Suits Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 You going to Spa in March/April this year dude ?? Quote
Ekona Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 Sadly not, I think if I do go it'll have to be later in the year. House purchase is stopping all fun at this point. Quote
Suits Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Ah, shame. Good excuse though. We're looking at the 16th April Goldtrack event. Quote
Ekona Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 Car is now back from the garage. Handbrake works (hurrah!), both rear calipers replaced again, brake pedal still rubbish. They've now fitted a restrictor into the servo pipe to try and give some feel back, but it's not really done the job. I mean, it's better, but it's not like it should be. Emissions still miles out, so need to get that sorted before I can MOT again. Seriously fed up with this car now. Quote
glrnet Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Ah, this is all starting to make sense now http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SA156-SA-Design-LS-SWAPS-HOW-TO-SWAP-GM-LS-ENGINES-INTO-ALMOST-ANYTHING-/381107681029?pt=Motors_Manuals_Literature&hash=item58bbc9b705 Quote
Ekona Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 Ah, if only it would fit! And y'know, not double the weight of the car! 1 Quote
StevoD Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Ah, if only it would fit! And y'know, not double the weight of the car! arnt the LS engines rather light for a v8 ? Quote
Ekona Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 They're not bad at all, but compared to an ally 4-pot they're about double the weight. Quote
Ekona Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 I HAVE AN MOT TRACKPIG LIVES AGAIN TIME TO BOOK ALL THE TRACKS :yahoo: Quote
brillomaster Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 'bout time! so, snetterton in a weeks time then? Quote
Meeerrrk Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 How's it going with the car, anything booked up yet? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Ekona Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 Not so far, no. I would still like to get the dodgy brakes sorted first, and I've a spare ABS unit I need to swap out but it's just time at this point. I think I'll be looking at April or May at this rate How about you bud, anything sorted? Quote
Meeerrrk Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Not a nice job I wouldn't have thought, messy! No nothing planned, car is in bits in the garage at the moment, got a bit to do before it's ready. Like you, May onwards I would think Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Ekona Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 RIght, bit more work on this today. Finally. Swapped out the ABS unit for the spare, however that was not without issues. All the mounting bolts came undone easy enough, however the lower three brake pipes were a bit more awkward, which meant that as you're struggling with them all your brake fluid is p*ssing out all over the floor And of course, being super-sensible I didn't bother emptying the reservoir beforehand (thinking it wouldn't take that long) so all my nice new blue brake fluid ended up over the floor. Then came the really fun job of trying to get a large box with larger brackets out from a tiny gap full of cables. Yeah, that went as well as you can imagine... Anyways, all I needed to do was to top the fluid back up and test, so I just grabbed the spare bottle of fluid I had handy. OH NO WAIT I DIDN'T BECAUSE I DON'T CHUFFING HAVE ANY :rant: So I can't even test it, as I've had to order some from Driftworks. Arse. Oh, and whoever said a little while ago that ATE Super Blue was now impossible to get as it was illegal, Driftworks have loads in stock if you need some Quote
Ekona Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 I'm drunk and watching Gone Girl. Significantly better! My hands still smell like brake fluid though Quote
glrnet Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Way to go Dan, drunk already!! lol Just off out to a rugby club 50th party, could be a wee bit messy! Sent from my Zed using Nangkang tyres front, RE040's rear Quote
Ekona Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) A rugby club 50th, nah I'm sure it'll be G&Ts and some light jazz until lights out at 9:30pm Edited February 21, 2015 by Ekona Quote
glrnet Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I'm relieved to inform you that that wasn't the case!!! Lol Sent from my Zed using Nangkang tyres front, RE040's rear 1 Quote
Meeerrrk Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 How's the mr2 going Dan? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Ekona Posted June 14, 2015 Author Posted June 14, 2015 It lives! Brakes are okay now, took it out for a blat the other week and had mucho fun, need to book another TD up soon methinks. How you getting on with yours? Quote
Meeerrrk Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 Good stuff, what was the final cause of the brake problem, servo? Mine is a nightmare, don't ask!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Ekona Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 It's kind of just fixed itself, I have no idea what I actually did Sounds like you're having some issues, did you go for the 2ZZ swap in the end? Quote
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