Matts rallye project. operation derust

[Matt]

BecauseWeightSaving

[Niall]

Did you take it for a drive like that? We drive my old car like that. Hard cornering is interesting!

[puglove]

Just need to loose the rest of the removable pannels now. Then out with the angel grinnder

[Matt]

We were gunna take it for a drive, but looked like it was going to rain and really needed to put the doors back on

[samass]

dude, clean your f*cking wheels you dirty bastard

[Matt]

Haha f*ck you!

Nah will get a clean on Wednesday. Maybe a wax and polish if I'm feeling it

[Matt]

Progress finally!!!!


Right today, drive to curts. Just intending to pick up my door looms.
Ended up with the engine in bits.

Started off with changing the map sensor, had a look in the hole and it was gunky. Decided it give the manifold a little clean up.
Treated it too a litre of petrol inside gave it a slosh around and what not and then emptied and did what was necsesary and set it on fire hahah.
Repeat around 5 times and nice clean inside
Decided while I was at it, gave the throttle body the same treatment, also cleaned up the icv, sanded the faces as the surface of the inlet was disgusting, cleaned resonator box and the. Reassembled.
Also changed the fuel filter and the fuel inside came out black.......


Anyway all back together in 3 hours. Starts on first turn, idles beaut!
Well Impressed with myself


Next stop,

Rallye blanks
Tow strap
Clean car

[samass]

You forgot bodies of that list of to do...
glad you sorted out the idle now, running nicer?

[Niall]

You are the biggest bell end i know! You was going to go through the trouble of fitting a new engine just because the Map could of been dirty and your fuel filter was clearly fooked!

[Matt]

Hahaa f*ck you!!!!
There was a lot more plus I want a new engine for rebuilding.














2.1 and turbo what?

[Niall]

1.8gtihybridturbowhat?

[Matt]

Hahaha yeah man, tbf your more likely to finish yours


My projects seem to start and never finish, like this bloody Rallye
Never sorted.


Although I would really like to throttle body at some point, just for the noise, not too fused about the gains. Tempted to stick the some r1s on. But I really wanna get jenveys lol

[Curt]

Good day today, made some good progress too . With fairly little injury which is surprising.


Matt cleaning his inlet in a typically sophisticated manor:

   

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6shwtdai7ui1t....50.53.mp4

[Poodle]

Video fail. :p

Get on Matt, you've barely started on this! Haha good result on fixing it though bud, when you coming to help me finish mine eh?

[Curt]

Shuddup Alex dunno why it's not working...

[Matt]

Haha more progress will be made when I have more money!

Let me know when you working on it and you know I'll be there

[Matt]

Boom! Balance is restored, driving to work this morning. 30mph on a country road (strange for me I know) round a tight 90 degree corner and whammy! Right into a foot of flood, there was no way I could have seen it. The bend was turning right, single track, I know the road and there is not a dip in the road or anything. Just a foot of flood that lasted about 25 meters.

So I was already doing 30 when I hit, nice big splash up the sides, nothing over the bonnet! (result! I thought) battery light comes on, aux starting screaming, standard really.

I get out drive a bit and she feels real roughy, white smoke pouring out the back, clutch is gritty and engine tapping and squealing like mad.

Carried on driving, it's only water right car dry that out, about a mile and the white smoke stops, seems to be running a little better. Clutch is still gritty. And a rather tappy tap.

Going to grap oil and gearbox oil from pug tomorrow and give it a service.



Bloody thing always something wrong

[samass]

Fucks sake dude! Do what we did before, and move your goddamn filter! Tard :p

[Phil B]

Sounds like a touch of aqua lock!!(but not the deadly amount!!) Best be carefully, if there's been enough water in there you may have tweaked a valve hence the tapping which may in turn end up asa snapped one and bouncy bounce round the bore, get a second opinion and get the head off if that might be the case

[Scott]

That's really bad luck mate Fingers crossed there's no major damage!

[Jonny81191]

Hope there's nothing major wrong Might be worth lifting the head and having a gander though..

[Matt]

No way I'm getting the head off anytime soon by myself. It's running absolutely fine apart the the tap. Although I don't know if it's really there or I'm really paranoid. Yeah Sam I'll definatley be doing that after work today. Finishing at 6 though so will be dark. Ffs

Either way I'm looking at getting a spare engine too rebuild for lols. And it will end up in the Rallye at some point. Just got to work out what timescale I have, as to wether its going in sooner then I planned lol

[Poodle]

Don't know how you manage this dude, really don't, your luck is worse than mine!

[Matt]

Haha I know man, definatley wasn't doing anything stupid this time. Pure accident. Makes me feel better.
Hate it when I break it because of my stupidity

[Matt]

Had a quick check with a screw driver it's making a lot of noise just too the right of the 16v badge

[Alee83]

Valve tapping...! Uh oh....

[Matt]

Right, induction kit off an drying.
Had the coils and sparks out, bit of wd40 in there and cranked for a few mins.
Put it all back together apart from the induction kit, starts up better but obviously idle was shit as icv was unrestricted, hunted slightly.

The tapping sounds has reduced slightly, going to pick up some oil and a oil filter, drain all the oil out and hopefully any water will come with it.

Same for the gearbox oil that will be drain and replaced.

[Matt]

Okay something crazy happened today.......



It got put back together..... And slightly ph3'd.

Today I did the following,

Rear carpet
Rear sound deadning
Rear seats
Took the buckets out and tightened everything and thread locked refitted
Sorted the harnesses out
Fitted white needles to my clocks
Fitted ph3 silver click surrounds
Fitted black a pillars
Removed front seatbelts
Installed rear seatbelts
Changed my headlight adjuster
Cleaned the out side
Emptied the inside
Broke my fuel gauge and temperature gauge


Pictures

Old clocks



New




























Also got this beauty fitted on monday!!




Sounds f*cking porno!!!



Hangs a little low though due to incorrect fittings.




Futures,

Sort the chronic tap
Sort the whining gearbox (supercharger )
Fit lower brace and k&n as soon as I receive.

The future for this is always going to be a track weapon, I put it back together as a comfy cruiser until next season as I see no way I'll be on track before then.
Plus she's coming of the road at the end of this month

[Curt]

Blimey, didn't realise the rear seats went back in too! Gonna put some cards on for the time being too?

Looks awesome though, and a lot cleaner than Saturday . Will look sweeet when we get the mop on it

[Matt]

Gunna make some cards I think. Can't ever find nice manual windows ones haha


Also bloody blower motor has stopped working!