Yes, that’s the connector I mean. A new wheel speed sensor came with the car and it looks like this one:
Could be that the connector looks like this one here but I’m not sure:
If you got one of those I’d be interested.
And sorry John for borrowing your thread, I’ll be off soon 
Not a problem Klaus, get yourself sorted mate 
With regards to the engine there has been a change of plans. I’ve sold the trophy spec VVC back to Marc and have decided after taking advice to rebuild the VHPD. Now there is nothing wrong with my VHPD, it was running beautifully with 52k on the clock but it wouldn’t have been right to do all this work and not give it a properly good rebirth. So the engine is also commencing it’s rebuild this week and should be ready early to mid October. We haven’t finalised the full spec yet but it’s nothing out of the ordinary and will run using the OE ECU. I have no interest to increase the power. In the pursuit of long term reliability and high spectrum OCD we’ll clean up the block, head, cam cover, a little porting, have the TB’s rebuilt, fit Kent pullies, new water pump, new sleeves & pistons, new starter motor, new alternator, new clutch, fly wheel reconditioned with the usual new gaskets, belt etc. I’ll post up the full spec and its build journey also later but today it looked like this…
Must seem like not a great deal is going on with so little updates but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Big news is the bodywork is finished, I have done something a little out of the ordinary and possibly not to everyone’s taste. I like it though, it should go well with the gloss black TMR’s
Head light bracket, clutch release (although I will swap for an EP one, cheers Martin), door striker and bonnet striker pins.
Made a start on the headlights. I bought new lenses, springs, clips and nylon wing nuts off EP. Rubbers and seals were fine.
The exhaust system is now finished. The manifold, flexi and decat have all been ceramic coated. I picked up the exhaust from Lenton Automotive in Halesowen this morning. As heavy as it is, it has been opened, cleaned, packed with Acousta-Fil around a newly fitted perforated pipe, welded shut permanently now and (hi-temp) painted. There really wasn’t enough room to make it repackable but it should last a little longer and be a little bit quieter. There’s always the option of after market at a later date but Gavin’s done a great job, very please all round. The Manifold, flexy and decat were threat to thermal coating of there own.
My new fuel pump arrived from Seriously Lotus last week so popped that in today as well. I had fitted the original pump into the Pro-Alloy tank but it’s played on my mind over the months. Why go to all the trouble of fitting a new tank and not fitting a new pump, it is 17 years old after all. Not forgetting new silicon hoses and clips. Cleaned, stripped and anodised the shear panel, it’s looking like new down there.
So this morning another no fun job but it’s a damn sight less expensive then buying the big bolts new. De rust with the Dremel, remove old thread lock with a wire brush, a vinegar bath and got them Zinc Coated.
So I finally got the car home today ready for the big rebuild but not before I had the dash painted. The windscreen was showing it’s mileage so a nice shiny new one went back on.
I have the engine specs albeit a few things missing (pipework etc) which I’ll update later with a job lot of images. So here we are…
Full VHPD engine strip & rebuild
Reface valve seats
Hone con rod small ends
Soda Blasting
Silver high temp engine paint
Mahle motorsport Main bearings
Mahle motorsport big-end bearings
Thrust washers
Westwood ductile Liner Set
(OE) Sump baffled
Uprated main bearing ladder
Forged Wiseco Piston Set
ARP con rod bolt set
Throttle body/ injector clean & service
Gasket set (conversion kit)
Gasket set (head set)
Oil pump
Water pump
Head bolt set
Timing belt
Timing belt manual tensioner
Alternator
Starter motor
Kent Cams vernier cam pulley set
Kent Cams VS51 valve spring set
REC757 S/S Inlet valve VVC 31.5mm Paul Ivey
REC758 S/S Exhaust valve VVC 27.3mm Paul Ivey
AP clutch kit
Xylan coated rocker cover
Gearbox went to HPE for a rebuild, incredibly good job by Dan
And home 
Not sure if you remember, I had a load of stuff anodised including some blanking plates for the foot well and new floor panels kindly supplied by Mark. Fitted both blanking plates yesterday. The passenger side I bolted using the extinguisher bracket and the drivers side I bonded using 3M VHB tape. Looks neat, certainly an improvement on Duck tape. Floor panels will be one of the final jobs along with the rest of the interior I reckon.
I have cleaned and recovered the existing bulkhead heat shield & sound insulation. I have also covered all of the edges with aluminium tape. Obliviously it fits like a glove and looks bloody brilliant 
Now these solenoid valves were sooooooooooooo rusty I felt they were beyond saving. Having given it a go I’m still not 100% sure of the job but proof will be in the pudding I guess. Pleased with them though and changed the old (solid) rubber hoses for new silicon ones.
Phew! And that’s where I currently am Engine in next…
Jonny, those Pebble Beach judges won’t like your (tasteful) mods fella. But fook 'em, I and everyone else here loves what you are doing 
Awesome job matey!!!
Can’t wait to help you in with that engine.
Lovely work.
Thanks for putting the pics up again
