Roger Paine's Garage

I little bit about me first:
I was born in late 1982, grew up playing with Lego, am now very DIY orientated, now have a love of cars and motorbikes, also dabble in mountain bikes, archery, surfing and my new favourite SKIING!
I don't claim to know anything near everything about motor mechanics, but have repaired and installed just about everything I can think of in cars with the exceptions of automatic transmissions and superchargers.
I learn new things everyday and hope this never stops.

Any questions, feel free email me at rogerpaine@ymail.com

Cars I've owned:
1985 Ford Telstar 2.0 (rolled and wrecked)
1989 Ford Telstar 2.2 Turbo (sold)
1980 Fiat X1/9 1300 (now in restoration)
1983 Subaru MY 4x4 (converted to our race wagon)
1981 Fiat X1/9 1500 (sold)
1984 Toyota 4Runner Diesel (awaiting engine work)
1998 Toyota Landcruiser FZJ105R (current daily driver)

Bikes I've owned:
1980 Yamaha XT250 (sold)
1994 Yamaha YZ250 (sold)
1996 Yamaha YZ250 (sold)
2000 BMW F650GS (current daily ride)

I'm in the process of installing an Fiat Uno Turbo 1.3 motor and 5 speed hybrid (Uno and X1/9) gearbox into my 1300 Fiat X1/9 click here for full build up http://rogerpaine.com/fiat.html and you can find many photos of this process in my photobucket (link below). All this was mostly inspired by this site: http://laursen-online.dk/x1-9/service-uk/engineconv-ut.html and I've pretty much followed this method, only I'm installing my air flow meter and filter in the boot.
The car is also getting the older 74 bumpers and a complete respray, I hope to have it back on the road at the end of 2010.