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johnd-mkiv

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Project back up an running again Girlfriend no2 has hit the dust :D

 

Been working on the manifold as the wastegate fouls on the car where it sits, so ive bought some swept bends to allow me to put it where is sits best, after sorting this and making up the down pipe I made up the turbo return from some ally tube an used the mandrel bender to achieve a nice shape clear from the manifold

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Decided to make a link pipe between the wastegate and the down pipe to keep it quiet for track days but have it as a bolt in bolt out so I can run the screamer pipe too:cool:

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Once I was happy with all of the above I fitted it then started work on the rest of the exhaust system this was great fun with the car being just over a foot off the ground :rolleyes: I wanted the rear silencer to be small so when I fitted the rear diffuser I could pannel that in aswell, few hours went into this but it sits sweet on the car really happy with it

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finnished the rear diffuser an sprayed it satin black then fitted it using some ally rivets

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started work on the butchered loom hopefully got it right :D removed all the crap not needed and repaired the rest that had been cut or damaged

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bought a single wiper motor from the scrap yard fabricated up a plate and fitted this hopefully will work out ok

 

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fitted momo race steering wheel and made a start on fitting the ally door cards handles ect

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got the front bumper on but a few mods need to be done on it before I can finally fit it as it looks to happy lol Need to mean it up a bit. The intercooler and oil cooler are now fitted an ive just finnished fabrication all the pipework for the intercooler and radiator

 

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Pushing the car about it had a nasty knocking noise coming from the diff sent that to a specialist by me an they stripped it to find one of the main bearings had a chunk out of the race so I had them replaced an the whole thing rebuilt.

 

Its getting there just need to wire the car up now finnish the fuel system off, sort the suspension out and a few other little bits an ill be there

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Fair dues for tackling problems that most of us would simply open our wallets to overcome.

 

Especially the lexan windows, and in particular the door units.

 

I am contemplating fitting a rear lexan window myself but I never thought it was possible to tackle pillarless doors.

 

You sir, are an inspiration.

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Fair dues for tackling problems that most of us would simply open our wallets to overcome.

 

Especially the lexan windows, and in particular the door units.

 

I am contemplating fitting a rear lexan window myself but I never thought it was possible to tackle pillarless doors.

 

You sir, are an inspiration.

 

To be honest the lexan stuff has been a pain in the arse its taken so many hours to get it to fit an look right still not happy with the front doors just cant get the contour i want from them

 

 

 

Thanks for all the comments though much appreciated ;)

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Lovely job, very well done mate!! I have abandoned running Lexan in my new Skyline R33 shell, as I have seen the same issues with door glass converted to Lexan, I want to use a heated front screen, which is obviously only available in glass (NOTE #! below....) and the stock door glass and stock rear heated are surprisingly little heavier than 4 mm Lexan.

 

NOTE #1 : Forgetting to move an unrestrained boot lid when taking the truck for test is not a good idea. After remembering two miles up the road investigation showed it had made an inspired dive straight onto my brand new and unfitted heated front screen. If one could murder oneself, I would.... :)

 

 

A great project John, keep it coming please.

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Lovely job, very well done mate!! I have abandoned running Lexan in my new Skyline R33 shell, as I have seen the same issues with door glass converted to Lexan, I want to use a heated front screen, which is obviously only available in glass (NOTE #! below....) and the stock door glass and stock rear heated are surprisingly little heavier than 4 mm Lexan.

 

NOTE #1 : Forgetting to move an unrestrained boot lid when taking the truck for test is not a good idea. After remembering two miles up the road investigation showed it had made an inspired dive straight onto my brand new and unfitted heated front screen. If one could murder oneself, I would.... :)

 

 

A great project John, keep it coming please.

 

Yer I think if I could go back Id keep the glass dread to think what its going to look like in 6months time and like you say theres not much in the weight saving.

 

used speedflow today mate verry helpful thanks ;)

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