What have you done in your garage...?
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Can't take any credit for it, all Ant's work!
My contribution was to get the bonnet (NACA) duct painted the same as the rest of the car. Originally it was plain carbon fibre, looked mean but not very 'factory'...
Am banned from spending any more money on it at the moment - apart from tyres and petrol...
My contribution was to get the bonnet (NACA) duct painted the same as the rest of the car. Originally it was plain carbon fibre, looked mean but not very 'factory'...
Am banned from spending any more money on it at the moment - apart from tyres and petrol...
Doc Toad said:
Can't take any credit for it, all Ant's work!
My contribution was to get the bonnet (NACA) duct painted the same as the rest of the car. Originally it was plain carbon fibre, looked mean but not very 'factory'...
Am banned from spending any more money on it at the moment - apart from tyres and petrol...
Doc, was thinking about boxing in the airfilters on doing something like this....My contribution was to get the bonnet (NACA) duct painted the same as the rest of the car. Originally it was plain carbon fibre, looked mean but not very 'factory'...
Am banned from spending any more money on it at the moment - apart from tyres and petrol...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/...
griffdude said:
Doc, was thinking about boxing in the airfilters on doing something like this....
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/...
I think that set up might suffer without some cool air coming in from outside, bonnet scoop like on an S maybe?http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/...
I think Ant's solution is pretty neat, NACA duct also avoids any 'ram effect' at speed, its also (apparently) very quiet in terms of wind noise, but that's not something I'm too fussed about!
griffdude said:
andy43 said:
Stupid low-slung sportscars. That is all.
#needabetterjack
Yep.#needabetterjack
Gearbox atf - tick.
Still on list - engine oil'n'filter, diff oil, tidy up 100A fuse, see if slave clutch cyl is really leaking, source and fit a cover for gaping 'ole in bellhousing to stop birds nesting in it, lie under vehicle and gaze upon the magnificence of the simple cable tie and how it revolutionised the car industry...well, in Blackpool anyway...
Started work to get the lower rear wishbones off so I can change the bushes and change the drive shaft rubber boots which are buggered after just a year.
I won't touch it for another week though due to holiday and work travel. But I'm hoping to crack on again at the back end of next week.
Piece of piss getting the wishbone outer bolts and the lower shock bolt off, but god knows how I'm going to get the front chassis side bolt off because the nut is a tight fit between the chassis and the body.
Anybody have any tips?
I won't touch it for another week though due to holiday and work travel. But I'm hoping to crack on again at the back end of next week.
Piece of piss getting the wishbone outer bolts and the lower shock bolt off, but god knows how I'm going to get the front chassis side bolt off because the nut is a tight fit between the chassis and the body.
Anybody have any tips?
in my experience nothing lasts like OE with things like this 
Valvoline VR1 oil and genuine LR filter this afternoon.
And an earful of engine oil dripping from a chassis tube near the filter. Pardon?
I shamefully had to use a monkey wrench on the sump plug - it's bloody huge!
And... more monkeys... always always check tyre pressures no matter what tyre monkey say.
New wheels'n'tyres - asked for 24 psi all round, confirmed with a 'yes, 24 psi' as I carried them out to my car boot.
33 psi. And that was the lowest one.
That'll be why it's been a bit lively on bumps then.
Next stop 100A fuse and holder. It's a 'midi' fuse holder like this I think.
And an earful of engine oil dripping from a chassis tube near the filter. Pardon?
I shamefully had to use a monkey wrench on the sump plug - it's bloody huge!
And... more monkeys... always always check tyre pressures no matter what tyre monkey say.
New wheels'n'tyres - asked for 24 psi all round, confirmed with a 'yes, 24 psi' as I carried them out to my car boot.
33 psi. And that was the lowest one.
That'll be why it's been a bit lively on bumps then.
Next stop 100A fuse and holder. It's a 'midi' fuse holder like this I think.
Barreti said:
wishbone outer bolts and the lower shock bolt off, but god knows how I'm going to get the front chassis side bolt off because the nut is a tight fit between the chassis and the body.
Anybody have any tips?
Hi Ian, Anybody have any tips?
A jubilee clip long enough to go on the nut and around the wishbone, and by tightening it'll slowly will come out, fiddly, but it works (at least, it did for me...)
Mind you, the combined top front wishbone and top mount of the shock are even more 'fun' (same principle applies, tho)
Frank
Just found the "switched power supply" wire hidden among the speaker wires.
Looks like the factory installation hard wired the radio, amp, and cd-changer all through the constant battery supply. The "switched" wire had been cut from the ISO and soldered to the constant power supply.
Hopefully this will solve my battery drain since I fitted the new more powerful radio last month. Battery was drained in a week when I forgot to stick on the trickle charge. I could leave it two weeks before with no problems.
I heard a light static from the rear speakers on the off chance in the garage, realised that and the new Radio must have been killing it. The radio and amp are now switched by ignition. The wire was there all along! Hopefully the end of the battery drain.
Looks like the factory installation hard wired the radio, amp, and cd-changer all through the constant battery supply. The "switched" wire had been cut from the ISO and soldered to the constant power supply.
Hopefully this will solve my battery drain since I fitted the new more powerful radio last month. Battery was drained in a week when I forgot to stick on the trickle charge. I could leave it two weeks before with no problems.
I heard a light static from the rear speakers on the off chance in the garage, realised that and the new Radio must have been killing it. The radio and amp are now switched by ignition. The wire was there all along! Hopefully the end of the battery drain.
Last night I thought I'd quickly change the handbrake cable. Surely it can't be that difficult.
Anyway, 2 hours later and I'd had to drop the exhaust to get the cable off - which was simple but a PITA.
Tonight I'll fit the new handbrake cable but whether or not I can get the exhaust back on by myself is another matter.
Anyway, 2 hours later and I'd had to drop the exhaust to get the cable off - which was simple but a PITA.
Tonight I'll fit the new handbrake cable but whether or not I can get the exhaust back on by myself is another matter.
Barreti said:
Last night I thought I'd quickly change the handbrake cable. Surely it can't be that difficult.
Anyway, 2 hours later and I'd had to drop the exhaust to get the cable off - which was simple but a PITA.
Tonight I'll fit the new handbrake cable but whether or not I can get the exhaust back on by myself is another matter.
Slip it on the Y piece and hook the hanger on the rubber things at the end.Anyway, 2 hours later and I'd had to drop the exhaust to get the cable off - which was simple but a PITA.
Tonight I'll fit the new handbrake cable but whether or not I can get the exhaust back on by myself is another matter.
You can then fit the 17mm bolts on the tray loosely, level everything up and tighten.
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