What have you done to your car today?

[funkytown]

 loren']

Motor will have to come out .. again

why?

leaking aftermarket sump (at the rear by subframe), rocker cover leaking, new uppipe flanges will have to be fab'd up, new shrouding / cooling set up to go in the front of the car.

with the things that need doing it will be easiest for the motor to come out i think.

[quote name='deathz0r said:

Got the beast a WoF.

Oh and installed Funky's 3 point harness. Bout to install STi seats in teh weekend and fresh oil

its a 4 pt you n00b

[deathz0r]

Bahahaha that it is.

Fail moment is fail.

[Guest]

smooth deathz0r, very smooth

i would hate to see how you fitted it, as you only counted it as 3 point, what did you do with the 4th ?

-smurff

[deathz0r]

Wrapped it around your throat to shut you the f- up

[Tony]

 funkytown said:

Gazzy - brutal buddy, thats a sad BG..

went to change the up pipe gasket last night to find its totally gone.. nudda left

removed three bolt(s) flange, undid headers off heads and removed to find the flange is EPICLY warped :@!! fffffffff!

no way i can put a gasket back in there as its munted. Back to the drawing board to get a new one made i guess in something thicker.

Best solution is to not use gaskets.... take headers & up-pipe off and get both surfaces faced so they are perfectly flat then you shouldnt have any issues. Thats how I run my header to up-pipe join...

[funkytown]

ive got a special gasket made up and will give that a try, else i will give that a go i guess.

[duckandcover]

Not so much what ive done to my car today, more what has happened over the last 4 weeks.

took car to mechanic with noise in drivetrain, horrible rattling/grinding noise guessing that its a universal joint in the driveshaft.

Mechanic cant figure it out, takes it to a second mechanic who says its a cheap aftermarket clutch that has given up.

Replace 1/2 worn Exedy clutch with new Exedy clutch, noise persists.

1st mechanic checks all diff fluids looking for metal shavings etc, all mint.

2nd Mechanic who suggested the clutch then suggests its a shaft/bearing in the back of the gearbox.

1st mechanic is weary of 2nd mechanic at this point and asks for a 3rd opinion.

Car goes to 3rd MEchanic who has never heard that noise before and is baffled.

While taking car off the hoist the 3rd mechanics apprentice says " what the fuck is that?"

It was jammed stones/gravel in the bracket for teh driveshaft.

Thanks Apprentice, i owe you a box of beers!

[DRFVDR]

yup I woulda noticed that

[duckandcover]

i cant say the same, cos i missed it. But im not a mechanic.

[DRFVDR]

Washed it

[Guest]

being a mechanic i replaced the cat on my type r with a 3 inch downpipe however driving it home didnt really make any difference still extremely impressed with the power anyway but thought i would make it breath a little easier and peeps say you get 20hp more however i must admit ive noticed nothing.

[Koom]

 Tony']

[quote name='funkytown said:

Gazzy - brutal buddy, thats a sad BG..

went to change the up pipe gasket last night to find its totally gone.. nudda left

removed three bolt(s) flange, undid headers off heads and removed to find the flange is EPICLY warped :@!! fffffffff!

no way i can put a gasket back in there as its munted. Back to the drawing board to get a new one made i guess in something thicker.

/quote]

Best solution is to not use gaskets.... take headers & up-pipe off and get both surfaces faced so they are perfectly flat then you shouldnt have any issues. Thats how I run my header to up-pipe join...

Do that plus get a groove machined in one side for a fire ring.

[mattapo]

Finaly got round to fitting my new bits, pink top feed injectors, v7 intake manifold, swapped the exhaust manifold for a non leaking one, changed down pipe, new turbo, new intercooler and fitted the under engine plate

[gazzy2000]

 mattapo said:

Finaly got round to fitting my new bits, pink top feed injectors, v7 intake manifold, swapped the exhaust manifold for a non leaking one, changed down pipe, new turbo, new intercooler and fitted the under engine plate

Lookin good man!

[xsvpwr]

 gazzy2000']

[quote name='mattapo said:

Finaly got round to fitting my new bits, pink top feed injectors, v7 intake manifold, swapped the exhaust manifold for a non leaking one, changed down pipe, new turbo, new intercooler and fitted the under engine plate

/quote]

Lookin AWESOME man!

[QRAF]

looking good man.

[BLAZD]

[Joker]

bit like Macca's back in the day aint it?

"saying" they all their burgers are "1oo% Beef" and that was the name of the farm/factory it was sourced from (maybe urban myth)

[funkytown]

 Koom']

[quote name='funkytown said:

Gazzy - brutal buddy, thats a sad BG..

went to change the up pipe gasket last night to find its totally gone.. nudda left

removed three bolt(s) flange, undid headers off heads and removed to find the flange is EPICLY warped :@!! fffffffff!

no way i can put a gasket back in there as its munted. Back to the drawing board to get a new one made i guess in something thicker.

/quote]

Best solution is to not use gaskets.... take headers & up-pipe off and get both surfaces faced so they are perfectly flat then you shouldnt have any issues. Thats how I run my header to up-pipe join...

Do that plus get a groove machined in one side for a fire ring.

how do you mean? I'm all ears

[Koom]

 funkytown']

[quote name='funkytown said:

Gazzy - brutal buddy, thats a sad BG..

went to change the up pipe gasket last night to find its totally gone.. nudda left

removed three bolt(s) flange, undid headers off heads and removed to find the flange is EPICLY warped :@!! fffffffff!

no way i can put a gasket back in there as its munted. Back to the drawing board to get a new one made i guess in something thicker.

/quote]

Best solution is to not use gaskets.... take headers & up-pipe off and get both surfaces faced so they are perfectly flat then you shouldnt have any issues. Thats how I run my header to up-pipe join...

Do that plus get a groove machined in one side for a fire ring.

how do you mean? I'm all ears

Possibly called an exhaust "crush ring"

When I've had to pick them up I have just walked into Edge Performance down here (Speedway Shop) and asked for the right diameter of one of "those" and pointed to the ring things on the wall behind the counter.

Same principle as o-ring's for headgasket issues. Just takes a groove that's about 3/4 the depth of the ring so it gets crushed when you tighten up the flanges.

[Solja]

picked up a few things from the powdercoaters this morning thought they turned out quite well, just gotta put them back on over next day or so and get ready for tuning on 20th. the manifold has been drilled and tapped on the runners for the port injection nozzles so will see how that goes.

[CUDDAS]

is that for the meth solja? (the port injection) looks good

[zarnah]

got my black manifold and top tank back in, looks a bit better i think, also replaced all my fuel lines with plain black gates fuel line

sorry, photo a bit blurry, or is it just me? its my b'day so beers have been consumed......

[aim]

All good mate, photo is blurry

[QRAF]

i was going to paint mine black but not anymore i've seen three in the last week. :