Benn's on going build

So where did i get too?


Ah yes, the loom needed re routing as i wanted it hidden as poss. So with a huge thanks to Dan for his hard work, he did some fantastic loom re-routing and work for me.... Can't thank you enough.


This was the looms new home. (cover is off)


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Comes through here, very very tight. But with a bit of works it sits ok and clears the brake pedal.


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Looks tight and is, but clears.


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Loom joined to where it needed to be and the car started straight up... Yay.
Now i'm at work at this point (ggrrr :( ) and i get the txt " cars running.... Been a fire... All ok now"


Seems my alt had caught fire! The grounds had melted/rubbed though.


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Dan took the alt to bits and rebuilt it from some spares i had....


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Refitted, which is a total c***. Had to do it in half and then put back together in the car... Even tho id fitted it before. Bloody things!


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All back and running.


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Me refitting the front back up. (wing at the time to check front clearance and no it's not 100% finished)


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Thanks to Sharon SR for the last two pics... Our 90s car meet....


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So car now runs, but is idling a bit lumpy... Reving a bit funny and would stall under load.... Que lots of head scratching.
On to sat, day before the show...


I changed the AFM to see if that helped... No.
So tried a spare ECU... and it fixed it.... We think the alt fire must have damaged the ecu.... So i drove to PVS running PH2.

Hats off for making it in the circumstances, will be tricky to top an episode like that again. Hopefully never of course.

Indeed hats off for making it in time. Well impressed!

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Hats off for making it in the circumstances, will be tricky to top an episode like that again. Hopefully never of course.

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Thank you Sir, never again. I had to take it apart to re do bits now..lol

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Indeed hats off for making it in time. Well impressed!

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Thank you, same as above tho.

The story didn't end there tho.....
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So with the PH2 ecu fitted and running ok, i took it for a test drive around the block.. All drove ok, pulled well, boosted ok. Now this is 3pm on SAT...

Back on the drive, i washed the car and gave it a quick clay. Loaded the car up and left for PVS.
So i went for a lap around the block, which is maybe 1/4 of a mile... To meeting Sharon SR on the Motorway and following her at 80mph.
Think that's a baptism of fire...

All was ok, got to the hotel ok, left in the the morning, joined the normal queue to get in to pod. Was all ok till just after the camping area when i heard someone say "think he's boiled over" I look at the bonnet and see steam, look at the clock to see my oil pressure drop off to zero! F**k! I switch off right away.. Open the bonnet and all i can smell is hot oil and see it dripping fron box the cross member/gearbox.. Drop that point there is a big puddle on the floor! Luckily for me a few random guys help me push it on to the grass (big thanks guys.. Who ever you are) Dan has now come running to see what's happen.
The feed to my oil cooler has blown off dumping all the oil from it. The jubliee clip had broken and let go under pressure. Very handily there was one in the tool box we tool, fitted that and it held, put 4lt of oil in and it was ok.
Drove to the stand with no problems, drove home with no issues too thank god.

Another big thanks to Dan for helping me fix it.

Show was great, every time i came near the car there where people around it, looking at the box and such. Which made me happy, a few people said the empty bay

Two pics thanks to Johnny A.

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Lucky you turned it straight off and heard people mention it, that could of been an expensive do. The car looked lovely on Sunday btw glad I got to look around it :)

What's the plan for the jubilees then? Can you get mikalor clamps in the size you require, would they be stronger?

I had my oil lines made up and properly fitted together by Pirtek once I knew the size.

Oh and there is a reason i went back to turbo rims.


I was featured on the official PVS 2014 t-shirts ( which you can still buy online) and after taking to Jamie at Tv i ran the turbos rims due to the t-shirts.. Which made me very proud to see people wearing them on the day and even more so when i was told they sold out by lunch time.


Which is here. (had one of my drivers seat thru the day....)


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Oh yeah and my awesome Gen GM Swing proper fitting mats... Which cost me a tenner...

