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Old 15-05-16, 06:32 PM   #171
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I love the colour of those brakes
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Old 16-05-16, 05:35 PM   #172
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Love this car, looks awesome. Good to see it getting some tlc again.
What are you planning with the gearbox?
Fitting the verniers will be a massive PITA, labour cost of belts all over again . How come they didn't fit them when they fitted the cams?
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Old 16-05-16, 10:24 PM   #173
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She's looking loved again.
I know! It's about damn time she got some attention!
Found two bloody spots of bird droppings this morning on the bonnet though

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Thanks! So do I! The newer calipers will be going that colour too!
Not many around like it and XPG lends itself to a lot of bright colours!

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Love this car, looks awesome. Good to see it getting some tlc again.
What are you planning with the gearbox?
Fitting the verniers will be a massive PITA, labour cost of belts all over again . How come they didn't fit them when they fitted the cams?
Thanks mate! She definitely needed the TLC!

Just a bit of an overhaul really. It's a little whiney, I have a torsen to go in and its still on its original clutch so that needs done so it'll get the lightweight flywheel put on too!
Probably after summer though.
She needs new tyres on the front and the tax paid this month.
Not sure how I'll manage that haha.

I did see some brand new 180 boxes on eBay so that might be a cheaper venture and it will have nice new synchros in there and then put the diff in with that.

Have to see how much the birthday brings this year!

I also think the front left shock is shot now, along with the aircon not being cold :/

Bloody things.

They didn't fit the verniers as they couldn't work out how to do it "?
Since been told by mark that it's simple lol.
They fit on the shirt belt sides so hopefully locking the engine means only the exhaust cams will move meaning it should be an easier job than the full lot!

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Old 17-05-16, 01:16 PM   #174
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Nice effort - looking much better.

Purple brakes though .....
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Old 02-06-16, 07:23 PM   #175
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Good to see it's still going strong mate!
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Old 03-06-16, 08:48 AM   #176
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I'd be well annoyed if I'd paid to have the belts done and then had to pull it to bits again to have the verniers on. I'd be interested to know how much difference they make, you should dyno it before and after, although I assume you will have it set up on the dyno anyway in the first place so that will be a given.
Did I tell you I've found a few maps in the ECU by the way? I read the standard map and compared it with a Reidy mapped ECU which I bought, the changes are quite subtle, a few extra degrees of advance and a bit more fuel.
I still need to decide on a diff for mine too, I've got ZR 160 ratios waiting to go in, I just need a 180 bellhousing then I'll build up a spare box and get it fitted along with the light weight flywheel too.

If your old box is scrap I'll deffo have the bellhousing off you unless I find one sooner.
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Old 30-10-18, 09:59 PM   #177
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So, a bit of an update coming.

Last year it was all going swimmingly, I attended a few shows, had fun beating my mates S2000 (somehow) and then getting the G6 gearbox fully refurbished along with a type b diff and a lightweight flywheel.

It then blew up.
I hadn’t even got to test out the new additions.

It stayed on the drive then while we moved into our first house.

Wel now I’ve finally got my finger out.
I was very kindly offered PeteT16’s old 180 by Sam. Which has a good engine but otherwise battered body so I decided I would take it and put its heart into mine

So here follows the series of pics where I only managed to get one engine removed in the time I had the hoist 😂

One the drive waiting dismantling next to the sorry looking original.


Taking off everything we thought we needed to.
But we found again and again and again that we had forgotten something




Finally we had it out after hours of bad access and never having done it before!




So we got the box off and then my mate had to go and I begun the couple of days of stripping it down.



Which has gone alright so far.

The cams are out as I’ll be putting the piper 270 cams (with a reground standard inlet cam as I broke the keying point) into it along with looking at fitting the piper verniers.



Now as you can see, these don’t have the key points that the standard pulleys do so required a little snoop on the 825 KV6 which has keyway additions like those found on the inlet cam side.
I ordered them off rimmers today so hopefully that will assist with the fitting.

And that’s where it’s up to at the minute.
I’m still a way away from gettin the engine back in the other car, namely because the broken engine is still in there awaiting removal!

But I feel like I’m getting there again.
And I’ll have some spares from the other one going as well so hit me up if you need anything and I’ll see what I can do.
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Old 31-10-18, 10:52 AM   #178
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Well done loads of work.

Remember when I gave a hand to get an engine out the roll pin was a pain and we ended cutting off the selector rod.

So many wires and sensors to plug back in.

Good luck with it.
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Old 31-10-18, 06:48 PM   #179
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I suppose I'll be the first vulture then. What are the door handles on that old ZS like and what interior trim Does it have? Cheers
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Well done loads of work.

Remember when I gave a hand to get an engine out the roll pin was a pain and we ended cutting off the selector rod.

So many wires and sensors to plug back in.

Good luck with it.
Oh it was awful even with a correctly sized drift. Obviously when it was out the pin came out without a hitch 😩
I’ve labelled everything on one loom so it should be easy enough to put them back where I found them!
I had a lot of warnings to do so prior to starting and I’ve even labelled bolts into sealable packets 😂


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It’s a bit mismatched in the handle department, it has two green on the drivers side and only one grey one on the front passengers side so isn’t a complete set either.

The interior is standard mk2 door cards with red Monaco seats.
It has rear electric windows and the door cards haven’t got the wonder holes so are a good set.
Incidentally I have Chrome heater rings from previous scrap yard hunts.
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