Service with race plugs, brake stopper, exhaust work and shiny things

[a98pmalcolm]

Hay all. A bit of a boring thread. But hay ho some pics for you to show some work on the car the past 2 days at my makes workshop. Buy myself and Alex at AKS Tuning

 

(please excuse the dirty engine bay atm)

 

1st up was to bit a Cusco Supra Brake Master Cylinder Stopper ordered from Paul at Whifbitz

Pedal feels much firmer.

 

 

Next was plug cover off and clean up any oil from cam cover gasket before fitting the NGK race plugs.

 

 

And a lot cleaner

 

 

I Cleaned up the coil packs while there out too.

 

 

The NGK race plugs that were about to go in compared to the iridium ones I have had there for a few years. There are also grade 9 to replace the 8's

 

 

Time to sort a very minor oil leak. We found that last time worked on the car the sump sealant was sticking out in areas. Also a lot of residue oil around the sump.

What a PAIN this was to remove.

All sealant scraped off the block. Alex removed the strainer to make it a little easier to remove the sump.

 

 

I cleaned up the sump as I had to scrape off all the old sealant. Happy to say no metal or pieces were in the sump and the strainer was mint.

 

 

Alex did a nice tidy job of the sealant as we can see after I tightened it all up. Oh and fitted a new sump plug

 

 

 

Next was the nice shiny cam covers supplied by Rob Mitchell. We used new cam cover gaskets.

 

 

For a while I have had a coolant leak and we finally found it was the alloy rad sadly I just can not afford a new rad at the moment. And I know some of you my frown upon me but we did a full coolant change (as it was just water from me non stop topping it up) and Holts rad seal. Needs must and this car is my daily runner.

 

 

And last up time for Alex to get his weld on. Since the single turbo conversion I have done nothing but scrape, knock and break off v-bands as the 4" exhaust sits just too low. So Alex took it off and started to modify brackets and tuck up the exhaust. He manage to raise it quite a lot... I await for the the speed bump test lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of coarse the usual, oil drain and filter change.

 

Thanks for looking all and the car feels great.

 

Paul

Edited November 19, 2014 by a98pmalcolm (see edit history)

[Ric]

Nice work,

 

I really would have just kept topping it up though rather than adding the rad seal gunk

[a98pmalcolm]

Nice work,

 

I really would have just kept topping it up though rather than adding the rad seal gunk

 

I know bud it was only a small bottle but I have a few long drives coming up and I cant risk it. It was holts stuff too..

[chazuk]

Nice work mate , those NGK race plugs are expensive arent they like £280 also I thought to make the best of them you need to have the car re-mapped as you can run more timing with those plugs other wise not much gain over the ones you had before.

[a98pmalcolm]

Nice work mate , those NGK race plugs are expensive arent they like £280 also I thought to make the best of them you need to have the car re-mapped as you can run more timing with those plugs other wise not much gain over the ones you had before.

 

£170 with from camskill fella. No need to remap with them, besides my injectors are maxed atm lol My thought on them is they deal with heat better and more ideal for cars with more boost over stock and modified..

 

What NGK say about them:

 

Racing spark plugs are generally constructed

with higher heat ranges due to the production

of more thermal energy from racing and

performance modified engines.

Different designs offer varying projection into

combustion chamber to match engine design

and performance characteristics.

Ground electrode designs vary to offer better

engine flexibility or resistance to damage by

high levels of combustion vibration and high

temperatures.

Semi surface design plugs similar to the true

surface discharge types shown overleaf offers

the most robust characteristics only used in the

most extreme conditions.

[DaveR]

Looks good mate. The little jobs are often the most satisfying.