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[techieboy]

Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Hope it all goes well chef!

[Exmantaa]

Phenolic intake gasket

What will you use as a workaround, now that the bottom inlet manifold bolt no longer fits?
Just use washers on the thread where it's bolted to the engine?

The ZZP phenolic spacer comes with 2 thick washers to space the bottom mount out so everything fits again.
(Sort off... Rob also had to enlarge the boltholes a bit to move the bracket upwards for correct fitment...)

[FLD]

Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

Actually I'm out to get you. You haven't seen me but I'm there, watching you. Nice transformers bedspread!

[techieboy]

Sh!t. I had to go and check then.

[smiley]

(Sort off... Rob also had to enlarge the boltholes a bit to move the bracket upwards for correct fitment...)

Any heat measuring done yet?

[rcvaughan]

Every time I read this thread it makes me miss my old VX! Come on Joe! Really looking forward to seeing some results!!

[Mangham54]

Every time I read this thread it makes me miss my old VX! Come on Joe! Really looking forward to seeing some results!!

[The Batman]

Cheers guys I think Friday will be a good day

[The Batman]

Here's some nice looking windows for my "track doors" so I still have my nice doors for normal use



I wonder if they will ever get changed back though

Edited by joe_589, 07 December 2011 - 07:46 PM.

[The Batman]

good day i think vocky had a couple of spare hours today, so he popped over and we got on with making the circuit board to make the amal valve thingy majig work! then we found out that maplins where out to get me and gave me the wrong resistors!! then they almost did it again but made them check when i was there and they where wrong and couldnt find the right ones so i bought a billion resistors in a pack and we made up the board using various different amounts of them!! so thats all sorted and entered the ecu pins to wire up another sensor in there and bingo wiring was done! as me and vocky where bored we decided to take the harrop off mixed emotions with that silly heavy thing!! took the intake and alternator off. Then we set about changing the pulley for a lovely piece of kit machined by the vockster to make it 6 rib to match my sc pulley and crank pulley. while the intake was off it would have been rude not to fit the phenolic gasket!! so we did then vocky made a quick escape so i was left to bolt the silly harrop down which is even harder now the gasket has spaced it aprox 8mm closer to the bulkhead man that harrop is big but all sorted and went for the big start up and what happened? tick tick tick tick tick stupid dead battery cheers for your hand today Niel so things left to do before i can take it for a drive: bolt rear clam down rear spoiler bolts change the fuel or change the fuel tank i think i will just change the tank, will remove the seats tomorrow and get the car in the sky so that i can access the fuel tank. then i will drain the tank (29L of 1 year old v power ) and put the fuel in the astra coupe thats about it really! then its tax, insure and thrash i mean run the engine in the end is very near i think

[vocky]

remove the fuel pipe from the fuel filter outlet, attach a very long hose (with jubilee clip) direct to the astra's fuel filler, bypass the fuel relay and wait until the tank is empty

[GeorgeBC]

Must need an MOT as well? Wont be able to tax it otherwise. Well done Joe just in time for the really sh** weather

[vocky]

it passed it's mot the other day on the old map

[The Batman]

Yeah mot is sorted, the base map wasn't that bad

[Exmantaa]

remove the fuel pipe from the fuel filter outlet, attach a very long hose (with jubilee clip) direct to the astra's fuel filler, bypass the fuel relay and wait until the tank is empty

^^ This... There's a pump in your tank, so use it! (Or you must feel bored now and are looking for unnecessary work. )

[The Batman]

haha i was going to do this!! but didnt think about using a long pipe to the astra!! i was just going to fill up some containers! but this is an easier and quicker method!

[FLD]

Surely charge battery should be no1 on the list??

[The Batman]

it's on charge now... I will go check to see if it's done yet!

[vocky]

Surely charge battery should be no1 on the list??

you would have thought so

Edited by vocky, 09 December 2011 - 06:13 PM.