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Stayed at Sam's last night and when i went out to my car someone has scratched and put loads of small dents in the offside rear quarter the bastards. nothing major just mega pissed me off, not the first time people have scratched my car overnight in the lovely area that is Bilton Grange.... i'll try and get some pics to put up but i don't think it will show in the pics. On the upside i've finally fitted some new ripspeed speakers in the front (on offer atm in halfords for £10 ) and some vibe 6x9's in the parcel shelf. wrapped the parcel shelf in black fabric to make a stealth shelf, will put pics up tomorrow but i think it looks awesome and it cost me about £6 and to all the dead heads walking past you can't even tell there are speakers there . also fitted a single din head unit and din tray, massive win compared to the strange minidisc effort it came with. Pics tomorrow

sounds awesome! i'd love some of those gauges

ooohhh your advance was awesome! i want gold wheels on mine and after seeing that i think i'll keep my eye out for some. New gt looks clean!

may be wrong but i think he works at the hull euro car parts, bought it not so long ago off a girl called fran i think if it's the one i'm thinking of

oooh almera vzr nomnom!

Right! been really busy with uni and work and everything else but still managed to crack on with a few bits on the wee starlet! Flushed the engine and dropped the oil and changed the oil filter a few months ago in preparation for winter, the oil that came out wasn't like tar but she was very grateful to have some fresh oil, tappets quietened down a fair bit and just seemed to run better all round. Got her on a ramp and cracked on with the handbrake cables, rear calipers, cleaning up rear discs and swapping all the brake pads; Not long after the oil and filter change came the cambelt kit... ouch. Turned out to be abit of a pig to say the least. Not a lot of room for wiggling in there! bottom pulley was tight as hell, had to turn the engine over with sam clinging onto the end of a very long bar to crack it off. timed her back up and then getting the new belt on was abit of a squeeze but managed it with abit of convincing. timing cover back on, fired up and she ran sweet as a nut! then died! alternator belt decided that once it had been taken off it did not want to play anymore. Luckily i had one at home so off we went and swapped the belt, job done and no more problems While sam was doing the cambelt (i would have definitely cocked it up) i took the front bumper, skirt and rusty wing off and swapped it with the wing i kindly received of the pal that is steve gt. And yesterday i dropped the gearbox oil and put some nice fresh semi shockproof oil in, and oh my word what a difference! drives soooo much better! really pleased ;) However while draining the gearbox i decided to bray the heatshield off the exhaust manifold because the plan was to port it soon. finally got the bloody heatshield off to discover this Its not actually blowing too bad, it is slightly but i've seen FAR worse so i'm not too worried but i am on the lookout for another mani soonish ;) Finally got a boost gauge on her as well, boosting up to 1.1 bar!!! completely standard fueling etc= not good!!! i've been driving it without hitting fuel cut or a bar of boost because i don't want to kill it! so i'm picking a hks actuator off another good pal aaddzz123 soon too This is the engine bay as it stands now; She's coming on slowly but surely! I do love this car

i don't have any tonsils i'll have to have a go at sam's mmmmmmmmm nom nom nom nom!!!!

When i got my GT it did exactly the same as this. idle was about 1200rpm, temp dropped to cold as soon as i drove it, but when just sat with it ticking over it slowly got up to temp and the idle dropped a bit. Turned out the thermostat was stuck open, idle control valve and sensors were all fine was just the thermostat. £20 off ebay or £10 from euro car parts and it only takes like 5 mins ;) i would definitely try changing the thermostat before doing anything with the sensors or idle control valve

the almera is beasty but your name should be yellowvitara4u2. you need to get some pics of the JAE 2011 Suzuki show and shine winner up

36 inches is only a guideline- they say that because the closer you put it to the engine, the more turbulent the gases are and hence the reading from the sensor may be affected. But you do get a more true reading of the exhaust gas mixture the closer you put it to the engine. I work with these type of sensors at uni, and they can be sensitive to knocks and bumps so bear that in mind when you decide where to put it

wing going on in the next few days hopefully getting her up on a ramp on friday evening to sort all the underneathy bits out- handbrake cables, wrap the exhaust, brake pads and swap rear callipers, underseal the shit out of it and if i've got time will see about doing the wing and bonnet cable while were at it ;) so hopefully will be able to update soon with some pics of it looking damn fine ;) i miss that knob (thats what she said) but this new one is growing on me (that's also what she said)

