ryan lang Posted February 2, 2013 Author Posted February 2, 2013 im gunna be cleaning off the ignition leads today aswell for a bit more color then give the inside and out a bit of a spruce up Quote
ryan lang Posted February 13, 2013 Author Posted February 13, 2013 got the mani home and cleaned up a treat. grinded back the poor welds, re-welded it, and painted it. see below ;) and the manifold i bought before, poor welds, few cracks made a hole grinding back shitty welds :/ oops after. much stronger welds, no cracks and painted with black fire grate paint to keep rust away and no hole ryan Quote
akyakapotter Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Looking good now get that intercooler mounted to the front. And get the mani fitted. How the clutch holding out ?? Quote
ryan lang Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 clutch is holding out really well! quite harsh once its warmed right up Quote
ryan lang Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 right, set about making this car mine now so ive removed the thing that defines it most, that i never did the roof vinyl! and a quick one of the beading after it rained hopefully going up james tomorrow to get the compound and polisher on it to get rid of the stubborn glue and residue and get it all one color again so it doesnt have a ghosted rising sun on the roof as cool as it would probably look lol Quote
shorty Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 sweet, glad you have stuck with her dude, you have had some proper shitty bad luck but sooo worth it now shes coming together Quote
ryan lang Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 yeah definitely! either the valve stem seals or turbo have gone by the way forgot to mention that but its smoking its tits off my brother offered to buy me a fmic or buy paint for my front endi opted for paint so i can get it looking nice ill concentrate on power when its not fucked Quote
ryan lang Posted February 15, 2013 Author Posted February 15, 2013 Coming along bro. cheers broheim! Looking good dude cheers bud fully machine polished the car today, but im currently waiting on my new phone to come to take pics because my BB will no longer let me do anything on it :/ it looks swish as fuck, just needs bonnet and bumper and all the bottom trim sprayed now which should definitely be done in time for japfest ryan Quote
Amjad Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Did you use a rotary or DA? Single stage polish or did you correct and refine? (2 stage) Quote
ryan lang Posted February 15, 2013 Author Posted February 15, 2013 dont know, and dont know :/ haha i think it was a DA unsure on the other part :/ haha Quote
shorty Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 amjad gets a bonner over polishing lol, you have gone and set him off now haha Quote
Amjad Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Lol, single stage I'm guessing! More importantly, where are the pics?! NA has been in a dirty state for a while, pains me to see the grit dust on the back lol Quote
ryan lang Posted February 15, 2013 Author Posted February 15, 2013 i did even clay the 1 wing, got bored and just blasted it with the DA haha. i did mention above why there are no pics. im waiting for my piephone to show up because the bb camera is shit (i did take pics, but cant upload them to anywhere because my phone isnt working until i register my number onto my new phone lol) Quote
Amjad Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Not claying can kill the pads, but it the car's been polished recently claying isn't a necessity USB and PC photobucket Quote
ryan lang Posted February 15, 2013 Author Posted February 15, 2013 ive lost my lead haha its come out nicely though. phone should be here tomorrow so ill get one then Quote
ryan lang Posted February 16, 2013 Author Posted February 16, 2013 i know, they are terrible!! hopefully the piephone5 is a bit better haha Quote
ryan lang Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 right good news and bad news :/ good news is, the cylinder leak of test results came back and i was very pleased with them 96% 94% 91% and 93% on the cylinders so its not the rings or ringlands causing the oil to be burnt bad news, it is now most definitely my valve stem seals that are causing the oil burning :/ so i need to get a head gasket and some new valve stem seals and get that sorted asap it just means that now the painting of bumper and bonnet need to go on hold again :/ Quote
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 at least it will be running right! more important than the looks! glad you found the problem though Quote
ryan lang Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 yeah definitely! need to strip my old already skimmed head off of the last engine i blew up (ringlands) after 50 miles or so haha. so gunna strip it down, put new valve stem seals into it, may take a grinding stone to the ports to take the rough edging off of the casting thats not been finished up. not gunna open them up and re-shape them, just smooth the rough casting off. re-seat the valves. and then bang that onto my engine over the course of two 3 hours sessions at college Quote
Amjad Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Good job there's a spare head and the car still runs! Quote
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