BarnshaW
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how you getting on with it Kyle, do you find it the love still there or is the novelty wearing of at all, I keep loooking at them myself again and then I read the scoobynet forums and all the problems people have and remind myself why i got rid lol.
AFR gauge is a nice touch.
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Kyle T
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Had a rough year with it to be honest. Spent a shit load of money on it over the winter for the power upgrades, and I don't think the work has been done to the highest standards unfortunately.
Uncovered lots of little bits and pieces that have needed re-doing, so even more money spent.
On top of that, I've not done anywhere near as many trackdays as I hoped because the wedding costs just spiralled - and also we moved house which cost us more than expected too 
Now however, I've got faith in Tim and BRW that my car will be looked after whilst there - and I've got a trackday booked for October. If Tim can get on top of my inconsistent performance issues, and the trackday goes without reliability drama - I'm sure I'll carry enough excitement through the winter ready for a good year next year.
My temptations away from this car are something light, low(er) power and RWD for a track toy - and then pick up a hot hatch or something for a daily. I'm detirmined to get a full summer of enjoyment out of this car first though.
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chris_uk
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Vx220!!
You know you want one!!
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
Vx220!!
You know you want one!!
Funny you should say that...
A Grey one appeared in the work carpark yesterday with a TA style diffuser, AP calipers, track-ready tyres and some other bits and pieces. It looked great.
Had tan inserts on the seats too, looked really nice.
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Wrighty
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gauge setup looks nice mate
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Kyle T
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Cheers dude, got my first ever NIP for speeding 
83mph on the M180, about 30feet behind a friend doing 82mph in his Evo 
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Photo? 
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Kyle T
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Unfortunately not, only had the NIP so far - not sure what punishment is yet. Never had to do this before so don't know the process
At least we can car share if it's a speed awareness course
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BarnshaW
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3 points and fine or speed awareness, minor, wouldnt worry about it at all
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
3 points and fine or speed awareness, minor, wouldnt worry about it at all
Aye not worried, mainly relieved that they didn't catch me 15mins earlier when coming off the slip road...
I've not done anything with that gauge yet, mainly because I've been lazy - but also because I chose to spend my spare time this weekend cleaning the car instead It's had a full clean, strip, clay, machine polish (only a finishing pad) and then resealed. These road resurfacings round here have made a bit of a mess Tar took me hours to get off properly and worse than that I've picked up a few nasty stone trips. Eh well.
I decided to use an hour or so tonight scouting out my next set of DIY. I plan to move my battery and washer bottle to my boot. Not for any weight distribution negligable gains but to give back a bit of access in the engine bay (for the rocker cover gasket I need to swap soon) and more importantly to make way for more hardware. (Swirlpot?)
My car came from the factory with an intercooler water spray which is fired off manually by a button on the dash. This setup has been redundant since I went FMIC because I didn't bother extending the hose to the front... as it's really not needed.
I decided to see what it would take to utilise the IC spray setup to power my washer jets instead. The hose swap would be easy as they all come together under the bonnet in a clip, so I would just have to pop off the hoses from their Tee's and swap them over.
The wiring as I found would also appear straight forward, the pumps on the bottles are identical as are the plugs - so I could extend the wiring from the engine bay to the pump at the back, re-using the plug and retaining the standard stalk control for washer jets instead of IC spray button (which wouldn't fire off the wipers).
I did a couple of tests:
1) Swapped hoses and did a test run with the IC spray button. Pressure wasn't high enough and the water only reached half range
2) Swapped Washer Bottle and pump to the boot and used the IS spray wiring, to see if the pump was more powerful. Same result.
3) Made up 2x extension wires and ran them to the back externally, same result (I didn't expect otherwise, just wanted to check my soldering on my extensions and original plug).
So it seems the boot is too far away for the pump to have adequate pressure. My washer jets may be to blame, as I swapped out for mist style ones which perhaps release too much water to retain pressure. Can't find originals though to swap back.
Not sure there's anything I can do electronically, unless replacement (more powerful) fitment pumps are available. It's a shame, as it would be a very convenient mod.
Back to the drawing board, but I welcome suggestions.
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Kyle T
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Over the last few days I've been building up to the AFR gauge install, so thought I'd save it all for one update end to end.
Tuesday:
I got home from work and decided to be productive, as this gauge wasn't going to install itself. First task was to scout out a suitable location for the control unit, it needed to be accessible and also needs to have space for the addition of further units in the future.
I eventually settled on the inside of the glovebox, attaching the control unit to the "ceiling" of the box. In this position it wouldn't foul the door opening and closing, still allows me to store stuff in there and also the unit is accessible.
I whipped the glovebox out and cut some holes for running the cables. Obviously I tidied those holes up, just don't have a photo... honest
 IMAG0024 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
I then ran the power wires for the unit up to the place where my current gauges are, and tapped off their power.
