My Car project

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also got my Ipod adapter that connects into my kenwood cd player its called KAC-ip500 and what it does is play all my music through the cd player and puts it on the screen so i can change and listen to what songs I want with the remote control so no messing around looking at the tiny screen on the ipod and another beneficial thing is that it charges at the same time.

Here is were the ipod lives now.

I bought a carbon fibre gear stick sleeve of dapimp for

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I then started to fit my exhaust rap to my U bend to take some of the heat off the clam as i didn't want to burn it. I must say i hate the exhaust rap as the stuff goes every were and is so itchy, but once its all fitted it made a big difference in keeping my clam cooler now. I made sure i bought some good exhaust rap as ive heard bad story's if you get the crap stuff so i bought some from my local rally specialist motor scope who recommend this stuff being good

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I then fitted my turbo spoiler which i had sprayed at my local spray garage.

This bit i must say i hated watching as the drill went into my clam, but after a bit of sorting and some tiger seal in the holes to stop the rain getting in it was fitted and the look of the back end of my vx is now perfect, as its been crying for a spoiler for some time now.

A couple more updates and also that bit closer to the 300bhp sc vx i want. Ive just received my parts from America which are Eagele conrods, Wiseco pistons, APR head studs, Blower camshafts, Supertech valves springs, Gm racing valve spring kit.

Also got my plastic cam cover

And turbo vents which are for helping with cooling.

I also have a F23 Gearbox with 4.17 differential but haven't got any pictures atm.

Sorry for the crap picture quality as iv just got a new phone so cant work the setting on it.

Just received my front clam louvers/vents today all thanks to robin.

Right some more updates. My battery was on its way out as its a few year old now so i bought a new one from performance batteries at a cheap price of

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Iv got some better pictures now of my engine parts and turbo vents as last time my camera wasnt working properly.

Got my v sprayed in the same color as my spoiler.

Next on the list was to sort my lights out for the final time. So started of with standard N/A lights, so first thing first was to spray them black like the turbo lights,

Then i resealed them with tiger seal so they were 100% water tight. I also cut up a length of pipe and tiger sealed them into where the clusters are at the back of the lights and pointed the pipes downwards so water couldn't travel up them but the lights could breath, also the same idea to what the front lights are,

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Next was to fit the lamin-x tinting film that i bought from there website which isn't cheap stuff really but worth it i think. I got the film fitted by a professional so i didn't make a mess of it. The film has stayed down quite good but theres a couple areas on the edge were its messed up, so i came up with the idea to stick black tape around the edges to hide the defects which i can hardly see with the tape hiding them.

And some pictures of the lights fitted to my car.

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Lights on with the film

My new lightweight flywheel from ttv racing came today weighting in at 4.2kg, and it looks superb and should make a big difference once its fitted.

Little update. New saab head gasket and saab inlet gasket.

Also got my A4 stainless steel bolt set off JG (thanks again)

Forgot to add that iv put some lamin x film on my fog lights.

Received a few more parts from autovaux today. They are all gm parts and the timing chain has the Z20NET tensioner and i believe a better chain.

The parts are:

Timing chain

Balancer chain

Timing chain gasket

Bottom pulley bolt

Bottom pulley oil seal

More oil cooler rings

Manifold gasket

Water pump gasket

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Another update and that one step closer to getting the car sc'd

I've got some new smoked indicators off ebay to go with the look im after.

I also received my softop liner off vauxhaul thanks again for the quick delivery,

my new oem fuel filter off autovaux

Dimple magnetic sump plug to help catch the crap for when the internals get fitted.

Magma exhaust wrap and there stainless steel locking cable ties from thermal velocity

5 liters of ready mixed coolant from halfords

5 liters of Millers CRO running in oil and x2 1 liters of Millers CRX gear box oil

Nimbus heat shield.

Also iv received my original turbo vents with the mesh inserts, cant wait to get these fitted now. I will also be selling my copy turbo vents and brand new mesh inserts.

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My new shiny 3 inch Chris Tullet exhaust system arrived today and i was like a little kid at Christmas oping it Would like to say a big thank you to my girlfriend as she bought this for my birthday present.

Also got my uprated clutch, hydraulic slave cylinder and fuel pump from Courtney sport also and would like thanks again for a top notch service.

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Start of the supercharger build,

Engine is now out and "4.17" gear box is fitted.

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Update of wheres it at now. My story, I drove down after work on Friday( in my girlfriend's car which she drove back) to pick it up from lees house which is a canny treck from mine but i was that excited that the journey seem to go quite quick. I got there around 8.00 to see it sitting on the drive with the engine cover open and the sc just smiling at me. Had a little chat with lee about driving it back on the way home as the new engine had to be going through gears as much as i can as it wasn't good to sit in the same gear for a while. Then lee offered to take me out in his car and all i can say is its fooking quick and its what I've got to look forward to when its all run in and then mapped by courtenay sport but thanks again lee for taking me out. On the way back people must of thought i was a right tit as i was driving like a yo yo as i was up through gears down to first on the a1 (lucky it was dark at this point and not too many cars on the road) but i wanted to make sure that i did a proper job of running it in.

