Davids swap

[David Sleith]

Yes Yes Yes

The old girl kicked into life tonight after a few mishaps with the electrics and a little bit of smoke but she starts and runs.

I'm dead chuffed so there is a can of lager in one hand and a beaming big smile across my face as i type.

Now just have to put the rest of it back together!!!

[nik]

fantastic...will add you to the official list in the morning mate...
congrats..

[Marksman]

Very well done that man. It only gets more fun from now on :boogie:

All the best,

Owen.

[robwsurf]

nice one mate! feels even better once you drive it!

[boondougal]

well done that man..yet another inspration!!:)

[adamh]

well done david, excellent work :clap: .. be having a few more of these then..:booz: :thumbsup:

[Paul Woods]

fantastic david! no feeling like it,well done sir!

[Gary Symons]

Congrats mate!

[jasper]

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[Sponge Bob]

Sweet... :driving:

[Shugsta]

Excellent news David....Well done mate. Congrats....:clap: :beer: First one in Scotland.

[Sooty]

:cry:

[djdna2000]

congratulations.

(dammit, got to get my arse in gear I'll be the last one finished at this rate!)

[jasper]

Sooty, you still having no luck?

[Sooty]

Sooty, you still having no luck?

Stuck with wiring. Gareth is on call so has no time, and I'm useless. Have had offer of help but need to get towcar and trailer and time off in week.

Feel free to come and wire it up if you are visiting again. :D

[jasper]

Feel free to come and wire it up if you are visiting again. :D

That should be on Joke of the Day...

[David Sleith]

See below for a picture of the cooling for the car.

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The rad at the front is a 1600 astra rad upside down and facing the wrong way round so that the exits don't foul the back rad. A bit of a job to plumb the bugger in. There is now twin 22mm inside diameter hoses clipped underside the car alongside the fuel tank for the chargecooler.

I plan to mount the pump at the back as there is longer any room for it at the front.

The rad at the back is a fiat coupe turbo unit with twin fans, again upside down as it connected better to the car that way.

Both rads have a extra 10mm bleed off at the top of then to which I'm fitting a house radiator bleed screw so that I can bleed the system.

The two rads and fans cost £40 from the local Scrappies and the hose was the most difficult part to source as you can't get anything bigger than a 19mm inside diameter hose in long lengths. I ended up getting it from a local hydraulics hose company for £45.

You can also see in the pic the battery which is a Motrio. My local factors supply Motrio gear as well as the local Vauxhall garage. The garage charge £38 for a five litre container of oil and the local factor charge £8.

WHAT A BUNCH OF ROBBING BAR STEWARDS!!!

[David Sleith]

Gets to see daylight for the first time in a year

The garage was a total tip so the car got out on the driveway under its own power so that I could clear out all the crap out the garage. Can see the floor again!

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[superchargedsam]

nice wheels fella, they aint BK238s are they ?

[David Sleith]

No mate, Kosei RG's

[adamh]

looking close , in the sunshine... its looking healthy from here, marvy. I had a clearout last w/e skipped 4-5 boxes of crap.. old hubs, mk2 hubs. can now move again. definately helps...

[superchargedsam]

they are very nice wheels there David for sure and really suit it ! Id be tempted to drive it round lke that for a while as sure would shift with all that weight off it thats for sure ! and for the looks you would get would be worth it !

[nik]

erm...youve forgotten a bit..
having a clean garage floor is almost as good as having a big wa**..!

[Jiff Lemon]

Dunno what it is, but half stripped cars look sooooo cool!

Can guarentee the moment you throw something out of the garage you'll need it in the next day two!

[Sponge Bob]

Actually - I see what yr saying Jiffy - makes them look sweet as a nut - shame we're not aloud to drive em round like that though... look like transformers lol

[lodgeman]

looking good there david!!!! whats the next stage?

[David Sleith]

Not really made up decent thread for the build so just add to this one.

The car went for a MOT yesterday and although I knew it would fail coz I didn't bother my arse to check anything it amazingly only failed on a few things.

1) Front headlight alignment out
2) Rear nearside wheel loose - turned out I hadn't tightened the driveshaft nut up tight.
3) Rear lights not working - I had an open circuit in the engine bay somewhere so just ran a new wire through from behind the passenger seat to the boot.

All fixed so back in on Monday for the MOT and thats it on the road.

Still got plenty to do but as least its on the road. Adrian Flux has quoted me £356 insurance. Still to do the phoning round bit.

[Marksman]

Splendid news :thumbsup:

Owen.

[Garbe]

did you go with the quad headlights for the mot?

