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19 hours ago, RobinJI said:

Anyway, the front suspension's been cut up to move the mounting points upwards a load, as well as adapting it to take a mk2 escort steering rack for some cheep quick-rack fitting. I still need to make the replacement wishbones.

Is this a common thing or something you've dreamt up?

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Really missing having a "fun" car. 

My coilovers should be landing tomorrow and my B16 is STILL up on the loft at work. Keep getting messed around! 

The temptation to fit both onto the green daily civic is strong... 

One replacement fan blade wheel landed at work today, and my other is back from the repair spot so I have a set again which is cool. 



 

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Throttle body cleaned, TDC sensor cleaned,new batterez Still no joy....

But i have noticed it will only happen if i go full throttle in a journey :S 'normal' driving seems to be fine and it has no issue....

Need to check the gearbox ribbon ground.... but have literally no clue where it is?

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10 hours ago, TROYston said:

Throttle body cleaned, TDC sensor cleaned,new batterez Still no joy....

But i have noticed it will only happen if i go full throttle in a journey :S 'normal' driving seems to be fine and it has no issue....

Need to check the gearbox ribbon ground.... but have literally no clue where it is?

N/S end of the gearbox. Remove front ns wheel and arch liner. Can see it there. 

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On 20/10/2016 at 4:19 PM, Danny said:

Is this a common thing or something you've dreamt up?

If it's been done before I've not seen it. I have a habit of seeing if commonly avalible Motorsport parts are anywhere near fitting to save some cash. A quick measure showed that an escort rack has a nearly identical joint-joint width to the Porsche, it's general layout's the same and a heavy duty rally 2.4 turn quick-rack new with track-rods is cheaper than a 'quick-rack kit' (that requires a good or referbed rack to built it into) for the Porsche. A bit of welding and turning later and the escort one fits. The slight difference in length of the escort rack will actually give less bump steer.

Brackets on the crossmember:

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Assembled with rack and track-rod extension/adaptors:

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And test fitted: 

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I haven't really updated my stuff in here properly for ages!

So in summary - 

Got an epic new job. It's f**king sick - i'm developing new engines. So with that I've moved house. Got a nice town house for me and the gal with a decent sized garage

 

30222035920_d0e3b678c1_b.jpg20161019_210526 by dann2707, on Flickr

 

I'm making an engine table out of an old f4r

 

29889674814_7dcabe89b5_b.jpg20161022_183049 by dann2707, on Flickr

 

Picked up my new daily as boris is off the road now for the turbo conversion. 

 

Its shitty, its slow as f**king f**k, its a diesel with no turbo but it gets 65mpg all day long. it's also got a huge dent in the wing haha

 

30565289425_9ac98e54f2_b.jpg20161025_173508 by dann2707, on Flickr

 

30529089766_2832b31e68_b.jpg20161025_173521 by dann2707, on Flickr

 

 

Wheel trims weren't my choice

 

Got my welder going tonight, managed to get a surprisingly good weld with no splatter without gas!

 

30565336775_ca1a87424a_b.jpg2016-10-25_08-28-55 by dann2707, on Flickr

 

So so much to learn with it, but I can't wait to really nail it!

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30 minutes ago, Dman said:

I would, not dissing it in any way, I can't weld, I'd like to try though. What engines you work on at the new job?

Yeah I guess it is, but if you google image welding splatter its a lot lot more. There is some there but its minimal, that was my first attempt so its pretty decent!

New gen diesel engines :)

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11 hours ago, Dman said:

 

11 hours ago, dann2707 said:

Yeah I guess it is, but if you google image welding splatter its a lot lot more. There is some there but its minimal, that was my first attempt so its pretty decent!

New gen diesel engines :)

Spatter Dan...SPATTER!

Also win on the new job!

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Sold RVR for a tidy $1300 profit, Golf is going end of the week for a tidy $1000 profit (which considering it wasn't even for sale is pretty good!), agreed to buy A4, already bought S4 wheels to replace the f**king horrid turds fitted at the moment (Y)

The Laurel whilst cool, would have got pretty boring, pretty quick I think and would've needed constant upkeep.

Now looking for another little <$200 shit box to tart up and sell on :D

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Got the B16 swap running after much head scratching. 

Wont run on the ECU I bought for it, but will on my old old old ecu. Launch control works, but no temp reading and is stuck at launch control when driving. 

Sorted VSS Signal wire to ECU (should sort launch control issue) and one or two others. 

Just need to wire in VTEC Oil pressure lines and replace my idle control valve and should be all good to go.. 

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