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You are crazy sir :roflol:
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You are crazy sir :roflol:
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Captain_Stealth
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Lol. I just want it reliable. Tired of dealing with this butchered job
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Hi guys some updates from the weekend
Drivers side seat done in 6 hours. Thanks to my angle grinder, basically cut up the electric seat frame which saved a ton of time and since I did the other side seat this went quick
Here are both seats installed they are amazing was definitely worth the effort.
Sorry for the bad quality pic but I plan on pulling the cradle so the car is just sitting in the garage.
Next was to sort out the shifting. I couldn’t use 2nd gear as it was hitting on the prop guibo aka prop donut. On some conversions they need to cut the linkages and shifter related parts. On my car it has a upgraded propshaft and bigger propshaft donut. Which is kinda cool. But the center bearing is damaged
In the below pics you can see how 2nd is touching the guibo
Luckily for me all I had to do was to swap the linkage around. Which sorted out this issue as the linkage used had a bend on it I now have about 7mm gap when in 2nd gear between the guibo and the shifter rod
Took some pics of the broken bolts on my sump which is causing the leak but I think there is another leak higher up too
Long side of the sump
Front side of the sump
I also snapped some pics of what the headers look like and OMG
Will get these sorted out at a later stage.
As mentioned above I want to remove the cradle. This is because there is no space for me to put the fans behind the radiator as the current setup is sitting in front of the radiator and this is not the most efficient way as the areas where the fan motors are get no cooling, hence why I want to move them to the back of the radiator.
I am looking for a 6 cylinder cradle and this will then sort out my issue as there is extra engine bay space. Look at the curvature of the top of the cradle compared to mine
Hopefully updates soon...
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Drivers side seat done in 6 hours. Thanks to my angle grinder, basically cut up the electric seat frame which saved a ton of time and since I did the other side seat this went quick
Here are both seats installed they are amazing was definitely worth the effort.
Sorry for the bad quality pic but I plan on pulling the cradle so the car is just sitting in the garage.
Next was to sort out the shifting. I couldn’t use 2nd gear as it was hitting on the prop guibo aka prop donut. On some conversions they need to cut the linkages and shifter related parts. On my car it has a upgraded propshaft and bigger propshaft donut. Which is kinda cool. But the center bearing is damaged
In the below pics you can see how 2nd is touching the guibo
Luckily for me all I had to do was to swap the linkage around. Which sorted out this issue as the linkage used had a bend on it I now have about 7mm gap when in 2nd gear between the guibo and the shifter rod
Took some pics of the broken bolts on my sump which is causing the leak but I think there is another leak higher up too
Long side of the sump
Front side of the sump
I also snapped some pics of what the headers look like and OMG
Will get these sorted out at a later stage.
As mentioned above I want to remove the cradle. This is because there is no space for me to put the fans behind the radiator as the current setup is sitting in front of the radiator and this is not the most efficient way as the areas where the fan motors are get no cooling, hence why I want to move them to the back of the radiator.
I am looking for a 6 cylinder cradle and this will then sort out my issue as there is extra engine bay space. Look at the curvature of the top of the cradle compared to mine
Hopefully updates soon...
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ShaunB said:
Lol. I think this conversation was done in Eastern Cape.
The stock manifolds are bad enough cant imagine how bad the flow is.
This car still has these manifolds
My exhaust system is a twin 63mm going into a 76mm single. Such a waist
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Hi guys. Quick update
Decided to investigate where the oil leak from uptop was coming from.
I removed the intake manifold. As I was test fitting the modified one.
And I found the issue. The valve cover was not tightened. Guy that did this conversation honestly must have been a joke. Look toward the rear of the motor on the valve cover. Bad bad bad oil leak
Valve cover was so flippen greasy. Gasket was a mixture of rubber and silicone lol
I also removed the plugs which were black. I would have taken a pic. I will try replace them this weekend as I have bought new ones
Eventually I want to go wasted spark with dictator. With some nice cams
This was the modded intake I will be using I need to cutoff the side part, still a work in progress should be a good upgrade. Hood closes no with issues. I also added a 75mm throttle body. The egr has also been removed
As a ref here is my old intake
More updates soon
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Decided to investigate where the oil leak from uptop was coming from.
I removed the intake manifold. As I was test fitting the modified one.
