The standard clutch master cylinder which sits in the pedal is only 0.625.
The standard clutch master cylinder which sits in the pedal is only 0.625.
Arthur mine is a pig of clutch to press but I just put that down too its rated to 580ftlbs,
what model wildwood did you refit as I might change now
The smallest of the 3 .625 iirc
What clutch do you have? I have the sachs pressure plate which is exactly what all the uprated clutches use
i'm using wilwood o.75 master with biting point halfway of the floor, it works fine with no issues
the sach cover plate splines are thinner/weaker than the spec item, and maybe easier to compress, sash uprated clutch(full kevlar type ring) is rated to 350ftlb darkside developments pushed it to 400ftlb a few years back on one of there high powered diesel cars, but unsure how long it would lastalthough most people will never use its full load capacity, anyway back on subject...as i said yesterday jp, i would go with the 0.75 and fit the stop, better to over engineer
Ok a small update as I have a few mins spare
Mini master cylinder in and working fine but need to test properly hopefully next week if all goes well
Fitted my adjusted down pipe and 're tweaked the exhaust as it was very low to the floor on its last outting.
Picture of the exhaust brackets I've made
Picture of my heat wrapped down pipe
Also just got my screamer pipe back and also my adjusted strut brace
Just need to pull my finger out today and fit both
All going to plan at the moment and looking good for FCS got my tickets ordered
Also seems like I'm not the only one loving the 5 in our family lol
Looking good mate! Wonder how the clutch will do.
Mine is fine apart from the fact the pedal sometimes jitters i think because of resistance in the meganism. Sometimes also resulting in an on off clutch without wanting to
looking really good
Small update screamer wrapped In exhaust wrap and fitted
Strut brace fitted too, just waiting on my charge cooler to come back after a last minute mod and a few pipes ordered ready to start plumbing the rad in and charge cooler
Small up date again. I'm getting the car slowly ready for French car show and it's almost done. Cutting it fine now though lol.
Waiting for some new fuel lines to turn up fingers crossed it's tomorrow but I'm not holding my breath
So recently I've sorted the centre console and a few gauges that needed fitting m s only my intake and exhaust temp gauge
Got all the water hoses in and filled up with the rad in place too
Still hopefully for fcs but still a lot to do lol.
lovely mate, it's about time to take it out again!
Looking good, the water hoses are looking neatyour definitely cutting it fine for fcs good luck for the mot
New fuel lines arrived this morning got a family bqq today but I think I might sneak off to finish getting them made and fitted
Keep up the good work mate!
9 has been pestering me too for the last few days but i've won!
Ok so today I managed to finish putting the car back together and gave her a wash ready for an MOT on Thursday the day before French car show
The radiators look aggresive mate!
One just for you Tutuur
I think it looks awesome
Will you be mapping before the show? or is that for afterwards?
agree thats looking mean a fcuk JP...
It's already mapped and running 375bhp at around a bar of boost but need it mapped up later in the year as I now have 2 sets of injectors
Looks minty fresh. I hope it passes the MOT
This is mad! Great install
Originally Posted by JP Racing
It's already mapped and running 375bhp at around a bar of boost but need it mapped up later in the year as I now have 2 sets of injectors
Should have some poke then
It's passed is MOT with only one advisory and I will sort it out after fcs yay got a picture from the garages pit while I was there.
And while I was there red had a friend called Hugo who was getting some work.
Hugo even has his own Facebook page.
You really have cut that finewell done on the pass
Great stuff
nice! will be looking for this Saturday!
Nice work, and congrats on the MOT pass. Looking forward to having a nose around this on Saturday
Good result on the MOT!!
Looking good mate wish i could get down to FCS to have a nose around it..
Full 3" you got? you use a flexi at all? And is that wrapped all way along?
Just a quick update.
After getting the car ready to go to French car show it revealed a few issues. First off the boost was spiking and couldn't be controlled very well. After the first stop I checked the Wastegate to find the pipe ends had unscrewed and come a little loose.
Then on the way to fcs the gearbox felt lovely with the new ratios but unfortunately the gear cable end, which fits onto the box, decided to break leaving me stranded for a little while. Some rtoc members stayed till I managed to cable tie it back on to get to fcs. Then on the Saturday I had to get to Swindon to get new parts to replace. Sorted.
The car felt quite flat and didn't boost properly too and I was getting a lot of fumes in the car cough cough cough not nice.
