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27 January 2010, 04:36 PM
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gonna go and prep the engine bay area now and see if there is anything else i could be doing before i put it all back together tomorrow...
gonna go and prep the engine bay area now and see if there is anything else i could be doing before i put it all back together tomorrow...
28 January 2010, 10:40 PM
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looking good mate have you thought about rotating the compressor housing on the turbo to get rid ov that nasty bend on the front mount its a good little mod and helps with bit ov lag and makes the engine bay bit easyer to work on
29 January 2010, 08:35 AM
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still waiting on the vac hosing mate, hopefully it comes today. oh and i fitted some of them carbon teardrop mirrors...
is there any pics of this mate? never heard of it being done. is it an easy job or is it turbo off to do, many thanks mate.
is there any pics of this mate? never heard of it being done. is it an easy job or is it turbo off to do, many thanks mate.
29 January 2010, 04:39 PM
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its a easy job to do with idealy the turbo off but how far you have it stripped down you can easely do it like that..and there are many mods you can do after fitting a fmic to help reduce the pipe owrk and flow but there not many ppl do the mod or actually know ov it. i do it no all my sets ups and a few other tricks i have up my sleave with my set ups and swear by it
the vf turbo range are the easyist turbo's to do it on just unbolt the front compressor housing including removed the actuator once unbolted remove front cover and rotate to the postion you want (facing opposite way it is now) then do all bolts back up but there will need to be a new hole drilled into the actutor bracket to re mount it will take about 5mins to do that then once all bolted up you need to cut your fmic pipe to a more suitable lenght and and use a silcone joiner to link to the turbo simple
you find it gets rid ov the nasty bend on the fmic pipe also loses about 1 and a 1/2 ft ov pipe work it will also reduce lag slightly and help with heat soak as the fmic pipe no longer passes over the hot turbo bud hope that made some sence
this is my early ra the turbo was a tdo5 on this so slightly differnet but you can see how the fmic pipe goes
the vf turbo range are the easyist turbo's to do it on just unbolt the front compressor housing including removed the actuator once unbolted remove front cover and rotate to the postion you want (facing opposite way it is now) then do all bolts back up but there will need to be a new hole drilled into the actutor bracket to re mount it will take about 5mins to do that then once all bolted up you need to cut your fmic pipe to a more suitable lenght and and use a silcone joiner to link to the turbo simple
you find it gets rid ov the nasty bend on the fmic pipe also loses about 1 and a 1/2 ft ov pipe work it will also reduce lag slightly and help with heat soak as the fmic pipe no longer passes over the hot turbo bud hope that made some sence
this is my early ra the turbo was a tdo5 on this so slightly differnet but you can see how the fmic pipe goes
29 January 2010, 04:57 PM
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******UPDATE******
fitted the carbon teardrop mirrors yesterday and here are the pics, im well happy with them. they look awesome...
also fited coilovers a few days ago so now the car sits lovely and not on stilts.....
fitted the carbon teardrop mirrors yesterday and here are the pics, im well happy with them. they look awesome...
also fited coilovers a few days ago so now the car sits lovely and not on stilts.....
29 January 2010, 06:27 PM
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that look svery nice mate loving the mirrors
you and malc are geting me in bother with the missus
got plans now when my garage is finished at home to get mine apart and have it painted white 
you and malc are geting me in bother with the missus
got plans now when my garage is finished at home to get mine apart and have it painted white
30 January 2010, 04:26 PM
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FINALLY THE CAR IS BACK TOGETHER, spent all day in the freezing cold and now its time for a warm........... il post before and after pics up and let the pics do the talking. im knackered!!!!!!
before
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30 January 2010, 04:55 PM
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ha ha it's not at the moment though!
I thought about that too, but when i saw a sample of the matt black my arm was twisted, here's a better pic
I thought about that too, but when i saw a sample of the matt black my arm was twisted, here's a better pic
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30 January 2010, 05:11 PM
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and they the wheels i want too!!!!!!! damn you.
18" prodrives are the mutts nuts my friend, did you paint them yourself? if so did you use a laquer over the top of the matt??
18" prodrives are the mutts nuts my friend, did you paint them yourself? if so did you use a laquer over the top of the matt??
30 January 2010, 05:16 PM
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There off a newage with the et48 offset so the big brakes can fit (when i buy some) and orginally came in silver.
No they were powder coated at metal magic in barnsley, no laquer needed and only cost £45 a wheel, had them done nearly a year ago and they still look like they've just been done!
They also did my inlet manifold for £35
Doesn't look as good as that though now after a fully forged build and a front mount fitted, but will be sorting back out in the summer!
No they were powder coated at metal magic in barnsley, no laquer needed and only cost £45 a wheel, had them done nearly a year ago and they still look like they've just been done!
They also did my inlet manifold for £35
Doesn't look as good as that though now after a fully forged build and a front mount fitted, but will be sorting back out in the summer!
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30 January 2010, 05:29 PM
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i paid £600 with a near new set of pirelli p zero nero's but the tyre size was wrong for the classic and sold the tyres for £225 which went towards a new set of boots, don't think you'll find a set of 18" P-WRC 1 wheels cheaper than £500 so get um bought lol