Welcome.

Plenty of info here.

Welcome..

You will find a lot of information on the BOA/BOB engine and cars that have been retrofitted with one. 

Good evening all, i have just joined, thanks for accepting, im specifically looking for information on plumbing a boa or bob into a sapphire, i had an xr4x4 a few years ago that had the boa conversion done professionally and rather fancy building one myself. Look forward to scouring the forum. Many thanks. Nick.

Looks so much beter then the rust.   

 

Been a bit quiet. Had some stuff to do on the Sierra.
Now started to fix the doors

Quote from: Jaanus on September 16, 2025, 00:49:23 Hve to be more mindful about the weather, when others need to use the lift and this needs to go outside for a moment

I shared a garage with a friend a long time ago and a shared garage does have these kind of disadvantage. Like missing tools ect. Lucky me, the garage next to it came available and i could have it and still bin there for 30 years now. But now looking for a house with a garage.

Since the car is without paint and bondo i would look into tinning the bodywork especially the weld seams. It prevents water into the seams, so no rust and no more cracking bondo due flex and stress in the metal. Yes its not cheap or easy but when done right it saves you a lot of frustration and work in the future. And use a epoxy primer as a first coat. Epoxy primer does not absorb water like other primers and bondo do and therefor protecting the metal much beter against rust.

 

Already thought of the drain.

I've had to push it outside twice while it rained(not even much). Not good   
Hve to be more mindful about the weather, when others need to use the lift and this needs to go outside for a moment


Just trying not to paint it and then have to grind paint off next week 
Some parts i think i wont be touching again have gotten a coat

Looking good. Nice work.

I would advice to make drain holes in the buckets and use a epoxy primer and a good seam sealer before painting as parts like the headlight buckets and rockers will see a lot of water.

Would be a shame to re-do all your hard work. Why am i saying this? well i did this for the last week and this is just 1 side of the car:





while i taught that just welding and bondo could keep water out the seams of the rear panels the bondo cracked (after some hit it) and let water in. Now i had to take it back to bare metal, cut and reweld the seams and start over. This time i tinned and leaded the seams.  Something i should have done in the first place the first time but didn't do due time constrains.