Dale
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Hmm I dunno what to do about this as a major benefit is
It bends lovely and getting silicone to follow that shape will be hard especially in 4"...
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TimC909
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Using a proper had pipe inlet would be best, but space is the issue. Its one of a few reasons why I swung my turbo the other way around whilst I had the chance.
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Dale
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Been busy again first off was to design a sump plug to take new oil pressure temp sensor, as the temp sensor uses M12x1.5 trying to find adapter to M14x1.5 (sump plug) was hard enough and one that had enough "meat" to drill and tap a thread was impossible! So popped to Steve's (GWR Motorsport) and we designed this....
Adapters next to standard sump plug
Together
Also bought post radiator temp sensor housing to help monitoring....
Next I got to work with the Motec CDL3 dash, I want it to look as standard as possible, so it was time to start cutting and grinding, this is only a mock...
Rough placement with all standard dials removed and lugs
Done some more work to mount the shift lights but no pictures will update with more progress on dash soon
Mounted battery box
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Sexy stuff
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Darryl H
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Looking forward to see how those clocks come out 
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TimC909
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Bet your ecu and dash are going to cost more then most peoples full cars! Not jealous at all lol
Keep it going Dale
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Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Sexy stuff
This. love it
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corsadonk
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quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
Bet your ecu and dash are going to cost more then most peoples full cars! Not jealous at all lol
Keep it going Dale
Make that both of them. 
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Sexy stuff
It is G man 
quote:
Originally posted by Darryl H
Looking forward to see how those clocks come out
Hopefully good or I'll be pissed lol
quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
Bet your ecu and dash are going to cost more then most peoples full cars! Not jealous at all lol
Keep it going Dale
haha I bang up final figure for dash, ecu and loom if you want at the end?
Don't worry I will.... Although Harley is trying to slow me down with spending 
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Originally posted by Jambo
quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Sexy stuff
This. love it
Cheers
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Originally posted by corsadonk
quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
Bet your ecu and dash are going to cost more then most peoples full cars! Not jealous at all lol
Keep it going Dale
Make that both of them.
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TimC909
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I wouldnt mind knowing what your paying but hate asking, its cheeky lol.
Im going to run a race tech dash as it'll run off the Omex. Wish I could afford Motec, it is near enough the pinacle, without going to the extent of Magnetti Marelli.
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3i_gaz
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Love this whip!
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
I wouldnt mind knowing what your paying but hate asking, its cheeky lol.
Im going to run a race tech dash as it'll run off the Omex. Wish I could afford Motec, it is near enough the pinacle, without going to the extent of Magnetti Marelli.
Yer thats fine by me...
I have been playing with them recently at Steve's place, they are "fun" to set up It is indeed but the problem with Magnetti Marelli is you can only deal with factory and its mega ££££££££
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Love this whip!
Cheers
Been doing a few more bits over the weekend
Carried on this the dash, heres whats left on inside
Trial fitting with shift lights/warning lights
Got my bracket back from powder coating
Started to rebuild and cut light panel to allow room for coolant hose
Also shortened by vac hose for master cylinder
On the rebuild
Got my intercooler pipes "bead rolled"
All on and mock fitting Tial BOF
Then got these from jonlem from mig/vauxsport, rose jointed lower arms and track control arms (note the TCA are placed the wrong way around here)
Lower arm
All fitted, I have kept from spacer plates as it gives me clearance from intercooler piping. Lower ball joint spaces don't fit but this isn't an issue as the lower arms clear with F28 fitted due to different pick up points. The chassis was drilled for 1/2" bolts for lower arm which was fun with engine in. In the end I removed the engine mount and lifted either side to make sure the chassis was drill straight! Over all very happy with the kit and quality of welds!
Fitted post radiator coolant temp sensor
Fitted air temp sensor in the oil cooler housing
Getting there slowely
Coil fitted with leads
All for now
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DansCorsaSXi
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Them lower arms are fancy Dale,whole build is coming on nicely.
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Mark.W
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Astonished with the attention to detail Dale it looks amazing
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possy
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love the arms carnt wait to get mine at pv were they all set up ready or is the car goin for a full set up
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Darryl H
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Great work as usual
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Jon_C
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Looks awiesome dude. Wish i had the knowledge to build something like this
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Dale
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Cheers guys
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Originally posted by possy
love the arms carnt wait to get mine at pv were they all set up ready or is the car goin for a full set up
Nope you will need to go for full setup like I will be getting done once on the road
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Jed D
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great stuff as always, like the clocks
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by Jed D
great stuff as always, like the clocks
cheers
Little update nothing great....
Got some new shorter lower arm to ball joint bolts as I had spacers before
Had alittle play with adjustment of caster....
Wheel and wing placed on
Then got my new Big block hub flanges (Not conversion hubs) and knuckles back...
Knuckles with part grinded off for clearance for Alcon brakes
These will be powder coated now
Then I carried on with Dash mock...
Feel Wet lay carbon 1mm thick (Not crapped "carbon wrap")
Cut out to go into housing
Cut out for dash
Front face on with the motec shift lights/warning lights at top can only just see
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SteveoBC
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very nice
how much was the sump plug adapter as might need one for mine to wire in my oil pressure and temp gauges to
but i may be making myself look stupid but wouldnt the oil be cooling down and not give a true reading sat in the bottom of the sump and how can it take pressure readings from there?
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveoBC
very nice
how much was the sump plug adapter as might need one for mine to wire in my oil pressure and temp gauges to
but i may be making myself look stupid but wouldnt the oil be cooling down and not give a true reading sat in the bottom of the sump and how can it take pressure readings from there?
Cheers steve,
I got it with load other bits so I couldn't say, I could send you the design and get it made from there??
The oil return from the turbo goes straight to sump (from the block) which is the hottest oil on the engine...... Bare in mind the sump sensor in oil temp only, I have another sensor for pressure from the back on the block!
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DansCorsaSXi
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Great work as usual Dale mate,done a grand job on them dials,looks very oem.
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SteveoBC
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quote:
Originally posted by Dale
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Originally posted by SteveoBC
very nice
how much was the sump plug adapter as might need one for mine to wire in my oil pressure and temp gauges to
but i may be making myself look stupid but wouldnt the oil be cooling down and not give a true reading sat in the bottom of the sump and how can it take pressure readings from there?
Cheers steve,
I got it with load other bits so I couldn't say, I could send you the design and get it made from there??
The oil return from the turbo goes straight to sump (from the block) which is the hottest oil on the engine...... Bare in mind the sump sensor in oil temp only, I have another sensor for pressure from the back on the block!
lol i was gonna say, thought you had another sensor for that somewhere
was thinking to myself "oil pressure reading from the sump!?!.....surely not lol"
yeh if you could send me the design and spec list of the components, will have to look into that, not sure if its the case of the oil being hottest in the sump on an XE engine? then again i could be wrong
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Graham88
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Neat work on the dash :-)
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