ChrisB

If you don't want to have the Mac running at the same time - bootcamp. It's free (look in utilities for bootcamp utility) and runs windows native

I'm in agreement with the 911/997 = heritage crowd. If you are going for a Porche, you might as well tap the iconic line otherwise you'll forever feel that you are not really there (IMHO). Then love it, get involved and maintain it.

Bruce and the lads! You've been in the presence of a God! Back to Iceland, we went in March a few years ago, and it was surprisingly warm (in a cold wet sort of way). We stayed at Hotel Ranga (great cocktails and smoked Puffin - just try not to think about it). We hired a 4WD skoda octavia and travelled to the localish sights. Geezers, waterfalls etc. Best thing was the very weird lagoon full of icebergs which flowed out to the sea. Highly recommended!

This car and the build is the stuff of legend.. I'm sure someone will be made very happy very soon

Diesel Civics are great cars. My wife has one - we sometimes think a change would be good mainly as she wants to scratch an estate car itch - she likes Volvo V40 or Alfa 159 (I know - not new), but the trusty Civic always wins her back. Best thing is just go and try other cars.. Civics are great - maybe a new spec Civic as a replacement? (save some money too)

Hurrah! Good old Suzi Her namesake of the Perry kind is wearing pretty well too I digress..

Silly random question here - jerky - loss of fuel pressure / supply would do that - and loss of fuel gauge - are the connections to your fuel bucket all good?

After some excellent salesmanship from our friend Tarmac I've decided on a pair of Fast Intentions VQDE resonated 300 cell HFC pipes in non-polished stainless (2.5" T304) each with an extra sensor bung welded in, followed by a Stillen Y pipe. It would be silly to keep stock cats, and I had a look at my Y the other day - crusty.. http://www.fastintentions.com/product_info.php?cPath=41_45_51_52&products_id=104 I am keeping stock headers (just NO! to the thought of changing those on the drive!) and followed by my existing and perfectly nice Legalis R stainless back box. Yummy There might be a bit of a wait though (built to order and up to 6wks lead time)

And today's mod is... ...although my hoses won't thank me for it. It was this small (JDM) Mishi or the Cusco. It has a cute little temp gauge in it - for yet another temp measurement. The theory with 1.3 bar pressurisation is that at the top end of cooling temp range, a bit of extra pressure means higher boiling temp - so lessens the likelyhood of formation of tiny localised bubbles (which are much worse conductors of heat than liquid), so keeping hot parts uniformly cooled, and preventing pump cavitation (both things are very nasty). The cooling system should normally be efficient enough to never reach boiling point - but this adds a bit of headroom. When circuit pressure testing, the leak test is 1.57 bar - so well above the increased bypass pressure, so in theory, still safe. I might replace the large diameter hose clamps though, just for OCD Oh and did I mention it had a cute little temp gauge on it?

Whilst waiting for the next delivery of minor bits to turn up, not much has happened since last week's flurry. in fact. And with the rain yesterday, it was wet enough to I spend time reading the Nissan service manual for fun (I'm that sad), and have stumbled on a rather nice little diagnostic trick - you can get the BCM to issue a command over the CAN bus to the IPDM to initiate a self test mode: it's in section PG, page 34. It makes demister, lights, wipers, ac clutch and fans come on in sequence - cool. (To initiate 'Auto Active Test'': open driver door, wind down window a bit, ignition on - properly on not acc position - and within 20sec press door jam switch 10 times, then ignition off and back on within 10 sec) Oh and the clear pipes aren't staying - when hot, they squish too much for my liking under vacuum, so I have some proper hose on it's way.

Thumbs up from me too. I have a waterproof, double seamed, cotton lined PVC chappie - I think it was about 50 quid a couple of years ago. I find it very useful when doing the 'little engineering project', if its up on axle stands and the battery is off (locked but the windows cracked open) overnight. Also I used it when left the car in winter for a trip to Oz (watched over by our house/animal sitters of course ) - I put delivery bubble airbags in between the cover and doors then put a strap around the lot - I've heard of problems with wind flapping the covers.. So yes I do occasionally bubble wrap my car

In Buckinghamshire, the wife and I have a saying.. 'back in Bucks'. After a trip, we can always tell we're home on entry to the county - atrocious! Lovely county but possibly it's something to do with the number of Bucks broads driving 4WD.