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Lucky you turned it straight off and heard people mention it, that could of been an expensive do. The car looked lovely on Sunday btw glad I got to look around it :)

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Very much so, as i was looking around and not at the clocks. Glad you glad a look.

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What's the plan for the jubilees then? Can you get mikalor clamps in the size you require, would they be stronger?

I had my oil lines made up and properly fitted together by Pirtek once I knew the size.

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I replaced when at the show to two new wider clips from the guys selling the silicone. I think the first jubliee-clip had broken that's why it let go.. I would redo them, but the lines cost £67!

looks perfect benn you have done a great job I like the tshirts as well :)

Get one on order then... I wanna sell them out totally..lol

I bought a tshirt benn. :thumb:

when you fitted your loom through the bulk head hole, did you trim any of the pedal assembly down?

its on my to do list as it makes It too tight for me, plus it puts it more in the way of the brake pedal yoke/thing.

Yay good man!

We didn't no, but after looking at the pics i'm going too. I think getting a belt sander in there will be best, then the frame can be trimmed/rounded to give more clearance.
With cable ties holding it you can better clearance tho....

that's what my plan was. lol.

Any pictures from PVS then Benn of your car?

How did you seal that loom hole up benn?

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that's what my plan was. lol.

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THink it's the best way.

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Any pictures from PVS then Benn of your car?

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SAdly i think only Johnny A took photos of it :( TV said they did but they haven't surfaced...
I added johns photos up there^ If i didn't i'll add them now.

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How did you seal that loom hole up benn?

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Just a large gromit at the mo, but i'd like to weld it up.

Guess no one else liked it Mr South.

Two pics thanks to Johnny A.


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Ben I somehow missed you and your car :s

That hurts. Was front row of the Mig stand. Looking through Lewis's pics i think he stopped walking half way a cross the stand too :( lol

Sorry mate. I'll hunt you down at Billing!

Haha please do.

How come you havent gone corsa brake servo?

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Originally Posted by Benn

Get one on order then... I wanna sell them out totally..lol

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were do I order one ? I would love to get one

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How come you havent gone corsa brake servo?

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Time really... and want to make sure my welding is tiptop to make sure everthing will be strong enough.

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were do I order one ? I would love to get one

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http://www.shotdeadinthehead.com/per...-vauxhall.html

Click the link above. They've added a few more on too

Looks so much better without the airflow meter and air filter. How come its back on the cav turbo wheels? Not that I don't like them.

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I replaced when at the show to two new wider clips from the guys selling the silicone. I think the first jubliee-clip had broken that's why it let go.. I would redo them, but the lines cost £67!

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£67 is a quite steep for a pair of oil lines, but it's cheaper than a rebuild. You think the wider clips will hold up? If so, no worries.

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How come its back on the cav turbo wheels? Not that I don't like them.

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Oh and there is a reason i went back to turbo rims. I was featured on the official PVS 2014 t-shirts ( which you can still buy online) and after taking to Jamie at Tv i ran the turbos rims due to the t-shirts.. Which made me very proud to see people wearing them on the day and even more so when i was told they sold out by lunch time.

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As said Ben, and thank you, i do love the look with nothing on that side of the bay now :)

I want a spokey wheel too.....

I don't feel like i've done much since PV, been mainly driving it. Well i was then it started running badly again... At the MOT station. Best place for it too... But it past it MOT.. With just one advice that i'd done 60k miles in a year.... haha oh yeah i changed the speedo to try something out. Oops.
So took the car home and found the ecu was very hot... That isnt right.
Opened the ecu up,

These where in it... Meant to be gen chips, I don't think they are.

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Swapped to a spare set i had.

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ECu light still ok, still running off.
but now got a standard ECU tried it last night and it runs much better and no ECU light. Just need to adjust my fuel pressure down now.

A few pics of bits i did before PV i had forgotten...

Clutch cable bracket chromed.

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New chav valve fitted, is loud... Like a bus dumping it's air brakes. I liked a Performance Direct one, but missed one on Ebay. Got this as a 2nd offer thing... Jumped at it before reading the add fully. Its a PD copy. Seems on tho.

