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Amazing day today! Got a new camera for my birthday so have been trying to use it as much as i can.
Heres some updated picytures of my "new" car, had it for a while now since i sold the old RT :) Bought it bog standard, here it is today...
as decribed very good condition.
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GET A BARGAIN PEOPLE not lying when i say 5 weeks either!
OPEN TO OFFERS ASWELL ;)
Jonny
i know hill power do this but are there any other companies that do cams for the RT, has anyone had this done on this forum?
If i say got my car chipped only would it make much of a difference or do you really need to get cams aswell to make anything of the chip?
only enquiring as i am more...
im really considering the swap now as ive had the RT a year and am really bored of the power or lack of it lol
how much of a task is it to get the engine in and running? if i source a doner car is there anything else thats needed? i have mk1 a phase 3 dont know if that makes any difference...
Had a spare one from my old engine so i thought i would have a go at making it look a bit better...
i stripped the paint, sanded, sanded and sanded more then polished it then painted it then sanded back the lettering polished then finally laquered it.
i think it looks better...
if the cap is fooked will this cause a water loss due to incorrect pressure ?
i also noticed a small crack which is never wet but could i still be loosing water fom it?
i can hear a hissing noise after i have been driving from the header tank so its loosing pressure and causing water loss...
my pugs were so old that one has just snapped and left the thread inside the plug hole, how would you get this out?
this must have happend before seems like a right nightmare to get out! must be some way of doing this
HELP!
Dont know if this has been done as i have never seen it.
Would it be an easy change or would it require as much work to swap as the valvaer engine??
Thanks , JB
New seats in and finished my boot build and extended it to cover up where the back seats were, and my bargain sparco harnesses.
Pretty happy with the finish as i got all the stuff really chaep just by hunting around.
Jb
I had a thread the other day about the mayo i have in my oil cap, i got told this was ok so i thought nothing of it, i just realised today my header tank is near empty so alot of water has gone!
Im guessing its the HG and its on the way out, how hard isit to change??
help appretiated, JB
Found the "mayo" in my oil cap today whilst dong an oil change, i dont have any smoke at all and no loss in power , the engines not using oil and the most minescule amount of water - i have topped it up twice in a year
could the head gasket be on the way out?
How hard is it to change the...
My brakes SUCK to a dangerous point although it did just pass the MOT.
The disks and pads have done about 2k if that and basically just feels like i have sponges for brakes with no real gripping power.
I bled the front brakes today and there was loads of air as suspected , but they still...
I have a mk1 phase 3 rt , on idle you can really hear a tapping noise which is constant as the engine idles and increases when its reved. I dont get any smoke and it never overheats or uses water and oil, its been like it for ages but its annoying me now sounds like a fiesta lol not quite that...
This is my first car and i realise that not alot of people on here will like it but when your 17 its quite a novelty ( its starting to wear of already tho, too low and very very loud! lol) Its something to have fun with until i can afford better things as you all know its not buying the car its...
Just got them in not very easy job but woth the effort i rekon.
im deciding what colour harnesses to get, black like the seats or red like my car???
here they be anyway
Good thing about seats is you can take them out when you sell the car so its one of the things you wont loose too...
before anyone says dont spend money on it as its a crap car and save money for a better one dont :approve: its my first car
i already have a pannel filter and full decat powerflow exhaust but im wondering what to do next? Nothing extreme just worth while mods if any??
my brakes are also...
i have a mk1 clio and want to find the paint code for it, how do i do this? sorry in advance if its really obvious.
i want to colour code my door strips, whats the best way to this as i have lots of time and want to do a really good job on it.
thanks, jb