dewismotorsport
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Good project
Cheers mate normally just my daily
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dewismotorsport
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Decided to strip down one of my spare dead engines, turned out the chain wasn't timed properly so had smashed all of the exhaust valves
Which in turn has smashed all of the rollers on that side
While I was in there I removed the balancer shafts and cut them down ready to be installed into my current engine when I next have it in bits
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dewismotorsport
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Got round to digging out the HJS Motorsport 100 cell cat and welded some 3" to 2" reducers on so I can replace the standard cat, also bought a lambda cheater as well just in case it brings the EML on.
Also made some EGR valve blanks so I can remove it with the cheater I bought
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Ojc
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I found my 2.2 lovely to drive on the motorway, just I was using it for round trip to work and it drank fuel
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dewismotorsport
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I found my 2.2 lovely to drive on the motorway, just I was using it for round trip to work and it drank fuel
Yeah there nice and smooth motors but like you say a little thirsty
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dewismotorsport
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New rear discs and pads turned up, a little over kill for the rear but any extra braking on track is always welcomed, and let's be honest no one ever said "my brakes are too good"
All fitted, pads were a pain in the arse as they didn't fit once the clips were on so had to file the ends to get them in and be able to move. Not good really for the price paid but have had to do it before on other performance pads but still annoying.
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dewismotorsport
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Well drive home to Coventry was eventful, half way home and the power steering stopped working and then slowly every light on the dash came on till eventually car was firing on 3 so chucked it in the nearest layby, the alternator had stopped working arse!
Car wouldn't restart as battery was too low, AA to the rescue with a jump pack to get it started, used the old trick of giving the alternator a good whack with a hammer and extention bar and it kicked back into life, so on my way I went, clearly the brushes are bunged up with crap as it's only about a year or so old as I fitted a re furbed so will get it back down to work and remove it and give it a strip down and re fresh, failing that I will chuck on a spare I have
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dewismotorsport
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Well played alternator roulette driving back from Coventry to Poole and I won!
So whipped the knackered one off and dug out one my spares
Knackered one on the right, re conned about a year to a year and half ago now a paper weight, the one on the left is a vectra b 100amp one, appears to have a slightly different pulley design but belt fitted so went with it anyway
All sorted and running fine, so decided to fit the EGR delete plates and cheater
New problem cropped up last night on way down, the wipers on intermittent no longer return to the park location but will on the next two clicks so may need to replace that now, also temp gauge is intermittent as well and not very accurate so need to work out why as the sensor is new and I've tried swapping it before with a known working one trying to cure my fan problem as that doesn't kick in. Need to work out what is up
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dewismotorsport
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Stripped the alternator to find the brushes are shagged doubt they were replaced for the refurb by the look of them
However my Chevy cobalt SS supercharger kit has arrived from the states so happy days!
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dewismotorsport
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Stripped a spare dead alternator and nicked the brushes out of it
And then re soldered them into the other one, all sorted and working a treat so have a decent spare now
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dewismotorsport
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New supercharger kit, complete with cams, piper exhaust manifold and charge cooler kit
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MatthewR
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Jesus!!
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chris_uk
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try get an LSJ 68mm throttle body aswell as the duel pass mod on the intake manifold.
also, what size pulley is that?
also, ill have some VXR injectors for sale soon if your interested..
[Edited on 10-04-2014 by chris_uk]
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carl roper
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So much for senisible daily 
[Edited on 10-04-2014 by carl roper]
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Jed D
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loving it 
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dewismotorsport
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
try get an LSJ 68mm throttle body aswell as the duel pass mod on the intake manifold.
also, what size pulley is that?
also, ill have some VXR injectors for sale soon if your interested..
[Edited on 10-04-2014 by chris_uk]
I will have to check on the size of this throttle body as not even sure what size it is yet, what's the dual pass mod? I'm new to all this at the minute. Unsure of pulley size also, basically this full kit is 260bhp ready pre mapped Ecu so just need to bolt it all on, so any additional mods will need re mapping for so not worth changing it yet. 
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dewismotorsport
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Originally posted by carl roper
So much for senisible daily
[Edited on 10-04-2014 by carl roper]
Yeah a super charger is to me! It's sub 400bhp so still classed as sensible 
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dewismotorsport
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Had a good couple of hours on the car, managed to cure a few boggling problems, first being the fan no longer kicked in, I've tried the CTS in the past and doesn't seem to be the fault as I've replace with new and tried a known working one. Had a good poke round the wires and traced back and managed to spot the culprit (hopefully) the earth stud for the rad Ecu wasn't done up tight, to my knowledge I've never touched this but hey ho, tried to do it up and it sheared off.....minge! Luckily there was already a factory hole a inch or so away so just cleaned it all up and nut and bolted it back on.
Stripped the wiper motor down as it was sticking on return on intermittent found the end had burnt out/worn down
Decided after looking at the design it was plausible to just bend the end over, won't last forever but will last a while.
All back together and joints silicone greased, added a thicker washer to remove the play I had in the linkage at that end, rock solid now and all working as it should be
EML light came on the other day so read them off, not sure why the EGR valve is on as I have a cheater fitted and it all removed.
The other one relating to the throttle bodie I will keep an eye on as if it's faulty I'll replace it with one if my spares.
I've started cleaning up and checking all the parts for the supercharger conversion. I've re welded the Piper manifold that had cracked in varies places mainly due to the warped flange so when clamped down it's causing it stress which lead to cracks
Will be giving that a skim once I get some more sanding belts for the table sander, I've skimmed the down pipe flange ready though
Also mock fitted the charger kit on, just need to make a few spacers and get a longer belt and tensioner so I can include the air con pump
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chris_uk
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size pulley is that?
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dewismotorsport
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
size pulley is that?
Stage 1 so 3.2" I think mate
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dewismotorsport
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Slowly getting a drip feed of parts turning up ready for phase 1 of the supercharger conversion.
so far:
TTV billet flywheel
2 part epoxy resin (for mounts)
Lambda boss and bung (for wideband)
Supercharger oil
And also cleaned up a spare Z22SE clutch pressure plate and dug out a spare C20LET Helix 4 paddle friction plate (had over heating issues with standard clutch on last track day)
Lots more bits turning up before I can pull the engine out and change parts.
Also decided to clean up and paint a alloy rocker cover, had a spare can of high temp matt black, thought about body colour but from previous experience of hard use on track the normal paint just gets too hot and starts to flake off so went with the high temp stuff, will look good against the polished charger.
Also painted the oil filler cap as the yellow just looked crap on the black
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dewismotorsport
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Decided I wanted to make the most out of the supercharger so gave it a quick port job, so stripped it partly down so I was just left with the outer cover
And a side by side for a kind of before and after to show what's been enlarged. I've also welded up the silencer holes so it's gonna scream like a bitch
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M Sutton
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Awesome!! Love the fact you do all the work yourself on both this and the Corsa. Will be interesting to see how it goes.
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dewismotorsport
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Awesome!! Love the fact you do all the work yourself on both this and the Corsa. Will be interesting to see how it goes.
Cheers mate, it's only nuts and bolts so if you know how it comes apart you can put it back together  Couldn't afford to do it if I had to pay someone else. Should go well map is for 270bhp but will be silky smooth unlike the z20let power delivery
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chris_uk
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thats going to scream like a twat..
they are loud enough just left alone lol
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