cheers phil, ive been watchin you project thread also, if only mine was as mint as yours then i would never loose motivation.
seeing as im abit of a wheelwhore (my previous history of cars backs this up lol) im sure that with another set of wheels on there abit different from the norm will surely bring my motivation back.
now just to get it running/starting propperly and sort out the fueling and boost.
i did think about cheating with the boost problems and get a t28 rather than the vnt??
heres a slight update. nothin much has happened really apart from i refitted the choke flap and not it starts fine.
the only change (soon) really is new wheels. i got bored and bought a set of porsche wheels. just waiting to have the adaptors machined out to fit the r5 hub as there off a vag.
i got them for a very good price including adaptors. as yet im not too sure how there going to look, but if it comes to it i'll sell the wheels, keep the adaptors and find somethin else porsche and different from d90's
heres a taster pic
Sweet porsche teledials. I'm in love already
Flaps, can't live with them, can't live without them
Liking the look of the wheels, need to see more
abit more progress on the wheels
a good friend has machined out the centre bore on one of the hub adaptors to make it fit the 5 hub. all he needed to do was the enlarge the centre bore by 3mm (from 57.1mm to 60.1mm). the adaptors i have are 20mm front and 30mm rear. we started with a 30mm adaptor and im glad we did. it needs abit more taken off the back to miss the rear caliper/pad but the centre was spot on.
i decided that due to the diameter of the adaptors and the size of the front brake caliper, there was no way the adaptors were going to fit with std front brakes.
i refitted my big brake conversion parts and tried them on the front. with a 30mm adaptor on the front, the brakes only just clear the wheels so the 20mm adaptors are defo not going to fit
the big brakes through the teledial(need to rebalance them with the weights in a different place though lol)
the wheel sits really nice in the arch also
as im now in the need of purchasing a pair of thicker adaptors to use on the rear, i trial fitted the 30mm adaptor and wheel to the rear with the caliper removed to see how it would sit in the arch to guage what thickness rear adaptor i can get away with.
this is with the 30mm adaptor so ive decided i can get away with a 35mm
hopefully the new adaptors should be here thurs/fri so hopefully i shall have them machined either friday or monday ready to go on
cant wait to see a decent shot of this lowered on the deck on these wheels, to see the stance
i now have the other adaptor back for the other side front. now im just waiting on delievery for the new rear adaptors and a fresh set of longer wheel bolts also for the rear
wheels are on
front brakes look huge!!!!
That's funny, i was hunting for the same wheels
looks nice!
They look so good! I didnt think they would suit, but it looks
That is a very sexyful looking 5, would love that for a daily drive!
Nice work Jimmy b! You are a bit of a wheel whore aren't you?
Forgot to ask how it drives with the new wheels?
Well done fella.
Yeh defo a wheelwhore lol.tbh it drives fine and is quite comfy compaired to when it was on the 195/45'sOriginally Posted by Woznaldo
Nice work Jimmy b! You are a bit of a wheel whore aren't you?
I wasnt too sure at first but i dare to be different
Forgot to ask how it drives with the new wheels?
Its on pistonheads
awesome 5
it on there to test the water.im happy to keep it but think i'll look for a second car.mayb a 182
Those wheels look awesome!
wheels are on
front brakes look huge!!!!
they look fit mate
cheers for the comments fellas. took it for a drive today as it was a nice day but i didnt anticipate the temp and ended up with carb freeze. it was only 6deg c so my intercooler must work really well lol
well this could be one of the very last updates to this thread from me .............
but here we go
porsche badges painted on the centre caps (cheers dad)
i also changed over the speedos from my old dials to my new blue dials as the speedo was reading wrong. i always thought my old dials were a yellow dial kit but now im not too sure
and heres a few more of it on the porka rims
and heres my new car which i am picking up on the 31st
2004 clio 182, 32k, usual full fat stuff + satnav
plans are cup spoiler and splitter, anthracite wheels, engine cover and side bullets, polished inlet and then some eibach pro springs (20/15)
Jimmy, Skoda splitter FTW on the 182 buddy.
Cheap as Chips
that what u have on yours j8tro??
o yeh and ive got a fastcar mag shoot on the 31st also as after pickin g up the clio there will be a massive cleaning session happening
where did you find the clio bud? How much did you pay? Has it got the cup packs? I really want a 182 to replace the 5, miss driving my missus old one soo badly!
local ford dealer. my bro works for the same dealership in the pug department and told me that it came on stock. the next day i'd put a deposite down lol.
it doesnt have the cup packs but i already have a cup spoiler for it
i paided a total of 4900 with 2yrs warrenty. there are cheaper clios out there privately but its too clean to be true!!
and an update on the 5, a girl called emma came to veiw it yesterday and providing her van sells today, she is intending to collect the 5 on tuesday evening
make sure it stays on these boards dude..!!!
its not going very far so i'll try get the new owner on here.she wants to get it painted in the oridgenal blue so it looks promising
SOLD
but will be in fastcar magazine in a couple of months time
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