jimmymac101 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Looking good man! Loving the GT4, you got any more pics to share? James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Looking good man! Loving the GT4, you got any more pics to share? James The gt4 is a long long storey mate! Its Pickey009 old car which he built it then went to a mate of his and then the engine failed. it sat for a few years then i bought it. Then it set on fire and almost took out my whole garage and has very close to the tank going up. it was a fire engine job. heres the car on its way to me loaded up very carefully! then back in my garage and 2 days later almost everything from the windscreen forward was blown up, melted destroyed ect. Then the rebuild started, i big shout to my mate stee who painted the front end of the car, i prepped it but he didnt even want anything for it. i think he felt sorry for me. I also did the back end Getting to this point was the worst work i have done on a car probably, weeks of prep work went into with with a grinder wire wheels, die grinder ect it took ages, it got rust treat ment in the odd places, then epoxy primer tinted body colour, then all seam seealed with Upol seam sealer, then Upol gravitex stone chip then more epoxy primer and then 2k body colour on top which is what it looks like now underneath. All the back end is rebuilt with polly bushes which is alot on a gt4, all powder caoted, tank refurbished, new fuel and copper nickel brake lines with 316 stainlesss union nuts ect basically how it sits now. up and running again just some bits and bobs to do before the mot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Gt four's were under rated and still are! Did you see the smoke from the house, lucky! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 I was in the car when it went up! scary stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I was in the car when it went up! scary stuff!Jesus man how did you put it out? Nightmare that! With those Jam actuators early post I can't see them been genuine you would of hit fuel cut! Both Gt's look great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 a fire engine eventually got it out! both were believed to be jam units and was even brand new never fitted and in a jam box from japan. they do look different to stock ones slightly. Strange though. I just got 2 big shiney parcels for the starlet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks for the pics man! That fire sounds and looks savage! surprised you didnt have a mental break down after seeing that curtainly done it justice since the fire and spent a far few ££££ on it James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 cheers mate yeah money pits these things parts are very expensive. heres it running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NAS8OB9G54 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 bad story bout the gt4 but luckily she looks nice again but would the chassi strengt be gone now after the inferno ????? fire and metal dont go wel together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 One thing I've learnt from working on the gt4 is that there's alot of metal in them and very over engineered and strong. The fire mostly stuck to the old engine really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) Not much changed on this really just clocking the miles up daily on it. I couldnt hold off any longer and fitted a fmic and relocated the air filter. No cutting of the bumper, fitting it was a bit harder with the auto box being a beast with the dip stick cables and stuff for it in the way.The car is going better and is now hitting fuel cut on the high boost setting so im driving on the low boost which seems to be only just under fuel cut. I need to get the emanage on it and a map. picked this up - not the best condition but i havent seen one in a long time. This was spotted in a local scrap yard. and it had to give up the only part of a paseo worth having, so i went and rescued it before it went to China. 5e or no e Thats about it really, its been living in the garage the past few weeks out of the weather as the gt4 is with a sprayer for a fair bit of work. Its great to drive the car out in the moring for work and its all dry and not icy cold. Edited November 24, 2015 by Bean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Nothing exciting going on here but done a few bits n bobs to the gt. Ported the blitz decat as there was a big lump behind where the wastegate arm opens so it couldnt fully open. Box of goodies. lower arm bushes for when i fit the anti lift kit I fitted the new rear discs, pads, wheel bearings, cleaned and greased all the sliders up. I had to swap one of the calipers as i couldnt get the piston to wind back and the spare one was in much better condition so easier to swap it. Gunna give them a bleed tomorrow. heres a few pics over honister pass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glanzadude Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 great car will done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Cheers. I also noticed the backbox wasnt looking so good last week so i quickly patched it up and took the dent out of it. i used some new 3" 316 exhaust pipecut in half then flattened and shaped to the curve of the box.It was thicker than the old stuff so should help protect ita bit should it get bumped in the future. Nothing pretty but it will keep it right for the MOT in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran Barber Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I can't believe she lives to tell another tale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Kieran Barber said: I can't believe she lives to tell another tale Plenty life left in EMO yet mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran Barber Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Glad to hear that matey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran Barber Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Is EMO still going strong by any chance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Yeah shes still going no issues other than the