What a pisser dude :( Real shame you are being messed about.
btw, you finished with my strut's? Might need them back for mine!
What a pisser dude :( Real shame you are being messed about.
btw, you finished with my strut's? Might need them back for mine!
Right the crack with Bowyer:
As scott and others have asked- its the MBE wiring loom. He obviously hasnt got his wiring-man to make the loom until last week when i started hassling.
He told me on tuesday last week it would be ready later that day and that i can collect any day that week. I told him saturday (just gone) and then although i didnt ring him all week to remind/check/etc until the friday before; he did a disappear. Nothing since the tuesday we last spoke.
Reason? - just prob that im a non- motorsport team customer i think..
The thing is i went as anyone would to get the inlet - only he makes a small block 1.8 t.b inlet. Then you learn only he knows how to really make small blocks sing; knows his stuff. Then, bottom line really, hes done me this whole kit for £1600.
Pair Of Jenvey 45mm Parrallel T.b's with Bowyer Linkage (uses O.E GM Throttle Cable) & rail/fixings/fittings
Bowyer T.b Inlet Manifold
Reconditioned XE Cream Injectors (x4 PEKO for 200bhp+ were only £150 more, but i wont be running that much)
MBE 967 ECU & Custom Loom all made up to spec for me. (i think by swindon engines staff...?) He will upload a start up map for me too, when i collect.
x4 Shiney alli Ram Pipes
ARP ConRod Bolts (he machined the ends down for me)
FSE Fuel Regulator
Possibly also a backplate for an air filter (need to see when i go down)
He's sorted me a good, used GM coil pack and getting me some nice braided fuel pipe end connectors.
All his advice..Its just all the motorsport-ness bout it, can be trusted to not be 'selling' to u all the time like most places do.
As said time and time again - If he just did customer service/concern a bit better lol..
Yes mazz, struts are avail. You goin p.v?
might do, sunday only though i think, really cba with camping there...
sign of getting old mazz lol
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how do you do these! are they as simple as changing just the bulbs? if so anybody know the best place for the bulbs!
sorry to spam your thread mate - just look smart and wudnt mind it in mine the colors wouldnt look so outta place like the all yellow lol
IIRC it's a plastic sheet that replaces the original, so it's got all the individual colors on it, you can make you own, take the dash apart, get some thin frosted plastic draw where everything goes on your new template one, then put what ever color you want in (search ebay for some semi-transparent plastic paints?)
Scott
I do the conversions inculding LED illumination and that's my image btw.
^^ ha! busted.
the milometer has never worked :mad:
other than that its been sweet :)
I know! But its an expensive few months with car and horse show's!Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
PNG National day, PVS, Jap show thing, Billing, TOTB!
Just to add those vital missing engine out pics from last update:
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00077.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00078.jpg
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Also just add; still no fecking bowyer crap. See you at pv.
Sounds like youve been having fun with Martin then lolQuote:
Originally Posted by peester
Yea ok he lacks customer service qaulitys immensly, but i can tell you Dave, anything 8v & he knows his shiz!! My old SR engine (Pre Novaload member days) was from him, 138bhp carb'ed 8v, he built that with uber speck but warned me it wouldnt last long lol lol lol
Do you not run a heater matrix Dave??
I like this very much :)
Should of left the 1400 in untill PV, I guessed its not your fault the 18 isnt in lol
^^ lol, yeah it was his last stunt thats left me high n dry, until then it was still in one piece..
thanks for the comments guys
ad; yeah john removed all that heater gubbins before i bought it, i wont bother putting it all back.
Spent some of today taking the bits i need to keep off the x14xe. Will give it all a clean and a paint.
This tho, i wanna rose joint; put onto the short-shift with the new bushes.. or have have it all done for me :-) lol
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Nice work dave, there's been a new magnex for sale on here, you seen it? not all that cheap tho iirc.
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122996
john is the exhaust on the car really that bad? i have got a magnex back box to go on it remember..
Ahh yes i'd forgotten about that. Perhaps be as well to get a custom centre section made up then like you say. A standard magnex centre would have to be chopped about to fit your manifold anyway wouldn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
I think there might be a need for a bit of chop-n-weld to get the magnex back-box onto the existing system, but looking at that small extension thats been put onto the front pipe; i think the manifold will fit straight to it..
