I've used an electric spray gun before and it's certainly causing a few difficulties. Despite what it says on the box about paint viscosity, I seem to get better results the thinner I make the paint and increase the spray power... Wierd machines, think I'll be able to make it useful with some hacked mods to it, but in stock form these things are **** :P

 
Next up I started making the ducting that forces the air flow from the radiator to the bonnet vent. This is a rough jig I use for making big bends across the sheet, its not perfect, but it's better then trying to do it by hand or over the edge of a table or concrete slab.

 
The first version ready to fit.

 
And it fits fairly well, just a few areas to modify. You can see where the cutouts allow the radiator hoses to pass through.





 
Quickly put the radiator back in to make sure the thermofan cleared the duct. Enough space to slide my hand down the back of the fan.




 
Now I decided to quickly add the final rough dimensions just for those that might be interested in doing this them selves. It's a very, very rough guide! YMMV!

 
Painted the duct stealth black. Maaaaaad!

 
Then gave the firewall cut out a lick of paint as well.

 
Then I mounted the duct with some rivets and gave the whole lot a quick spray to make it all uniform


 
The view through the front from the numberplate

 
It's getting dark now, so I might go get started on fitting the other coilover and refit the radiator back into the front end.

Good prep is the key mate

U gunna try polishing alli, urgh. Clear on bare metal could look awesome!

This car is basically gonna be all handling! Quite eager to see it in action :)

There's something to be said for mild powered RWD with feet all the way to the floor
I think you'd give those guys a run for their money for sure with this dark horse, coupled with good driving everyone's gonna think it's got some monster engine hehe