pricelessOriginally Posted by Trevhib
priceless
it was goin real good then you spring the badge on the
rocker on us all.....eewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!
Today I spent a few hours gettin on with sorting the brakes, I've already fitted the new master cyclinder ans stripped the copper lines out of the front and fitted the steel braided lines on the front, next I moved to the back and removed the old copper lines and replaced them, amazingly out of all the unions on this 23 year old car only 1 was screwed.
Fitting the rear braided lines ws easy and the new copper lines look the tits, next would've been the lines from the master cyclinder to the bias valve but when I started looking a them they were in mint condition so i left them alone.
My next result was the handbrake cable, i though it would need replacing but it turns out the adjuster was wound right out, so a few mins winding it in and I have a decent handbrake
With the engine waiting on a new set of pistons and the front brakes waiting for the garantee work to be finished I've started doing some other jobs I've been putting off, the main one being the engine bay loom.
My old one is now 23 years old and has had bits chooped out, melted wires, knackered connectors so its time to replace it but I sure as hell wasn't gunna pay K-tec 138quid they want for there one, so out came me crimp tray and reels of auto wire and I got busy making my own, gotta get some split loom to cover it and a new water proof plug for the end but all is good, cost me about 25quid to make and its custom to suit my engine as I no longer have the factory oil pressure gauge and I have a switch on the dash for the rad fan instead of thermostat in the rad.
Due to all the death threats and the warning that if it wasn't removed I'd be banned from the RTOC for life the turbo badge has gone from the rocker cover, my apologize to the RTOC and everyone who owns or has every owned an R5GTT
that just makes you look stupid matedo what YOU want to do to YOUR car!
I wasn't sure about it before anyone had said anythingthat just makes you look stupid mate
With this new build I intend to take my time and get everything done right first time instead of bodging it like I have in the past, take this next part for instance, when I did the EFI conversion I just left the map sensor and boost control valve sat behind the bulk in amoungst a jubble of wiring from the ECU, this time I've taken a off cut of carbon from my door cards and made a plate for them to sit on on the front face of the bulk head for all to see and to allow for easy acess
With CGB being a pain and not sending out my pistons even though I've paid for them
I had to change my plan, fortunatly JP came to the rescuse with thr missing piston, top man thanks
I dropped my rods and the new pistons off at my local machine shop and with luck they'kk be ready for tomorrow night and then I can finally finish the bottom end and get it and the gearbox back in the car and get on with putting it back together
Right I have me pistons back and I'm gunna put them in the block 2day to finish the the bottom end.
Due to GSF not having any GTT steering racks in stock I've had to chuck the old rack back in for the time being but heres the wierd bit, its still heavy but the play in it has gone, sometimes these french cars are just plain strange.
With the garantee work in the engine bay complete I've been able to make up the last copper brake line, refill and bleed the system, took ages and help form James Butterworth (brother of MarkyB) and I now have brakes that feel how brakes should and not what they were like when I got the car.
My plan was to have the old girl up and running by the 26 april ready for a local classic car show but it looks like I may have to get it towed there, that is unless I can get a couple more days off between now and then.
Right I've finally got off me arse and got the bottom end finshed, fitted the flywheel and clutch and mated it to the gearbox reday to go back in the car, with any luck I'll have that done before the end of the week and then I can get on with plubing everything back in again, still waiting on my tubular manifold though, hope its finished soon or it could hold things up
Taking people's advice on this site is stupid?that just makes you look stupid mate
The reason the badge faux pas was pointed out was as it was in contradiction to the chrome rocker cover assertion, not because either mod sits on some list of RTOC-banned smeg-ups (Red Dwarf reference there).
but it did look dog**** tho.... lol
I couldn't possibly commentbut it did look dog**** tho.... lol
Yes all right it wasn't my best ideaI couldn't possibly comment
thursday is the day oliver!!
yep, hope it all goes well
Its in at last, took 45mins but the bottom end and gearbox are in the car, need some new bolts for the engine mounts and the box needs a clean up but its startin to look good again, tomorrow I'm spending about 5 hours refitting the drive shafts, cleaning the box, fitting the rad, header ttank, degassing tak, starter, rewrapping the down pipe, fitting the wiring loom, fitting the carbon plate mounting the map sensor and boost control solenoid and loads of other bits, should have some good progress pics by saturday night
Finally got some pics uploaded
The bottom end and gearbox went in thursday night with my spare head to hold everything in place
Spent saturday morning fitting the drive shafts, rewrapping the down pipe, fitting the wiring loom, fitting some of the coolant hoses and offering up the rad and the other hoses
Did abit of arty farty and painted the end plate for the head in red to match the block
Well everything was going to plan saturday, I got everything reconnected, replumbed and filled ready to give the new engine its first crank, but thats where it all went wrong, because I've made a new CrankPositionSensor bracket the sensor is in a different place to where it was before and now I just can't get my head round setting the ecu to account for its new position.
