Thats awesome Adam!
So with the coolant pipes, am I best to still connect them up with spacers?
I suppose the breather system is to revent unwanted gasses back in.
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Thats awesome Adam!
So with the coolant pipes, am I best to still connect them up with spacers?
I suppose the breather system is to revent unwanted gasses back in.
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It was a new camera and I was convinced it was crap compared to my old one despite being 3mps more! Found out why 2 pics to the end!
I'm repsacing because I hate the look of the angled runners and want straight runners from a performance perspective!
Thought I'd add this pic too for people's reference...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...04-01-0926.jpg
would you say that the wiper linkage has suffiant wiping action?
Just leave the coolant pipes open mate, they'll obviously be fine with nothing in them.....
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For the driver yeah! lol
Was thinking that. As coolant runs straight through them they aren't going to be going into the carbs anywhere, just acting as a jacket.Quote:
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Aye :)
lol allways the way, and cool.Quote:
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lol suppose its you who needs to see where your going after all. top work as ever dude.
Good work on the carbs mate :thumb: Looks like a good way around not having a custom manifold... :cool:
Some good info about the carbs too, (Nice one Adam!)
Re the coolant pipe that runs across the bank of carbs, I would say there is no point in joining them as you don't use it anyway... But thinking about it could you route the smaller of the two water pipes from the inlet manifold through here and on to the header tank?? I assume thats similar to how the standard water route works on the injection manifold?? Dont know if it would help or make any difference to the running of them.
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It will still need a custom manifoild making up. I don't know if you've seen the thread on MIG from the guy from estonia I think who's making a manifold from scratch for his 8v? I'm looking to do something similar. I'm hoping to ally weld some tubes to the ovals on the stock manifold then using weld and dremel smooth them out to the round 40mm top. Gonna take a few man hours but worth it for the results. I just think having the 2 wonkey runners make it looked bodged - just my personal take.
I'm not gonna bother running the water pipe from the head to the tank. I'm gonna plug the hole, it not needed. The theory from what you say is ok except the alternator pipe end is correct ID but the dizzy end (outlet) is tiny like small vacuum size so too much messing out tbh.
I'm just trying to work out in my head how I'm going to run the breathers A & B in the previous diagrams without it looking shoddy. I want rid of the big round black filter thingies but will need to find an alternative!
a mate of mine had bike carbs on a 106 rally. he got a inlet manifold gasket coppied that on to a sheet of steel cut it out, and had sum 2" exhaust pipe weldedto it n some samco hoses to connect them up, cost him virtually nothing, am sure you could conjur somthing up simaler if you have to.
You can easily bodge a cheap manifold together like that and it will do the job. I'd like to come up with something a little better tho! I'm aiming for something like this but welded to a chopped, stock manifiold and welded to look neat.
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Above pictures courtesy of this thread:- http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...-manifold.html
It really is an interesting read if people like to see machine worker jiggery pokery and attention to detail.
Can anyone see a problem running this breather system?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...bventingv2.jpg
Red is the larger vents referred to as "A" earlier and blue being "B". The green dots being small breather filters.
Or do you think its better that the engine cover has its own filter?
This is what I'll think I'll do...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...bventingv3.jpg
I'll put a bung over the outlet on the far left as it sticks up and out so would look gash with a pipe coming off.
I could even join the others with a 4 way block into 1 filter. But at least those I can route downwards and have it under the manifold out of the way.
With a lack of funds at the mo its time to get on with the boring free jobs...
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Got back from the cinema tonight around midnite after watching Role Model (recommend it to anyone - well funny!!) and didn't feel tired so started looking at wiring looms and pealing back tape! My eyes now hurt, my hands are tacky and its certainly time to go to bed!
