Mad Mike EP82 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 very nice bud! good call! Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Awesome update on the bootlid mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukeyy_EP91 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Cars outstanding mate!! best thread I've looked at yet. also what's your Facebook? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Barnes Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Awesome work man ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Nice one on the boot mate. This cars so standard it could do with a fibre glass boot to get the mod list going lol ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Boots spot on, where can I get one for the track slag? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Reading through this, I was thinking that with only 370hp on tap your car must be working really hard to lug that heavy bootlid around lol Look forward to seeing it fitted mate, especially with aerocatches Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Id workz does em jamie as far as im aware mate. Grant has a mk3 gt one. They are crazy light! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Another item I can fully recommend and fresh out of china.... Turbo Blanket Went for a drive in my car, could no longer see the heatwave coming out of the vent in my cruise bonnet and could still touch it after a few tickles of boost.I am gobsmacked. How they hold the heat in so well and how they don't catch fire. Is Impressive! Can fully recommend these for anyone with a top mounted turbo kit, that's for sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
turbo Grant Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Can't see your rusty flanges now they are a good bit of kit. Not sure if I want one on my tial housing tho? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 i had considered one of these for the K1 as my bay temps were pretty high. food for thought, thanks for letting us know what they're like bud. Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azz Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Really transforms the bay now that you cant see the rust Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Turbo jackets are awesome pieces of kit! Some fetch some crazy money too!! Makes the bay look a lot nicer too. Great work dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Great work man! Two questions; 1. Did you have to take off anything to fit the turbo blanket? Or does it just wrap around then clip together?2. Cutting out the front slam panel, surely that effects the handling of the car? It surely is a vital piece of your chassis... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Great work man! Two questions; 1. Did you have to take off anything to fit the turbo blanket? Or does it just wrap around then clip together?2. Cutting out the front slam panel, surely that effects the handling of the car? It surely is a vital piece of your chassis...Question 2 has been on my mind since I first saw you did it, I'd also think it was vital Top work as allways though man James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
turbo Grant Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The strength is all to do with the suspension mounts. Any thing forward can be cut out. You can cut a lot more out if you wanted to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulStarletSR Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Great work man! Two questions; 1. Did you have to take off anything to fit the turbo blanket? Or does it just wrap around then clip together? 2. Cutting out the front slam panel, surely that effects the handling of the car? It surely is a vital piece of your chassis... mines is like a wobble board because the last owner smashed it,il be replacin mine with a bolted on bit of stainless. but it really is non-essential to the cars ridgidity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azz Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The strength is all to do with the suspension mounts. Any thing forward can be cut out. You can cut a lot more out if you wanted to.This ^^^^^^^Flex forward of the wheel doesn't really effect anything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klyfax Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Still looks great.Keep it up... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Thanks for the info, pretty good to know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayc-glanza17 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Rob, look at my build thread, I cut top panel same as socks..yesterday took George out round his roads, and handling not affected.. matt turbo blanket good idea, but I think im going to get my stuff all ceramic coated over winter..as don't see too much of it on starlets.. jus a quickie what did you use to get the alloy bits shiney??keep up good work pal.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chunky Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Just read your entire build thread and all I can say is EPIC. what a car mate can't believe the amount of time and money you have put into this car and the amazing outcome you have reached from when you bought her. Fair play to you fella and well done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smobey_sutton2 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Whats the V still waiting on? Seems an awful long time since Japfest @ Castle Combe and that was your initial target to have it all mapped etc wasn't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Thanks for the kind words fellas... @Rbz. - On the glanza, the top light support bracket is flimsy as fuck, was never any strength there anyways. The bar that goes just under the lights, is again very flimsy. The bottom square bar is where the strength is. Which has been replaced with a stainless steel bar. So although it doesn't look it, its stiffer then it was before. But as said above, the suspension mountings are the crucial part here... Regarding the turbo blanket, just hugs the turbo (nice tight fit if you get the right size) and two big springs hold it in place. Easy Peasy! Look on youtube, people hold there hands on the blankets when there cars are on the dyno doing pulls at big boost @JayC - I have a friend who is a polisher. Check him out, he is the dogs at it... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pugz-polishing/305230949574161 ok, been busy with work a lot atm, but the car has been getting fettled a bit... Ironing out a few kinks mainly... Got the Rad Polished.... Just waiting on some new clips from Roose Motorsport and then its going back on... The biggest ballache, known to man has to be this bootlid though! Got my hands on a fibreglass bootlid... Quick fit up and it seemed ok, was a fair bit of bodyshop preparation to do though, it certainly isn't a spray some paint on job! Then realising the manufacturer had made several mistakes! The holes weren't threaded for the hinge mounts, the threaded rivots for the gas struts were the wrong thread and span inside the bootlid. You name it, It fought me! Anyways, managed to get it somewhere close and Adz gave it the treatment it needed and its now painted... Altho not perfect and still needs more work! Spoiler also got the paint, as pink wasn't my style haha. Got online and ordered a 4mm Hard Coated Poly Rear Window.... Soooo Light its a joke! I guess going to 3mm would be even lighter but I wanted it to be as close to stock as possible! Got the measuring tape out, drill and dremel and cut some holes for you know what.... Then several bolts and some sealant later, it looked like this.... Then about 30mins later, it looked like this! Still need to get the plastic window glued in, clean the entire car. etc ready for JAE. Still need to get the duck spoiler resprayed, but yet to separate it from the original bootlid, so don't no how easy or hard that is going to be! Should be easy enough, in theory! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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