I have now changed the oil and filter for another 5 litres of millers running in oil which then will be changed for the fully synthetic oil when fully run in. I must say that the car sounds amazing and the whine off the sc is such a gorgeous sounds. Here is the latest picture of what it looks like now as i haven't got any pictures just yet, but don't worry I'm sure there will be more to come, theres no header tank in the picture but dont worry there is one fitted

5 litres of Millers CRO running in oil and 6 litres of Millers CFS fully synthetic oil 10W50 and 2 new oil filters

I also bought a sticker which I couldn't help myself, once it was fitted my girlfriend removed her clothes but thats another story/picture

Brakes update. My MOT is due Tuesday and i knew my brakes where in need of replacing so i bought everything needed ready to be fitted tomorrow hopefully.

Grooved and drilled disc with mintex 1144 pads all round, please dont say i should have got the standard disc as i know this has been covered many times before and for the extra money it was worth it for the looks.

AP Caliper Plate & Pins

10.9 Hub Carrier Bolts

1.5 Liters Of Gulf Competition RF1000 Racing Brake Fluid

Braided HEL Performance Brakeline Kit

I will update this when the brakes are run in. I think i am going to go for Carbone Lorraine RC5+ when i get some more money together as im not sure if mintex pads will cope with the 300bhp im hoping for but we will see how it gets on.

Right i thought i better upadte this as i haven't done anything on it for a while now. First thing is an update of the brakes as they are all run in and all i can say is what an amazing diffrence over standard and also a big thanks to chris for the helpig of it disc and hoses and the car flew through the mot.

A few pictures of them fitted..

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I then decided to paint my discs,

The disc at the start looking crap.

I took them off, cleand all the rust off and then sprayed them in a high temp paint.

After they were finished and fitted to the car and the difference is just brillant and complement the wheels so much better now.

I also bought some new spigots, disc retaining screws and a set of bosch 90% brighter dip beam bulbs from halfords. I also want to say a big thanks s-express who sorted me out an anti-rattle brake spring as i snapped mine when fitting the new pads. Theses where all ftted while the wheels were off

Right this job has been ongoing for a while and its finally done and its a job that i wouldnt like to do a again,

The first thing to do is to rip the old vent off and this was the hard bit to watch but after its done this is what your left with.

Next thing for me was to smooth the area in and then prime and spray it black so when looking through the vent you cant see the white body work.

I then took the turbo vents and mirrors to my local spray garage and got them the same colour as my spoiler; here is a couple of pictures of them back from the body shop.

Then the next process was to stick them on using tiger seal, this job was a pain in the a*** to do but i got there in the end. They look mint fitted and also serve a purpose, to let cold air into the engine.

The new engine oil is fitted along with a new oil filter and rings. I also got my new plates.

Update on getting new suspension fitted.

I bought some gaz gold pros and some new bolts from JG for the suspenion and also ready for the suspenion building im planing and i also want to thank chris for help in fitting the suspension thumbsup

A couple pictures of the suspension

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Heres a few pictures with it all fitted after a good clean and wax.

Toe link kit ready for the suspension refresh that im planning.

Update

My car is off to courtenay sport tomorrow for the remap, this week i have been spraying my spare fuel rail to match my charger with heat paint. Also got the last thing i need for the supercharger build which is a set of brand new vxr injectors.

Also received my wish bone bushes from cliffie and would like to say thanks to chris for sorting the delivery out on them. I went for the super pro bushes as all ive heard is good stuff about them.

Up date

My next big task was to do a suspension refresh and what was involved in doing this was to get the old wish bones and uprights etc all powdercoated and then replaced with all new shiny parts which was Gaz golds, super pro bushes, ball joints, track rods, drop links, elise parts toe link kit, HCB, bolts and nuts, abs brakcets shims, p-clips for the pipes. Pictures of the parts i used again

Sorry i forgot to take pictures of the balljoints

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Forgot to take pictures of the abs brackets and p-clips

When i did start doing the job with my dad it looked like all of this wasnt that hard a task and it only took us a day and a half to take off.

Once it was off we boxed it all up into sepertate boxes so all the parts didnt get jumbled up.

I then took it to my mate to get shot blasted and then sprayed up gloss black, i must admit he made a mint job and they looked class. The problems started however when i tried to fit the balljoints and the paint hadnt fully dried and it was leaving finger marks and flaking off. I only had a week to get it all sorted as my dad came up to help me out and we were running out of time.

With the free time i had that week while the stuff was getting painted as i took a week off work to get it all done i cleaned up all the wheel arches and chassis and spray painted the driveshaft and track rods and another coat on my discs.

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So then i decied to get them all shot blasted again and powdercoated up with this military graded powdercoat which is the bee knees in strength and i must admit it looks strong. I also fancied doing them a diffrent colour than the black that most people have gone with so i went with orange This was done within a couple of days, but by this time my dad had left so i had the joys of fitting it all up myself :beat: Also you can see my toe links and fuel rail powdered coated

I then started fitting the parts back up and my first thing was to get all the bushes put into the wishbones which wasnt that hard of a job and a few phone calls to cliffie (thanks mate for helping me out ) got them all fitted in. I then started putting the wishbones back into the car with the new bolts and i must say those dam castor washers are a real pain to get in and a few times i could of kicked the car but persistance got me there in the end (also no superglue was used)

Now a few shots of it all fitted up and just a few teething problems to sort out but nothing major. I also ran out of time and didnt get chance to fit my toelink kit but i will fit this when i get chance also along with my ARB.

Just another quick update with a few new things that i took delivery of today was my yokohama a048 tyres and also a brake light as mine stopped working.