So I took the car apart to investigate and found a few problems.
Exhaust manifold had a crack in it along a weld which had been ground back.
Exhaust manifold was leaking from the gasket too.
Then to top it off I hit the exhaust at a local garage to loosen the bolts on the turbo elbow and bent 4 out of the 5
While I was under the car putting bits right I also noticed a nice split engine mount which has only lasted around 500 miles. That would explain the cam pulley touching the front strut tower and leaving a mark.
This one's not a major problem but the fuel tank was only 35 litres and the dip sensor would only read about 50% of the tank. So had to guess what was left which was a pain.
Also the turbo exhaust housing still had the hole for the penny washer in it but it was blocked off with the down pipe but as it was loose I was losing lots of exhaust gases around the turbo. I run an external gate so no need for the hole so had it welded up.
The exhaust hanger rubber had pulled through and the exhaust had a little more movement the an it should.
Also as the exhaust was a little loose it melted the cv boot on the drive shaft.
So far I have fixed just about all of the above and will put pictures up of everything later on.
Keep going at it JP. That's not a bad list considering the major surgery this car has had
It's all good Trevor. If it rains tomorrow I'll have a day finishing bits off
Fuel tank has been extended and a longer dip tube fitted so now it's all good
Next on the list was remove the drive shaft and replace the c.v. boot. The job was made lots easier by removing the turbo and down pipe and exhaust manifold. As the manifold needed coming off it didn't matter too much. Had some pictures of a drive shaft before and after but can't find them bugger.
While I was playing around under the car I noticed the engine mount had gone a bit wrong.
The top metal piece has separated from the rubber allowing the engine to rock quite a lot.
So I decided to make some new mounts for the car. I made them very similar to the v8 engine mounts so 2 large steel washers with the polyurethane Bush in the centre held together with a nice 10.9 bolt with lock nut and they came out alright.
Fitting these tomorrow hopefully.
Also a little something different to hold the engine away from the tower as an extra precaution.
Just a pair of brackets and a steady bar made from some rose joints and threaded bar.
Thanks to handy Andy for making the brackets and cutting the polyurethane bushes. Much appreciated thanks
good to see youŕe still fiddling with the car mate!
Still sorting little bits out getting all the little niggling bits done ready for some more tuning at efi parts. Not booked nothing yet but later in the year will sort something.
Nice work JP, good idea with the bracket as remember Oli's belt munching into the tower at Retro Show Santa Pod
The bracket was only mocked up will fit it Monday as I've just sprayed it all and drilled all the holes
Mine has done the same as oli's car but mine only just touched the paint so no damage on the tower or cam belt. Its because of the engine mounts not being up to the job but I'm currently changing mine as we speak
Had a good day yesterday. Managed to change the engine mounts over.
I take it your putting a damper on that rose jointed engine steady? If you don't I would think it'll snap that stud of.
Looking good though fella
Was thinking of cutting the rod and using a 5th polyurethane Bush with the washers in the centre. Should be enough to take out any movement
Not updated this for a while so thought I will get on it.
I have fitted new door cards which have been flocked and get rid of the big holes where the speakers went. I went for a lighter shade of grey than std to lighten it up in the cockpit. I've also had a few other bits flock to break the colours up a little.
Before
And after
Also I fitted some sill protectors which have been in the shed for years. You can also see the center console and Sun visor which has been flocked too.
Will be checking my engine mounts over winter just to check them out. They are working really well with very little engine movement and not much more vibration than with the last mounts.
Got a little bit of a check list to do over winter.
Front shock is leaking so will be sending them off to gaz and have them refurbed.
Got to replace the brake nipples in both the rear calipers as they have been broken off.
Need new tyres all round and need to research what to go for. Was looking at a few different ones at the moment.
Got a few bits to do to the body kit as it's getting a bit chipped on the paint work where they were stored and moved around my shed so might get some bits resprayed. Might even go back to red.
Need to get the tracking sorted after changing a track rod end and now they don't look right
Need to get up to scoff for another map so might get that done once the list is completed.
Good stuff bud cant wait to see it for real
Going to be up dating my car this year need a few things like suspension Refurb new rear calipers for next year. Then I've got some new wheels which I will be painting myself and I'm going to change the body kit too.
Good to see you're still busy with the car! Doorcards look mint!
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