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[JohnTurbo]

ha! For a tenner it would cost more in fuel to pick mine up!

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Today's progress has been moving forward at a steady rate,
George took it on him self to attack the fuel pump there was a lot of swearing removing it and I'm sure at one point we had tree hands in the small hole

Whilst I attempted to mount the alternator and manifold



The alternator has been on and of three maybe four times today so it does not foul the manifold
Attempt 1



I didn't realise you had to cut away at the plastic casing





Finally happy with the positioning from the side

I then looked underneath and saw the starter motor wires were close to the manifold



So I moved the smaller wire,

I am still worried about the larger wire.
Can somebody who has done a conversion please reassure me or at least tell me I have to move it,
I can get my finger right around the big lug do it is clear but very close
What do you think

It's currently like this

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Would be rude not to show a bit of George's work



Complete with war wounds on the thumb



BIG thumbs up George couldn't do it without you


I'm going to cry in a minute

[Lou_m]

Can I book George to do my fuel pump next week?

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Can I book George to do my fuel pump next week?

All he said all day it's easier on a turbo

Infact he has said it from day 1

[Lou_m]

Hope so! Looks like you'll be ready for the hoon in plenty of time!

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Hope so! Looks like you'll be ready for the hoon in plenty of time!

Fingers crossed,

[JohnTurbo]

Told you it was tough! !

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Told you it was tough! !

What do you reckon to the starter motor cable,

[GeorgeBC]

Told you it was tough! !

I struggled more with those poxy clips that hold the fuel lines on than i did with the chuffing circlip! The turbo ones are a little different and much easier to pinch and remove with your fingers.

My dremel has seen better days and the battery wouldn't hold charge. Couldn't be arsed do anything else so opted for standing around swearing at it. Only other job i was interested in was removing the driveshaft ready for CV boot change but chill didn't want me to start that job .

[JohnTurbo]

Lol. The release ring on my pipe clips was broken on one and that was a real pain. Cutting the hole was a pig too. Dremel kept munching collets.

[JohnTurbo]

Chris...should be ok? - I havent paid much attention to that on mine.

[GeorgeBC]

Lol. The release ring on my pipe clips was broken on one and that was a real pain.

Cutting the hole was a pig too. Dremel kept munching collets.

Same story with this one. One ring (the blue one) was broken and just loose. The other was completely gone. Not sure whether its been messed with before as there was a lot of black tape around and what seemed to be damaged plugs, no access hole though.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Today is my wedding anniversary so I'm going to spend this morning on it, overing up the supercharger and decide where I'm going to put the ECU. Taking ECU of again mounting ECU and changing oil filter if I have time. Spend a bit of time with the wife this afternoon. She has become a VX widow

Edited by Chill, 07 April 2013 - 07:34 AM.

[Nelly Vx]

Today's progress has been moving forward at a steady rate,
George took it on him self to attack the fuel pump there was a lot of swearing removing it and I'm sure at one point we had tree hands in the small hole

Whilst I attempted to mount the alternator and manifold



The alternator has been on and of three maybe four times today so it does not foul the manifold
Attempt 1



I didn't realise you had to cut away at the plastic casing





Finally happy with the positioning from the side

I then looked underneath and saw the starter motor wires were close to the manifold



So I moved the smaller wire,

I am still worried about the larger wire.
Can somebody who has done a conversion please reassure me or at least tell me I have to move it,
I can get my finger right around the big lug do it is clear but very close
What do you think

It's currently like this

That's the issue I had at Brunters :-/ , it rubbed through and shorted out . I got a longer new lead ready made from Halfords and fitted it , been fine since :-)

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

That's the issue I had at Brunters :-/ , it rubbed through and shorted out . I got a longer new lead ready made from Halfords and fitted it , been fine since :-)

It could be overlooked very easily and unless you get under the car and have a good look you would miss it

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Supercharger lined up ready for its final resting place



Throttle bloody on



Decided to change pins in throttle body connector while I was there



Can anyone confirm that the instructions are right on ChrisUK instructions are correct because there is conflicting stories on the thread
And can a mod make the thread clearer and delete the wrong instruction

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

I'm also thinking of smearing mud and grease on the charger because it looks out of place in my engine bay

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Chris has confirmed that his instructions are labelled wrong And should follow the modified drawing on page 2 of the thread

[Exmantaa]

pins => http://www.vx220.org...60#entry1441897 What size pulley did you fit? Looks a bit smaller than a Stage2 3.35"...