All I need to do is get some beers in me and read the manual
Although it wasn't running the 5 did make it to its first show of 2009 thanks to Jez at Carrera
Remember the blue boost hoses are gunna be replaced with black ones when they turn up and there's still a tubular manifold and external wastegate to go in but here's the new look to the bay
good work oli
All the shiney bits need a good clean and I' gotta redo the carbon mount for the map sensor and boost control valve but its looking good again
looking good Oli
i love this pic!! just need jp's and carters and its the suffolk posse!! lol
and Handy Andy
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Yes but handy andy is not from suffolk
Good point, the vile norfolk boy shall not be allowed lolNew poster! (less than 10 posts)
Yes but handy andy is not from suffolk
ime sure H335 HRK would look good in that pic also
It would but u ain't in suffolk, sufolk gtt's only
here ya go alex, HRK in da house...
here ya go alex, HRK in da house...
Ah good times
very nice car's!!!!
I have just bought a sneaky little mod for the Toaster, been thinkin about 1 of these for ages, I dunno about anyone else but when I come home at 1 in the morning my loud exhaust is waking the neighbours and getting me in trouble so I've just ordered 1 of these so I can make the Toaster alittle more stealth like when comin home late or so it can pass any noise tests at trackdays or just to remove a reason for the plod to pull me over
http://www.apexi-usa.com/products/?id=5326
watch out for the style police now lol
you have done a great job therethats one nice car
I reset all the valve clearences, changed the oil and filter, tweaked the timing and bloody hell what difference, when the new engine started it sounded like crap, tapping, banging and knocking all over the place, now its its perfectly quite and smooth, well apart from the sidey of course
I've put some plugs in the 5 thinkin that would be the cause of the missfire, nope that would be the HT lead that wasn't on properly
It now revs nice and smooth, just got some ideling issues but that'll be fixed with abit of mapping, I hope.
Thanks to Handy Andy I now have a K-tec tubular manifold which is good cus I can now get the wastegate take off done but it somehow doesn't feel right because the only reason I got it is because he's stripping his ph1 and selling off the parts, end of an era with that car, I bloody loved it, sad to see it end its life in bits
I've put some plugs in the 5 thinkin that would be the cause of the missfire, nope that would be the HT lead that wasn't on properly
You spleen
Don't say itYou spleen
For the first time this year, C122LHK has seen positive boost baby yeah
Thanks to steller effot by my mate Alex, my R5 now has an external wastegate, what we thought would be a 2 hour job turned into an 7 hour job but it was worth it in the end.
The first major hurdle was the fact the K-tec down pipe wouldn't clear the K-tec tubular manifold, so Alex got busy with the tig welder and added an extra inch onto the turbo elbow, then I heat wrapped it
Then we had a choise of were to come off the collector for the WG, we decided the easyest route would be under the turbo.
The screamer comes out just next to the chassis rail, I'll take some pics tomorrow
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Right now the external wastegate is plumbed in I can get on with sorting other things out, first things first, the drive home after getting the wg fitted showed up a few issues
1. the brakes have god knows how much air in em but when they bite my head goes through the windscreen, abit of adjustment needed there.
2. while cruiseing its ok but when pulling away or accellrating there's a bad knocking sound, I thought it was the down pipe catching the drive shaft but its got at least an inch gap between them, I've got a feeling I fitted 1 of the new engine mounts wrong so engine is tipping back alot further than it should.
3. the brakes seem to be grinding on something, weather its a stone or somit caught between the pad and disc I don't know.
4. the throttle position sensor is way out and needs resetting.
5. the timing needs setting up properly with a timing light.
6. at idle its chucking loads of unburnt petrol out the exhaust, the fuel map defo needs adjustment till it gets properly mapped next month.
Sorted the grinding brakes, we won't mention that 1 of the pads was in back to front
Resetted the throttle position sensor and there's a massive improvement in drive abilaty.
With a prod from MarkyB the HT lead order was reversed and made no end of difference, looks like it had been running on the wasted spark
Still can't to the bottom of this vibration/knocking problem though, any ideas would be helpfull
Cant see that making any difference?With a prod from MarkyB the HT lead order was reversed and made no end of difference, looks like it had been running on the wasted spark
Sounds like you should get it mapped before you mess on with it too much.
I didn't think it would either but it ran so much better straight away, don't ask me why cus I ain't a clue
Well I've made some progress but also caused some issues
1. while the 5 was off the road I replaced the master cyclinder, the copper lines and the flexi hoses but it looks like when I fitted the master cyclinder I punchered the servo and its fooked
2. I've removed both front hubs to check the driveshafts to see if they are the cause of the vibration and found 1 wheel bearing slighty worn and the other in technical terms "completely ****ered" so time for 2 new bearings
3. While the driveshafts look and feel ok I wanna pull bake the cv boots to give them a proper check to see if I'm missing something but that can wait till I've done the bearings cus 1 of those could well be the problem
Right I've done my bearings and changed the driver side driveshaft and its reduced the noise alot, the bearings defo needed anyway.
The only thing left is the passenger side driveshaft but my spare is no good cus on the inner joint the roller that retains the pins has made a bid for freedom, is there anyway of fixing this or the shaft usless?
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