skinny goes cruising
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:10 pm
Having slacked off going to the gym (again) to fix another thing on the car, thought i might as well get a thread up...
Here is the car as I got it - D2 coilovers, ATR cams, ATR brakes and braided hoses, ATR clutch and lightened flywheel, buddyclub wheels, Apexi exhaust...
First job was to put the stock steering wheel back on (no pics as it just looks normal!) and had to align the front toe to re-centre the steering wheel - think i'm just about there.
Then i fixed the squeaking seatbelt and also got a way to hook up the internal boot release in addition to the remote opening
Then I upgraded the speakers and put some silent coat damping mat on the doors
After that, it took me about an hour to remove the muffin Ripspeed tyre valve covers that had welded themselves on. had to resort to the angle grinder!
And tonight, tried to sort out the annoying jumping idle that i had when the engine was just warming up. Removed the ISCV and tightened up the widget (favouring the crossed screwdriver method). Will see tomorrow morning if its cured it
Next job, sort out why the carpet under my feet is getting wet (just discovered today
) and i'm getting a bit of water into the boot too - the elastic strap is wet after rain 
After that, clean up the rear calipers to sort out the handbrake, and raise the ride height at the rear to stop the wheels from catching on the arches.
And after that... some sort of re-map is probably in order
Here is the car as I got it - D2 coilovers, ATR cams, ATR brakes and braided hoses, ATR clutch and lightened flywheel, buddyclub wheels, Apexi exhaust...
First job was to put the stock steering wheel back on (no pics as it just looks normal!) and had to align the front toe to re-centre the steering wheel - think i'm just about there.
Then i fixed the squeaking seatbelt and also got a way to hook up the internal boot release in addition to the remote opening
Then I upgraded the speakers and put some silent coat damping mat on the doors
After that, it took me about an hour to remove the muffin Ripspeed tyre valve covers that had welded themselves on. had to resort to the angle grinder!
And tonight, tried to sort out the annoying jumping idle that i had when the engine was just warming up. Removed the ISCV and tightened up the widget (favouring the crossed screwdriver method). Will see tomorrow morning if its cured it
Next job, sort out why the carpet under my feet is getting wet (just discovered today
) and i'm getting a bit of water into the boot too - the elastic strap is wet after rain After that, clean up the rear calipers to sort out the handbrake, and raise the ride height at the rear to stop the wheels from catching on the arches.
And after that... some sort of re-map is probably in order
