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Old 05-08-2012, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Java=Blue
Looking real good now after the cossie bumper and morettes have been ditched

the manifolds everyone is posting up are too sexy !
thanks bud av been after gettin rid of them for a long time lol, Now looking at routin the screamer pipe out the front bumper so that will be this weeks challange!!!!
Old 16-08-2012, 05:51 PM
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Got the pipe knocked up and welded for the wastegate just need to match the ports to the gasket an start routeing the screamer where i want it
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the wastegate isnt going to work very well mate.
Old 16-08-2012, 07:19 PM
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Take it thats down to it been the otherside?
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Originally Posted by rst-g
Take it thats down to it been the otherside?
no , more the angle you have taken it out of the manifold at mate.
Old 21-08-2012, 04:58 PM
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Managed to relocate the wastegate into a better area



Just waiting on my exhaust housing so i can bolt the turbo back up
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Hey mate odd one can you see light through your wastgate? I run the same one took it off and can see light coming through around wastgate valve ?
Old 21-08-2012, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by luke89
Hey mate odd one can you see light through your wastgate? I run the same one took it off and can see light coming through around wastgate valve ?
At first yes but if you turn the coller round an place it back in it sort of clicks in an seals the hole up hope this helps let me how you get on!
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Thanks buddy I did get mine together at 4:30am before ford fair will check tomorrow
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looks good keep up the good work
Old 23-08-2012, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 0150carmac
looks good keep up the good work
Thanks bud,
Got the turbo fitted today an ran it up for about 5-10mins an all seams ok just the one boost pipe an few bits an bobs to do

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Looks good mate, thanks for the advise pulled the wastgate off and sure nuff wrong way round lol
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looks spot on there mate. who made the exhaust manifold mate? im after one like that for a different car tho
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Originally Posted by luke89
Looks good mate, thanks for the advise pulled the wastgate off and sure nuff wrong way round lol
Nice one glad you got it sorted
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looks spot on there mate. who made the exhaust manifold mate? im after one like that for a different car tho
Thanks bud, one of my mates made it he also sells them on ebay just type in cvh turbo an they will come up
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not much of an update got myself one of them act gauges off ebay so will be fitting it once av sorted a few runing issues out as the fucker dosent like reving up !!! end of this week will hopefully be makin a start on the down pipe
Old 22-12-2012, 01:31 PM
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left the car for a few weeks an seen as we had little workin had a poke round the car an tryed crankin it over an the feckin thing never started so after a few checks down to the injectors not pulsing :-( so after bit more time an check couldnt fault the loom so got a good mate to lend me his ecu it only cracked up!!!!!!!! me an RS turbo ecus dont go lol ,sorry about the bad vid an still need to sort the down pipe out
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Come on G, chop chop
Old 13-08-2013, 03:12 PM
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Heres an update for you dave sittin in the corner of the workshop till the orange nail is done lol
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Old 13-08-2013, 06:37 PM
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Good job I didn't draw a big knob on the windscreen in the dust this afternoon isn't it!!
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Haha you wouldnt be the 1st one dave
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