Ada7\'s T-Rex

[Ada7]

After the weather we\'ve had lately it does make me laugh that i\'m worried about heat :p
A beanie and some thermo sleeve might be enough i think. Can always add more later on if need be.
Will measure up the pipes and let you know mate. Have got the red ones from my old cooler still so thats a start
My birthday soon, what should i ask for? :confused::p

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

My birthday soon, what should i ask for? :confused::p

Adam

Ask for the sodding elves to take a break from helping out all the damn cobblers and get your car finished for you one night :rollin

I dunno, Man Utd to actually win an important game for a change....?

[Ada7]

Oi! keep that for other threads :p
I wish the elves would help me out :o

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

Sorry! I promised myself I wasn\'t going to mention it, too, knew I\'d never manage it! You can\'t get the quality of elves nowadays, really can\'t. I\'ve got a long weekend next week, so if you\'ve a spare day I could always potter up and lend a hand getting some stuff done? Always seem less painful when errr, the pain\'s shared out a bit

[Ada7]

Thanks for the offer mate. I will have a look at my shifts for next week and get back to you. Would be good to catch up again

Adam

[Ada7]

Another little update and another item purchased


Also, anyone any ideas what i can do about this hole in the exhaust housing?
Guessing it was for a EGT sensor


Adam

[BlitzBoy]

Get it welded or put a bolt that was the same thread size as the sensor

[Ada7]

I did think about putting a short bold in there but was worried it might cause the housing to crack at high temps or something :o

Adam

[BlitzBoy]

so long as its the same thread size then you wont crack it

[Ada7]

Coolio. easy fix then

Adam

[MaLicE]

or get an egt gauge lol

[Ada7]

or get an egt gauge lol

Something for the futrue. Just want to get my car runnnig again now

Adam

[Ada7]

Ok, managed to get over to the barn yesterday for the first time this year and got a lot done. Had collected lots of bits so was dying to get to work on it again. But first off we had a couple of new neighbours to say hello to and befriend

Yes that is a Land Rover roof :p

So to the work. First i re-heat wrapped the down pipe. Annoyingly was about 2 foot short but will be fine as its the furthest end left uncovered
Then i fitted the Pineapple Racing pulley. Was very easy to do once i worked out which points to screw the bracket to. Does look good


Then i test fitted the turbo on so i could re route the water matrix pipe that was hitting the cold side housing. Had to cut the hard pipe back a bit and run the new flexible hose further up the side of the bay and then down to the engine block again. Then i got the rad fitted back in. Loved how easy that was


Finally then i placed the new intercooler on to see how much space i had left and how tight the hoses are going to be. Should be ok with a little twist and turn here and there



So all thats left is to sort out the oil feed and return lines for the turbo and screw it all up once and for all, then sort the intercooler hoses out and finally sort the exhaust sizing problem out. With a couple of new gaskets here and there its job done and time to start it back up again... as long as the battery isnt knackered

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

Ok, managed to get over to the barn yesterday for the first time this year and got a lot done. Had collected lots of bits so was dying to get to work on it again. But first off we had a couple of new neighbours to say hello to and befriend

Yes that is a Land Rover roof :p

Wow! How deep must that mudwallow be to lose an entire Landrover in it right up to the roof ! Did everyone get out of it OK before it sank?

[Ada7]

I think the straw in it helped to keep it afloat enough for everyone to make a safe exit :p

Adam