...arrived just before Christmas. Preparing for a small service, and to get the seats in, bought myself the following:
Disappointingly, the harnesses AREN'T pink as requested, no matter, probably for the better. I am also awaiting a few other parts (but seeing as I'm abroad now, it won't matter for a while), namely an Apexi PowerFC Boost Controller kit w/ 3Bar MAP Sensor, some brackets for the harnesses, an oil filter and some other things...
Hopefully the bneginning of 2009 will sign the beginning of some work to de-crappify the car - hopefully the gearbox will be swapped, the turbo will be swapped, the engine will be mapped on the HRF ecu and so on, not to mention a much needed service. So, as always, if any of this interests you....watch this space
...its back!! MOT Pass and all! It's also had the Zep Racing 4 Point rear strut brace bolted in, Stebel horn wired in (gayest thing you ever did hear...I love it!), Cusco metal bushes welded in, alignment done...it rides like a completely different thing! All for under £300, woot!
There are a few issues though...turbo doesn't seem to want to boost above 0.25Bar, and its boost cutting to hell (though to be fair, a stock ecu with no FCD, no air filter, and the brisk weather won't exactly help), oh and the headlights have been reverted to stock halogen bulbs (for now), but I'm staying positive! Pictures ajnd details to follow
The cold weather did bring its fun though:
...for the proverbial puzzle:
Just a full set of fuel injector o-rings and isolators to at least eliminate one of the issues! Now...I just have to get the car back...
...my throne has arrived! Ok, enough with this throne talk...well, I finally got my second Bride! No, I'm not a polygamist! See below
As is blatently obvious, it needs work, desparate work. It was cheap (not cheap enough, but still, cheap) though so its not too big an issue - both seats will get the center section reupholstered, and the Zeta II will need new cushions and a new cover. Good news is, it is stupidly light, like, it weighs nothing, which is great (The rail is actually heavier!), and I JUST about fit in it....JUST....
Hopefully next week will bring further updates, including the Zeta II in the car (for a bit, just to acclimitise myself to it!). Oh and finally, a little fan:
Sammy: "WTF?! You can keep this, I has chewed up baskets"
...a Pass!!
Chyeah right, Epic Fail, but not that epic actually! Only failed on blatant things like the illegal front tyres, non-working headlight, failed brake light etc...they didn't even care about the lack of a horn, working speedometer and the majority of loose suspension parts! Its in their hands now, hopefully, when it returns to my hands...it may JUST be bearable again!
Well, as I mentioned, the fuel injector was spraying petrol out...well, ok, not dramatic enough...it was gushing out like a geyser. No, to gay...anyway! On removing the Fuel Injectors I found this:
Ruptured O-ring on the leaky injector, as I thought, and on another...
Quite corroded. On tightening everything back up, I was hoping it was all good to go...but it wasn't, the engine obviously was starving cylinder 4 of petrol, and as a result, the car ran like absolute crap...but it doubled as a smoke machine, so there is a silver lining (to the Petrol-based cloud in the garage)
...when you nearly pass out from the fumes of petrol blasting out of the Heater of your car...Well, ok, I never actually nearly passed out, but regardless, very very strong odour. Anyway, I have known the injector was leaking for a while; either the o-ring is ruptured, or its badly fitted. Anyway, whilst I was fitting these (by the way, fitted Rick's Solid Brass Shifter Cable bushes, thanks sexy)
As I was saying, whilst fitting those, I noticed one of the Voltage Stabiliser wires were yellow, as below...
...and I noticed petrol dripping out! What the hell?? And at quite a steady rate. Think I fixed that but after loosening and re-tightening the fuel rail, the number 4 injector was almost spraying fuel out of the rail - injector connection. Lovely
