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Wow, what a bargain! Had to read the price a few times before it registered LOL

Am loving those wheels on it. Very nice! :P

Hope you get the issues sorted without too much hassle, its part of the fun though really!

Enjoy!!

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Cheers guys, I agree I am having fun sorting it all out. I took it down to Pedders to get the suspension checked today tho and they said it was shot so theres another cost. New radiator is probably needed i think but ill sort that out later. Its booked in at Top Racing for Wednesday to get all the idle problems fixed. They told me today its missing the warm up valve or something plus a bunch of other stuff. That is going to be the part i think which makes or breaks the bargain. Could cost me a fortune in which case i would have been better buying something else. Anyway ill keep yall posted :bunny:

Cheers,

Will

You do realise don't you, that if you were to buy a brand new car with a 5Yr/unlimited Km Warranty, you'd...

i) miss out on all these 'hidden secrets'

ii) become devoid of our informed feedback

iii) have folks at home who'd just be watching TV all day instead of hackin' out on you

iv) miss out on making new friends at repair shops and...

v) be bored!

Now there's a new meaning to...

"Good Will Hunting!" :bunny:

Tez :(

Be patient - things will turn around for you. How's your budget??

Lol. I agree one hundred percent Tez :) Well when i bought the car my budget was 10k to get it how i want it. So far:

Car $5,500

Oil Filter $10

BOV + Heater Hoses $80

Coolent $60

Radiator Flush $10

Oil $40

Battery $75

2 x Maxis 255-40-17 $475

Heater Core $80

Heater Temp thingy $10

Suspension Check Free from Peddars

Total

$6340

To Come

Booked in at Top Racing to fix idle problem - Expecting about $1500 but really don't know

Needs new suspension - Expecting about $1000 (install myself)

Front Bumper - about 500?? Hoping for a second hand white one.

Some sort of aftermarket management (depends on how much idle problem costs to fix)

Dyno Tune - $400??

So I think im on track but its a bit hit and miss. I took the car in to Top Racing the other day to speak to them and they had a look and didnt really know where to start. Said the car was missing the warm up valve (cold start valve?) and a bunch of other stuff. So basically they were unable to give me an idea of how much it will cost which to me feels very risky. Dont want to fork out a days labour at $88 and hour and have nothing fixed.

No way around it though i suppose,

Wish me luck :D

p.s Finally plumbed up the new heater core and installed the new temp sensor and the Heater Works!!! For some reason that valve i was wondering about doesnt need to be connected up in my car (must be a series 1.5 thing) so i just leave it full open.

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Still bloody cheap.

If top racing charge you more than $200 in labour fixing the idle problem then something is seriously wrong with them.

Is there anyone else you would suggest that you have had experience with? I would rather get it right the first time round. Have heard these guys are good tho.

So Top Racing were closed yesterday due to the staff being sick but I dropped it off this morning so im excited to get it back this afternoon. Hopefully it will all be running nice and smoothly. The guys there seem to know what they are doing. Next step will be a new bumper and then the pits. After that, suspension, aftermarket ecu (looking at Wolf3d), upgraded injectors, fuel pump and turbo upgrade. Of course that blows my budget a wee bit but hey...whats the point of having a slow fast car??? :(

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Lol. Well this morning was worse than ever. Idle was at nearly 3K the whole way to uni (30 mins). Anyway i called up Top Racing cos i was pissed that it was worse than when i gave it to them. They told me to bring it back in. When i started the car up again it was idling at 800 and stayed like that all day. beautiful. The mechanical tune from yesterday cost me $176 and basically all he did was play with a few idle screws. That aside I didnt mind paying him because today he explained to me how the AAC Valve works and that in my car the AAC valve and the cold start valve (controlled by water temp) are part of the same assembly (See pic below). I believe the reason that it idled properly after i turned it off and on again is that the solenoid get stuck. This whole assembly will be replaced as soon as possible.

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Now, having thought about how all this might work together to control the idle i took the valve off and inspected it again. Knowing the part with the three smaller hoses (2 circled in blue) was the cold start valve i checked to see if water could enter this part properly by blowing into it. It was all blocked up with crap. I pumped water into it and surprise surprise the crap came out and the valve opened (due to the cold water). This was my first win. Now what doesnt make sense is the fact that the two outlets circled in blue are connected together. The water enters through the top one (Yellow) and has no where to go. This is why there was a build up of crap. So, If someone could take a photo of where these two hoses SHOULD connect to then i would very much appreciate it. I will be buying an entirely new valve assembly and believe this will fix my problem if i can plumb it all back in properly. :) I figure the only time the cold start valve closes would be when the engine get hot enough to heat the entire assembly since hot water is not getting to it. Feels so good when you finally get somewhere.

p.s used a headlight polish today. Only took 5 mins and they look like new. If anyone was wondering if this stuff works it does.

Cheers,

Will

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Picked up a new, second hand valve today. cost me 100 bucks from KYP!!!! He had better give me a good deal on the coilovers lol. Anyway Ben explained where the piping should all go aswell. Fairly common sense, there just has to be flow through the valve. Anyway i also ran some other checks. The solenoid is only supposed to activate when the engine is under load such as power steering and air con. I found that the plug that fits the solenoid outputs 12v all the time. I checked the unused purple plug on the harness and this one outputs 12v only under load. Next step is to clean the new valve in the ultrasonic baths at work :) . Then fit it, plumb it in properly, cut and rewire the plugs on the harness so the solenoid receives the appropriate voltages and walla - idle works (hopefully :P )

Hey Will(Serius) Are you from W.A Perth?

Coz you sed the car was just parked at your friends house.

And i always saw a similar R33 on manning road parked next to a AUS POST van, and no one used to use it coz i always saw it on the same spot..

I used to look at it everytime i am going home from work, But suddenly one day she left me. :P She was not there anymore (a few weeks ago i stopped seeín it there).

i just thought maybe its the one.

Hey Will(Serius) Are you from W.A Perth?

Coz you sed the car was just parked at your friends house.

And i always saw a similar R33 on manning road parked next to a AUS POST van, and no one used to use it coz i always saw it on the same spot..

I used to look at it everytime i am going home from work, But suddenly one day she left me. :laugh: She was not there anymore (a few weeks ago i stopped seeín it there).

i just thought maybe its the one.

Yeah that was the one :cool: Manning Road Bently. What a bargain hey. I used to see it coming home from work too. Then one day my friend told me that his mate was selling a car cheap and i found out it was that car. I was so stoked!!! It will look really nice when i have the new bumper on it.

Idle Fixed:

Cold Start = 1100

Warm = 800

Load (A/C + Power Steering) = 900

Remaining Problems:

Ugly Front Bumper (Opinions? What should i get? Otherwise ill try find the same one)

Leaking suspension (Putting Coilovers on in the next 2 weeks)

Has anybody had experience taking a car over the pits with coilovers?

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