exhaust rotting through near the backbox. So i made a new bend up from 2.5" stainless, tack welded it in place on the car. not the best job as it was a bit of a rush repair. There was also a few holes in the pipe. hopefully i can keep the 5zigen system going a bit longer yet. Getting the bend somewherenear to what came off offering it up on the car checking position of everything and making sure the backbox sat where i wanted it to and nothing was catching. out of practise with the tig ive done very little in ages so it doesnt look pretty im afraid. Oh yeah i fitted a new wepr ct9 power up kit a bit back but forgot to update this thread. its a great bit of kit. Sacha makes the best manifolds you can get for these cars for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran Barber Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 shame about the massive area that's rusted but the new bit looks great, also what kind of power figures are you trying to push? on the note of ep82's, i've bought one to replace the SR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 the new wepr kit has definetely freed the car up a bit and im no longer boost creeping and hitting fuel cut so thats good. Not aiming for anything but i have a complete plug and play emanage ultimate kit for it that will need mapped but i just never got round to it. I would probably run 1.1 bar and see what it made. Maybe i ill get it fitted at some point. Good work on the ep82 purchase! you wont regret it. I cant see a build thread for it, have you made one yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kieran Barber Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I've yet to actually make a thread on it yet, but it's definitely got poke I know that much lol my mum seems to like it because it reminds her of yours, but she doesn't like the fact it has 230hp :^) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Few little jobs ive done recentlyu on EMO. My distributor was leaking oil and slowly getting worse so i swapped over to another one i had spare. I then came to bridge the diagnostics pins to lock the timing to set it with the timing light but for some reason the revs didnt lower and sit at 750rpm like it should. I deceided to check the iacv incase it was full of crap. When i stripped it down i found this. Emo updates by Bean Beano, on Flickr The copper disc on the right was broken, i have no idea how long is had been like this but then it clicked in my head that when the car was sat at idle the electric windows were really slow. This was because of the extra load placed on the car but the idle control valve wasnt doing its job or raising up the revs to compensate for this. Luckily i had a spare iacv as well so i stripped that down and it was still intact. All these spares ive been saving over the years are slowly starting to come in handy! Emo updates by Bean Beano, on Flickr I got the other IACV fitted, fitted the better condition dizzy cap and rotor arm, adjusted the timing andi dont seem to have a leaky dizzy any more. I also fitted a new set of Mintex 1144 pads ive had for a while in the garage as i knew they were getting down. I fitted the old set 4 years ago so they have lasted well and i think they are a great setup for me for the roads i use. Emo updates by Bean Beano, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) Next job! One thing which has really annoyed me about the car for about 2-3 years now is that the fuel low light is on constantly. I decided to pull the fuel assembly out of the tank in the nice weather over tha bank holiday weekend. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr I dont think this had ever been removed since fitted at the factory as the protective rubber sticky strip was still over the fuel pump wiring, the bolts all looked untouched and the car was still running the stock fuel pump. I checked the filter and there was only this tiny little patch of debris on it. Nopt bad for 27 years of filtering. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr The tank was mint inside and i run the car low on fuel all the time so no issues there. So this little metal cyclinder is what causes the fuel light to come on when your running low. it works by containing a thermister inside it and the temperature changes or something when in and out of the fuel in the tank causing the light to come on. So i measured the resistance and compared it to another i had from when i rebuilt the gt4 fuel tank with all new hardware. The gt4 one looked right after a little google search of what it should be but the starlet one was obviously dead. So i desoldered the starlet and gt4 ones and swapped them over, then removed the ring terminal from the starlet one, soldered it on, heat shrinked it and connected it back up. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr and the replacement soldered back ontop the part which holds it in place. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr I also cleaned up the wires which are used to give the fuel level with some electrical contact cleaner. and connected everything back up. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr I also gave the top of the tank and fittings a good spray with some light grease just to protect it all as it was in really good condition. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr And now i can go back to playing my favourite game of fuel light roulette as the lights off. Fuel light fix by Bean Beano, on Flickr Really happy with this little fix as the fuel light has annoyed me that it didnt work but having not had the problem before i wasnt sure what it was. Im guessing all these cars are getting old now so these sorts of issues will likely become more popular. If your light doesnt come on at all it may also be this issue i think unless you have a damamged wire. Edited April 22, 2019 by Bean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SKINY Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Great job on the fuel light fix, mine worked perfectly then swapped the tank just now it's a guessing game Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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