Compressor tube no-no? More space in the engine bay :D

[papercutout]

Well, my Greddy compressor tube arrived the other day, so yesterday I was extremely lazy and did nothing (due to a 12.75 hour shift the day before). But TODAY I was busy alllll day! This is because I had jobs to do, and a set of loverrrly blanking plates arrived today!

I did an oil change. Always good to do!

I welded up the broken weld in my exhaust, caused by the worst road I\'ve driven along for a LONG time

I looked to see if the compressor tube would fit. The answer is no, not with a TMIC. Is this normal, can they only be run with a FMIC?


So then I set about removing the air pump gubbins and clearing more space in the engine bay! My car spent much of the day like this:



And I created this space:



Fitting these! Look at the quality of the plates? You\'d have thought they were from Pineapple Racing or someone, but no. They\'re from a guy up by Solihull who works for a classic car restoration company, and has an FC he\'s trying to do up. If you need any fabrication or work done, let him know! Both me and L18M know him, he\'s a nice guy, and won\'t charge the earth.



And at the end of the day, the car looked like this:



But I still have this left over Would anyone like to buy it off me, same price I bought it; £40 + postage. So I can buy some DTSS eliminator bushes, which I KNOW I\'ll appreciate more!




Still to do:

Rewire fuel pump

Fit braided brake hoses

Bleed clutch

(there\'re actually lots more things on the list, but they\'re the asap ones)

[m1tch]

I have a compression tube with a TMIC, BUT you will need a different pipe to the intercooler as the angle is different and the inlet is MASSIVLY different (note size and angle difference)



I got mine when I fitted my uprated top mount, which I used different pipes for.

[B.Martin]

I\'d bite your hand off if I had the cash spare!!

I do love your fc though man

[papercutout]

Yeah, I saw that Mitch, I had taken the TMIC off and held it there thinking - there\'s no way that\'ll fit! The n/s TMIC bracket is in the way too, obviously it could just be suspended off the o/s bracket though.

It\'s a hell of a different pipe layout though, it\'s almost straight towards the wing, rather that rising behind the TMIC! If I DON\'T sell it then I\'ll save it till I get an uprated TMIC or FMIC.


Is it worth doing any throttle body work? Knife edging the butterfly\'s, and removing the secondary ones?

Thanks Ben. It\'s nice to have a fan! Can\'t wait for yours to arrive so you can get started!

[m1tch]

Yeah, I saw that Mitch, I had taken the TMIC off and held it there thinking - there\'s no way that\'ll fit! The n/s TMIC bracket is in the way too, obviously it could just be suspended off the o/s bracket though.

It\'s a hell of a different pipe layout though, it\'s almost straight towards the wing, rather that rising behind the TMIC! If I DON\'T sell it then I\'ll save it till I get an uprated TMIC or FMIC.


Is it worth doing any throttle body work? Knife edging the butterfly\'s, and removing the secondary ones?

Thanks Ben. It\'s nice to have a fan! Can\'t wait for yours to arrive so you can get started!

Its a big performance increase in throttle response over stock already, please also note that you will need to cut a bit out of the engine hoist bracket to fit the sensor - not the best design by Greddy!

Im keeping mine all stock, I did have an inlet off Hayward rotary that had the secondary butterflies wired open, there really isn\'t that much area the edge of the butterflies take up, plus the secondaries stop the engine being over-revved when cold, which is fine by me!

My top mount might be up for sale soon, although im pretty sure someone already had dibs on it lol

Also, your car is awesome as its an FC on steelies I was going to get some off the shelf 15x10 steelies, but needed quite a few body mods to fit them

[B.Martin]

Can\'t wait for yours to arrive so you can get started!

You can\'t wait!!!!


The suspense is literally killing me!!!!!

[TiddlesRX7]

My top mount might be up for sale soon, although im pretty sure someone already had dibs on it lol

If you\'ve still got me as first dibs mate then cross me off the list. I got an ARC in the end


Oh Papercutout, Thats an FD sensor thats screwed into the tube. Must have come off a car with an Apexi PFC or summet.

[m1tch]

There you go then, its up for grabs soonish

[Prof]

To fit the compression tube with TMIC, you need:
 
1) to cut the passenger side intercooler bracket - you have to cut about half of it off - I think Mitch has some piccies of what he did - probably also find some in my rebuild thread.
 
2) You\'ll need an ARC intercooler, HKS intercooler or a modified stock one with exit in the centre on the passenger side.
 
3) a 90 degree reducer - 76 to whatever you\'re intercooler needs.
 
Otherwise it will fit with Front or V-Mount intercoolers.

[papercutout]

Wahey! Does that give me first dibs then Mitch?

Sensor should be easy to sort - unscrew that one, stick the standard one in, in its place, no?

Thanks for that Prof. Nothing too challenging then? :p Did you get my message in another thread regarding roof/door?

Increased throttle response will be once I get my lightened flywheel fitted! Obviously I need to sort out my boost issue between now and then too :p

[Prof]

Thanks for that Prof. Nothing too challenging then? :p Did you get my message in another thread regarding roof/door?

I did - will get you some numbers soonly - still trying to prep mine for MOT - had a nightmare couple of weeks....

[m1tch]

Indeed, you have first dibs on it then lol if plan B for my intercooling goes through then it will be free quite soon

Don\'t forget I also have a massive V mount core and radtec rad up for sale!

[adarmo]

Hi,

I\'m in Solihull and its always handy to have the No. of anyone who does good work could you post up his details.

Thanks

[papercutout]

Hiya mate, his number is 07988474033 and he\'s called Mike.
He does have some tuning bits for sale atm that I\'m about to put up in the for sale section atm. He\'s got a ported turbo and a flowed and ported throttle body.


Thanks Mitch. I just don\'t have that kind of money atm!


And thanks Prof. That\'s the problem with a new car, you\'ve done everything to your old one and know if like the back of your hand, but the new one is a mystery! Hope you sort it all OK!

[B.Martin]

I\'m going to confess once again my love for your FC, if i can get the front end of mine to look a bit like yours i\'ll be one happy man!!

:god