Lew91 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 Intercoolers done, looks shite tho. Cheap ally shit. Just debating wether to spray the centre black or just clean it up. Quote
Spoon_tuned Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 i hope you wasnt using cow & gate to polish it lol Quote
Lew91 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 Haha it works wonders. Nah it's what I keep my lime powder in, I use it to clean off any excess polishing compound. Quote
Lew91 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Posted January 20, 2013 Only a little update, got the old exhaust system off Also cleaned and painted the driveshafts, going to replace inner and outer boots before they go back on to. And cleaned and painted the sump Quote
Lew91 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Posted January 20, 2013 Ha yeah I wanted the sump to be a funky colour as it was orange when I got it but couldn't find any orange paint. Should look alright tho if not I'll give it a coat of black Quote
shorty Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 bright coulors make oil leaks easier to trace coming along nice mate. Quote
Lew91 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Posted January 20, 2013 bright coulors make oil leaks easier to trace coming along nice mate.That's a good point, never really thought about that. Cheers buddy Quote
Lew91 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 I'm trying to de-clutter my bay atm, now can I remove this If so what do I do with the thicker pipe coming out the top? Vacum pipe is easy enough. Also can I remove this lot and just cut the connectors off? And can I just join the 2 vacum pipes up coming off the mani and TB Sorry for shit pics but its gone dark Quote
Beastmode panda Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 The first picture is the carbon canister, i was going to remove this.. But i decided against it. Basically it lets the fumes vent properly from the fuel tank and fuel system.. If a spark appears in your engine bay, i.e king lead pops off and arcs out or literally anything, then bye bye to your bollocks lol! Remember fumes are more likely to catch alight!! So personally i'd leave it in there. The second picture is for aircon, that shit can be removed yeah. I did, and just cut the vacuum hoses short and shuved a bolt in the end. There are proper blanking caps you can get off ebay tho (socks has them on his). HTH. Quote
Beastmode panda Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 EDIT - IF you did remove the caron canister which i advise for you not to. Then regarding the question of the top pipe, you simply just loop it on to the vacuum where the clip is on the bottom right inside the marked circle. Quote
Lew91 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 Ah cheers mate. Ha fuck that then I'll leave it be. I'll rip all that other stuff out over the weekend then, I'm all good to just cut the connectors off and tape them up? Quote
Beastmode panda Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Yeah, good choice haha! Yeah go for it man, yeah you have no air con so nothing is needed there anyway . As long as they don't earth out against eachother you'll be ready to rumble man. Quote
Beastmode panda Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 If you take the kinglead unit off, you know where it plugs in to on the bulk head.. There's 3 bolts holding that unit on, take out the bolts and then flip it over once it's off and you'll see scews holding in the aircon sensors, just unscrew them and they will come off so you just left with the kinglead connection bit, then put the bolts back in and there we go! . Quote
Lew91 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 Brilliant cheers buddy, I'll see if I can relocate the canister somewhere out of site. ABS is next I think Quote
Beastmode panda Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 No worries man! . Haha power steering is next off for me, then abs . Quote
Lew91 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 I would do the power steering but I'm a lazy Basterd when it comes to parking lol Quote
maddox710 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I would do the power steering but I'm a lazy Basterd when it comes to parking lolI drove mine without ps for a short period of time, you dont even notice it if your rolling even at slow crawling speeds Quote
Lew91 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 Hmm I may have to have a think about it then, would look neater to. I had a 106 without it and that wasn't to bad I suppose. Quote
Lew91 Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 Little update not much as I've been busy with other cars and work but I managed to get the front hubs stripped down and painted along with the brake shields, they just need another coat or 2. All ready for new bearings and discs. No comments about my DIY drying system either Also took the heat shields off from underneath the car to be painted and get it ready for underselling along with new handbrake cables. I'm gonna try and get it under sealed this weekend and drop the rear axel out for a clean up and coat of paint to Quote
Lew91 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Posted March 4, 2013 Just been to collect my gearbox, £560 later I get a fully recon box with full set of synchro's and brand new 5th gear hub, oh and a bag of dead bits. Needs another coat of paint tho, think I'm going to hammerite it. Quote
Beastmode panda Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 What the heck!!!! Why did you spend that much lol? Surely be much easier and hella cheaper to just get another box haha? Quote
Lew91 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Posted March 4, 2013 It would of been cheaper to get a second hand box but it could just do the same thing a few months down the line. Has set me back on the LSD front tho. Ah fuck it its only money lol!I had my cousin send it away, he uses a place in gosport and seem to be good at what they do. Quote
Lew91 Posted March 5, 2013 Author Posted March 5, 2013 I'm going to be running a forged engine on a k26 turbo. Now what would people suggest on the ecu side of things? I was thinking apexi fc but they are pretty pricey. Also what would peoples suggestions be on injectors? Any advice would be much appreciated, I'm aiming for 250bhp+ Quote
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