*Continuation of above*
Unfortunately when removing the dip stick tube this happened because it was rusted solid:
Of course a tiny piece of plastic fell into the sump which meant taking the sump off...
To get the sump off the standard manifolds had to come off which was perfect because I had a set of janspeed manifolds waiting to go on anyway which I've had for a few months:
Some comparisons, no words required:
Stock-
Janspeed- Still crude but far better
Comparison of port size-
Going back together-
Since the old one was destroyed
Tools
Manis and sump back on, also changed the decat pipe for a Janspeed one- just a bit neater.
I also changed the power steering pump for a non-noisy one (no pics)
Since the car will probably running lean on the standard map, I originally planned to get the car mapped but as luck would have it, "top-man-eldos" car was exactly the same spec as mine to every last engine/ exhaust mod. We therefore came to a deal on his ECU set which has been rolling roaded at 211bhp
So, it's all back together again with fresh oil and fluids and fired up straight away. I was toying with doing a track day today at Anglesey but I left it too late to get a trailer sorted so would have to have driven there which I don't really fancy.
Instead, I've taxed and insured it for a year last night so I can now easily take it to a few local places for some jobs I want doing. For example its booked in at a local rolling road later today just to make sure its running as it should- will be interesting to compare to the original dyno graph (going back to the same place in the interests of a fair test).
Will update later with numbers but it feels and sounds incredible
