what have you done to your car today ?

[Rich.T]

Lots of these things I've been wondering about - boost pipes, silicone this and that - whether it'll help the engine breathe a bit better and maybe iron out some of the hesitation and what definitely feels like a lack in power from when it was new(er). First thing to do is the cheaper stuff, so sorting the turbo vanes and cleaning the inlet manifold is the priority, then we'll see if that has any noticeable effect on power delivery and go from there. For what I use it for, I'm more than happy with the stock car, but if I can keep it healthy and running efficiently, I don't see why it can't last as long again as it has already.

If you clean the manifold and turbo at the same time then take the car out, itll blow your socks off .
The difference will be like night and day.
Dont forget to work the actuator.

 

[Manic172]

Just had my daughter come round for her birthday.... she is 17 and my youngest oh sh1t I am old

 

[iammooks]

If you clean the manifold and turbo at the same time then take the car out, itll blow your socks off .
The difference will be like night and day.
Dont forget to work the actuator.

Fantastic. I just thought I'd got used to the power - who'd have thought that fifteen years without a really good clean might mean the engine's not putting out as much power as it used to?

Pretty excited now about doing it - I'll get the undertray off to do the dogbone mount and taking the manifold off will give me more light on the turbo to see what I'm doing.


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[Gokiwi64]

Just had my daughter come round for her birthday.... she is 17 and my youngest oh sh1t I am old

Mine are 26 & 21.....still think your'e old ?

 

[Sl1ced]

Just had my daughter come round for her birthday.... she is 17 and my youngest oh sh1t I am old

Mate... when I collected that bumper n stuff you didn’t look that old!


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[iammooks]

Mate... when I collected that bumper n stuff you didn’t look that old!


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Don't start. My girlfriend is ten years older than me and she looks younger than I do.


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[Manic172]

Mine are 26 & 21.....still think your'e old ?

She is my youngest lol my boy is 22 haha... he is my social media manager for intsa and Facebook lol I do this forum

 

[Manic172]

Don't start. My girlfriend is ten years older than me and she looks younger than I do.


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Hahaha you toyboy.... not long till she will have to take her teeth out lol

 

[Manic172]

Mate... when I collected that bumper n stuff you didn’t look that old!


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That was my son with me lol

 

[iammooks]

Hahaha you toyboy.... not long till she will have to take her teeth out lol

She's only with me so she's got someone to wipe her bum when she's old and decrepit.


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[Sl1ced]

That was my son with me lol

Im sure there was only one person in the shop!? Haha my bad


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[Connor H]

Got a nasty af grinding sound while reversing into my space earlier. Dark so no time to look but has me worried lol.

 

[iammooks]

At this time of year it tends to be something innocent. A couple of years ago I got some grit between my rear brake caliper and the disc. Made a horrible noise and scored the disc, but took the wheel off and unbolted the carrier and it sorted itself out.


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[Gokiwi64]

Not done alot - fitted a diagnostic gauge for err diagnosis

 

[Manic172]

Got a nasty af grinding sound while reversing into my space earlier. Dark so no time to look but has me worried lol.

Did you drive forward to see if it happens then

 

[Connor H]

Did you drive forward to see if it happens then

Yeah fine forwards but grinding and actual friction in reverse. Sounds like front passenger side

 

[Rich.T]

**** shield behind the brake disc rubbing on the disc or bottom balljoint metal **** shield rubbing on the disc.

 

[Connor H]

**** shield behind the brake disc rubbing on the disc or bottom balljoint metal **** shield rubbing on the disc.

Its enough friction to make reversing harder, im sure its not the brake shields as ive manually pried them away from the disc a couple of times on the roadside haha

gonna have to jack it up tomoz and check it out

 

[Manic172]

Had another delivery today..... but not for the race car tho.....

72" snap-on hutch for my tool box lol

 

[Connor H]

Its enough friction to make reversing harder, im sure its not the brake shields as ive manually pried them away from the disc a couple of times on the roadside haha

gonna have to jack it up tomoz and check it out

It was the alloy rubbing in reverse lol