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Transport Guru MP Moderator Posts: 4947 Location: Bromley, Kent | Whole new engine for sake of a HG and maybe a skim and headbolts?? Surely it's more effort to convert a SPi engine to MPi. I've heard you need oil filter housings and all sorts. | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Tbh I haven't looked at the tow hook will do later And I don't have the time to have the car not road worthy for so long i might whip the head of just to see It's just that it got well and truly over the red twice Also I have already got the MPI parts to go over onto it As I bought them of a freon who crashed a while ago | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | so on saturday i whipped the head off to have a look and cannot see where it had gone i have pics anyone sees anything in them please help anyway got it off and stripped it down to the bare head and sent it off to get skimmed £40 then there was the emulsified coolant more like cheese then water or oil to be honest SORRY ABOUT SIZE OF PHOTOS here is when i came off after a bit of a clean up stripped it down heres what come out of the system also is there normally the gray deposit there it had a steel seal and not sure if it is that or not i can see the head has been done before as of the blue hilamar marks any other places where oil and water can meet also | ||
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Expert Posts: 11052 Location: Wolverhampton | Why was someone putting hylomar on the deck of the block? | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | There's some dodgy people about I guess | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Any one help having a bit of trouble getting the valve stem seals out on the 8v head Also after stripping it all out got the head back from the machine shop cleaned some of the pipes up as they was full of crud Only got the heater to clean out as I found a rad in the corner from my blue one And after I stripped the front down I noticed holes in the valance so got the welder out First bit I done myself on the car Then looked into the arches and I hope I can make some before POL PICS to follow | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | finally got some pictures up photobucket isnt working from phone and the new layout on there is horrible any way here is the thermo stat though as its apart change it old one solid heres the front valance with added weight saving thought best to plate it up tho then here is the arch on one side same all the way around pretty much and agian the other side is the same ALSO the other week i got my MPI's fitted up with 2 new toyo roadpro s on the front ashame they are rubbing where i lowered it onto the steels before ] heres my arch gap and here is one when i was in bristol and then the result of me being tired in a pitch black car park | ||
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Regular Posts: 237 Location: Newcastle | Not another crash | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Afraid so Any ways GOODNEWS I got her running bit smokey at first but all was good a little while later up the road Just need to drain the coolant again and fill with fresh | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Had avert busy weekend got my new boot lid from SHEP123 Flattened got rid of all the silicon primed it then this morning Painted it Primer Used the space heater to warm the paint up was a little cold today Top coat Then got to work on the rotten arches Welded in a couple of plates as they rotted away so then got the good old fiberglass And went about trying to shape them Then this morning got another message from SHEP123 asking me if I wanted his alloys for my steels so Naturally I went and got them And also found an easy way to bleed the Cooling system by jacking up the drivers side and filling the header tank with The bleed screws removed | ||
Alex-Metro |
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Regular Posts: 237 Location: Newcastle | Them alloys will suit it well, more than the Mpi's I think | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | a few people have said that waqnt to get some new tyres on them all first before i put them on | ||
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Expert Posts: 5629 Location: Letchworth/Basildon | I always jack up the drivers side when bleeding the coolant. I only have the bleed screw on the solid pipe as I'm running silicone hoses. Bit of pipe squeezing and tank blowing and I've never had an issue Making good progress mate, even if you are making more work for yourself by reversing into posts | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | It wasn't a post it was a wall unfortunately Anyway i got some new number plates thru today as mine have damp in them Got my user name on them too And cleaned the interior ready for POL and done a bit more arch Aslo had some 2 pack paint left so I fettled and done some scratches | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Right then guys not done any thing in a while but since I over heated at POL in the traffic I decided to fit a fan switch After some one told me after I try'd just bridging the switch some one said to go from the relay so I have now Ashame the stitch doesn't stay clicked in tho got it from a 200 coupe And also got some new rear speakers Vibe slick custom fit one and there so much better than the standard I blew up a few months ago Also has any one extended there wing e loom the put inside the car ? | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | And here's the speakers | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Right then guys got a feeling clutch is going cant seem to spin the wheels in the dry An also my Pirelli 's on the back aren't up to much so went to get a price on a coupe of tyres As I'm going to put 185 60 on the back as I'm paying £70 a time with the road pros and went to ATS all they do is nexen in that size now So went around the corner to national tyres and they can do me some Yokohama A359s as a pair fitted for £130 is this a good deal do you think and what do you think of them | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Seizing as I have some spare wheels thought I would paint my MPi's Thought of a lot of colours decided on charcoal black LVD paint code Paint cost me £13.80 not too bad I think | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | While I referbish my MPi's I put my r100 gta wheels on tyres aren't the best but ah we'll And a closer pic And another for good measure MPi's are going to this colour Also look at this beast that come into my work this morning | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Anyway not been on in a while got some pictures of wheels referb but have had a slight problem But il get to that later I got bored the other day at work and found a 2 1/2 bit of exhaust pipe so out came the old silencer ( box rotted off of it ) and welded it on to the original flange like so Before I cut the 10" over length bit off I toyed it mocking it up using the blue one (cat fitted) sounded goergeos Then fitted to red one after with cutting down Forgot I had de-cat pipe sounded amazballs think ken block rally car sounding Was too loud so put cat back in and now sounds poo so the pipe is coming of and I'm going to try a mid box in at the back instead Pics in next bit | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Here's the decat off Any one know who made it I bought it from shep123 looks like a good fabrication Photo bucket is being gay will have to do it on computer tomorrow now | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Finally And some pictures from the referb of the wheels had to refit them whilst still in primer tho due to a tyre inner edge worn down close to the cord | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Woo photo buckets workin on my phone again And where I had to fill in a big stone chip | ||
GoldRush |
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | im back from well infact nothing just not been on here much lately although i have done quite a bit of work on her a few months ago i bought a rear gti arb from shep and after not having it on for over a month about a month ago i put it on when i realised how much roll there was after playing with a mate in his polo breadvan so fitted it the day after primed arb primed drop links painted arb ns os found out i had a leaking wheel cylinder i have changed it but no pictures now exiting bit got some arch panels for my birthday becasue well i got fed up with looking at primer / filler / fiberglass also i made a insert for the exhaust becasuse the drone was horrible having a headache all day was not nice i also made it removable with a self taper cleaned up the overall look with some stove paint also with the heat recently wanted to take the sun roof out and figured this out to secure it then bought myself this from tom yarwood on the fb site had a 10 min practice at lunch on the blue one so i can get a bit of practice before i do 2.0's arches and then a photo from saturday when i went out riding up the old dirt jumps with some mates managed to fit : 2 bmx 1 26" dirt jumper 1 shovel 1 pitchfork 3 bags full of riding gear 1 tool box and an empty 25l drum and 3 people so turns out its not such a small car reason why mpi's are on in primer is because the bronze alloys tyre was showing some cords on the inside | ||
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Accident Prone! Posts: 325 Location: Isle Of Wight | Well I haven't enjoyed this week had to strip the Kensington to go to the scrap yard in the sky Here is some pictures mainly of problems I had Firstly dropping the frame dropped it and forgot heater hoses On the way up Up we go And out And now for door and wings And now the door and wings that will go onto my tro 2.0 Took my valves off now she's real low | ||
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