Ricco\'s Ride

[Ricco_04]

Come on dude ! better get the TII sorted or youll have 3 cars off the road:Hammer

:rollin

Steady on fella, you gotta watch the roads, 5psi is it! :evillaugh

[chopper2k22]

:Grrr  Pip will have the new ECU soon, then :WaveBye  

[Ricco_04]

I wont keep up with you from all the oil in your premix :Laugh and I cant see :Santa

[RobbieRX-7]

Whilst doing a search for the film \'mean machine\' on imdb.com, it came up with this, with the title "Pray it doesn\'t happen to you!" kinda resembles you ricco? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068183/

[Ricco_04]

Ricco in "The cauldron of death" WTF! :spank   God dam im a film star! :bandit

[Ricco_04]

Lil update, got myself a nice pallet weight :



So all being well thats the engine sorted.  New turbos needed as the oil seals had started to give way.  Get this changed over then off to Pips to have the map adjusted. :yes

Just also wonderr (and I think it may be a yes) but will I have to swap the engine looms over as mine is currently all UK spec??? :confused:

Hopefully will swap over my current primary injectors (850\'s) and I shall hopefully have an Efini Y pipe & crossover soonish.  I want also to change the clutch, there is no problems with it but it\'s still a standard jobbie so I really need one that can cope with the extra torque.

After that I can start to save for the wheels again! :Laugh  I could really do with some 2nd\'s to tide me through :yes

[karl_tate]

cool, where did you get that from?? what kind of milage??
 
when are you hoping to get it all in. not sure on the loom, i would of said that there isnt much difference, just try and compare them??
 
when you hoping to get it back out??

[Ricco_04]

Hi Karl,

I brought it from Oscar on these ere forums.  Engine was rebuilt 2000 miles ago and the turbos have low mileage too so it ticked all the boxes for me.  It was either that or rebuild myself and get another turbo pack.  I need this car so it should be less time off road this way

The car is very much driveable as it still starts and its the oil seal on the 2nd tubbie thats going so you still get plenty of revs to drive round with.  Im driving it like miss dazy at the moment till its all sorted

I have 1 or 2 other bits I want to install at the same time, such as an uprated clutch (still to decide and buy) so wont be starting the job untill I have all the parts in my garage.  I\'m hoping it will be a smooth opperation :Laugh :Laugh

[karl_tate]

sounds good, you will also have your current block to play around with as well when the new one is in
 
did you find the cause for the coolant buzzer coming on?

[Ricco_04]

Yeah thats true, a spare one just in case :rolleyes: :Laugh   I even thought about mixing it with the rebuild for the FC and then have a sort of hybrid in the FC :Laugh

To be honest I didn\'t.  I tried all the advise but it seems to do what it wants.  The last thing I did was to try and bleed any air out of the system.  I did this twice and had no problems for about 2 weeks.  Then the buzzer came on again.

It\'s completly unrelated to the coolant at this stage.  The temps on the commander rise as normal.  All water levels remain fine and at the exact level as when previously checked.  I was also advised to check the wite because it may be frayed and occasionaly causing the light & buzzer to come on but thats fine too.

Very strange but the only thing I can think of is that there was air in the system and somehow more has got in and caused the buzzer to come on again.  At least it\'s all going to be replaced

[Ricco_04]

Chrikey, been a while since I posted on this!

Due to many reasons, the car is now back in the same bodyshop to have the necessary work done that wasn\'t done right in the first place (someone, not me, trying to make a quick buck!)

Anyway cut a long story short they have been slowly putting right all the faults and doing the work that they where paid to do in the first place.  I went to see it today and it put a smile on my face to see the work that had been done thus far.  I took a couple of photos and will upload & post them when I take them off my phone

On the way back £16 in the Clio and it says I have 200 mile range - Its gonna be weird having the FD back :Giggle

[rextreme]

Cool!

Almost time for all to enjoy our cars after they have been off the road for a while...

Russ.,

[Ricco_04]

Almost time for all to enjoy our cars after they have been off the road for a while...

Yeah, bring it on :yes   Im looking forward to sorting these few things out and then just enjoy the summer :wiggle

Anywhoo heres a couple of pics I took :









You can also see where they left the caron undersweep on from their previous attempts (which they broke in the process! :rolleyes:  )

[John_Hudson]

lookin good fella

[Ricco_04]

lookin good fella

Cheers fella :Thumbs-up

Taken some more photos but don\'t have most recent uploaded yet.  The car is supposed to be all painted again but I havnt been to see it since Monday.  

Here\'s what I have from Monday........