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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by markey b View Post
    after long time not touching it decided to do some bits,

    pics will follow, basically dash out, new loom, new alarm, new dash, move steering column and sort wiring..

    started sat, last nite got dash back in, alarm tonight and tomorrow, then onto engine, tubular manifold and MSD coil to go on...
    Mark so where are the update pics

    Also which MSD coil did you go for??

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    pics need my laptop working to post them lol

    got msd blaster coil in the end



    here are couple of dash/wiring progress pics






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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    pic as of last nite.... nearly done now


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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    getting there fella, is the column in the right place with the seat in?

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    looks great well done

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    As hard as you like!!! well done fella

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

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    stunning!! great workmanship mate.

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    finished! will post some pics once I've hoovered it out and cleared it out and put seats back in

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    a few pics from last nite, will get some better ones this afternoon when its back outside
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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    wrong pics...
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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Love this car

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    flocked dash top arrived... just need to fit it, along with hundreds of more bits i've stockpiled


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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    more bits to add to the ever increasing pile of 'parts to fit'



    good news is i'll be moving into my new workshop start of feb so will be able to get much more done than my little unlit garage at the moment

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    latest update:



    after helping to oli's heater matrix sunday, got the car up the workshop and got started, finally got the AEM gauge in, MSD coil and toad up and running with remote lights and headlights, and dual zone proximity sensor.

    still got a massive list, but will be working on it properly now i have the time/space

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    got oil cooler fitted now, something a bit different....








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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Thatll be nice when you hole it with a big stone

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Looks good, make sure you put some mesh behind it to protect from stones in the wheel arch, mine gets caked in crud and stones after a while! Have you got a stat' take off plate? I would recommend you fit one or you could run your oil too cool with the big rad!

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    i hardly use the car, but will mesh up behind it for some added protection. next on the shopping list is an oil temp gauge, and if its too low i'll add an inline stat

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    alot of hard work put in to it, least to say its all paid off stunning 5 mate !

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    few questions..

    whats with the MSD coil???

    and where did you get your carbon splitter? looks the biz..

    thanks

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    As said many times in the past about your 5... love it

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    msd coil is just higher output than the OE coil



    splitter is one I made, along with canards and fog ducts etc

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    out of interest mark, i see you hvae removed the front cross member for the intercooler, have to made a strut to go across the 2 and over the intercooler ? , just wondering as i removed my cross member but im contemplating making somthing to do the same job

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by djinuk View Post
    out of interest mark, i see you hvae removed the front cross member for the intercooler, have to made a strut to go across the 2 and over the intercooler ? , just wondering as i removed my cross member but im contemplating making somthing to do the same job
    i have a brace to go across, but never use it tbh. the subframe is strong as it is

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    this weekends progress was manifold and a few niggles sorted






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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

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    Very very impressive, Mark! I am still trying to get my jaw off the floor!

    Brilliant! I feel like inventing a new word - what about insanilicious? hmm, yep that is definately the right word...
    Keep posting

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    finally got my oil cooler leak free tonite 60psi oil pressure when cold now, can't be bad


    all fits behind the grille too which is lucky, i was worried for a minute..





    engine bay almost back together, just ordering a couple of new pipes to replace some crappy ones





    still got lots to do, but its getting there

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    grrr still leaked even wit new sanwich plate and seal, big thank u to lill bro jimmy_b for having enthusiasm to fix it finally. really do have no leaks now :-)

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    few more update pics

    finally leak free!!



    painted brakes to match calipers now



    cheeky one of bro's new 182 fitting his £130 cup splitter



    almost back together, and my other halves KA which drove up there tonight as a 1.3 and will drive away as a 1.8 zetec (one MY car is done ) already got the sportka bumper on to check the fit


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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    been slightly distracted lately as i now have 3 cars on the go... the ka has its zetec heart, and i'm currently restoring the 'barn find' to its former OE glory, so poor old ginger has taken a back seat once again

    finally making my gauge pod up





    and a couple of shots from the weekend of oli's and the barn find in the unit





    and u can see ginger hiding in the background! 4x r5's in one place! (black ph2 is behind the ka )




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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    That unit looks fooking handy, how did you go about finding that.......

    Would love to have space like that, a bit over working in a tiny garage

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Wallace View Post
    That unit looks fooking handy, how did you go about finding that.......

    Would love to have space like that, a bit over working in a tiny garage
    share it with a mate, athough its mostly full of my fleet

    i've managed up until recently with my mums carport, but workshop is an absolute godsend, plus it means i've bought 2 more gt's in 2 weeks as i can store them now

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    How's the donkey?

