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Post by atlex on Feb 9, 2017 20:00:16 GMT
Awesome name  |
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Post by muckingfuppet on Feb 10, 2017 15:59:57 GMT
Can I ask what you did with the stuff that normally goes in the centre console when you made your dash up? I.e. The heater controls and stereo? Looks the tits, love the gauges!
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 10, 2017 19:23:43 GMT
Can I ask what you did with the stuff that normally goes in the centre console when you made your dash up? I.e. The heater controls and stereo? Looks the tits, love the gauges! Cheers. The heater controls are in the glovebox area. What's a stereo? Just adds unecessary weight, as do the speakers. I like listening to the whine of the supercharger  |
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 11, 2017 16:20:05 GMT
Have decided not to Canoe about and now have RX8 yellow injectors in the post rather than the beige 1.8 ones I've had sitting in the garage for 12 months. . .
I may as well do it properly seeing as I have to do loads of dismantling under the bonnet anyway.
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 14, 2017 10:12:36 GMT
 Injectors arrived this morning I've had the seal refurb kit for over a year! |
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Post by minty on Feb 14, 2017 10:37:49 GMT
Fancy trying that wiper drilling thing myself |
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 14, 2017 18:44:02 GMT
Time to record the enhancements to my supercharger set-up for posterity! Made a start today by dropping the intercooler about 2 inches and moving it backwards to make way for the intercooler and 2.5 inch pipework. First, removed the crossover pipe. . .  Loads of space!  Then took a look at the radiator hanging brackets. It looked like I could use the lower bolt as an alternative mounting? (View of left hand bracket)  I removed the brackets (M6 10mm heads) and the bolts below (the front one visible through the hole in the bracket and another hidden behind the bracket that hold the sway bar bracket on M8 12mm heads). (View of right hand side)  Then I re-drilled the bolt holes (8mm drill bit) to correspond with the lower hole). . . (Right hand bracket)  Then on test fitting I found the bracket fouled the strengthening pressing on the sway bar bracket (pictured here - left of the rear lower bolt holes, left hand side bracket):  My solution was to modify the bracket to clear it with my Dremel! (Left hand bracket)  Repeating this on the right side too and bolted the brackets back in (Got fed up of working around the radiator at this point and drained and removed it hahaha ). After test fitting the radiator it wouldn't go low enough as the metal under the top mounts fouled the sides of the engine bay. Out with the Dremel again. I cut away a small triangle of metal under each mount to give more clearance.  After doing this the radiator dropped right in and could be tilted back at the perfect angle to provide clearance for the intercooler/Pipework.  I will make up some extended top mounts for the radiator tomorrow. Need to buy some flexible coolant pipes as well, as the standard ones no longer fit. |
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 15, 2017 12:03:50 GMT
Hmmmmmmm. Whilst I'm under the bonnet, why don't I remove that redundant bracket on the side of the thermostat housing. . . Oh Canoe it!  Sheared bolt and broken sensor. |
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 15, 2017 15:16:05 GMT
Ah well. Had a sulk and a cup of tea and cracked on. Removed the crank pulley wheel and fitted the 150mm overlay.   Then made up 2×brackets to lower the upper radiator mount from a spare strip of aluminium I had lying around.   Ran a long M8 bolt with some washers and a holding nut through the radiator mount . . .  . . . and in place (retaining nuts at the new bracket end still to add as I want to get some nylock ones).  . |
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Post by atlex on Feb 15, 2017 15:18:02 GMT
Hmmmmmmm. Whilst I'm under the bonnet, why don't I remove that redundant bracket on the side of the thermostat housing. . . Oh Canoe it! Sheared bolt and broken sensor. All been there.. and it's so easy.. You deserve an extra extra cup of tea. |
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Post by joeytalent on Feb 16, 2017 5:31:27 GMT
Good to see you back on it. I think everyone's sheared that sensor at some point!
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 17, 2017 18:47:42 GMT
Got home from a few days away this afternoon and got straight on it. Chop chop. Got my Dremel (favourite tool) out and cut the front panel to accommodate the intercooler pipes  Trimmed both sides with some vacuum hose I had lying around. . .  Made some steel brackets up (only one shown here) and test fitted the intercooler.  Big push to complete all the intercooler fitting tomorrow. |
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Post by onepaintedman on Feb 18, 2017 14:23:48 GMT
Wife has stopped play. Had a complete meltdown because I've spent 6 hrs working on the car this week. Not going to get this finished for a while now. Not worth the grief. Bus for me for the foreseeable future.
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Post by myothercarsa2cv on Feb 18, 2017 15:22:57 GMT
Great work so far and looking similar to my setup! Neat solution for the lower rad mount, I attacked it a different way and raised the pin but I still need to go lower so this is a great idea.
For the top mount, get a rubber bobbin, it'll look neater and do a better job.
Wife... you're on your own there!
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Post by Bilbo on Feb 18, 2017 22:51:42 GMT
Nice work with the edging on those cutouts. It's touches like that which make the job look proper professional. Tell the wife to pipe down, get it finished, and get to a Sussex meet yeah? |
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