In the downpipe, where the normal lambda is. Basically after the turbo, keeping as few gaskets between the turbo and sensor as possible

I love this GT! and the gearknob looks good glad your happy with it, it will be more appreciated with you i'm sure. thanks for the wing and trd gear knob, i'm so excited to get the wing fitted eeee! get rid of the ugly rusty bit. Keep up the hunt, and let me know if you find out what that little toyota card is on my door, i'm now wondering what it could be haha

Little update! Went up to sheffield on saturday to grab a few more bits and ended up coming back with - ARC tmic (early christmas present off sam- thank you!) - bonnet cable (so i can finally get rid of the ugly tie wrap in the grill) - handbrake cables - din tray for when i finally get round to getting an english stereo - flat blade wiper adaptors - brand new front and rear blueprint brake pads - brand new oil filter - new scuttle panel because mine was cracked - near rear view mirror - another resistor card for the heater motor Also took a bimble across the water to Cleethorpes to meet a few of the cleethorpes/gainsborough lot which was sweet, and picked up a sexy new wing of steve gt and a trd gearknob in exchange for my optional extra momo gearknob, i'm over the moon to have a nice rust free wing and cant wait to get it on- hope your happy with the gearknob steve here are a few pics; BOOOOOST! Scuttle panel going on I couldn't believe how much better she drove after putting the arc intercooler on! boosts up a hell of alot quicker and holds boost alot better. Would definitely recommend them as a good top mount! I needed a new resistor card because my heaters would only blow on the HI setting and on all other settings there was nothing. The sliding switch for the heat setting was fine and all the individual setting switches were fine, was just the blower intensity that wasn't working. And it turned out the resistor card was the wrong fitment for my GT, think it was because the one it came from had climate control (more settings) and mine doesn't. When i actually got mine out though it turned out one of the filaments had just popped off, and only needed a bit of careful soldering and BOOM, jobs a good 'un! so i took it to uni this morning with me and soldered it back up and re-soldered all the other junctions to make sure it was all nice and strong. Here's a pic of the resistor card and ceramic block, and where it fits into behind the glove box; Hopefully will have the new wing, bonnet cable and front brakes done by next week if i find the time, gets dark waaay to early now and i'm at uni loads

cheers dude! loved the optional extra beast! love the colour so much see you soon hopefully x

At what point have i mentioned anywhere that it was you saying it came with LSD? it's a common misconception and a lot of people just assume they come with it as standard. And as i've said, i don't know until i get a boost gauge on it what it's actually boosting, but i'm taking a stab in the dark and saying it's not standard boost. I may be wrong, don't know yet. Don't worry, it will fuck up sooner or later then everyone can have a little giggle behind my back, well those who seem to have a problem can anyway.

i'll put a photo up tomorrow when i get it on the car

Yeah keep me in mind, i'll be interested Fair few little bits like fuse card for heater motor and rear view mirror and random stuff like that, but got an arc tmic for £50 and it's pretty much mint. brand new toyota brake pads all round and toyota oil filter, new scuttle panel because mine is jaff'd, bonnet cable and handbrake cables so i'll be able to park my car safely on hills now haha, loads of other random little bits too

The decals are definitely staying! i love them! she will be lowered at some point, just not any time soon. ha dibs on your springs after christmas! it will be around that time that i'll be doing a fair few bits anyways, clutch, cambelt kit etc so i will probably end up banging some springs on while i'm there Just got back from picking a few more bits up from sheffield, will get some pics up when the new bits are fitted

Thanks for the kind words guys

Haha uksc stand is not going to be huge by the looks of things. i'm not bothered about being on any specific stand tbh

Hulloween cruise- 27th October at Humber bridge Tourist Information Car Park, HU13 0LN Hull, United Kingdom. Anyone coming to this? an awesome night, really popular cruise! Would be nice to see a few starlets there. http://www.fast-n-mo...ise_Part_5.html Hoping to organise a meeting point for anyone coming, if there's enough interest

awh that is a shame, get it sprayed back up grey! i used to have that same sticker but in blue