180 Track Car Build

[talkingcars]

Originally Posted by pervavore

Hope to see more things going forward with your next build

Hi and welcome to the forum, pop an intro thread up.

James

[talkingcars]

Nothing wrong with that catch tank plumbing, personally I'd of left it and added a second tank for the post throttle body breather.

[ZS Phil]

Originally Posted by pervavore

Hope to see more things going forward with your next build

You found us then! Glad you signed up, it's a good site. Loads of info about for when you do your T16 conversion

Originally Posted by Lukeus101

Do you have any need for a ITG panel filter Phil?

Hey dude, I did consider one however my CDA and custom silicone set up idea has come to fruition... post to follow

Originally Posted by talkingcars

Nothing wrong with that catch tank plumbing, personally I'd of left it and added a second tank for the post throttle body breather.

I agree, nothing wrong with it in terms of it doing harm directly however given how many years it has been plumbed like that and how little oil it has trapped suggests that it wasn't doing anything at all!
I did consider a second tank however I couldn't find one to match, my ocd wouldn't allow that (sad I know). I didn't see the point in forking out £40 for a matching pair when one of them would be purely for show.

[ZS Phil]

A quick parts update.

If you've seen the thread "do we concur", you'll know I've been trying to organise a custom made silicone intake pipe to work with the BMC CDA filter to avoid the need for separate 90 degree bends and breather filters etc.

The idea was to have a pipe made which would make the CDA a direct fit to give people an alternative to the £400 ITG set up.

So, first of all I needed a CDA 85-150, decided to get a new one:



The custom pipe was delivered towards the end of last week, looks a bit like this:







Perfect fit onto the air box:

[Skillen]

Looks ace that! Nice work on the digging.
Can they do purple?
Need to hit them up for a group buy on these and/or on coolant hoses.

[ZS Phil]

Cheers Really pleased with it so far, yet to see how well it fits on the car though.

I can't see why it wouldn't be available in purple

No need for a group buy, once i confirm it fits he said he will list it on the website so it can be bought "off the shelf".

[Skillen]

Originally Posted by ZS Phil

Cheers Really pleased with it so far, yet to see how well it fits on the car though.

I can't see why it wouldn't be available in purple

No need for a group buy, once i confirm it fits he said he will list it on the website so it can be bought "off the shelf".

Excellent. I may replace my ITG's hose. Though the ITG's hose doesn't have a reduced section that I remember. :/
Just thinking of a group buy to save costs was all.

It looks like the hose is glowing in the last picture!

[ZS Phil]

Ahh, fair enough, see what you mean with the group buy idea.

As long as 85mm is suitable for the maxogen, I cant see why this wouldn't work. Obviously just need to check the other measurements.

If you want it to be purple I guess it's the only cost effective way of doing it, weather its worth the sacrafice of the small step over the ITG hose is another matter.

[ZS Phil]

I've been slowly tinkering over the last few months so a bit of an update is in order:

I'll try not to write too much, pictures say a thousand words.

Coilovers have happened, got some second hand GAZ at a price I couldnt say no to. One had a slight leak and they had been set up for a 1.8 ZS with 325lb/in front springs and 225 rears.




I sent them off to GAZ for a full rebuild with new rods, seals and oil.
Perhaps most importantly I decided to go stiffer with the spring rates but not too silly. I requested they use the old front 325 springs on the rear and then supply some new 550 lb/in springs for the fronts.
The valving has been adjusted to suit the new spring rates.
They came back looking like this:

Absolutely superb service.






The interior did look like this:



Then things started to happen:






Custom light weight center console with just the bear essentials:

Doing the template.








Next I went and got me some seats:



Getting them attached to some ZS rails:



Painted and belt clip added using proper 7/16 UNF bolt:



Ready to roll:




Decided I didn't like the Scorpion center section as it was only 2". Replaced it with a custom straight through pipe in stainless 2 1/4" to match the rest of the system, this has the benefit of being lighter and the sound is unreal. Feels much better although I fitted my BMC at the same time so not sure which has had the biggest impact (post to follow about the BMC).




Had a bit of a do with these guys over the last couple of days:








And this is what all that horrible sound deadening looks like when its all in a pile:






And the weight!!!!



This is how she looked as the sun was going down tonight:









And a random pic of the twins looking cold and filthy.





Much more to come

[Skillen]

Poor little razor with nothing left in him haha.
Good to see you're progressing with it all though!
The carpet. What have you done with it? Mines leaked in a lot again and I'd like to swap it out again as its a tad damp atm.

Nice work from Gaz there! I'll be getting mine back in the next week or so and I'm hoping the look as good as them!!