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Get your braces on
Posted by on November 4, 2010
Picked up a set of Strut Braces for Mona a couple days ago, fitted them last night. Front went on easy, with a few washers needed as spacers to avoid hitting the intake, and to fit the rears I had to dismantle the entire interior of the rear end! Cut out a space for the bar to come through the panel and all done =)
Also chucked on a set of bolt on spacers to the front for that little extra track. Alignment tonight then Tailem Drifts tomorrow!
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After:
Rear brace test fit:
The Engine Is A Series Of Hoses
Posted by on October 28, 2010
So after melting the power steering hose and getting a replacement made up (see below), as I was bleeding the system, there was a waft of smoke coming from the extractors. Having just fiddled with things around that area I stopped the engine and had a look. What I found was that the breather hose had been sitting against the exhaust manifold in two points and had melted through insulation and a large part of the hose.
So went and bought some longer hose, in order to re-route the hose as I did the power steering. After some effort to route it neatly (I had to take apart most of the intercooler and turbo piping) I did a final check to make sure nothing else was touching the exhaust. So hopefully now my ‘melting through direct contact with the exhaust’ problem should be solved.
Here’s hoping!
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