Thank You

[Quickstop [UK]]

I just wanted to say a few words of thanks to someone from the site who has totally changed my truck.

I am pretty much a noobie and Bezerk as well as a bunch of guys on here have really helped me out.

Last thursday I got the ferry to Hoek van Holland and drove 160 miles to see a guy I had never met before other than on MSN.

With his help I managed to identify what was wrong with my truck in a number of areas:

The truck was handling very poorly and I thought had some major issues. With a LOT of help I was able to discover that my turbo had seized...

Over the course of the weekend we drilled my alloys (they had seized), removed the front right wheel arch, removed the exhaust, steam cleaned the engine compartment, removed and changed the exhaust manifold, upgraded the turbo, identified a faulty O2 sensor and a defective EGR solenoid and put it all back together to get a big grin on my face as we boost launched after a hard 2 days of work.

I just wanted to say thanks to Rene, and everyone else on the site as I could not have done this without his help....

He has an awesome setup, a beautuful Sy AND a Ty and knows his stuff!

Thanks man!

The Ty is mine - see drilled alloys!

So now I have some questions...

What kind of intercooler pump should I get? - mine is broke?
How to fix the aloys, or should I just get some new C5s or something?
Wideband O2 installation - tips?

I am a very happy man!

 

[Quickstop [UK]]

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I had forgotten how fast these cars are...... :tup:

 

[Quickstop [UK]]

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changed the cap and rotor, new wires, new sparkplugs, new transmission filter, new oil filter, new fuel filter..

Mods to do :
Walbro fuel pump
Boost gauge
AFR Gauge
Trans temp gauge
Fuel Pressure Guage
Intercooler pump (and line)
and some suspension stuff...

 

[QUICK STORM]

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i would suggest getting the johnson IC pump and hotwire it and run heater hose instead of the hard IC lines. get the zr1 rims direct bolt on and no adapters needed

 

[Flyin Ryan]

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changed the cap and rotor, new wires, new sparkplugs, new transmission filter, new oil filter, new fuel filter..

Mods to do :
Walbro fuel pump
Boost gauge
AFR Gauge
Trans temp gauge
Fuel Pressure Guage
Intercooler pump (and line)
and some suspension stuff...

I agree go with the johnson pump and get rid of those heat soaking metal lines.. route them away from the motor/dp like in this right up.. http://www.sytyarchives.com/howto/v...name=metal_ic_line_replacement.php&dir=engine

Also forget about the AFR gauge... go with a wideband 02 setup that has a gauge.. many are now availble like that.

 

[Quickstop [UK]]

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can I use silicone hose for the intercooler hoses?

Got the wideband O2 gauge. Hoping to be able to put it in today. It's from innovative technologies - not sure how to get the stereo jack to plug in.

It needs to mimic a narrow band for the ECM, but be wide for tuning. Will search but any tips appreciated!

 

[Robert Lone]

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Did you pick up my hood?

 

[Quickstop [UK]]

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Yeah Rene said I could have it as the guy who had it wouldn't need it. Didn' t realise. Sorry! Looks great though!

 

[Quickstop [UK]]

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Just kidding!

 

[bezerk]

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Mark is a cool guy, really nice to have met him..
like he said, planned of during a tuneup, but that cracked manifold and broken turbo stopped us from just doing the easy FP R&R
and... Godverdommuh

 

[Quickstop [UK]]

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Bring on August!