And I found the issue. The valve cover was not tightened. Guy that did this conversation honestly must have been a joke. Look toward the rear of the motor on the valve cover. Bad bad bad oil leak
Valve cover was so flippen greasy. Gasket was a mixture of rubber and silicone lol
I also removed the plugs which were black. I would have taken a pic. I will try replace them this weekend as I have bought new ones
Eventually I want to go wasted spark with dictator. With some nice cams
This was the modded intake I will be using I need to cutoff the side part, still a work in progress should be a good upgrade. Hood closes no with issues. I also added a 75mm throttle body. The egr has also been removed
As a ref here is my old intake
More updates soon
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Hi guys sorry for no updates finally got a chance to work on the 1er.
Plan is to do a service and compression test on all cylinders
I have only done the one side as it’s a 90 degree v8 and getting to the plugs in the rear is such a pain in the ass.
What also took some time was preparing the valve cover and remove all the old gasket sealer from the valve cover and head. Everything is now nice and tight. gasket sealer applied in the right places so hopefully no more leaks.
I am also removing the propshaft as the center bearing needs to be replaced. But the asshole exhaust is making my life difficult af
So that’s the update...
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Plan is to do a service and compression test on all cylinders
I have only done the one side as it’s a 90 degree v8 and getting to the plugs in the rear is such a pain in the ass.
What also took some time was preparing the valve cover and remove all the old gasket sealer from the valve cover and head. Everything is now nice and tight. gasket sealer applied in the right places so hopefully no more leaks.
I am also removing the propshaft as the center bearing needs to be replaced. But the asshole exhaust is making my life difficult af
So that’s the update...
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Soprano890925
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Nice work being done this 1er:bravo:.
Captain_Stealth
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Forgot to mention the car also had the wrong plugs 
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Dewald Basson
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How was this engine actually able to function :roflol:
Captain_Stealth
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Lol. Dodgy ous. Doing dodgy work
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Hi here goes my second attempt of trying to post without my post getting cut off
Finally finished installing the spark plugs changing 8 is a real pain In the ass especially if space is limited. Car was def running rich and seems like they haven’t been changed in ages
The hack conversion job
Water Pipe kink
The amazing wiring
Missing bolt from valve cover
Temp fix
Thermo plastic housing gone brittle
Bumper vent flows under the radiator. Pics don’t really do this justice but you get the idea
I am busy looking at a new solution so might use an e90 radiator with custom ally side tanks. I am also planing on moving the radiator further forward and putting the fans behind the radiator for better cooling as it should be more efficient
I also decided on giving the engine bay a lil clean. Need to do the whole engine but it looks 1000x better in person
There were only 6 of the 12 bolts inplace for the engine covers which has since been replaced with shiney gold ones
More updates coming soon
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Finally finished installing the spark plugs changing 8 is a real pain In the ass especially if space is limited. Car was def running rich and seems like they haven’t been changed in ages
The hack conversion job
Water Pipe kink
The amazing wiring
Missing bolt from valve cover
Temp fix
Thermo plastic housing gone brittle
Bumper vent flows under the radiator. Pics don’t really do this justice but you get the idea
I am busy looking at a new solution so might use an e90 radiator with custom ally side tanks. I am also planing on moving the radiator further forward and putting the fans behind the radiator for better cooling as it should be more efficient
I also decided on giving the engine bay a lil clean. Need to do the whole engine but it looks 1000x better in person
There were only 6 of the 12 bolts inplace for the engine covers which has since been replaced with shiney gold ones
More updates coming soon
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Dropped off my intake. Thermo housing and new sump to get modified. Hopefully will have them this week
Also bought my new radiator comes from a R33 skyline
Core size is 648x400x52
M3 e90 one is 600x460x32
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Also bought my new radiator comes from a R33 skyline
Core size is 648x400x52
M3 e90 one is 600x460x32
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Stompie said:
Thanks man can’t wait to test fit it
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Hi guys been busy lately and can’t get this damn car finished. Found more shitty workmanship. From the previous owner and from the guy I took it too. But I am gonna do it and I will do it right !
So this is the new upgraded sump it’s a 3uz mid sump with a recess on the pan and just clears the e87 subframe. And the biggest issue with my custom sump is that the build quality is crappy, it leaks, takes a lot of oil and there is no splash plate so oil is jumping everywhere and oil starvage happens due the poor design.
