Charlotte's GT Advance- Massive overdue update.

[pick1]

God that is a good price just wondered cuz I've brought a tdo4 kit n the manifold gasket looks like it may of been blowing from one port

[funny onion]

yeah if you look at the pick above of the cylinder head with no gakset/manifold on it, you can see where my oem one had been blowing on 1 and 4 on the edges, pretty pants tbh. this new gasket is 3mm thick, to allow for any warp on the flange of the manifold (sam's seems to be ever so slightly warped- stainless toyosports td04 manifold). made a huge difference when i put this one on, couldn't believe it. if you want me to pick you one u and send it in the post let me know

[snails ep91]

where did you get the gaskets made? its just i need to get a custom turbo to decat gasket for a greddy turbo i have and wondering if they would do it for me.

just your a bit far away lol and i dontknow who could do it in this area.

cheers

sam

[funny onion]

got them made up at a place called direct gaskets (i think that's what they're called) in Hull. try googling industrial gasket suppliers round your end and see what comes up, you would probably need to take in a current gasket/ make a template of what gasket you want made up. really would recommend it though, especially for custom gaskets.

[pick1]

Sounds good to me pm me n we will sort it makes sense to get a good one now rather have to mess around after it's fitted thanks 😜

[funny onion]

when you after them for? i'll call in and pick you one up and pm you and sort it out

[pick1]

As and when I can get on will be fittin the kit in the next couple of weeks thanks 😄

[pick1]

As and when u can if it's no bother will be fitting the kit in next 2 weeks hopefully 😉 ignore last post fat fingers and touch screen lol

[funny onion]

well i haven't updated this in a while. since the last update the following has happened;

- got an aem wideband on it's way to me which i will have on the car by the end of the week fingers crossed

- toms grill is on the car now, needs a bit of repair work and i'm undecided whether to re-mesh it or leave it open (someone has removed the mesh at some point)

- received a wepr oil feed which is the one to match the manifold, it's longer and should be a safer set up than the standard ct9 feed, this will be going on at weekend.

- ordering a civic rad on monday when the student loan comes in

- got a spare inlet manifold sat in primer now waiting to be painted and swapped, no performance gain just will look a lot prettier, going to smarten up a few bits/tuck some wires while i'm swapping them over.

will gets some pics of various bits as and when, pretty excited to get the oil feed, civic rad and wideband on

having a few issues with rear wiper motors and such, so technically it's de-wipered but the old motor arm is sticking through lol, looks gash. i'm going to recondition one of my motors and put the wiper back on, i miss being able to see out of the rear window :/ lol

also, secured the summer job working pea season so by september i will be debt free and have a fair bit in bank for goodies, so i'm torn between going for a nice td04 setup (not the toyosports i mean wepr or such like), or taking her for an ecu and map. it's got to be one or the other i'm afraid, going to get towards £1000 to do both :/. part of me thinks management because going td04 is a bit of a waste of time without a remap?

what would you guys do? suggestions?

[pick1]

My opinion is go for management first as your set up may surprise u with a good map on it and then later if u decide to go td04 then it's ready and waiting 😜

[funny onion]

yeah that's what i was swayed towards, just wondered what other people would do. i'm not going to bother throwing money at a hybrid setup as any ct9 is going to get boring after a while i think :/ but once the ecu and base map are there then it's just a case of a remap once i go td04 i suppose picking your gasket up on friday mate so i'll be in touch, might pop down over weekend if thats alright and see about these discs and stuff? if sam doesn't want them i'll probably have them off you

[pick1]

Not a problem you and Sam are welcome down any time will prob see u at the weekend then and I think once it's set up well it will put a smile on your face at least till you get bored and go td04 lol 😝

[cazzac2222]

I think you should buy my TD12 Hybrid haha, now you have the e/w set-up its crying for it with management and mapping

[funny onion]

are the flanges on the td12 the same as a ct9?

[cazzac2222]

Yep, check them out on Enzo's EP-Tune, very good turbo

[funny onion]

Ah right cool! Still love the manifold not had any problems with it touch wood, just need a boost controller going to the top port of the wastegate then I'll be sorted with it

[Johnboy GT]

I have a civic rad with green samco hoses and a civic rad mounting kit if you want?

John

[funny onion]

How much you after John and where you based?

[funny onion]

wideband fitted! fueling wasn't too far out, i'm a good guesser haha. needed cranking up ever so slightly to get it to where i wanted it and it's happy all the way through the rev range, getting richer as the revs increase now. pulls better i think too

civic rad and fan are on their way to me and should be fitted at the weekend

picking some grooved discs up off pick1 tomorrow night, which will be fitted asap (sam is having my standard discs for the shedlet so he'll be keen to rip them off my car as soon as he can haha)

i'll be getting some piccies at weekend of all the bits that have gone on. keeping my eye out for a cheap set of 15" wheels too

[*Zoe*]

Great progress as ever! were'd you get the rad and fan from ?

[funny onion]

i have loads of piccies to upload! might do it later on if i don't fall asleep haha.

it was this one zoe;

/>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400231686265?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2303wt_1208

turned up today and it's mint! spot on. the fan was just a 12" fan off ebay.

the rad was £35 when i bought it but since i posted a link up in a thread on here they're now £40 :/ haha.

[*Zoe*]

ha ha nice tho let me no how the fitting goes

[funny onion]

heres some piccies of goodies waiting to go on!

the discs are now on and are a lot better than my oem ones which have been donated to shedlet now. the rest will be going on at weekend

and inlet in the process of being sprayed

Edited April 18, 2012 by funny onion

[pick1]

All looking sweet glad the discs are bang on for u n u like the seat rad looks good I've taken the plunge n booked mine in for m.o.t Saturday morning wish me luck lol

[funny onion]

yeah really happy with them, when we took my old ones off it was clear that there's not much meat left on them haha :/ but should get sams through mot. going to try to get the seat in at weekend, once the rad is on lol. see how much fun it turns out to be haha.

oooh that's cool, let us know how it gets on!