Sounds good Sam

Pics!

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well as promised .. pics !!

old crappy filter that didnt fit properly and wasnt even a named brand and new filter that didnt fit properly until we got hold of it lol


this is how it looks fitted sounds sooo much better


this is how the bay looks now and as you can see the bailey oil breather. it isnt actually wonky, the pic makes it look it though :S it was the biggest pain in the piss flaps to fit !!! but it works


these are some pics taken of phils car by his pro photographer friend .. i personally get a boner over the colour

finally you 2 pence slut!

looking good!

colour is mint - rear lights suck!

Looks awesome!

Bet that filter sounds epic

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Looks spot on, the colour shines really well.

LOL at the size difference at them filters!

Looks like a nice location and good pics too

I do agree with Adam on the rear lights. Set of standard would look better! Or some RS ones would look the sex!

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meilack - suck my sack lol and phil likes the lights so they are staying

dave - it sounds so nice. the other filter sounded nice but this one is so much deeper and louder BUT its running 4psi so full potential is yet to be shown

lou - thank you i will tell him all this feedback

danny - tell me about it ! yeah the location was a disused mushroom farm lol and as said about the lights, they are staying.

you are the only sack sucker

and well phil sucks then imo!

mushroom farm? wtf, f'ing southerners. bloody nice car and tbh i like the lights but then again i have a set of tinted lights so i would wouldnt i...

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fifi

mmm id say that filter sounds the buisness alright! any problem getting it to fit? as thinking of getting a cossie style k&n for mine but looks way to big to fit

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Just a small update on Phils little bogey on comps .. its fucked !
There was a small (large ) amount of blue smoke coming from the exhaust on start up and overrun so of course stem seals and valve guides were the first option for the cause BUT due to recent 'rebuild' we sacked that idea off. So the only real thing it could have been, as it was never used but sat for a year+ ,was the snail !! so we took stuff apart and there infront of us was oil and a general cunted mess in the boost pipes and a huge puddle of oil in the cooler This lead to taking the snail off and sending it to a pro ! BUT the pro said nothing wrong with the turbo So we then looked at breathing issues such as blocked/wrongly setup breather system or possibly a dodgy oil pipe to the turbo causing the oil to force itself through the seals. This was all well and good but phil is a perfectionist so he wanted to do headgasket etc etc. So the engine came apart and we had a bogey around the cam and the head work that had been done etc etc and then phil sent the block off for a re-hone and the head to be skimmed. Well the news from southern rebore wasnt exactly brilliant the block was shit ! There was no honing marks from the previous 'rebuild' and the cylinders were tapered so a .5 overbore and shiz was done to that to sort it out Next up the head. WOW ! There was no head work done so it was completely standard and the cam was fucked !!! the lobes had grooves in them and were out of shape and all irregular. This was not doing any favours for Phils blood pressure or bank balance so now its a case of buy buy buy. shopping list afaik ..
.5 oversize pistons + rings
Piper cam + lifters
Big end bearings etc etc (everything for full engine rebuild)
Silicone hoses
Headgasket kit
Turbo rebuild
Cambelt kit
High pressure oil pump (one fitted apparently but could turn out to be like the 'rebuild' )
Cossie fuel pump
+ more
Looking to be a very expensive time but he hasnt lost faith and he knows the car is worth doing good lad !! He also descovered some small ( 4mm ) holes in the floor and one about the size of a 20p behind the dash on the bulkhead so he has had them cut out and welded up. the rear quater by the filler cap was repaired not long ago but that is cracking and bubbling so thats on his list of things to do. He is not sure on the filler area done by fordfair but the rest is aimed for fordfair but it may not be setup with all the goodies by then depending if he can run it in and get it setup in time some pics to follow but i dont have many yet.

good lad for cracking on though.

seems you can't trust anyone these days!

bet he's well chuffed he listened to you lot to get an rs

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Just look at the shape of the first lobe the rest are similar. its amazing it ran so sweet like it. i mean you would have thought it was a fresh engine from the noise it made and thats not sarcasm.

i am truely gutted for phil, i didnt really want to call him with the bad news about his cam

but at least he now knows that it'll go back together like it was meant to be when he bought the car

i know someone selling a mk1 gti cabby! they good cars? just had a full resto this one.

well sorry sam, i am actually learning southern off youtube, so ill translate that later for you!

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fifi

Sounds like a hard time, atleast he's sorting it.
Seems like even the tidyest of old fords can't escape the rust. Hope it all pays off for him and runs sweet again.

Sucks mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

It will be good when its sorted though!

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