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iammooks

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It’s the 21 mm you undo try not to turn the Allen key one


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I thought as much - I saw a thread ages ago where they were turning the allen key and were wondering why the head rounded off.


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Gokiwi64

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You "kids" of today - we had Stretch Armstrong, Magna Doodle, Matchbox cars, Tonka Toys and Evel Kneivel stunt bike, oh and the Chopper and or Grifter for transport
 

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I thought as much - I saw a thread ages ago where they were turning the allen key and were wondering why the head rounded off.


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Get a good Allen key so it fits snug. I had no issues at all with it


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iammooks

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You "kids" of today - we had Stretch Armstrong, Magna Doodle, Matchbox cars, Tonka Toys and Evel Kneivel stunt bike, oh and the Chopper and or Grifter for transport

We also had proper cars with proper engines. Given that you can't work on half the modern cars without a degree in electrical engineering, it's no wonder all the YouTube generation are obsessed with putting noisy exhausts on supercars.
 

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Mate mine is literally made up of donated parts so don’t worry about it haha


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Right you lot.... my boy and me as you all know are building this silly leon. Could you get over to Facebook, inster and YouTube and give us a like and share. And any ideas on videos on bits I have
done that you wanna see let me know and I will do them

What’s your YouTube name so I can search (using a different device to the forum)?


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Before I start a thread (I've done a search, but I'm not coming up with anything helpful) I just wanted to know if there are any threads on boost gauges that would help me make a decision on what to get and how much I'll need to spend? I'm only looking for something that'll give me an idea of what's actually going on in the engine. Nothing too boy-racer...
 

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Before I start a thread (I've done a search, but I'm not coming up with anything helpful) I just wanted to know if there are any threads on boost gauges that would help me make a decision on what to get and how much I'll need to spend? I'm only looking for something that'll give me an idea of what's actually going on in the engine. Nothing too boy-racer...

I just went for a basic mechanical one. Let’s me keep an eye on what’s going on. Nothing too flash. I’ll get a picture later


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I just went for a basic mechanical one. Let’s me keep an eye on what’s going on. Nothing too flash. I’ll get a picture later


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That'd be awesome - thank you. It'd just be nice to know what the engine's doing at a glance and build up some idea of whether it's holding boost. I know the girlfriend will roll her eyes (when I'm on my phone she's like "are you talking to your SEAT friends again?") but it's better to have her think I'm a boy racer with a boost gauge than to be stripping all the pipes out...
 

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That'd be awesome - thank you. It'd just be nice to know what the engine's doing at a glance and build up some idea of whether it's holding boost. I know the girlfriend will roll her eyes (when I'm on my phone she's like "are you talking to your SEAT friends again?") but it's better to have her think I'm a boy racer with a boost gauge than to be stripping all the pipes out...

Lol no worries


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Scotty_b

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Clean and (spray) ceramic coated the daily and the lifer.
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That'd be awesome - thank you. It'd just be nice to know what the engine's doing at a glance and build up some idea of whether it's holding boost. I know the girlfriend will roll her eyes (when I'm on my phone she's like "are you talking to your SEAT friends again?") but it's better to have her think I'm a boy racer with a boost gauge than to be stripping all the pipes out...

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It’s usually red. Made it blue so you could see it.

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It’s plumbed in Center of the fuel rail and disappears off top left.


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It’s usually red. Made it blue so you could see it.

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It’s plumbed in Center of the fuel rail and disappears off top left.


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Same gauge as me, think I paid about 30 quid

Also sliced your engine bay is looking TUFF. My favourite thing is seeing how people organise their bay. I havnt seen the brake booster routed like that and I’m into it.


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Same gauge as me, think I paid about 30 quid

Also sliced your engine bay is looking TUFF. My favourite thing is seeing how people organise their bay. I havnt seen the brake booster routed like that and I’m into it.


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I don’t know if tuff is good or bad but she’s stinking. Needs a new rocker gasket ( I got one months ago but never did it) it’s getting there I need a few more hose clamps etc but it’s not used most of the week so it can sit.


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That looks wicked mate fair play they look abit like the older style Porsche alloys proper finishes off how clean your car is in grey.
 
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