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by BriC View Post
    How's the donkey?
    oli, or the one that lives outside?

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    tonites orange car progress was flocked dashtop and gauges back in


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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    the weekends events... sat cleaned it up, sat eve blew it up

    sunday ripped it apart, liner cracked between 1 and 2

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Not good matey sounds like you may have a det problem as your are running high comp so you are much closer to the threshold. What max boost do you run nowadays? and do you use the water injection to help reduce the det?

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by James5 View Post
    Not good matey sounds like you may have a det problem as your are running high comp so you are much closer to the threshold. What max boost do you run nowadays? and do you use the water injection to help reduce the det?
    was running 2bar on a long 5th gear pull, so my fault! no signs of det on pistons or liner walls, or head. vehicle has been breathing heavy for a while as well. was using water injection

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    2bar is a lot of boost, to crack a liner she must have been knocking a fair bit/fuelling leaned out...classic carb bowl emptying on a long pull?? Get a steth on when u get it back together to listen for det.

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Brigsy View Post
    2bar is a lot of boost, to crack a liner she must have been knocking a fair bit/fuelling leaned out...classic carb bowl emptying on a long pull?? Get a steth on when u get it back together to listen for det.
    was flat out for about 10sec max, probably less, afr's looked ok in the corner of my eye but its hard to check them when your concentrating on driving

    here are some pics from yesterday, didn't get too many as i was hands on all day



















    new rings and gaskets on order, need new liner machined down by 0.75 then that can go in. also going to sort another clutch as the volvo 440 ones only seem to last a few minutes before they slip in 5th

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    last nights progress.... found this





    so got on with this:



    and a box of bits to powder coat



    and my organised mess


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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Mark, that doesn't look good damage looks like over speeding and high boost damage to the piston to cause that maybe a weak mixture in that cylinder.

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by James5 View Post
    Mark, that doesn't look good damage looks like over speeding and high boost damage to the piston to cause that maybe a weak mixture in that cylinder.
    i was going to say what would cause the ringlands to go like that.. AFR's were ok as far as i know, i use an AEM UEGO, but like i said earlier its hard to concentrate on driving on a country road at the best of times

    i think it may be boosting slightly higher with the tubular on, or should i say spiking higher, i didn't really check. that piston has been in there ages, and the liner since my pod 'pop' in 2008, tbh i just threw it together last time with the old rings on new liner etc. it was cyl one that went, it had been breathing heavily for a while as well, usually on high boost, to the point where its ruined my clutch by blowing oil down past the TDC sensor

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by markey b View Post
    i was going to say what would cause the ringlands to go like that.. AFR's were ok as far as i know, i use an AEM UEGO, but like i said earlier its hard to concentrate on driving on a country road at the best of times

    i think it may be boosting slightly higher with the tubular on, or should i say spiking higher, i didn't really check. that piston has been in there ages, and the liner since my pod 'pop' in 2008, tbh i just threw it together last time with the old rings on new liner etc. it was cyl one that went, it had been breathing heavily for a while as well, usually on high boost, to the point where its ruined my clutch by blowing oil down past the TDC sensor

    I found when I used the gaytec Mk1 manifold that boost level stayed the same but the spool up was quicker 200rpm's quicker (i got rid purely as I missed the burble). Afr's may have been ok on the gauge Mark, but the readings are taken in the downpipe so once out of the engine. The inlet manifold is a bad design and cylinders 1 & 4 run leaner than 2&3.

    Quick off topic question with your VNT and high comp engine what is the location of your TDC sensor? are you running fully retarded or advance?

    Breathing heavy could also be part problem may have had lack of lubrication for the pistons.

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    my TDC sensor is really far back (towards bulkhead) if that helps?! its how mike set it up

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    the piston damage is from detonation, be it caused by weak fueling or too much boost and ignition timing
    Alot of skylines suffer the same thing when they have been hack mapped with safc2's

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by markey b View Post
    my TDC sensor is really far back (towards bulkhead) if that helps?! its how mike set it up
    If the sensor is towards the bulkhead then that got abit of advance on there, not what you want with VNT, high comp and boost mate.

    Do you check for det at all mate?

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Markey Mark (BD) View Post
    If the sensor is towards the bulkhead then that got abit of advance on there, not what you want with VNT, high comp and boost mate.

    Do you check for det at all mate?

    Sounds like what I do Mark you need get that TDC to full retard and the get some det cans and listen to det and adjust tdc a few degs retard before you get det / knock. I like to learn the hardway also

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    Re: my ginger mobile, from start to present... pic heavy!!

    Quote Originally Posted by James5 View Post
    you need get that TDC to full retard
    Never go full retard



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