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Posted 22 May 2017 - 05:41 PM

 

 

Getting there mate!

What type of brake line that is your using? And where did you get it from?

 

all my brake lines, breather pipes and oil cooler set up if from these gents..... http://www.thinkauto.com i would highly recommend them to anyone!!

 

 

Thanks for that, I don't suppose you remember the name of the pipe/connections? If not no worries, ill give them a call.

 

 

 

if you look here man i think it is the -3 hose with PVC outer (http://www.thinkauto...fe_hose_97.html)  the connections are just standard ones to suit brake lines. They do loads, download their catalogue and have a look, should be obvious.



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Posted 04 June 2017 - 04:00 PM

soooo....

 
after many of what felt like painful hours trying varying tactics the oil pressure gauge finally tickled me with some movement. however before i could crank it and the battery died.
 
good news it was sunny so while i was waiting i got bored.
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zip across an hour or two few more cranks and tada
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the above was yesterday job today was seeing if the bugger would start.  filled her up and switched in the ignition just to make sure things were looking well and the rear fuel lines but the tank has perrished which meant fuel everywhere!  a royal pain in the smelly ass.  i had to bodge a temp solution in place using normal rubber lines rather than my preferred stuff but for now it will do.  
 
Went to fire her up and like a magic trick a puff off white smoke come from the carb is area.  I check the fuses just in case one had blown but all was good.  then i noticed the carb float bowl was leaking.   Hoping its just the seals are **** as they look pretty hard and squashed when i took it apart.
 
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Posted 10 June 2017 - 02:35 PM

a wee update. 

 
todays task 
 
finally got the carb rebuilt.  the seals and rubbers were pretty old to be honest so i am glad it pissed out now than when the turbo is hot.  I did notice as well the down pipe wasn't done up (must have forgotten) so i am praying that was where the smoke come from the other day when it nearly started before the fuel saga.
 
also fitted the new fuel line hose to replace the old stuff on the back...
 
went to fire her up and after a few sputters the battery just gave up.  thought it could be the effort off the oil pressure last week so put it on charge.  10 mins later the charger said it was ready which was very strange.  Back in the car it went i also removed a plug and the thing was soaked in petrol, however tested for a spark and i got one; a good one at that!
 
this time turned over 4-5 times sputtered and the battery just gave up again.
 
put a multimeter on the battery and its showing 11.2-5 so i will look at taking it back to the shop tuesday for them to test and get a new one.  the dam thing is only 1 month if that old.
 
seems like endless problems but i hope to god getting there.
 
Anyway its nice out and I'm sure the misses is happy that the battery is dead cause it means i can now spend the rest off the day with her :D


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Posted 14 August 2017 - 07:26 AM

bit off a spam update as this is missing some context....

 

11th Jun, 2017 at 06:20:14pm

just updating for reference to problems i had 


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13th Jun, 2017 at 06:51:28pm

following from my problems in the "won't start" thread tonight was dismantle.

 
so she now looks like this... pulley is lose so tomorrow will knock it off and do the business.
 
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also randomly you forget how much like a bloody jigsaw these things are sometimes.  as its the first time i have had it a part since having it together i thought i would take the opportunity to see if i can get as much out in one piece as possible.  
 
Seems to work, however going back together will be bit more tricky with the tight places.
 
rad, water pump and fan all out :)
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Posted 14 August 2017 - 07:27 AM

Just in the spirit off keeping this updated. 

Car now has started after everyone's help nodiz & TM peeps, big thank you to all 

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Didnt really do much more than getting to this point as i needed to order some more heat shrink and terminals to redo the wiring again. Fit the rad etc back in ready to tweak the idling and bed in the cam. 

Also while the car has been in a state off flux with this problem i've decided to re route the screamer pipe. So rather than out off the bonnet i will more than likely send it down by the inner wing somewhere. 



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Posted 31 August 2017 - 08:46 AM

Just a 2 second update.  So after my holiday and few orders off trivial wiring stuff i managed to get the car back kinda to where i was at back in May!
 
Not sure where the time went but jesus it has flown!
 
So wiring today all back and tidy around the wing.  Actually had to undo more off the wiring to re heatshrink it but alas its all done now.  Rad and alternator back in as well.  Need to fix the earth as the threads shat themselves today then i will try to get her to idle for more than 5 seconds.
 
Also popped to Think Automotive again to finally get my breather hoses completed as the unions have been out off stock since FOREVER
 
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watch this space.


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Posted 10 November 2020 - 12:00 PM

Pretty sure this thread probably requires a massive update but I'll try shorten it as to be honest i cannot remember everything I've done and all the issues I've had since the last update in.... wow 2017....
 
- Early 2018 had to move the car from my g/f parents garage back to my parents drive.  This caused a massive bomb in motivation having to brave the elements.
- I ditched the Nodiz in the end as it was just problem after problem.  Ended up going with the DTA from MED
- Coil placement with the DTA was a *******. The wiring that come with it was the shortest ever and was just unnecessarily a pain.  If that wasn't enough the only place I had space meant that the HT leads somehow had to flow over the wastegate so not ideal either.  Time to think of a plan.
- More wiring hell, ******* i hate wiring.
- Make external wastegate 
- Tidying
 
None of the above was also helped by the fact that in Apr18 i also moved up to Chester from sunny Surrey so it was pretty hard to get to the car to work and every time I made the journey to work on it the stupid UK weather had other plans.
 
Early 2019 I also reached out to Alex from TCK to look at doing my I/C set up.  Paired with his busy schedule and me scampering to sort out the above and then some while living 200 miles away 2019 was an interesting year.  Finally Jan20 the car went off the Alex for him to work his magic and roll on to this weekend just gone where I picked her up after the RR and then drive her the 200 miles home :)
 
While at Alex's the car had:
 
- Full suspension set up
- Bucket seat mounts
- Custom Intercooler
- Custom Ducting 
- Relocated the coil pack for me.
- Carb area had a few issues
- Few other issues i probably missed :-P
- MOT 
- Rolling Road
 
The car made 120 odd at the wheels @14psi which was a bit lower than i was expecting.  The engine is definitely built for more and i know it has more in it.  Some tinkering in the future maybe and i'd like to add she is no slouch so for now certainly fast enough :-)
 
As with all these things now it's on the road the never ending 5% to get the car "finished" starts.
 
Things on my list are:
 
- Internal gear linkage
- Fix the leaky windscreen (random)
- Check as i might have a battery drain somewhere (again also random)
- Tidy up the inside.  I think she spent a lot of time outside uncovered maybe and with the leaky windscreen it could do with a wire brush and paint.
- Bloody good clean, she is filthy!! The paint is flat and while i love the look the oily hands could do with being removed.
- Paint the bonnet.
- Potentially look at getting the IC duct made out of Ali.  I know Alex wanted to do out of Ali but as time was limited as i had my train booked to come collect her he opted for fiberglass.  I know he wished he could have had more time on it but I am happy as it does the job and is a great template if i wanted to explore that road next year.
 
So in short.  Car drives amazing so thank you Alex for all your work and although he doesn't have his TM anymore Lee for helping me build the engine to the professional tolerances and spending my money haha!
 
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