What have you done to your car today?
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I've always adapted pretty quickly to different cars, probably because I've had so many in such a relatively short space of time I guess.
But these are definitely the most different of any car I've driven. The clutch feels like a fairly normal clutch, just a bit stiff and hinging the wrong way, the brake is exceptionally stiff and you have to push really quite hard before anything happens (no brake booster, twin leading shoe drums all round, the master cylinder is under the floor and the pedal kind of pivots) think of how you might press the pedal for an emergency stop while in a panic in an ABS car, thats how hard you have to push to gently meander to a stop at a junction. The accelerator pedal is comparatively light and dainty and has a relatively small amount of travel.
All three act on rods and pivots, no cables etc!
The whole experience of driving it is so different that you kind of just remember what to do when you get in it. Even the indicator switch is a weird two way toggle thing in the middle of the dashboard. The starter is a pull switch, the ignition key is in a weird place, etc.
Serviced the one damper that wasn't working, drained and bled out the old oil, filled with fresh engine oil and worked it through a few times to flush it, and refilled with new 20W fork oil and bled the air out.
Cleaned the regulator valve assembly and then let it soak in some oil, then re-assembled.
Imagine that, dampers you can service instead of throwing them away and getting new ones...
Cleaned the regulator valve assembly and then let it soak in some oil, then re-assembled.
Imagine that, dampers you can service instead of throwing them away and getting new ones...
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Been a while since I've posted my car so thought I'd show the latest addition, a supercharger!
I did the work myself which is by far the my intensive car work I've done. Took roughly 7 days after work/weekends and waiting for parts.
With the custom tune it should be roughly 800hp at the crank.
I did the work myself which is by far the my intensive car work I've done. Took roughly 7 days after work/weekends and waiting for parts.
With the custom tune it should be roughly 800hp at the crank.
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Been a while since I've posted my car so thought I'd show the latest addition, a supercharger!
I did the work myself which is by far the my intensive car work I've done. Took roughly 7 days after work/weekends and waiting for parts.
With the custom tune it should be roughly 800hp at the crank.
This is extremely stupid.
Bravo, I love it!!
Hopefully the intake design let's out the "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
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Been a while since I've posted my car so thought I'd show the latest addition, a supercharger!
I did the work myself which is by far the my intensive car work I've done. Took roughly 7 days after work/weekends and waiting for parts.
With the custom tune it should be roughly 800hp at the crank.
Lovely job! Fair play doing it yourself.
A couple of mates keep badgering me to supercharge mine. It is tempting but the drop from 23mpg to 12mpg at best is a killer with UK petrol prices.
Did fit a Roush cold air intake a couple of weekends ago. Maybe some headers and the GT350 intake manifold in the new year.
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I'm tempted to take the lid off of mine for the WEEEE, can't hear it much right now.Lovely job! Fair play doing it yourself.
A couple of mates keep badgering me to supercharge mine. It is tempting but the drop from 23mpg to 12mpg at best is a killer with UK petrol prices.
Did fit a Roush cold air intake a couple of weekends ago. Maybe some headers and the GT350 intake manifold in the new year.
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Yeah you can hear a bit of induction roar when you boot it
Surely you can hear the Roush SC spinning up?Unfortunately it's pretty quiet, nothing like a Whipple.Yeah you can hear a bit of induction roar when you boot it
Yeah, I love the Whipples', I was looking at an imported bolt on kit for £7800 but currently under warranty I'm reluctant to modify..
How much was the Roush? and is it 'bolt on'? Or much more intensive?
I got it second hand, $3500 for the unit. With a tune and parts I needed to source it came out at $6000 all in, new it's $8399+tax.
It's pretty intensive, cutting parts off the block, drilling and tapping the block. It is effectively a bolt on unit, just needs some extra effort. It was my first time pulling intakes off, fuel rails, pulleys/belts etc so if I can do it most people can.
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cutting the block and drilling and tapping it?!?
That would put me off. The Whipple is just a bolt on item but lots of $. Did you upgrade the water pump pulley and oil pump gear?I didn't, it's an automatic so not as worried about it hitting the limiter which is what causes most of the OPG failures. Not heard of issues with the water pump pulley.cutting the block and drilling and tapping it?!?
Next will be axles.
Replaced one door seal on the A35, 38 clips for the main section and then a secondary section held on with glue...
Why couldn't it just be a seal that pushes into a channel like every other car... I guess they hadn't figured that out yet.
So much work that I didn't even do both at the same time, I still have to do the other one tomorrow...
Why couldn't it just be a seal that pushes into a channel like every other car... I guess they hadn't figured that out yet.
So much work that I didn't even do both at the same time, I still have to do the other one tomorrow...
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When into see the Suzuki today and taken the seats home to be cleaned and maybe retrimmed with some garish curtains.
My old R32 is still here, the head needs done but its sat for years. Not bothered me as its only went up in value sitting there. No rust, the towers are mint, but the engine needs a head. Part of me thinking Im as well selling it as is, get ok money, then starting on something running. Got a fear that the head gets done then the todo list just increases from there.
Its all there, good seats, solid chassis and body. Think ill do it
My old R32 is still here, the head needs done but its sat for years. Not bothered me as its only went up in value sitting there. No rust, the towers are mint, but the engine needs a head. Part of me thinking Im as well selling it as is, get ok money, then starting on something running. Got a fear that the head gets done then the todo list just increases from there.
Its all there, good seats, solid chassis and body. Think ill do it
