F27 double up on some top chassis rails on the left hand side of the top photo, the diagonal box section fits great with a car engine but it directly in the way of the exhaust and in our case where the turbo is going to fit, so it has to go - we will put the strength back into the chassis by using an engine brace which will also act as the back mounts for the engine and support the turbo. it took about an hour to cut out the chassis rails as they were stitch welded underneath.
A few hammer blows later and a lot of "get out you B#sta#d we have a lovely space to drop our turbo into.
Now we have some space to work around the turbo we will need to remove the passenger side alloy panel from the car and i think cut out some 1" box section from where the turbo will fit and replace it with something smaller and removable. Now we can start machining the steering column to fit the paddle shift and quick release boss. keep posted!
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