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Anyway, todays tiny update, its a good job i gave up with the hammer method because those platforms were never going to move!!!
So i sawed them off.
One done
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0227.jpg
Both done
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0228.jpg
The thread off the platforms was left seized to the coilover,i.e. inside the platforms is now smooth where they came away from the thread :eek::eek:
No wd40/oil was going shift that lol
Going get the wire wheel on the grinder out tomorrrow and get the threads back nice and shiny, and order two new platforms from Avo. Im hoping they screw down ok. Might even shove the tiny 7" springs on and just run them adjusted quite high... The only reason i had to remove those springs was due to the damper bottoming out, which wont be as much of a problem if i can now adjust the height :thumb:
Well spotted :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Christ they've rusted badly! I had to take mine apart and paint copper slip on the insides of the adjuster, as all it was doing was pushing it out of the threads.. Can you paint the rest of the threads?
Nice hacking tho..lol
I still don't get Benn's explanation lol Nicely sorted though, hacksaw/angle grinder fits all bolts lol
Benn means if i fit new adjusters with new springs i can get a lot more "use" out of the springs, without them being stuck at a fixed height.
Yeah the hacking went well, only marked the thread in one bit and that will clean off with the wire wheel imo.
Yeah im going paint all the exposed threads.
ahhh he was on about going for new adjusters the whole time, makes sense now, but I did say you'd only need new springs if you can't move them... nvm, obviously just missed each other in the middle somewhere there lol
lol like working with retards... Yes i was. And yeah.
Good going dude, best get and look at mine, check there not seized on!
troops to stop them rusting get a motorbike tube in cover the threads,seen it done on a rally car..looked to have worked fine..i,d use a warm wax on the adjuster once set to allow it to run through the threads..........worth a try i,d say:thumb:
Ordered the new platforms directly from Avo yesterday, dont know if theyve turned up yet though because i send all my post to my parents place lol
Cost £15.88 :)
Awesome service from AVO, ordered yesterday at 4pm, on the doorstep at 9am this morning!!!!
Two new platforms, with NYLON grub screws, i think someone mentioned the seizing problems to them previously lol :d
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0230.jpg
They are a newer design, and as such wouldnt fit on mine until i took a grinder to the top mount plate on the piston rod to take a mil or two off it!
No issue though, easy job.
Got the threads cleaned up and greased too, and they screwed right the way down to the bottom of the thread :cool:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0233.jpg
Got the springs on, im trying the 7" 400lb springs, and having the platform wound up, see how they feel on a light rear end.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0237.jpg
Just to show how toss Avos are if you want a decent drop, with the platforms just over half way down with these springs, ive got literally inch-2inch damper travel before they are bottomed out! Thats before they are fitted too.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0238.jpg
So i'll set them to the height i want and see how much travel i have, with such stiff springs i cant see there being much "drop" in the spring when the cars weights on them. Hope they arent too stiff tho.
Also, got my new discs out the loft that ive had for 11months lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8.../Photo0235.jpg
Getting some M1144 pads for them too seeing as the brakes on the car atm are annihilated lol
That is all for now, Avos back on tomorrow and see how it sits :)
Oh, and to anyone with seized coilovers, just cut the platform off and fit new ones, so much easier tbh!!!
Nice work.
cheers benn
Yea get some pics up when there on ad.
I had this with my front ones after about 6 months, I too just cut them off and started again, I just covered them in mp grease and they were fine after that
what size disks do you run ad?
Ali-284 Fiat's mate.
Got the coilovers back on today.
Did the obligatory "i wonder how low it'll go" pics lol
This is as low as my avo's can physically go, sitting on the cut down bumpstops
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...d001Medium.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...d002Medium.jpg
The adjusters still have 2inches to go in those pics /\ Lol
This is the height id run it at if i still had enough damper travel, sits the car level, nice and low.
Wound them back up and settled with this height
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...d004Medium.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...d005Medium.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...d006Medium.jpg
Looks quite good imo :)
Compared to how it was sitting last weekend.....
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...0/IMGP3964.jpg
And a problem i really need to solve, hopefully when i get the internal shifter in i can mod and fit my Magnex system and get it sitting tight to the car. Current system sits stupidly low as it doesnt sit in the tunnel...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...d007Medium.jpg
So im going cut the front silencer out of the magnex system, and weld a straight tube where the original shifter currently sits..... And then join it to the SBD manifold. :)
Got a new thermostat too because the current one must be a bit fooked and is running the enigne too cold, temp barely gets out the blue!!!!!
That is all for now.
Nice one ad, still loving the retro colour!
Although not as low as i've seen some Avo's go - think Wilsons GSi.
Yes mate but i want it to still handle ;) lol
It can go as low as Wilsons but it will just be sitting with the spring top plate on the top of the shock body lol
basically i'll have two metal bars for rear suspension....
If i could get a cheap blowover id have it done in white tomorrow!!!, theres just something about white nova's!!! The current colour is old skool yeah, but just a bitch to match and im never going see any spare panels in the right colour etc....
Agreed, mine was gonna go white if I kept it, because the crappy paint desperately needed sorting! I just can't spray over the top of mustard yellow though lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Adam
looks much better!
Good work Ad
Yeah, and a clean white always looks fresh too!
Current colour just gets a bit boring after a while!!! But i get bored easily lol
Cheers Paul
lookin good Ad!
I was gonna go with red bits in mine to carry off not painting the interior lol Ade mentioned doing it in white while we were camping at combe as it shows up less flaws and I admittedly can't paint for peanuts, then there was a corsa next to us at trax with red bump strips/other bits that looked pretty cool, so I came up with:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...colourplan.jpg
Even just photoshopping it fresh white made it look miles better though!
just leave it as it is, i actually quite like the colour of your car, its different, suits a mk1!
i agree.. spend it on management and t.b's.. i wanna see laptop mapping in front seat in '85 nova shocker..
worry about the colour, its beautiful.
Management is on the way to me now...... ;)
ah, u said better than jerkasquirt but not quite designer label lol
no ****! go-techs cool
me main man.. some stirring in seats goin on lol.
*I got shift-light output with my mbe too; been out n got one lol £5 from work..
Yep, its still got a map on it too from a 1800 16v on bodies, and the looms for a fwd vauxhall :)
So its enough to hopefully get it started.
wo when are they going on then?
easy peasey. lol.
Dude looks much better! Looks nicer lower down, better stance.
The exhaust system hangs so low it looks broken..lol
Yeah its suprising how much different just an inch or two lower makes it look.
Paul, as soon as the ecu gets here i can get the standard inlet etc off and go from there. ASAP really! Want them on/running well for Combe in April.
I also have other things to do though, exhaust and shifter. But giving myself like 2months, so im hoping ive got plenty of time.
Might get the bodies out the loft tomorrow and make sure all is looking well.
Benn-Yeah tell me about it!!!!!
lol ad ull get urs running quicker than me with mine lol
We'll see lol
Only going be revving this to about 7200rpm due to standard rod bolts.
I do have some ARPs but i dont want to remove my now none leaking sump, pmsl lol
It should see peak power before 7200 anyways :)
woo well.. i guess thats down to mr mapper..
even with ARP's im limited to 7.5K, like u say - if gunning for torque rather than peak power no need to stress.