[David Sleith]

did you go with the quad headlights for the mot?

Yes and no issues apart from the alignment which I hadn't even bothered to check

[Garbe]

Great:thumbsup:
was it difficult making the shroud for the lights

[David Sleith]

Great:thumbsup:
was it difficult making the shroud for the lights

A right pain in the arse although not finished yet.

Still got them off the car until I'm happy they no longer need adjusted.

[Murf]

Good news bud, mine wont be the only one tearing up Scotlands tarmac any more, then!

[David Sleith]

Drives like its on ice at the minute.

Anybody know of anywhere that will do a pucker full suspension check and setup in this area?

[Murf]

What tyres are you running? mine was kinda sketchy in the wet but new tyres made a massive difference!

[David Sleith]

Toyo proxes but due to the poly bush change and all the tracking components changed I need a full setup adjustment to get it all right.

[David Sleith]

Then a big bore exhaust to piss my neighbours right off

[Murf]

:)
Thats next on my list too, have to get a good balance between flow and loudness though, my ears dont seem to be able to tolerate a really noisy exhaust anymore!
Afraid i dont know any alignment places round here, maybe ask around on MR2OC or IMOC??

[David Sleith]

Thats the old girl passed her MOT.

Just needs tidying up and a few bits and bobs put back on her to be ready for JAE.

[Shorty]

Great news. You`ll have a good time a JAE. Wish i could go:)

[adamh]

well done dave.. bank holiday monday aswell lol :thumbsup: . i take it you got the brake issue sorted then

[David Sleith]

well done dave.. bank holiday monday aswell lol :thumbsup: . i take it you got the brake issue sorted then

Turned out the spongy feel was just down to needing a good thrashing up and down the road till the pads bedded themselves in.

Only hard a few hours this morning to get it up for a retest. I'm backshift/nightshift double shift today. Started at 2pm and here till 8am tomorrow morning.

[adamh]

i have that spongy touch aswell on the brakes, defo nowt wrong with them, they will bed in as you say after a few hours use. too many shifts !

[David Sleith]

Yeah its a long day.

Just wondering about mods now to get the power up.

Popped round to a place called the The Garage in Wishaw. Guy was road testing and tuning a MK2 turbo REV3 when I turned up.

He is suggesting a manual boost controller, Fuel cut removed and a piggyback ecu. They do all the tweaking out on the road with all the sensors clamped to the car. Someone with a laptop in the passenger side instead of a rolling road setup.

I was thinking about a Apexi AVCR boost controller but he says although they are pretty good its more major horses that need this type of thing and the manual boost controller would be cheaper and still do what I need it to do. The piggyback ECU would allow them to tweak fueling and get better power.

Who is the guru on power mods on the forum as I need advice before I splash some cash? Might just wait till I get down to JAE and pester a few well chewed ears.

Got a custom exhaust to get fabbed up over the next few weeks and the suspension geometry set up correctly.

[adamh]

well, your home safe with a charge cooler allready, an mbc is a good easy step for a few more pounds boost, which from 10-15 is a large step :mrgreen:. i think i'll be putting one in until i have built a boost control. it will also be interested to see how other motors are running on other mods and turbo's and such like.. there is a power test thing at JAE so hopefully most people will put theres up and see whats what

[Murf]

Gotta be an AVCR for controllability. My MBC used to spike and cause overboosting and fuel cut sometimes when the weather was cold and the air was more dense.

I'd go for;
Hybrid CT26
AVCR
Rev3 ecu conversion with bigger injectors or Apexi Power FC etc etc
Chargecooler.

That will let you run 17 psi happily, about 280 BHP?

[Marksman]

Great news. You`ll have a good time a JAE. Wish i could go:)

JAE, so cool even ice cold Norwegians talk about it!

O.S.

[Paul Woods]

That will let you run 17 psi happily, about 280 BHP?

with those mods id expect slightly higher than 280,maybe 300bhp

oh pm me your address matey,your caliper brackets are done :thumbsup:

[Murf]

Kool!!

[David Sleith]

Mr Flux have took the car on for £356 5000 mile limited policy TPF & T

[adamh]

no bad. will it be on the road soon?.. I can't take much more waiting for the drive!.....

[David Sleith]

no bad. will it be on the road soon?.. I can't take much more waiting for the drive!.....

Monday will see it taxed and its booked straight in for a custom exhaust tuesday at a place called Freeflow in Shotts.

The guy gave me a number of a place in Edinburgh that will do full laser alignment on the suspension geometry. Try and get that booked in at some point when I can find a day off.

