9 turbo Phase 1 9 Turbo

[Adey]

which is why I said you know that..... but... err bet on lol

 

[gordini stu]

@DaveL485 just found an oil cooler spacer off a gt turbo if you still go down that road , total off topic but a mate of mine had just set up a paint shop in Cov for future reference . I can put you in touch if required

 

[DaveL485]

Exhaust manifold sorted and bolted up thanks to @sparkie and @Clarkey for helping out with that!

I managed to get the lump off the bench, bolted a few more things back on and chucked it on the subframe. Needs a new gearbox mount so thats ordered along with steering rack gaiters, then some fuel hose and a new fuel pump & filter too.




Needs a gearbox mount, forgot about this, found one online and ordered it, will give the bracket a clean up too, must have put it aside due to the broken mount and it didnt go to the blasters.



Next step is to get the inside of the tank coated then I can bolt that on and run some fuel lines, once thats on I should be able to put the rear axle back on too.

 

[Adey]

looking good man

 

[DaveL485]

looking good man

Its getting there isnt it? I got Lee's 21 running after the engine strip/rebuild Sunday too, so coming off a positive weekend. Just trying to sort out in my head what to do with the engine bay....

1)Leave it and stick it back together
2)Clean it up, redo the bad welding from about 16 years ago, protect it and go with that
3)Do (2) and then fully repaint it as well.

 

[Adey]

Get it nice and clean in the bay, nice clean engine, useable then leave the body unpainted and slam it on some really fresh bbs splits..... but that's just me

 

[Turbell]

Sort welding , paint bay, all nice underside, then get the fecker on the road.....life's too short for gloss, drive it , de bug it, paint can come whenever.
You'll end up disappearing up your own arse if you paint it now, cos everything else will look shit.
You've got enough on.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

 

[DaveL485]

Get it nice and clean in the bay, nice clean engine, useable then leave the body unpainted and slam it on some really fresh bbs splits..... but that's just me

It's going as low as I can get it on these wheels, saved them specifically for it! 17's are too much for a 9 imo, so these 16's should look well sweet.

 

[andybond]

You have met Dave, right?

 

[DaveL485]

You have met Dave, right?

Come on Andy, this is Steve, his answer is OBVIOUS on questions like this. He can't help it.

 

[DaveL485]

Greased up the rack, chucked new boots and balljoints on. Ready to reattach to the subframe.

 

[DaveL485]

Turned my attention to the fuel tank - these are old skool metal tanks not polymer so although I protected the outside I thought it'd be wise to do the inside too. Got some Fertan 2 part stuff.



Before





Made up a stirrer for my cordless, as I couldnt be arsed with the extended stirring out of some scrap steel



Basically you mix it up, lob it in and shake it around until it's fully coated, then drain the excess. I set up a heat gun to circulate hot air which dried it pretty fast. Quite pleased with the coat around the inside

 

[Adey]

The dope had its tank treated in a similar way years back and is still holding up fine

 

[DaveL485]

The dope had its tank treated in a similar way years back and is still holding up fine

Good to hear, I don't forsee this one rotting from the outside but I did worry about moisture on the inside after I saw the state of the tank I took off and cut open. Shouldnt be a problem now!

 

[DaveL485]

New gearbox mount arrived so took the leg off and cleaned it up. It was missed from blasting for some reason.



Took the others off too and lobbed some paint around



Checked the new wishbones & bolts fit, wishbones complete with bushes and balljoints for under forty quid off Autodoc for both - ridiculous.



Looked at starting the fuel system & tank install, cleaned up the filler neck and found this on the breather





Iv'e replaced it with straight copper pipe which is just the right size, trimmed the pipe ends, I think I can stretch the inch or so of pipe I have lost out of the routing.



Started making a rubber mounted bracket for the new fuel pump, the old one was ziptied to the chassis so the bracketry has disintegrated in years past. The M6 captives still seem OK though. These rubber bushed things used to hold the ECU in the 21, so I repurposed them.



This will be lined with rubber sheet too



Cleaned up and painted the brake master while I had the paint stuff out, this can be refitted after a couple of coats of black. I did find a new one but he wanted too much money for it, so i'll stick with the original

 

[DaveL485]

Quiet lately! Been tinkering elsewhere and busy with other stuff (Sold the 250, bought a 220, Changed the engine on a 0.9 TCe Mk4, Fixed a Mk3 Clio 1.6 Initiale, finished a 21 Turbo engine rebuild, sold another MK4 Clio 1.2 and and and...)


Still, I threw some seam sealer around



Messed about with the painted brake servo and new master



And welded up some of the engine bay

 

[DaveL485]

Fuel tank connected and fitted, some fuel pipes in, just need to make a bracket of some sort for the fuel filter

 

[DaveL485]

This weekend I finished off some stuff on a mates 21, polybushed the wishbones on my XC90 and found myself with time to spare...so I welded up the front crossmember where it had perforated and started cleaning it up a bit.



Decided with the awkward shaping I might try blasting it with my sandblast gun so i got a 22kg tub of 60 grit - but I want to get it out of the garage doors to do that so I started looking at putting some suspension on it. Took the old legs apart, I already have new shocks and lowering springs so I ordered new topmounts and then cleaned up the bits I am going to re-use.

 

[DaveL485]

As I couldnt rebuild the legs now, I looked around for something else to fiddle with and found the siezed handbrake pivot that I left to soak in a tub of WD40 months ago. The WD had turned to jelly but had freed it up enough to get it apart and clean it up - so I did.





Greased and refitted.