have fun snapping it in several places every time you go over a bump!
Gaffer tape and cable ties will get me out of that fix!
Tink Version 4 / 5
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Posted 17 August 2009 - 07:31 PM
Gaffer tape and cable ties will get me out of that fix!
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Posted 17 August 2009 - 07:52 PM
thats what mine relied on in the end =p lol
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Posted 18 August 2009 - 12:11 PM
lol, i aint a keyboard warrior! just as bad in real life =p LOL
it's true!
as for advice in return for yours;-
stay away from girls, alcohol and fast cars, they're all bad for your wallet
girls arn't a problem!as for advice in return for yours;-
stay away from girls, alcohol and fast cars, they're all bad for your wallet
so, when's the 'Small Bore Vauxhall Mini Meet' then? Next Saturday? They'll all be ready, yeah? :errmm:
good advice! all too late though
too late
i'll remember that babe!
Tink's looking beautiful cannot wait!
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 08:36 PM
RIGHT THEN!
time for an update.
finally got all of the wiring done except linking the wideband lambda to the ecu, so its just up on a gauge and in a separate logging software at the moment. So the dash is back in finally!
memo to self, buy a better steering wheel!
Also... GOT THE PEDAL BOX IN! you may have noticed in the other pictures. Ive slammed the steering wheel straight into my privates, and the pedals are now in a brilliant position, before they were a little high so i lowered them. I made the brackets to they could be shimmed at the front to change the position of the pedals.
All of the fuel lines and the wiring is now installed, and so is the fuel pressure regulator, just need water lines and the engine bay is done!
so yer, hopefully go out and buy some water hose tomorrow, went today but couldnt find any big enough, just want to drive it now!
Cheers,
Al
time for an update.
finally got all of the wiring done except linking the wideband lambda to the ecu, so its just up on a gauge and in a separate logging software at the moment. So the dash is back in
finally!memo to self, buy a better steering wheel!
Also... GOT THE PEDAL BOX IN! you may have noticed in the other pictures. Ive slammed the steering wheel straight into my privates, and the pedals are now in a brilliant position, before they were a little high so i lowered them. I made the brackets to they could be shimmed at the front to change the position of the pedals.
All of the fuel lines and the wiring is now installed, and so is the fuel pressure regulator, just need water lines and the engine bay is done!
so yer, hopefully go out and buy some water hose tomorrow, went today but couldnt find any big enough, just want to drive it now!
Cheers,
Al
Edited by alexcrosse, 21 August 2009 - 08:39 PM.
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 09:07 PM
Getting there alex! Not long now
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 07:04 PM
RIGHT THEN!
the ebay special fuel pressure regulator didnt work, so i replaced that with a weber alpha one, which was surprisingly cheap, and works! bonus. Ive also fitted the radiator, mounts welded on the front support bar, and one coming across from the cylinder head, although i would like to get one laser cut from a thicker plate soon, something a bit nicer... carbon maybe. Also started to line up the filter, and ive marked out the plate for the filter that ill make out of some carbon sheet i have left. last thing, exhaust, picked up the pipe, seemed to weld alright with the MIG welder, stainless wire and it penetrated really well, was strong enough to withhold the mahoosive explosion that i put through it the other day my turning my engine over with no HT leads (squirting LOTS of fuel into the exhaust) and then putting them in and trying to start it. Resulting in a 2.5" stainless tube, 1.5m long, full of fuel, being ignited, damn it was really loud. Car isnt starting at the moment, struggling to get hold of a base map. not cool!
Anyway, heres the pictures.
first attempt at welding stainless, meh, could have been worse!
stickers on!
the ebay special fuel pressure regulator didnt work, so i replaced that with a weber alpha one, which was surprisingly cheap, and works! bonus. Ive also fitted the radiator, mounts welded on the front support bar, and one coming across from the cylinder head, although i would like to get one laser cut from a thicker plate soon, something a bit nicer... carbon maybe. Also started to line up the filter, and ive marked out the plate for the filter that ill make out of some carbon sheet i have left. last thing, exhaust, picked up the pipe, seemed to weld alright with the MIG welder, stainless wire and it penetrated really well, was strong enough to withhold the mahoosive explosion that i put through it the other day my turning my engine over with no HT leads (squirting LOTS of fuel into the exhaust) and then putting them in and trying to start it. Resulting in a 2.5" stainless tube, 1.5m long, full of fuel, being ignited, damn it was really loud. Car isnt starting at the moment, struggling to get hold of a base map. not cool!
Anyway, heres the pictures.
first attempt at welding stainless, meh, could have been worse!
stickers on!
Edited by alexcrosse, 31 August 2009 - 07:40 PM.
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 08:35 PM
nice window sticker 
FIRE IT UP
FIRE IT UP
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 09:14 PM
good isnt it! ive heard good things about AC/MC performance you no.
ive tried! need a base mapPPPPppPp!
ive tried! need a base mapPPPPppPp!
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 09:25 PM
good isnt it! ive heard good things about AC/MC performance you no.
ive tried! need a base mapPPPPppPp!
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Posted 01 September 2009 - 07:56 PM
right, nowt major doing today, been at work. However, just popped in the garage and played 'pimp my ITG'. Turned out quite nice
nothing quite as nice as polished aluminum on carbon fibre
thatll do pig... thatll do
nothing quite as nice as polished aluminum on carbon fibre
thatll do pig... thatll do
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Posted 01 September 2009 - 08:02 PM
Looking well good mate!!!
Think its about time we saw it running though
Think its about time we saw it running though
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Posted 01 September 2009 - 08:11 PM
Aren't those trumpets supposed to be inside the filter Alex?
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Posted 01 September 2009 - 08:16 PM
Looking well good mate!!!
Think its about time we saw it running though
yer yer! itll run soon =p busy working this week!
jayare - they looks sexier outside the filter
, nah, just checking the whole PCD was ok
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Posted 02 September 2009 - 04:33 PM
That'll do DONKEY it's DONKEYYY!!!
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Posted 07 September 2009 - 05:42 PM
I got a base map and...
it runs!
5qh8laoNOMs
number 1: Im not a chav, i just like wearing comfortable jogging bottoms in the garage
number 2: Why does my voice sound so different on camera? lol
Also got all of the water system plumed in, oil pressure gauge running, just dont want to run it anymore until the exhaust is finished, picking up the box tomorrow hopefully, so should be more of a bearable racket. Well please though.
Cheers,
Al
it runs!5qh8laoNOMs
number 1: Im not a chav, i just like wearing comfortable jogging bottoms in the garage
number 2: Why does my voice sound so different on camera? lol
Also got all of the water system plumed in, oil pressure gauge running, just dont want to run it anymore until the exhaust is finished, picking up the box tomorrow hopefully, so should be more of a bearable racket. Well please though.
Cheers,
Al
Edited by alexcrosse, 07 September 2009 - 05:44 PM.
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