PMSL

 

winscreen wipers?

window seals?

 

..

 

yeah bastid.......

 

fair do's mate

 

shut it lee, you filthy paki!

 

now now watch it, youll have the PF mafia onto ya....

 

you dont half go to town you lads

 

keep it up mate.

 

This is what I was worried would happen

 

news Damo, but possibly bad news for my wallet

8.5-10psi - I'm jealous

 

Spot on Damo! Fancy earning a crust fitting my shed up with that areoquip bollox!

Looks too much like hard work to me............But it sets your & dave's cars off

 

Jason, it is a bit fidly, but opnce you have done a couple of unions its not bad... What you having done, guess you got on ok with the pump, I have been offline this weekend I'm afraid, sorry I didnt reply sooner

 

Looking good mate

 

Lookin great

 

Damo,
I wonder if I could have some advice - inspired by the work you and some of the other guys have done on your cars I have started doing quite a few bits to my escos, Had a nightmare with the engine mounts - had to take the oilcooler off is this the norm?? Anyway is there any thing I should watch out for when I refit it ( pinched seals etc.. do all seals have to be changed or just the large one that joins the cooler to the arm?
Sorry to be a pain - last question - when you painted your cam-cover did you have heat proof paint made, if not did you use primer? also would you recomend removing all the old paint or just the loose bits?

Can't believe you aint sold the beast yet!

Any adivice from you other guys would help too!!

Cheers

( attached is a pic of my escos on stands..... )

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Wouldve been easier to drop the subframe to change mounts I reckon???

Re the cam cover, clean old paint off with nitromors, clean with thinners, etch prime (U-pol Acid 8 or the like) Base coat and 2 pack clear

HTH

Damian

 

Cheers!!

 

jack the engine up to change the mounts.. peice of piss

 

Dave,

I had the sub-frame on stands and had the engine jacked up - but could not jack it high enough to get the mounts off so I had to remove the mounting arms...... right hand side arm was a real pain ended up removing the oil-cooler.... As Damo has said I should have probably dropped the sub-frame as well - never mind it needed an oil change....

How do attach photos? I tried and failed the other night!!

 

Expect an update (prob tommorrow now) as yesterday, some bits I have been waiting for were delivered AND fitted

 

Do I hear an arse being put into gear?

 

hhmmm. strange, when i fitted,my vibratechnics, i just jacked the engine up/// must just be one of those strange things .

as for attatching photos. Go to www.photobucket.com, set up a free account. upload your pictures. Then use the tags it gives you and paste them on here. (should start with img and and in /img )

 

Dave,
I have seen your car now.......

I dont think I can say too many words about the work you have done....

But I did add some coments on your thread, how long to completion?

I have caught the bug big time and am spending large amounts of cash on getting my car as I want it, but have had a few problems along the way - a rouge repair on the ecu that stopped one of Ahmed's stage 3's working. Ahmed has my ecu at the moment so hopfully it will be fixed soon.
Now the car is off the road I decided to totally weather proof the underside / change mounts / clean engine / change fuel pump etc.......

I dont know if you can tell me where I can get a fitting kit for a 044 bosch pump?

Keep up the fantastic work!

 

thanks for the kind comments.

Mike Rainbird from here can source you a fitting kit. But to be honest. YOu could probably make one yourself.

a jubilee clip to hold the pump to the sender
a short rubber hose from pump nozzle to feed pipe welded to the cradle

then a small bit of wiring from the pump to the cradle

UNLESS you want to use aeroquip then go for the mike R kit

any questions, just hollar

 

Damo, Dave,
How long have you both had cossies for?

What do they run like at a proper 330 bhp?

Cheers.

 

tgsday,

Ive had mine just over 3 years now.... at 320-330.... they are MORE than ample quick enough.... you WONT be disappointed ( well at least until you break something lol)


heeman10, put it this way as soon as stuff was delivered .... it was fitted

 

Right, Thursday a few bits I have been waiting for were delivered!!

Firstly, courtesy of Martin at MEF Motorsport, a fuel pressure gauge...



The 12 point Pectel boost pot I ordered a couple of weeks ago via Harvey at SCS....



This plugs straight into my Pectel loom and does what it says on the tin LOL

Finally.... Duh duh duuuuuuhhhh... The long elusive custom length BLACK plug leads, for my coil pack



Fuel pressure guage in place (cant understand why its reading under 3 Bar at idle though )





As you may remember I chose to mount my coil pack between the heater blower and battery, below the tray which covers the blower motor

The below pic shows the grill below the windscreen obviously this allows water into this area, so I had to do something to protect the multiplug / loom on the side of the coil pack





So a small piece of plastic, welded in place



Cut a hole in the plastic bulkhead, used some rubber hose to prevent "chaffing" of the leads



All back in place, need not have bothered powdercoating the bracket.... Cant even see it







I'm happy with it, I think it all looks rather neat, though I hope I dont have any issues with the leads/coil pack dont want to be taking them out again in a hurry

Finally, the Boost Pot in place





Thats about it now... I need a small union for the fuel reg vac hose, as I have some braided hosing for that, I want to get the car in the air and check everything thoroughly fluids bolts etc, make sure its all in order as I have done 1400 miles since it was all fitted, then off to see Ahmed!!!

Quite excited now!!

Oh and a HUGE thank you to Dave for lending me his "Spare" set of leads and coil pack Nice one Bruvva

 

Damo,

Cossie fuel pressure should be 3.5 bar at atmospheric pressure. Pull the vac pipe off and see what it reads (should be 3.5 bar).

 

Very nice Damo

 

 

Nice install

Same as i was just thinking Daz Put your finger over the end of the vac hose to stop the revs rising too

I hope the fluid in the gauge doesn't come out with it being mounted upside down and the rubber bung facing down, i've had this happen with those type of pressure gauges

 

no worries mate

glad its all getting there!

 

Cheers all

DazC,

Doh... course I should have tried to think about it a little longer Cheers Daz

wes, So Do I pmsl.... time will tell.... I haven't cut the little nipple off the bung though

 

Nice work there mate

Hurry up and get to Ahmed so I can give you another rinsing

 

Nice work Damo

 

 

Very

 

ROFLOL

Nice work there Damo, i like the fuel pressure gauge is there ment to be an air bubble in these gauge tho ?

I like the idea of adjustable boost control in the car, might just save your gearbox for a bit longer

All looks installed nice and neat as per your usual work

 

yeah the bubble meant to be there