I'm very lucky its a very basic model, 1ltr carb loom. Its now divided into 3 parts:-
A - Behind Dash (Instrument Panel, Heater Switches, Stalks etc
B - Rear of Car (Rear Lights etc)
C - Engine Bay Loom
The plan is to chop out the midde section and the loom is going to come into the old battery tray area as washer bottlle, wiper motor, servo, heater are all in there now. The light loom will then go out the inner wing, under the wings and back in by the headlights to go to lights, rad, fan & gearbox. All well hidden basically and nice and neat behind the dash. The lights will obviously need swapping but what's being chopped out the middle will be more than enough to lengthen back in. Same goes for the rears which will now run down the right.
I know I cud just swap the wires over at the stalk save all the lengthening etc but I'm happier to do it this way so colours stay as they are to make things easier if a problem comes up.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...9-01-09002.jpg
I'm off to bed!!
good work so far mate :D
If your going to go to so much bother hideing the loom etc, then you'll need some nice paint ;)
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lol :D
The inside and engine bay will be nice fresh paint, definately.
Got a few hours in today.
Started by tacking in the corsa servo base plate. I've been meaning to do this for ages! While I was there I drilled the whole for the car loom to pass through.
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So that then nicely led on to the wiring!!
I'd previously stripped the loom and labelled everything up. I wanted to move the main grommit back down towards the fuse box so I seperated the 2 strands (engine bay & rear of car) as far back as they would go which was up to where the indicator wires were all joined up.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1-01-09003.jpg
There is only one wire (in my loom) that was stopping them being seperated which was the wire that goes from the reverse switch in the gearbox to the rear lights so I cut this, lengthened it and ran it back down the fusebox end and back down the other strand.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1-01-09004.jpg
I then pulled the main power cable back through the loom. This is good news because there's plenty of length there to run to a battery pretty much anywhere in the car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1-01-09006.jpg
Placed into the car you've got the strand that goes to the dash instruments, a strand for the rear of the car, the power cable and the strand going through to the engine bay.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1-01-09008.jpg
Once in the engine bay I seperated the plugs for the Brake MC, Wiper Motor, Heater & Washer bottle. I'm also going to have to run the wire along the scuttle area for the other side indicator. There's another strand for the starter, alternator & oil pressure swith. The other strand is obviously for the lights which will run under the wings and back in again.
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It doesn't look like anything needs lengthening, just shortening which is always easier and neater and think how much weight I'm saving! lol Other than the wire for the reverse light all I've had to cut so far is 2 earths which will just need a ring terminal and screwed to the chassis elsewhere
Tidy wiring there, considering re-doing mine now seeing that. You keeping the bulkhead?
Love how low it's sat on the turbo wheels :cool: Top marks for tubbing the rear too.
Cheers Ash.
Wiring has been a doddle so far. As said, only cut 3 wires to get this far and everything will plug in as it is but I obviously want it tidier. You've just got to take your time stripping it all back and labelling everthing up because you will forget! lol
The bulkhead is staying and I'll be fitting a black scuttle panel with 2 holes for the brake reservoir and washer bottle.
Slammed is the only way frward on loons or the just look daft!
That was my problem, I ripped the loom out the old red one and didn't lable a thing. Jump forward 18 months to when I re-fitted it to the grey old and you can see my problem lol
lol
I did the same with an alarm I cut out of a calibra I broke - was a nearly new clifford 600 :tard: Still got it somewhere!
As i've said good work dude. Love what your doing with the loom.
Ash the haynes manual will have all the wiring colours..
EDIT - just realised I posted the same picture twice at the end there! lol
Good work mate, liking the loom work!
Cheers.
Damn good read so far, loving the wheels, the stance and the dents.
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dents FTW!! lol Cheers Shaun.
Nice work on the loom fella, tidy.
Picked up one of my front wings during the week. Left it with a mate over christmas who was shaping them for more clearance. I'm really pleased with the results - exactly what I asked for! It will obviously need a bit of filler But it gives me the room I need. I've currently got the coilovers at there lowest setting on an 8" spring and I need to drop around another inch. I've got just about that left I can go now with the modded wings. So looks like a 5 " spring it is which will mean I can bring the spring platform up 2" so there's no risk of it hitting the tyre and give me the extra drop!
Wing before with the straight edge coming down...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...16-10-0811.jpg