What have you done to your car today?

[Stoffa]

put a medical gauze on your side lower back and show them where your kidney used to be before you sold it ;D

[ADIKT]

 Stoffa said:

same, managed to find more than an hour to work on it this weekend....

made up custom brackets for my catch can and boost solenoid, installed top tank and cut all my top tank hoses to size and clamped on my new radiator hoses.

Tried to close the bonnet and relised the ICV hits the bonnet frame, 11mm phoenolic spacers with a V8 sti manifold in a GC8 doesn't quite fit it turns out.

Need to trim some of the frame out of the way.

Just need 1 fitting and a short piece of fuel hose and my fuel system is complete, the just need one hose for crank case breather to catch can and thats out of the way.

So just need to get air temp sensor bung welded on and bolt the intercooler pipework together and ready for the auto sparky

Riase the back of the bonnet with spacers? race car

[WRXONP]

 ADIKT']

[quote name='Stoffa said:

same, managed to find more than an hour to work on it this weekend....

made up custom brackets for my catch can and boost solenoid, installed top tank and cut all my top tank hoses to size and clamped on my new radiator hoses.

Tried to close the bonnet and relised the ICV hits the bonnet frame, 11mm phoenolic spacers with a V8 sti manifold in a GC8 doesn't quite fit it turns out.

Need to trim some of the frame out of the way.

Just need 1 fitting and a short piece of fuel hose and my fuel system is complete, the just need one hose for crank case breather to catch can and thats out of the way.

So just need to get air temp sensor bung welded on and bolt the intercooler pipework together and ready for the auto sparky

/quote]

Riase the back of the bonnet with spacers? race car

Was proven by the Honda boys that raising the bonnet raises under bonnet temps while moving as the air flow through the engine bay is designed to go under the car not out the bonnet

They logged some runs with a digital thermometer - plus raising the hinges looks hick as

[Guest DUSWLO]

Lol just looks like ur a muppet that couldnt mount the bonnet probly imo

seen a few cars like that.makes it looks ruff as hell.

Gota love the SUBIES with there bonnet scoops.

[funkytown]

managed to remove my turbo with motor still it which was a nice suprise. After melting the uppipe last time and have to reset it with a new one, i suspected the orientation of it had shifted slightly such that it was going to be impossible to remove.

Wasnt the 'easssiest' removal but got it all out.

Inspected it properly once out and there is definitely oil seal failure on the turbine side. Appears to be no leakage compressor side which is nice

Now boxed up and on its way to Mr Murch.

[Guest DUSWLO]

Nice man.will be 100%bettee when you get it back

is it just a rebuild or is he guna work some magic on it

[funkytown]

 DUSWLO said:

Nice man.will be 100%bettee when you get it back

is it just a rebuild or is he guna work some magic on it

if its just blown seals then it will be cleaned, new seal kit and he's going to put in a ceramic bearing set to replace the factory ones it has. they are supposed to aid spool by a small margin. Not a 'mod' i'd do for the sake of it but seeing as its being pulled apart i thought i mind as well.

*this is all subject to the inspection once it arrives on his work bench of course.

[Stoffa]

 WRXONP']

[quote name='Stoffa said:

same, managed to find more than an hour to work on it this weekend....

made up custom brackets for my catch can and boost solenoid, installed top tank and cut all my top tank hoses to size and clamped on my new radiator hoses.

Tried to close the bonnet and relised the ICV hits the bonnet frame, 11mm phoenolic spacers with a V8 sti manifold in a GC8 doesn't quite fit it turns out.

Need to trim some of the frame out of the way.

Just need 1 fitting and a short piece of fuel hose and my fuel system is complete, the just need one hose for crank case breather to catch can and thats out of the way.