Take it easy there and horse it back :driving:

Dunno if I will get it piggy back chipped before JAE or after. Should prob take it slowly on the mods until they each bed down a bit. That plus cash is running low.

[OlberJ]

Let us know how you get on with Freeflow Davie, gonna have to get something made up for the V6. Would rather it was done right.

[David Sleith]

Exhaust now fitted 316L grade stainless 1.7mm thick.

The guys were good at Complete Auto Solutions with the Freeflow exhaust system. Was pestering the guy about his TIG welder and he stuck a length of tube in the vice and after giving a quick lesson, let me get on a practice sesson while he finished fitting my exhaust.

They are based in Shotts and their number is 01501 829444 for all you Scottish folk. Price was £200

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[msherry21]

that looks nice, proper jap style, good price too.

[Murf]

Is it loud? I'd have one of those for £200!!

[David Sleith]

Well my mother has already banned me from turning up in the car as she heard it all the way along the bypass.

Its booked into Kenneth Brown Motorsport in Hillington for a full suspension geometry setup Monday but I couldn't resist taking it out for a spin this morning. Greedy boost gauge turned up this morning too so need to get that fitted to check the boost is ok.

[nik]

lovely welds on that :thumbsup: nice to see..!!
bet it well noisy..the silencer is barely larger than the pipe..:evil:

[Garbe]

£200 bargain. Looks really well made to - now how to get my car to scotland

[OlberJ]

Sweet indeed. Now how to get them to build one of those for me without having the car there :hmm:

[Shorty]

£200 really is a bargain. And i think it looks VERY good!!:thumbsup:

I paid around £480 for a custom one on my corolla:(

But then again, i got a brand new xs for £220 + £10 for shipping. £10 shipping to Norway through fedex and no customs fee. Fantastic!!

[adamh]

to echo what they said.. top price for that quality.

can i ask how much aligment is david? are your strut bars and stuff free so to speak?

[pistol pete]

dude
that exhaust hhmmm seen something similar before now where have i seen it?? hmm
oh yeah mine

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love mine so i know you will love yours
had mine made by power speed about year and half ago now

good to hear another mk1.5 on the road

[David Sleith]

to echo what they said.. top price for that quality.

can i ask how much aligment is david? are your strut bars and stuff free so to speak?

Stuff all freed up Adam so guy shouldn't have any bother hopefully. They have said its open ended as depends on the work involved for each car. They charge by the hour but should be around the £140 mark.

[David Sleith]

Delivered today a new set of Rota Grids for the dark blue S/C. 16's with 195/45/16 tyres

Not sure if I like them now I see them in the flesh. The gold could be just too gold. Will reserve judgement till they are on the car tomorrow.

Pic as always

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[Shorty]

I like them a lot. Will be nice to see them on the car but from there i think they look stunning. I usually like the weird and unusual though, so let someone else take a shot at them:)

[adamh]

i like them wheels. i rang a few geo-alignment places today. first one said a nifty + vat for aligning geometry.. then i said what i had and what needed doing, and the funny thing was he then said 'ive just asked the technicians and we cant do it' :hmm: quick exit for the shifty folk i think!.

i rang another place basically £20 for a geometry check.. the work follows that as necessary at usual rates. wouldnt be far off what you say

[David Sleith]

There isn't many places that will do a full setup. They only have the standard Kiwk Fit tracking check up and set for about the £20 quid mark.

It has taken me weeks to find this guy. Best bet is to go into some of the local motorsport racing places (not the kid on boy racers shops) and see who they use.

[adamh]

i rang a place stating wheel alignment first he then refered me to this other chap.. i better give him another ring and see if he's got the kit as you say to do more than wheel alignment. not many places down here either!.

[David Sleith]

I like them again

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[OlberJ]

Oh yes mate. Tip top :thumbsup:

Very Clio Williams. :mrgreen:

[msherry21]

they look fantastic, good work.

[jp77]

I like alot:thumbsup: sometimes things just come together, and look perfect! well done good work!

[Marksman]

Splendid :thumbsup:

How about a matching silver and gold supercharger decal to tie the whole lot together?

All the best,

Owen.

[Garbe]

they really suit the MK1 shape and sit perfectly in the arches

[Jiff Lemon]

big :thumbsup: from here too - Very nice. What offset did you get?

[David Sleith]

big :thumbsup: from here too - Very nice. What offset did you get?

40 offset

[OlberJ]

That thing sounds mental :mrgreen:

Didn't get to see it unfortunately cos i was under me own car but heard it coming down the street. :thumbsup:

Will definitely give those boys at Shotts a call and see about the V6.

[Shorty]

Yup, they do look great on the car!! Great choice!!:)