Project "The Black Beast"

[Chaz]

Thanks everyone, I love it.. Much prefer this over my old Firefrost Hatch, handles 10x better also!


The fogs were misty, they arent now, just needed a good run with them on for a bit to sort them..

The headlight is still misty though, the previous owner tried to polish it with this kit he bought, it has brought it up better than it used to be going by the pics iv seen, but its not as perfect as id like... Anyone got any tips on how to sort it? Been told to use toothpaste ?? lol

[petet16]

Toothpaste might work, as daft as it sounds.

The mk2 lights are coated with a type of lacquer to protect the plastic, I'm refurbing a pair at the moment and when you do the 800 wet and dry you can see the lacquer coming off before you actually get to the clear plastic, I think a lot of the clouding is moisture getting between the plastic and the coating.

[Chaz]

Awesome, is there a guide on how to do it? Take it theres a few steps to doing it, not just wet and dry it?

Id like to have ago myself, my driverside light is scratched badly, you cant see it in daylight but once the lights are on at night you can see the scratches..

Would some sort of compound be any good?

Iv got some farcela G10 finishing compound, not as fearce as G3

[petet16]

I don't think there is a guide to doing it, I just went at it with 800 used wet to get rid of the clear coat, then went progressively finer, and finished with 12000 used wet with car shampoo as a lubricant, I'll just need to reapply the clearcoat to protect the plastic.

[POMPSKI]

Love it mate!

[stamford]

Looks good

[ian zs180]

nice zed you got ya self there mate

[Dave]

When i saw it today, it looked filthy!!!

Great looking motor mate, hope you don't decide to break this one in 6 months

Cheers
Dave

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by Dave

When i saw it today, it looked filthy!!!

Great looking motor mate, hope you don't decide to break this one in 6 months

Cheers
Dave

Lol I was on my way to get it washed when I went past, thought it was you


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[Chaz]

Right, done loads to the car so far, got loads of pictures, so here goes..


First mod I did, most important mod and HAD to be done, SDi injectors!


Found a couple of nice little bodges, guessing the threads are gone :lol:





Inlet off and everything out the way..



Old injectors were well stuck in so needed a wack with the slide hammer





New washers and plenty of copper grease



New injectors in..



Thought while I was doing the injectors and had the inlet and stuff out of the way, id blank the EGR off too..





The threads were a bit iffy in the EGR and inlet, but I found slightly longer bolts to go in both and they grabbed the good threads at the end and tightened up nicely!

Obviously blanking the EGR brought on the engine management light being a MK2, which is a bit annoying but nothing a remap will sort

Next mod was to get my new Bosch MAF on with my massive "green" cone and a Roverron mafam/tuning box





The car did come with low gain pierbugh maf and digimafam2 but it seemed to make it blue smoke in high revs for some reason, hence why I changed to my other set up from my ZR!


The power increase was massive with all of this, loads quick, bit of smoke but nothing serious, it will only get worse when I get a remap on it


Theeeeeen I had to change the battery as it went flat over night, it was the original battery though to be fair (I think), lasted 8 years, not bad!



I brimmed the car on the way home from picking it up and managed to get around 180 miles to 1/4 of a tank, beast!



That will definitely change now the SDi's are in, should gain the MPG I lost by fitting them, back with a remap, will have to see.