So just need to get air temp sensor bung welded on and bolt the intercooler pipework together and ready for the auto sparky

/quote]

Riase the back of the bonnet with spacers? race car

Was proven by the Honda boys that raising the bonnet raises under bonnet temps while moving as the air flow through the engine bay is designed to go under the car not out the bonnet

They logged some runs with a digital thermometer - plus raising the hinges looks hick as

not loving the raised bonnet idea, plus I've heard it can cause your windscreen to fog up on the outside in colds temps, no rubber strip stopping the hot air escaping.

anyway I'm swapping my scoop for a custom vent at some point, that'll get the heat out.

it only needs 5mm clearance, I could bash it down but would rather not

[WRXONP]

 Stoffa']

[quote name='Stoffa said:

same, managed to find more than an hour to work on it this weekend....

made up custom brackets for my catch can and boost solenoid, installed top tank and cut all my top tank hoses to size and clamped on my new radiator hoses.

Tried to close the bonnet and relised the ICV hits the bonnet frame, 11mm phoenolic spacers with a V8 sti manifold in a GC8 doesn't quite fit it turns out.

Need to trim some of the frame out of the way.

Just need 1 fitting and a short piece of fuel hose and my fuel system is complete, the just need one hose for crank case breather to catch can and thats out of the way.

So just need to get air temp sensor bung welded on and bolt the intercooler pipework together and ready for the auto sparky

/quote]

Riase the back of the bonnet with spacers? race car

Was proven by the Honda boys that raising the bonnet raises under bonnet temps while moving as the air flow through the engine bay is designed to go under the car not out the bonnet

They logged some runs with a digital thermometer - plus raising the hinges looks hick as

not loving the raised bonnet idea, plus I've heard it can cause your windscreen to fog up on the outside in colds temps, no rubber strip stopping the hot air escaping.

anyway I'm swapping my scoop for a custom vent at some point, that'll get the heat out.

it only needs 5mm clearance, I could bash it down but would rather not

if its the frame on the bonnet just cut the piece out that has clashing issues - been there done that LOL

went to the extreme one time of cutting the whole frame out of one car - very flimsy bonnet

[Stoffa]

Thats the plan, only about an inch square

[subieboy]

Finally bought a trailer for the old girl!

Needs new Ply board over tailgate & one long board on floor, has surface rust... Built low for the scoob

Any one wanna help tidy her up?

[ADIKT]

the pics dont make it look big enough for a scoobie!? looks small

[WRXER]

Lol think he means low enough to be towed by a subbie Instead of usually how high trailers are to suit 4x4's.

[ADIKT]

 WRXER said:

Lol think he means low enough to be towed by a subbie Instead of usually how high trailers are to suit 4x4's.

ooooooooh i c

[boon]

Took it for a WoF and failed on WAY less stuff than I thought it would (I knew it would fail as it doesn't have a cert for the motor, just wanted to know what else needed done)

[subi4snow]

Bought new rear springs... Hopefully put them in over the next weekend or after uni one day soon

[Stoffa]

picked up my capilers from the soda blasters, halfway through rebuilding them before I put them on the car

before/after

[CUDDAS]

Niice calipers right there man 8)

[D-Style]

You dont see many of those in NZ

[grego0o]

 Stoffa said:

picked up my capilers from the soda blasters, halfway through rebuilding them before I put them on the car

before/after

Ooo, is that them stripped back fully or coated?

[Stoffa]

Thats just stripped back. soda blasting is freekin awesome

[Johnnynz]

They look great, what did the soda blasting cost Stoffa?

Got my rims sandblasted today, ready to go to Powdercoaters tomorrow. You can still see a fe wof the deep nicks and imprefections but I am powdercoating Matte black so hoping what the powder doesn't cover the dull color wont show up to much.

[BLAZD]

Woah

[Stoffa]

 Johnnynz said:

They look great, what did the soda blasting cost Stoffa?

$87 for the calipers, all the bolts and the stainless slides

I got the steel mounting brackets stripped and powder coated as they were a bit rusty where all the paint had come off

[Jakee]

Failed a WOF yesterday. All the usual reasons, too low, too loud and tyres. Going to VADZTER's today to borrow his sweet rims till he gets his car back on the road