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Being a big fan of riv-nuts/clinch-nuts i've fitted the to where the wings mount to the front panel. Makes life much nicer and easier.

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Now i had a lot of marks on my roof, from me and from being in the bodyshop. So i set about fixing them, more involved than i thought. I ended up 3000k grit wet sanding my whole roof.

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Looks a bit better, i've looked for marks and can't see any.

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Nice work,

any pictures of your hidden air box setup?

Been painting bits of trim too. Cause you k now what i'm like... All in grey to match the rest.

Something alot of people miss/ dont think of. Wiper arms, they can look tatty as funk.

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And the spoilers.

Before.

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After.

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And the hinge covers.

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More soon.

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Nice work,

any pictures of your hidden air box setup?

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Gonna do a lil work on it on the weekend, so i'll do a write up then.

Wiper bits look smart, as does the roof. Must be smooth as a baby's bottom now yes? Can't give you +rep (need to spread first etc.) so have some :thumb::thumb::thumb: instead! :)

Love the attention to detail on this benn every time I think your finished you just keep finding things to improve love it mate

Thanks Niek, sadly i have running issues again....

Cheers Scorge. I'll always find things wrong with it...

Since the last up date it's all be trying to fix the running issue. Head scratcher isn't even the word, nothing seems to have worked ok it....
Everything has been tested, check, buzzed out for continuity and grounds, new sensors where fitted, even took the turbo out of the mix...


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Parts swapped from Dan's GTE to mine... All with no affect or help.
I finally hung my head and gave up on taking the car to billing. A very hard choice. Spent the weekend saying to people "no sadly the car didn't make it.. Yes i've tried that x11"


Back home... Still no clue.


But when i had been under the car i noticed the power cable from the alt to started had got very hot when the alt seized (burning the ground loom out)
So i set about removing it and fixing it.


Oh, that's crispy...


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Eek.


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While at Billing i saw this nice crimping tool, saw it at PVS and didn't buy it. But this time i saw the need as it can do battery/power cables...


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Went though my box of cables/wire/wiring looms and found a nice bit of power cable from a Calibra. Chopped it out, cut a a lil longer than the Nova bit. Found my battery crimps...


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Used the new tool, added a lil solider just to make sure the joins where good, heat shrunk..


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Sorted.


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Also had to spilt my alt, turn the casing as it was 90deg out of faze and if pushed to far it could spark to the inlet. Doing that means removing it. Out and in in 20mins.. But refitting i need a extra pair of hands...


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Bungy strap held the alt up while i refitted the bracket...
All refitted, checked, nothing was hot, making 14v. All good.


Well still running ****e. So more messing about, while messing about trying to make it run right, the AFM was unplugged. All of a sudden the car started to run right.
So remove the AFM check its voltages again my spare.. All the same. Refit and try again... Car runs ****e. Unplug runs better. Could it be both my AFMs are dead?
Found one, buy it. Turns up and i try it...... Still the same! This was Thursday.
At my wits end now. Don't understand, what could it be.....


Sunday just gone there was a show at Beaulieu. Wanted to go, thought if needs be i'll drive with the AFM unplugged.
Start the car in the morning... Unplug the AFM and the cars dies.. Plug it back in and drive to meet Dan and Sharon... Car runs great. Drive to the show and it drives great.. Boosts nicely. Smooth and jerk free.
So it turns out... Well who knows. Maybe the ECU just needed a bit of time to see the afm was working ok.


At the show... A few pics...


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AFM and filter less engine bay... Looking a bit more even and empty.


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Glad you seem to of somehow sorted it bud. As I was reading I was wondering if it was the afm wiring itself seeing as you may of moved it???

Cars looking stella as always!

Wiring all seems ok. Guess the ecu just need time to pick up the changes...

Thank you too :)

Finally after much ballacheage; life can really be testing to make the reward that much sweeter