10-06-2012, 10:32 PM
Right am on the laptop now, much easier to type!
Well what can I say? Months of hard graft and it all comes down to tomorrow. Everything seems nice and tight and the engine's running smoothly. And a bit quicker than standard. As some will know, the T2 and the Bosch came from different engines. And my suspicions are that the pump's been fiddled with as the car seems to hit 18psi by about 2.krpm and holds it until god knows when because I was on a private road I shouldn't really have been on because it's not road legal yet
I think the pump's been screwed anyway, i've touched nothing apart from a Dan! special LDA, and AFAIK 18psi is NOT standard, turbo wastegate seems to be holding it at 18psi for the whole rev range though. No sign of headgasket trouble either which is a bonus!
The ARB.. well.. given that these D2's appear to be on 350lb+ springs I figured i'd roll without an ARB and see how I get on. was reducing ground clearance anyway
Coilovers were very much bottoming out though, less travel than I first suspected, bouncing and banging all down the road. Wound them up a bit and it seems to have helped, going to try another 5-10mm tomorrow as it still bangs on large bumps. Need to raise the rear slightly now though as it seems to have a slight arse scraping now even with the boot empty. Which btw, even with the sub box fitted, is MASSIVE! So yeah ride height is going to raise a bit but only because i'd like more than 2mm suspension travel, was scary on the stops!
Couple of niggly jobs for tomorrow morning like replacing a washer jet and she's good to go. Straight to the MOT station, then the Post Office, then wherever the hell I want.
Well what can I say? Months of hard graft and it all comes down to tomorrow. Everything seems nice and tight and the engine's running smoothly. And a bit quicker than standard. As some will know, the T2 and the Bosch came from different engines. And my suspicions are that the pump's been fiddled with as the car seems to hit 18psi by about 2.krpm and holds it until god knows when because I was on a private road I shouldn't really have been on because it's not road legal yet
I think the pump's been screwed anyway, i've touched nothing apart from a Dan! special LDA, and AFAIK 18psi is NOT standard, turbo wastegate seems to be holding it at 18psi for the whole rev range though. No sign of headgasket trouble either which is a bonus!
The ARB.. well.. given that these D2's appear to be on 350lb+ springs I figured i'd roll without an ARB and see how I get on. was reducing ground clearance anyway
Coilovers were very much bottoming out though, less travel than I first suspected, bouncing and banging all down the road. Wound them up a bit and it seems to have helped, going to try another 5-10mm tomorrow as it still bangs on large bumps. Need to raise the rear slightly now though as it seems to have a slight arse scraping now even with the boot empty. Which btw, even with the sub box fitted, is MASSIVE! So yeah ride height is going to raise a bit but only because i'd like more than 2mm suspension travel, was scary on the stops!Couple of niggly jobs for tomorrow morning like replacing a washer jet and she's good to go. Straight to the MOT station, then the Post Office, then wherever the hell I want.
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