Basically over the last few days I have been busy! I don't have pictures of everything because I just wanted to get through it all. I will focus on a few things below in the update.
This is the list of stuff I have done!
Rust hunting/ Smashing the fuck out of bits with a hammer and screwdriver. No holes made. So under side is solid still. Win.
Got rid of scabby surfact rust/bubbling paint on front panel. Then undersealed it.
Re-undersealed the whole under side of the car - inside the arches to do another day.
Stripped down front suspension for a clean up and inspection.
Greased up all the poly bushes at the front as there is a annoying as fucking squeeking noise.
Changed lower arms for camber adjustable ones.
Fucked a lower arm pinch bolt.
Temp adjustment on tracking.
General check of bolts here and there for the sake of it.
Made a shitty cold air feed to help combat heat soak.
Replaced lower arm pinch bolt.
Fitted standard crossover pipe and whacked the K&N on it.
Broke a gearbox mount.
Later this weeks jobs are:
Strip down and clean rear suspension.
Paint/underseal all the arches.
General clean up of the engine bay.
Give it a service - plugs, oil, filter ect.
Replace gearbox mount.
Clean header tank.
I think thats it.
Lower arms:So, the lower arms! I fitted them the other day. I had a problem where I stripped the thread of the pinch bolt, so had to pop to ford to get a couple of new ones, only cost £4.82 for both.
Test drove the car today, it was sunny at one part and raining the next so it had a good overall test. Now they have less camber, it make a difference to traction in the wet for sure!
Before hand where the wheels would be running on the inside of the tyre they would just spin up all the time and loose grip around corners, now I can floor it everywhere and the tyres grip!
So that's a possitive mod!
Also visually the camber has decreased slightly too.
Few pictures of them on the car.
Rust hunting and Undersealing:So I do this once a year. Go on a massive rust hunt, see if I can make any holes ect. I didn't go easy. Two tools: hammer + sharp screwdriver. I looked under the car and saw the underseal from last year was still intact, so that was already a positive sign, But I still went poking for holes. I made none. So thats good!
The front valance had a bit of scabby surfact rust on it from where I quickly sprayed it last year and it had oxidized (sp) under the paint. So I scraped that off and undersealed that and then did the rest of the underside of the car too.
I will do all of the arches later this week.
Standard crossover pipe.Now before some of you fuckers say "I told you so"... I know you did
I wish I had listened!
Jay sent me a crossover pipe which I put on the car after a quick clean up. It makes so much difference! There is more power and more torque now. I wish I did this sooner rather than fuck around. I kinda like the look of it now I'm used to it too. So thats always good.
On a down side, because it now has 1 million torques (as Jeremy Clarkson would say) I launched it a bit too hard down a road and broke a gearbox mount. Fail. So that will be sorted later this week.
The header tank is going to get a good clean don't worry. And I'm going to sort out the intake > maf piping soon with some silicone or something.
Other bits I have done.I had an annoying squeek coming from the front over bumps ect. So I decided to see if it was an anti-roll bar bush. So I took them out and lubed them up, while I was there I did the top mount polys and stripped down the front suspension for a general clean up being coilovers. I will be doing the same with the rears too.
I think thats it for the update. Not a lot in pictures. But meh.
Comments welcome as always.
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