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It should be in perfect condition as she only had it in there for about 4-5months. I've no idea what it is worth to be honest. I suppose it'd be nice to get £50 to give her for it That would also save me the hassle of fitting it into her mother's car

Do a lot of you guys who spend BIG money on your cars spend a lot of that on labour for other people to do the work?

I have a Pioneer CD/Radio headunit that came out of the GF's car when she sold it. I was going to stick it on Ebay but I can get the model number and a photo or two for you if you want when I get home....

Can anyone confirm that the Defi EGT thermocouple is 3mm diamater? Or is is 1/8" (3.125mm) Cheers Dan

Money sent - cheers Scott.

Nice job Jay. Are you planning to paint those bits or leave them in Ali for the moment? (Sorry if you already mentioned that somewhere!)

I'm wondering if people suffering heat soak issues in the stock location are all using the OEM sensor which is not an open element? I'll see what Ryan has seen on any recent motors.... If there is some sort of issue with the OEM location I may investigate coming up through the underside of the throttle body but that will hinge on whether or not the injection mist from the WI jet on the intercooler pipe curve will clear the sensor tip - I obviously don't want to spray the sensor!

Jens also shipped over a new intake temp sensor for me as well. This is an AC Delco unit and it should react faster to inlet air temp fluctuations than the OEM sensor. This is not the same thread as the OEM sensor so if it's being fitting to a J spec plenum the hole will need re-tapping to 3/8" NPT. (I'm using a UK spec plenum which has no hole for it so I will have to drill and tap it anyway - I'm now trying to decide if the OEM location is the best spot for it...) I will try to get some testing done this week and compare the response of the Delco to the OEM unit.

I also picked up my new fuel rail and injectors which came from Fuel Injector Clinic in the US. I cannot thank Jens at FIC enough for all his help and advice and most of all for supplying great products at great prices. I was a little bit fussy with the options I wanted (black rail, black fittings and also some additional hose ends as I ran out of my Earls supply) and nothing was too much hassle. The Fuel Rail Kit The Injectors (Modified Bosch EV14 - 900cc/min high impedence) Most people refer to these as 1000cc/min but with petrol they flow 900cc/min. They use the same Bosch EV14 base injector as the 1000cc/min versions marketed by places like Injector Dynamics (where the flow testing is apparently not done with petrol and hence achieves 1000cc/min) Extra Bits (#6 90 degree Red Horse hose ends)

I didn't have any real time to work on the car this weekend but I cleaned all the intercooler pipework and got it ready to fit. Once they were drilled and tapped for the WI points the only other real job was mounting the Tial blow off valve. It will be sitting near the old sidemount location but tucked away from road grime and debris - it can't be seen through the side duct.

i'll take them please. I'm away for the weekend so can i send money on sunday night?

Mine is a high pressure pump version aquamist system. My smallest jet is 0.7 so i may have to invest in a couple of small ones

Thanks for the replies guys. My original plan was one jet near the TB with the option of moving it nearer the intercooler to see what happens. I'm thinking that one at the TB and one on the U bend IC outlet pipe would probably be a better starting point. TR - what size jets do you have at each location and are they fed from the same pump and line?

I had a little batch custom made to my spec specific for this application and yes the junction is very close to the tip....the intrusion into the manifold was specced at ~12-15mm. I'll go back through my paperwork and dig out the order details.

Speak to Jens at FIC and he will help you out. The Bosch EV14 900cc/min high imp are a very good price. If you can send him some details of your existing injectors he will modify the Bosch ones to suit your rail and inlet runners.

Are the ball joints good?

Me too - I think it actually spilled into day and days and days

Is anyone here running more than one injection jet for their water injection?

The welding of all the downpipe and custom exhaust parts is now finished and almost ready to fit for an initial start up. I need to remove a bit of weld material in a few places but nothing major. I think the only outstanding job I need to get done before a trial fit and startup is tapping the manifold for those EGT probes. Once that's done I'll be starting the car on the stock ECU and injectors to check all is ok on the turbo side.....it finally seems like I'm making progress

I also fitted my new ancillary belt tensioner and damper parts. And then I started planning where to fit the exhaust gas temperature probes. This is the position I'm thinking for cylinder six and I will probably also drill and tap the manifold in the cylinder one area as well (although that thermocouple will come in from underneath by the thermostat housing in order to clear the studs and nuts holding the manifold to the head) The thermocouple probe I'm fitting is an inconel sheathed K type that contains two individual thermocouples. This makes life easy for getting a probe in place for both a standalone ecu and a gauge in the car....plus both will be reading from the same place

Today I got my intercooler pipes, intake pipe and radiator brackets back from the powder coating guys....I think they did a smashing job. The pipes were drilled before powder coating but they still needed tapping so I got that done tonight.

Thanks guys

I have two spare sets of AP Engineering shifter bushes which I never fitted to our two later cars as the old bushes were perfect and I couldn't be arsed with the hassle. If this supply runs out and anyone want one of my two spare pairs, just let me know.

I'll take them - pm sent.

Great mod...stiffer shift action....feels more precise but seemed to take a little more thought as the gate feels tighter and narrower. After driving for 10mins it doesn't need any more thinking about. As far as noise and vibration - I couldn't tell any difference to how it was before.