I thought you'd like the brass, aluminium and stainless steel fittings too The clear bit is for up and downstream - I used a 12mm alu valve, but had to come down from 15 to 10 between CC pipes and pcv, so 12mm valve not 10mm aided stepping. Next up will be vacuum/boost referencing. Blue 5mm id silicone for that.

PCV checking and catch can.. That'll do pig..

Maybe - depends if its unburnt/rich stink through the exhaust or actually leaking I suppose. Investigation is certainly on the cards

It's not set up for commuting then Cripes !

So, it turns out there is a monumentally obvious way to overcome the 5 degrees of interference - turn the bracket upside down There are a couple of obvious places to fit with the different bracket types - plan A down by the coolant tank, and plan B down the cleavage in the fans (we all like a bit of cleavage ) although plan B would mean driiling into the shiny new mishi rad shroud - I'm not ready for that kind change yet. Although prettier, the cleavage option is a bit less serviceable compared to the down south option - the can is easily accessable when the tray is off - draining is by a hex plug. Obviously the BPV needs protecting from drips, but a simple shallow pan to drain into would do at oil change time. I have a carbuilder delivery inbound for the other plumbing, so I'll test this temporary fit before pinning the pipes down further, for the next few hundred commute miles (till Friday ). Considering where the vapours have been, the fan exhaust is not going to cause any adverse heating I would have thought?

Actually ...fan shroud... ..side mounts.. got me thinking now - plonk it right at the front.... I will have to see tomorrow as its dark now... dang..

The way I think about the lack of sight with the bigger cans is that it becomes more a service interval thing than a worrying about it filling up (as in small ones). A big tank should be good for thousands of miles. As it happens, this very evening I spent a good two hours trying to make mine fit. It is soooo close - pain to fit from the top too as my car is back on the ground - but I was trying to use pre-existing bolts (coolant bracket middle bolt). Literally only 5-10 degrees too much contact with the mishi rad fans. I will probably end up drilling separate holes.... bit like grundy's wheels this...

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I was looking at all sorts of oil catch cans before I settled on the Rutlands one which a fair few other supercharged Zed owners have/are using. The thing for me was where are you going to mount such a large oil catch can? With other things like a fuel pressure regulator in the engine bay and other bits I just thought it was better to just go for the tried and tested one. ChrisB doing his supercharger build (members build threads) has gone for the Mishimoto oil catch can but it is very expensive imo ~ also he has yet to find a place to mount it so you may want to check out his build thread before buying anything. It is beautiful though

I still haven't successfully (non-interference) mounted my GIANT catch can. Soooo close though... literally mm. I will persist!

She purred like a kitten on the way home - cruise at 2750-3000 RPM, good temps and pressures, no lumps in torque or noises (all be it we're still NA), all good. For a moment there I was tempted to see this as a trigger to splurge on a lovely Syvecs S350, but my JDM ECM wants to stick with me a lot longer it seems Under the bonnet, everything is still looking good, and solid. I'm confident for the next steps - fueling. I will be carrying my code reader around for a while now though, just in case (probably a pre-requisite for modified anyway)

Woahh.. After a seemingly faultless test drive yesterday, Precious was a little reticent about going to work this morning.. Start-up small belt squeak (went away) - I will have tighten the belt a touch.. But then CEL light came on. I raced indoors to get the OM500 and P1065 - ECM backup power supply - popped up ... Reset OK and everything seemed hunky dory after that. So I gingerly drove in (32 miles cruising) ... and we made it fine.. Hopefully, with the battery off and on lots of times, it's just a spurious effect. If not, there may be a bit of a disturbed wiring effect going on - I'm amazed after the epic amount of engineering that the rest of it is all working so well so far! with a little

I'll be following with interest - certainly had a few kinks to iron out / guess at myself. It would be very interesting for me at least to see things I might have missed. Quality control is essential