My Other New Ceffy

[Nic_A31]

[Nic_A31]

Rear guards might need rolling if I wanna go lower.

[Dan_J]

we rolling or flaring ?

[Nic_A31]

Vote time?

GO!

[toffy]

roll + light flare = win imo

[Nic_A31]

Exhaust leak rectified, turbo sounds normal again but responds even faster.

Starts spooling as early as 2000-2200 and tonight it regularly saw 10PSI at 3000rpm.

Doesnt FEEL like a DE+T but might very well be. Must run a compression test on it ASAP and find out....

Had a hard time trying to get a video of tacho, boost gauge AND not crashing, all at the same time...but will get around to it.

[Nic_A31]

14 PSI, sweet.

But then.....

Replaced every hose clamp in the entire car with new aftermarket ones. Took me a while but looks neat and no more blowing off intercooler pipes.

Next I painted the heatshields.

Currently not running AGAIN due to brand new Bosch 040 overheating after any more than 15 seconds of use. Trying to rectify :\

[StealthX]

looking good brah...

any news with the overheating pump?? wierd.

[Nic_A31]

Found a slow point on the hose between the pump and the cradle, the top fitting on pump needs to be different so hopefully get it sorted tomorrow.

[Nic_A31]

Still not fixed Idled fine for 30 minutes, got out of my suburb and onto the highway and started all over again. Had to let it cool down 5 mins at a time every 2-3 km (without going over 2500rpm) to limp it home.

Pic I snapped while waiting for it to cool down again.

[StealthX]

Those wheels suit it sooo well!

[Nic_A31]

They do but too wide for the open centre diff to do skids in. clutch kick any revs below 4000 and it' just bogs down and launches, even when it does do a skid (ie forced first gear into 90 degree corner) suspension flexes up, demon camber comes on and skid is only 2inches wide (from a 9 inch tyre).

Definately need to roll guards, slam it some more, wind out camber, and fit LSD / mech.

UPDATE:

Car fixed, cleaned fuel tank today and chucked in another 500hp pump, run's great, again, for now.

[Dan_J]

running again

hey nic confirm thats its an open wheeler, most non turbo ceffys come with lsd's (vlsd), jack up the rear and turn one wheel by hand and see if the other turns.

[Nic_A31]

Turn one wheel in a direction, opposite wheel turns opposite direction. Open Centre FTL

I know most 20DE Ceffy's had LSD but this one was indeed a 20E when I got it.

Got an LSD at mate's place, still deciding if I can be f**ked doing the shims before I just top up oil and chuck it in.

[Dan_J]

well if skids are planed, shim it ? as i said before my LSD singles at times so i'm gonna shim the spare diff i got locked once my shims arrive from japan

[Nic_A31]

I'll fit an LSD when my new tailshaft arrives which I've gotta pay for still.

Factory under-car splash guards.

Good for atleast another 8.5rwhp.

Edited December 30, 2010 by Nic_A31

[Nic_A31]

Took her out with some Perth guys for a bit of a photoshoot. Mate does it as a hobby.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RM_Photography/109188375789078

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=140162859358296&id=109188375789078&aid=15232

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Not much else in news at the moment. Few little things need doing, have racked up over 800km in it since new engine and still ironing out all the problems.

Cracked the $1000 mark of materials that I've spent reviving the halfcut motor to where it SHOULD be. Almost ready to lean on the car as a daily again. Has been good fun to drive around though, and rather interesting finding ways to get it going every time it breaks down 40+ km from from.

[NA_Goodness]

What a heap of shit!

When are we fitting up the non-ABS shit, dude? And you never mentioned that you had an LSD for it. Gimme a yell when if you want a hand fitting it. I wanna know how to reshim the diffs before I rebuild mine.

[Nic_A31]

LOL I kept telling you it was a bunky POS but you insisted on taking photo's of it

non-ABS stuff? dunno, whenever? Fix Jess's car and take a night or two off to cool down. LSD has been sitting here for ages, gotta order some shims for it. I'll might chuck it in as is when the single piece driveshaft arrives - a bit easier that way. Then shim it later?

[Dan_J]

looking gud nic, whats the light in the shutter speed pic i cant tell?

i got 3x 1.20 mm shims, installed two on the spider gear side and one on the other side and put it all back together. need to get around to installing it on the car when i get some free time.