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Its only a small drop of 18 mm and 14 mm so nothing much .
The Brembo are very good with the DS2500 but there was a good offer on the BBK so thought sod it .
It will be
356mm front 8 pot
356mm rear 6 pot
Alan
At the weekend I got round to upgrading the suspension at last .
Parts arrived from the USA . Tein springs and Tokico shocks
Old shock and spring out ( this set up has done 91K miles so a bit tired )
New Blue Tokico shock
Old vs new shock
Old vs new spring
Old vs new...
Few more bits done at the weekend .
Motordyne copper Iso Thermal upgrade with Aramid gasket and Copper Throttle Body Heater
Removed the pelnum
Removed the old pressed steel gasket ( next to the Aramid gasket )
Few mill thicker
All in place
Then throttle body removed
New...
Got another job done at the weekend .
Got my Ultra Racing front under brace in the post .
Out an ready to fit .
Installed
Bolts were a pain to remove but installed well with a nice fit .
Alan
Got a engine torque damper delivered form the USA on Friday
Fitting was ok but space was tight .
All in with earth bracket connected .
There is slightly more noise / vibration in the cabin but nothing that you can feel to much .
Throttle response feels a little more quicker more so in...
Sound clip of exhaust
Another small update as some more parts arrived .
Earthing kit to add to the smaller kit that is installed .
Then wrapping the induction pipe in DEI heat tape ( did this on my old Mr2 Turbo and inlet temps came down )
And to finish off a wax with the G3
Had a busy long weekend and got a few more bits done .
On Friday i went up to Abbey Motorsport for a Milltek Exhaust to be fitted and check the tune on the dyno for the uprev .
Old stock system
The back box pipe had been patched up one already .
New Milltek fitted
Then the Dyno...
Got a few more bits done over the Easter weekend .
Seafoam was done below
x 1 can in fuel tank
x 3/4 in oil ( run for 100 miles )
x 1/4 in brake booster pipe
Then to drain the oil and seafoam out and do a fresh oil and filter change
I changed my rad cap from the OEM 0.9 bar one
To a...
A few more updates over the weekend I got done .
Fist up was to clean then condition the leather seats .
Then was the boot counter weight removal ( boot does not pop up all the time due to this weight )
Then last up was to re adjust the aux and air con belts as there was a little...
Ok so after putting a few miles and bedding the brakes in I can report on the set up .
The old brakes were not in the best of shape so any change would be an improvement .
First up is the pedal feel with the new S/S lines the travel so much shorter and the feel so much firmer and all of the dead...
So this weekend was the brake upgrade / change .
Fist up was to remove the front discs and pads .
Front disc not in good shape
Or the pads
Then to fit the new front disc and pads
Then the front S/S brake lines
Then on to the rears with old disc and pads removed...