Theres a bit of other work to get through first lol
*lil update
went bowyers today for the rest of the bits; and he pretty much came through for us, having all; only his throttle cable bracket, the throttle pot and some braided hose ends were missing - says he's posting them by the weekend.
Had the guided tour today; :-o
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i guess it made up for his messin about a bit i suppose, though im not one to hold grudges or anything; hes done me good stuff at a good price, as said before.. but yeah an aladins cave springs to mind eh, performance engines bits and stuff everywhere.. like heaven really lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A1611.jpg
So to my small pile of bits; the ecu is inamongst that lot again because it had a basic map uploaded to it today, hence us being in his workshop.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00097.jpg
So lets get cracking.
Mental mess!
is that a E16SE inlet I spy?
yup, bottom right, i saw that in there..
everything is there. Makes a great wheres wally.
Wheres Wally's cylinder Block? LOL
well you wudnt miss martin thats for sure
shweet dude :)
about time though...
Now i see why stuff takes so long to be done with him...
*Update
Wiring fun today.
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Been peeling back the tape and trying to separate what i need to keep and what old engine loom can go. Quite confusing to work out what is what.. very slow progress.
In addition, ive decided to fetch the wing off and re-route the front/lighting loom in the inner to tidy the engine bay up a bit.
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This makes all the wiring faff hassle seem worthwhile, looks great.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00105.jpg
Ill continue to work through the wiring this week and also hope to get the bits on drivers side engine bay touched-in/sprayed up. You might have noticed some of the masking up..
As well as this im hoping to drop some of the other parts off to get help sorting them out whilst time runs away as it does.
More again soon.
LMFAO!! So true lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by peester
Delooming is one of the best jobs ever.
thanks benn, indeed - im with ya. tho your the daddy at that lol.
Those pics kinda mislead ; shows like ive completed the re-routing of the loom with the wing off in some pics then back on in others.
Ive finally found where the engine loom was connected to so that now gone, im now fitting the new mbe loom asa well as sorting and re-routing the existing loom.
Feeling much happier progress finally being made.
Mini update found here lol
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...arage-213.html
scroll to the bottom, yesterdays date..
*Quick update..
So 2 weeks until billing..:eek: hmm.
Im waiting for martins last few bits; still no sign of the throttle pot, throttle bracket and hose finishers.. :( hmm.
But i have now ordered the last of the bits i should need to finish the project; right down pretty much to every last nut n bolt.
The weekends progress; Ive been trying to sort all the other little jobs in preparation for next weekends stab at getting the engine in and running.
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The new engine itself is ready to go in, pretty much as you see it here; once the alternator/tensioner/belt setup has been fitted and then whole lot paired with new clutch and the F15 'box. The rest of the bits will bolt on when in the 'bay.
Other main job was to finish the on going job of running the wiring loom in between the inner and outer wing..
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All done now, p-clipped and tube'd.. just hope ive done it all right and it works lol.
Elsewhere engine mounts are done, a mate from work sprayed them up with his compressor, summat i just can't get round to affording to buy for myself a nice one with all the bits..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00114.jpg
Finally, i picked up a bargain, £77 off ebay, a top condition Magnex full stainless system..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00115.jpg
Did a quick 'mock-up' of the system with manifold.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSC00118.jpg
Chuffed with that.
So hopefully ill be bringing a big big update next weekend, with the engine and running gear in, at least, but hopefully running also.
More soon.
Mounts looks ace, as does the system - be nice to see it one piece again!
ta mate, i agree!
Nice work hiding the loom, looks like you didn't even need to cut any holes too? Using the side repeater hole?
ta iain yes side repeater hole, but because the loom with the conduit tubing is quite bulky now, i have nipped a bit off the slam panel; where it meets the wing when its fitted; so the loom fits inbetween..
You see the linkage work i had done??
Just looked now, looks good, quickshift too? One thing though, could you maybe invert that bolt on the selector end, as I remember having clearance issues with the gearbox with just a standard thinner nut than what you're using.
righto. cheers mate