just ordered one of these to keep an eye on my inlet charge air temps



mine is black plastic not white as shown in the pic and it has a blue backlit display, accurate to +/- 1 degree, cycling every second for constant temperature readout.

 

 

How about paint, then clear stone chip over the top?

Nothing protects like paint and laquer

 

What are the benifits of seam welding the bulkhead, arches and bay?

 

really not sure what to do underneath, another one of my many boggles about the car

 

Dont use underseal Give it a good key up (Bare metal ideally) 2K Acid etch prime then use some stonechip, then colour over that

Also the spray stuff you are using, the Upol Zinc stuff, is meant for priming new metal before its welded, so the back sections are covered too, but it still conducts the electricity so allows it to "weld" dont think it will be thick enough to "protect" after weldng but they all much of a muchness really...

Red oxide is what yyou need to keep the moisture out, though unfortunatly new type red oxide is not as good as the old "dangerous" stuff

 

Dont underseal.......it makes everyone suspicious...lol.....and can hide a multitude of sins if any moisture gets underneath it.

Primer Stonechip and colour as above

Man this is gonna be sooo good

 

it strengthens and stiffens the shell

 

Damo V, well you learn something new every day

MattRS1600i, think im going to have too look into this stonechip stuff

 

not done as much today as i would have liked but managed to buff the surface rust off the bulkhead and front floor and also the rear drivers side arch lip, then spray with primer to stop the bare metal rusting

 

looking good m8

 

Really coming on well now, you've come so far in so little time

 

Red16, lookin gud mate

 

cheers people back to work 2moro so no updates til friday!

 

 

glad you like it andy mate cant wait to bring her over to show you when she's finished

 

i cant wait to see it Ben

 

Love it ben

 

Looking good mate

 

my air charge temp gauge arrived today, had to power it up to see what it looked like

powered up in the light, the camera flash took away the blueness of the display



looks like this in the dark tho

 

Ben how do these things work mate i got a rough idea but not to sure

 

keep it up m8 looking sweet,soon to be mint

 

I have to disagree fella, he has a full photographic history of the restoration as i do of mine. Nothing dodgy there.

Had mine done as i couldn't see the point in colour coding the bottom of the car - unless ya going down the concours route?

As long as its protected and stops the rust and shit rotting it, thats all i'm concerned with

Either way, whatever you decide............... Its a fantastic resto

 

 

andyt, power is supplied to the gauge by a switched live, then the you put the sensor they supply into the boost pipework. the resistance of the little sensor must change as it gets hotter/cooler, altering the reading on the digi display.

cheers lads, might see if i can wangle a half day 2moro

 

Coming along very well

 

gotcha now Ben sell me yours

 

Not being funny but in 5 years time you wont have a clue whats under the underseal, photo's or not. And believe me it puts people off.

 

bought it from Courtnay the Vauxhall people, only set me back Ł20.50 delivered to my front door

 

really coming on now mate its like looking at future shots of mine (being black as well an all!) i wish mine was this far on and wish i could afford to turbo mine
ah well im just gonna have to wring as much n/a power out of mine as i can eh!!!! then i'l have some fun. got all my panels the other day got me aset of inner wing panels and a scuttle and a front and two genuine ford wings and all the headlamp adjusters and plenty of other new FORD bits ive also got a nice mint S1 kit for it and at the weekend im gonna get the iron needle out and start getting serious with it! then maybe star looking at colour charts to find a nice shiny silver. keep the pics coming and save a needy S1. love em!!!

 

That's really coming along well mate, keep up the good work chap!!!!!




Nice one

Adrian

 

I suppose it all depends on weather you sell it or not

But prevention is half the battle, in 5 years time my car might be in the same condition as it is now because i have caked the floor pan in rust prevention stuff.

Mike Rainbird also sells them on here

 

cheers lads sorry for the lack of updates ive been lazy

 

we know lol

 

crack on then ya lazy bugger!!! i want some encouragement to get somthing done on mine! i like you cant be arsed in the wanky weather were currently enjoying!

 

started chopping up my 2wd intercoolers last night, so im not that lazy hopefully get the end caps made tonight and then all thats required is a bit of ally welding

 

nice