Final job was to run the wideband cable from the engine bay (cable tied to the strut brace for now) to the glovebox area. I reused the grommit that I used for my amp power cable.
I couldn't fit the gauge itself on tuesday, as the pod hadn't arrived yet, so the glovebox would spend a few days out of the car.
Wednesday:
Got in touch with a local fabricating company who said they could weld my wideband bung onto my downpipe on Friday.
Thursday:
Still no gauge pod, but decided to push on anyway. I'd booked Friday off work to get the welding sorted so I decided to spend thursday night getting the downpipe off the car.
First thing off is the heatshield, 3 10mm bolts.
 IMAG0032 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
ta-daaaa
 IMAG0033 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Downpipe is 5x 14mm nuts at one end (three are with studs, two with bolts) and then a couple of 17mm nuts/bolts where it joins to the centre section.
4 of the 5 turbo end bolts are accessible from the top, but the last one you need to go under for. It's a right pig, and you need to get quite inventive with extensions and bendy bits
 IMAG0036 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Whilst taking that photo I fumbled about with my phone and switched it to selfie mode somehow. When in Rome
 IMAG0034 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Downpipe off:
 IMAG0037 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Wrap looked in pretty good condition, it's been on there a couple of years now. It just crumbled away though when I tried to peel it off.
 IMAG0038 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Whilst the car was incapacitated, I also decided to remove some of my intercooler pipes and repaint them. When I did them grey, I didn't really get the lacquer right and as a result they never looked/felt shiney.
I drove a very poorly (but also very funny) sounding subaru out of the garage to setup the paintshop 
 IMAG0040 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Friday:
For £20 I got the boss welded on:
 IMAG0044 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
I had a bit of downtime because I needed the following:
Downpipe gaskets
Heat Wrap (due to arrive any day now...)
Gauge Pod (Still not here!!!!)
So I took a few bits off the engine bay for painting, only thing i really pictured was the turbo heatshield which got done with VHT Silver.
 IMAG0045 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
 IMAG0046 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Also did various brackets that were showing rust/pitting such as clutch master cylinder bracket and throttle cable bracket etc.
Saturday:
Helped my Auntie and Uncle move house, but they were moving within 10mins of a Subaru dealership so I snuck off to get my gaskets.
 IMAG0050 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
As it happens, I bought the wrong one for the "tail end" of the downpipe. It should have been more oval shaped... oh well, I'll settle for some silicone gasket maker for now and re-do that later.
Got home Saturday night to find a delivery note, my heatwrap was next door  Popped to see the neighbour to find they'd been keeping my gauge pod since wednesday
Sunday (today):
The day it was all due to come together!
First job was to offer the downpipe back up to the turbo to make sure my carefully measured boss placement didn't foul the gearbox dipstick or the brake lines. Winner, perfectly placed.
I then whipped it off and got it wrapped again.
 IMAG0051 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
I had a bit of downtime until Simon_16v came round with his silicone gasket stuff, so I got on with some odd jobs - firstly ripping out my amp and wiring, it's a racecar now.
I also took a dremel to my HVAC panel so that my wire for the phone holder could fit in properly...
 IMAG0058 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
 IMAG0059 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Once I got the silicone stuff, downpipe was refitted and freshly painted IC pipes reinstalled.
 IMAG0053 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
 IMAG0054 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Ran the pod wiring round the back of the dash, and pulled out the remainder of the amp wiring...
 IMAG0055 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
Connected up the control unit:
 IMAG0057 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
...and voila! AFR gauge
 IMAG0061 by Kyle Townend, on Flickr
[Edited on 15-09-2015 by Kyle T]
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chris_uk
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Pics dont work for me
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Kyle T
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Bugger, work on my phone. Will check on PC shortly!
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Kyle T
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How's that?
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tom_simes
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All there for me! Looks good Kyle, decent bit of work.
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chris_uk
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still nothing for me... i just get a grey no entry sign.
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Simon_16v
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quote:
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still nothing for me... i just get a grey no entry sign.
Same
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Kyle T
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I wonder if Google have changed something with permissions. I wonder if Tom was signed into a google account on his browser when he checked, so his works?
I'll reupload with somebody else tonight.
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Photobucket
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Simon_16v
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
Photobucket
Flickr if you appreciate some quality left in your photos
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Kyle T
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Does it work now? 
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Simon_16v
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Yeah, loving the selfie
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
I wonder if Tom was signed into a google account on his browser when he checked, so his works?
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CORSA NUT
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Shame on you....not painting the heatshield bolts before refitting 
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3CorsaMeal
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What wrap did you use on down pipe? I just fitted a downpipe and didn't bother to wrap it and the standard heat shields wouldn't fit.
Start to wonder if i may regret skipping out the wrapping
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