taybo

Sorry but I won't make it as my car is still off the road awaiting re-tune.

Next to the power steering reservoir :-)

Start her up and all seems to be running okay, which is a huge relief! Had trouble uploading a video to Photobucket so can only link it through FB. Can't take it out until the tuning is done. Things still to do: Change fuel pump (waiting for o-ring) Fit oil catch can

Vacuum pipes fitted along with throttle body, air intake etc. Nearly there!

Tensioner and belt fitted. Stillen lower plenum fitted The big boy goes on, along with the top belt. Some of the pipes didn't marry up with the new system, so need to be replaced.

Upper and lower plenums removed. Taped up to stop and nasty bits dropping into the engine. Spark plugs changed for one step colder then it's new DW600 injectors in. They proved to be a little difficult to fit and the bottom o-rings kept falling off, so proved to be a little fiddly. Re-routed crankcase breather hose past injectors and around the back to get it out of the way of where the main drive pulley will go. Main drive pulley fitted. Bypass hose/pipe fitted over the top of the engine. They recommend route was under the fan shroud, which was a bit nasty, so I used some aluminium tube.

Idler pulley fitted

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I got one of these for £500 and the thermal imaging is by FLIR http://www.catphones.com/en-gb/phones/s60-smartphone

Are we good to go!?

Sensor for the air/fuel gauge now fitted & connected up. Worked 1st time! (whew!). Decided to fit the double pulley tonight so off with the OEM fan pulley and on with the new. Was a pig of a job to align the bolt holes as visibility was minimum. I used a cheapo endoscope on my phone to get a view That worked okay but then I had to use longer bolts to draw the pulley on before I could fit the new bolts that came with the pulley. Even then with the dish in the pulley it was a bit fiddley. Pic below is looking down from the top. The new pulley is at the bottom of the picture. . Got there in the end. MOT on Friday and still waiting to sort a suitable tuner (hopefully someone local).

I'd say only re-map if you do the necessary mods first. This is going to cost 1k plus if you are looking at exhaust, filter plenum spaces etc. The above throttle controller will give a far more responsive car for just £100 with no other mods and is an easy to fit.

Loving that spoiler

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Finished work early today so I had time to route oil temp and air/fuel sensors from engine bay to the cabin. Went the usual route via the ECU grommet. Connected everything up in the drivers foot well so the temp sensor is now operational. Still waiting to get the o2 sensor fitted next week.

What's the price on these?

Sandwich plate is on and no oil leaks! One last pic before the front bumper goes on. Piller gauges on but not wired to the sensors yet. I have to wait a week now for my mechanic to swap out the HFC back to the OEM cats as recommended by Stillen for max boost. Hopefully I'll get to speak to Dean at Top Gear (Bridport) tomorrow to see about the re-tune once all the mechanical stuff is done.

I had to cut down the mounting bolts on the intercooler, otherwise they'd have been sticking into the fins on the oil rad.

This weekends mission - to fit the intercooler system and oil cooler on, which is this little lot: Then off with the front bumper, which was a real sod as it has been previously bodged back on with various non standard screws Then on with the oil radiator (funny nothing fits as straight forward as the instruction videos) Next on with the intercooler rad in front of the oil rad again Also fitted the expansion tank and pump for the intercooler and moved the car expansion tank to it's new position in front of the nearside front wheel Tomorrow I have the sandwich plate to fit and hoses and pipes to finish connecting; plus a bit of wiring if there's time.

Well here goes. I thought I'd document the fitting of my Stillen supercharger (and related mods) as not much info seems to be about on these. I managed to pick up the very last DE/Revup charger from Stillen through Tarmac, which is a 'tuner' model (i.e. doesn't come with the piggy-back ECU etc.). So my shopping list for the project includes: Stillen supercharger with intercooler. Mishimoto oil radiator Deatschwerks DW200 fuel pump Deatschwerks 440cc injectors Stillen high capacity oil sump (already fitted) Prosport oil temp gauge Prosport air/fuel wideband gauge Stillen bonnet cowl Tuning will be required afterwards but I haven't decided where this will be as yet. First step was fitting the cowl to my carbon fibre bonnet. Deep breath and cut a large hole... Cowl was then bolted and bonded to the bonnet with Tigerseal Finally resprayed and fitted to zed.

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You can still get them off, it's just harder. Tigerseal is great but when I bought my secondhand rear louvre it came with the rear window attached to it bonded with the stuff. It was easier to break the window and mechanically remove the sealant than trying to cut it off!

Sorry folks but I'm pretty sure he's not doing this anymore

Mine are 3M'd on and are fine. Tigerseal is good but what if you want to get them off again in the future!?

Does it lay eggs?