samcowrx Posted October 31, 2009 Author Posted October 31, 2009 No problem mate, new gearbox and diff sounds interesting Cheers Iain off Waynes RA mate, and his Tein coilovers.
Big 'D' Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 off Waynes RA mate, and his Tein coilovers. Sweet, you would have a right drag beast with that setup mate Cheers Iain
samcowrx Posted November 1, 2009 Author Posted November 1, 2009 The gearbox has been rebuilt, i wonder what will give first, the box or a rod?.
Big 'D' Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 The gearbox has been rebuilt, i wonder what will give first, the box or a rod?. They should both be fine, the RA boxes are pretty tough Cheers Iain
samcowrx Posted November 2, 2009 Author Posted November 2, 2009 Nice!. Do you stilll have an alloy bonnet for sale?, Dave was asking about it?
Big 'D' Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Nice!.Do you stilll have an alloy bonnet for sale?, Dave was asking about it? Yes I do mate Cheers Iain
samcowrx Posted November 3, 2009 Author Posted November 3, 2009 (edited) How much mate? colour, and facelift style? Edited November 3, 2009 by samcowrx
Big 'D' Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 How much mate? colour, and facelift style? It is facelift and I would say about £90 it has a bit of a dent in the front edge but I am sure it can be repaired. Cheers Iain
samcowrx Posted November 25, 2009 Author Posted November 25, 2009 DCCD box, all running gear and rear diff, alloy wishbones, Tein coilovers, and Neetronics diff controller all arriving saturday!
samcowrx Posted November 28, 2009 Author Posted November 28, 2009 Right then , stuff all delivered Wishbones Tein coilovers, alloy tops Rear diff Dccd box Prop
samcowrx Posted November 30, 2009 Author Posted November 30, 2009 Dropped my intercooler pipework off at the welders today to get a boss welded on for the charge temp sensor, and swapped my new faulty battery.
samcowrx Posted November 30, 2009 Author Posted November 30, 2009 also ordered engine oil and filter, gearbox oil, lsd oil, rear brake pads.
Vimmy Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Some good snap there matey, some of the things like the dccd I've heard of but never seen in the flesh. What's the matter with the new battery, wouldn't it still be under warranty? I was going to make a gag about them not 'charging' you for it, but thought it would be in bad taste When you put on the FMIC did you have to move any of the radiator fans to get it to fit without the fan blade fouling the pipework? Cheers, Col
samcowrx Posted December 3, 2009 Author Posted December 3, 2009 Some good snap there matey, some of the things like the dccd I've heard of but never seen in the flesh. What's the matter with the new battery, wouldn't it still be under warranty? I was going to make a gag about them not 'charging' you for it, but thought it would be in bad taste When you put on the FMIC did you have to move any of the radiator fans to get it to fit without the fan blade fouling the pipework? Cheers, Col Cheers mate, the battery was swapped under warranty yes, just a pain in the a***, the FMIC went in without messing about with the radiator fans, but it is very tight in there!!!. The boss has now been welded onto the FMIC pipework near the throttle body for the charge temp sensor!.
Vimmy Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 I never thought about getting a boss welded to the pipework for temp sensing, I was going to drill into the pipe and make a clamp that secures a k type thermocouple in place. I don't know if you've ever been to the Autospeed site, but I've spent lots of time at this site and this Intercooler spray caught my eye http://autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0527 It's probably aimed more for warmer climates but any extra drop in intercooler temperatures has to be good Have you made any layout changes to the engine bay wrt air filter shrouds etc, I've been at the aluminium sheets with a hammer and hack saw and started doing my own version, very Heath Robinson I also made one of these side vent covers using foam to stop air going around the side of the radiator and hopefully when i get time to do the same for the FMIC, good article here on Autospeed http://autospeed.com.au/cms/title_Intercoo...70/article.html then finished it off with a homemade radiator shroud, costing pennies Cheers, Col.
Vimmy Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Nice pipework there, where did you get the air temp sensor from? Does it feed direct to a meter or some other circuit/amp to take care of the small voltages off the sensor. I'm currently building a display (with 4 hex digits) for the temp sensor which then runs into a relay box so that it can switch 4 sensors in and out from a remote switch. Im a curious chap, it gets the better of me most times
samcowrx Posted December 5, 2009 Author Posted December 5, 2009 Hi mate, its just a two wire sensor that Bob Rawle gave me with the simtek ecu, as the maf is gone now, the ecu uses two of the wires in the old maf plug part of the loom for the charge air temp, thats where this sensor plugs in. I had a air flter boxing/shroud made last year, i havent had the car running well enough for long enough to even think about fitting it!. I am picking up a couple of rear hubs today as one of mine is naffed!, hopefully some progress will be made this weekend!.
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