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'03 MCS, MKV Ed30
x2!
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
Got the rear suspension on today, only ran into one problem where i thought you had to use the boot off the old shock, but a quick phone call to ktec cleared this up! Was pretty damn easy to do the back tbh, took about 25mins per side. Took the car down to the garage and got the tracking, camber, balancing and alignment setup, gone for as much negative camber on the front. Heres how it looks at the moment.
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
Absolutely loving them, i found the cup suspension quite crashy on bumpy roads, the ktecs give a much solid ride all round.
Got some more work done on the car today. Thought i was going to have to take off the whole front to do this, but figured out just before i could just remove the arch seel. Removed the acoustic valve unit and left fog light, 1. because it was smashed and 2. for the cold air feed.
I've just gone cotton gauze and am hoping to run a very large CAF setup to keep it all cool, so the acoustic valve had to go.
After removing the wheel and arch seel (few torx screws and plastic plugs) you can gain full access to the bottom of the car.
Unplug all the switches and then remove the large bolt on the bracket for the dual horns and acoustic valve. (don't worry they won't fall as they are hooked in too). Just let the horn dangle while you are working on the acoustic valve.
There will be a lot of wires cable tidied to the acoustic valve just pull this off and the acoustic valve should drop down. Then you need to unplug "green" from "red", and plug the hole of red with something (bung or screw). The unit will be free now, so just pull it down.
Quite a bit of space to play with now...
The actual acoustic valve...
Next up was the foglight.
Few screws holding in the light itself.
Taken the foglight surround out to modify for a larger CAF and then 3M it
Also last night i took off the TB and gave it a good clean inside. It was covered in black ****e so im glad i checked. Decided to really polish mine, and the difference in throttle response is actually quite impressive for a 15minute job.
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
Nice to meet gareth and amy today, picked up my new wheels, 2118's.
Just rushed to clean the car before sun went down, and it starts to **** it down AND my dslr wasn't charged. So heres a dull rainy shot taken on my phone. FAIL
Yummy PE2's
I think it might need lowering?
Just rushed to clean the car before sun went down, and it starts to **** it down AND my dslr wasn't charged. So heres a dull rainy shot taken on my phone. FAIL
Yummy PE2's
I think it might need lowering?
DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Really like those wheels mate, how much do they fetch second hand?
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
wasted no time in fitting them
and definitely needs to go a little lower now
hehe, thought it might be a good idea to get my bald tyres off asap, plus i was like a little kid at christmas. Went up the multistory this morning (were i park for work) for the first time with the 15's on....uh oh...it scrapped with 16's but now...not good :dead:
Whats even worse, the car needs to go lower :rasp:
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
I got bored today and decided to clean out the inlet and give it all a lick of paint.
Heres how it looked before, the oil cap cover broke, so thats missing, and the whole engine cover is also cracked so i've ditched it.
Once the throttle body and inlet was removed i was greeted with lots of grime
All that cleaned up
Used autoglym engine cleaner and a wire brush to clean the manifold and fuel rail cover.
Masked it all up
Painted
Finished result, camera has made the paint look really flat for some reason, its a sparkly aluminium finish in real life.
Heres how it looked before, the oil cap cover broke, so thats missing, and the whole engine cover is also cracked so i've ditched it.
Once the throttle body and inlet was removed i was greeted with lots of grime
All that cleaned up
Used autoglym engine cleaner and a wire brush to clean the manifold and fuel rail cover.
Masked it all up
Painted
Finished result, camera has made the paint look really flat for some reason, its a sparkly aluminium finish in real life.
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
Hehe thanks guys.
Photo wise, camera used was a nikon d80 with either my 28-70 2.8 or 50 1.8, editing software is corel XI.
Heres a few random photos taking on my phone/dslr after a machine polish and some de-stickering (the tow sticker is gone aswell now)
Photo wise, camera used was a nikon d80 with either my 28-70 2.8 or 50 1.8, editing software is corel XI.
Heres a few random photos taking on my phone/dslr after a machine polish and some de-stickering (the tow sticker is gone aswell now)
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
Just got one of these, bit tight, need to lose a bit of weight lol, but lovely seat. Just waiting for sidemounts to turn up and then its going in.
In goodwood, my favourite place in west sussex!
Thank you
Its not, its just were the car is highly polished and the angle of light
In goodwood, my favourite place in west sussex!
Thank you
Its not, its just were the car is highly polished and the angle of light
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
Overdue update..
Most of the interior is stripped now, apart from the passenger seat (need to keep this in for now annoyingly), and some front carpet.
The sparco is in, at first it was bloody tight, but its loosened up over the last month or so, and im loving it. I really don't think i could go back to a normal seat now.
Decided to whip the paint brush out...
Black wing mirror covers
Yellow calipers
Treated the 2118's to a full wash, degrease, polish and wax
Discs and pads all needed replacing, and im fairly sure the master cylinder has just failed. So its going to be one expensive month.
On the way in the post to me is the following:
Brembo HC front discs
RS OEM rear discs + wheel bearings & ABS rings
Ferodo DS2500 pads all round
KTR SS braided lines
5.1dot racing fluid
Next month i'll get the new master cylinder and 4 x 595RS-R, then throw it all at a garage and say "DO IT". It already handles like a go-kart, so with the new discs, pads and sticky tyres it should be awesome.
All this means no trackdays though (maybe brands in december) which makes me sad, but as this is still my daily, this takes priority asap.
Heres how shes sitting at the moment, looking very sad:
Miss the car already and can't wait to get it back on the road, this is going to be a long month.
In the meantime hvae a random video from a sunday b road blast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNfTidE2KWw
Most of the interior is stripped now, apart from the passenger seat (need to keep this in for now annoyingly), and some front carpet.
The sparco is in, at first it was bloody tight, but its loosened up over the last month or so, and im loving it. I really don't think i could go back to a normal seat now.
Decided to whip the paint brush out...
Black wing mirror covers
Yellow calipers
Treated the 2118's to a full wash, degrease, polish and wax
Discs and pads all needed replacing, and im fairly sure the master cylinder has just failed. So its going to be one expensive month.
On the way in the post to me is the following:
Brembo HC front discs
RS OEM rear discs + wheel bearings & ABS rings
Ferodo DS2500 pads all round
KTR SS braided lines
5.1dot racing fluid
Next month i'll get the new master cylinder and 4 x 595RS-R, then throw it all at a garage and say "DO IT". It already handles like a go-kart, so with the new discs, pads and sticky tyres it should be awesome.
All this means no trackdays though (maybe brands in december) which makes me sad, but as this is still my daily, this takes priority asap.
Heres how shes sitting at the moment, looking very sad:
Miss the car already and can't wait to get it back on the road, this is going to be a long month.
In the meantime hvae a random video from a sunday b road blast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNfTidE2KWw
mikes86
ClioSport Club Member
182 track **** & MX5
I'm on ktec coilies atm, great replacement for the road over cup suspension, but would like it a bit stiffer for track. Was hoping to get a nice 3" 4 point harness this month, but that will have to wait now, the sparco works fine with the standard seat any way. Lol I wish I was in the run for nicest silver 1*2, Oliver James has that covered
