haha ouch! not if you dump a 1.6 frst engine in and add a few little cheeky mods... bound to get it up to 280bhp with a massive weight loss... pleaseeee

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fifi

id rather not have another rust bucket, and the 280 is standard power, i could easily get it to 500+bhp :p its on low boost aswell, so big FMIC bigger turbo and turn the boost up and away i go

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Pug 306 XSi 6

lol okay was worth a try

they galvanised too?

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fifi

duno, must be as ive never seen a rusty evo

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Pug 306 XSi 6

lol you never know

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fifi

well, still having probs with the idling of this shed, but they will soon be sorted hopefully when i recieve the new ICV sometime this week. Got some shiney bits for the pug tho well one is sort of shiney and the other not so, but there new for me, so all is well, one is a PTFE gasket for the inlet manifold and the other is a machined ally bung for the underside of the inlet manifold







so hopefully once these are fitted i will have a few more BHP in the bag, well about 2 or 3 maybe, but will make it sound better there is a resonator under the inlet which is being replaced with the bung and aparently gives a abit more lb/ft and bhp, how true that is i dont know, but i can give it a swift go, even if it doesnt add anything, it will make the induction roar a touch louder with the PFTE gasket aparently this decreases the inlet temp somehow therefore makes the air a touch colder which means abit more power so good times, i will update with info if it feels any different once fitted.

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Pug 306 XSi 6

Sounds like a good plan.

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forgot to mention, ive got an undertray to fit aswell

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Pug 306 XSi 6

Well i think its time for a bit of an update. For the past month or so i have been suffering from a stupid idle problem i couldnt find the cause of, changed allsorts to no avail, so thought i would pop on my new bits that i have had for a few weeks, so onto the pics.

removed inlet



bit of a closeup of all the valves looking fan-dabi-dozie






was abit worried that the valves were bent or something but im happy with the outcome

the inlet



as you can see, the tard who had the inlet powdercoated didnt take the coating off the face of the inlet so it was all bubbling and not fitting flush, so that is now down to bare metal and flat again.

some insides of the inlet with the coating in them, (hope all is well with that)






and here it is with the bung in place



next on the list now i have done that is to clean the head and fit it all and hope my idling is fine.

should be another update of the outcome of the bung and ptfe gasket if all is well with them

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Pug 306 XSi 6

There are some numptys out there. You would think it would be obvious to clean the paint off that face

At least you are sorting it all out now mate

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yea glad is getting to how it should be

well here are a few more of the pics what i got tonight

clean face of inlet (took me ages)



gasket in place



all pretty much back together



well, so far i have sorted the idling problem at long last soo happy about that, and with the removal of resonator i have noticed a slight increase in the induction noise and seems to pull abit better aswell, not sure if it has done anything with the bhp or not im not too sure on but will find out next time its on the rollers

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Pug 306 XSi 6

Nice one mate, its looking alot better now

Glad you've managed to sort the idling problem too

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Improved that inlet 100% nice one

thought i would get some pics up of how it looks atm, bit of a mess, needs a good clean, had a good opportunity to take some pics while at work today when a nice car parked behind, **pics taken with shitty Iphone 4 cam**







and thought i would try HDR off the cam for the last pic



next load of pics will be of it clean

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Pug 306 XSi 6

Dirty but nice

Love the vehicle behind!

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yea, id rather have the aston instead of mine

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Pug 306 XSi 6

Bet you could give him a run for his money tho.......

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well tbh i recon i could as they caqnt drive there cars for toffee round here

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Pug 306 XSi 6

well i was bored with the plane looking engine bay so thought i would freshen it up abit by spraying a few bits got these to start with but will be doing the cam covers then giving it a real good clean, heres from start to finish

all clean




sanded




primered and sanded




colour coat




ECU cover with final coat of colour



battery cover with 1st coat of lacquer



all done with rattle cans in the garden in the cold with halfords own sprays

will update it again once there fully dry and ive wet sanded and polished and there back in the engine bay

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Pug 306 XSi 6

Looks good dude - Looks similar to the BMW Sparkling Graphite I did my wheels in?

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Rest in peace Ben "Jam" Elvin. Gone but never forgotten.