Before
Got the sump modded removed the oil level sensor and put in a plate to reduce oil jumping lol over the place.
After
Gonna try the 3uz oil filter housing as this one is touching the steering rack
Need to mod the radiator to fit the fans correctly
Paid for the power steering lines to be fixed but they still leak aka half job. The guy said he fixed the leak but I actually found issues with the pipes check the amazing of joins
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So this is the new upgraded sump it’s a 3uz mid sump with a recess on the pan and just clears the e87 subframe. And the biggest issue with my custom sump is that the build quality is crappy, it leaks, takes a lot of oil and there is no splash plate so oil is jumping everywhere and oil starvage happens due the poor design.
Before
Got the sump modded removed the oil level sensor and put in a plate to reduce oil jumping lol over the place.
After
Gonna try the 3uz oil filter housing as this one is touching the steering rack
Need to mod the radiator to fit the fans correctly
Paid for the power steering lines to be fixed but they still leak aka half job. The guy said he fixed the leak but I actually found issues with the pipes check the amazing of joins
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Was bored so took it upon myself to clean up the sump.
After clean
Prep for the spray
After the spray
New oil filter housing was also treated to some love
Prep
After spray
More to come
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Previous post was during the week.
The below is from today. I have dropped off my power steering lines to be fixed up. Should get them back this week.
Due to all the oil leaks. I decided I need to kinda sort it out before the new sump goes in. This is what I am working with. It’s like thick cake due to the sump ps leak and valve cover leaks
Before
After
Still need to do a lot of work on the grime stuck everywhere.
Also found that the pin that holds in my steering rack was never tightened from the guy that put in my m3 steering rack.
I also found why my sump was leaking. They never removed the old gasket sealer properly and just put new one on top. Also the way they applied gasket maker was not done correctly. And they didn’t put in all the bolts. The old sump easily weighs 3 times the oem sump. And it’s a kak design.
Check how badly the gasket maker was applied
Awesome quality sump lol made of steel. So freaked heavy
OEM vs kak sump
Taking time to do all of this as I am only working on the car on weekends during the day. I just want it finished. Need to remove the subframe so I can put in the sump as it doesn’t fit without removing it
Thanks for viewing
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Previous post was during the week.
The below is from today. I have dropped off my power steering lines to be fixed up. Should get them back this week.
Due to all the oil leaks. I decided I need to kinda sort it out before the new sump goes in. This is what I am working with. It’s like thick cake due to the sump ps leak and valve cover leaks
Before
After
Still need to do a lot of work on the grime stuck everywhere.
Also found that the pin that holds in my steering rack was never tightened from the guy that put in my m3 steering rack.
I also found why my sump was leaking. They never removed the old gasket sealer properly and just put new one on top. Also the way they applied gasket maker was not done correctly. And they didn’t put in all the bolts. The old sump easily weighs 3 times the oem sump. And it’s a kak design.
Check how badly the gasket maker was applied
Awesome quality sump lol made of steel. So freaked heavy
OEM vs kak sump
Taking time to do all of this as I am only working on the car on weekends during the day. I just want it finished. Need to remove the subframe so I can put in the sump as it doesn’t fit without removing it
Thanks for viewing
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After clean
Prep for the spray
After the spray
New oil filter housing was also treated to some love
Prep
After spray
More to come
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Previous post was during the week.
The below is from today. I have dropped off my power steering lines to be fixed up. Should get them back this week.
Due to all the oil leaks. I decided I need to kinda sort it out before the new sump goes in. This is what I am working with. It’s like thick cake due to the sump ps leak and valve cover leaks
Before
After
Still need to do a lot of work on the grime stuck everywhere.
Also found that the pin that holds in my steering rack was never tightened from the guy that put in my m3 steering rack.
I also found why my sump was leaking. They never removed the old gasket sealer properly and just put new one on top. Also the way they applied gasket maker was not done correctly. And they didn’t put in all the bolts. The old sump easily weighs 3 times the oem sump. And it’s a kak design.
Check how badly the gasket maker was applied
Awesome quality sump lol made of steel. So freaked heavy
OEM vs kak sump
Taking time to do all of this as I am only working on the car on weekends during the day. I just want it finished. Need to remove the subframe so I can put in the sump as it doesn’t fit without removing it
Thanks for viewing
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Previous post was during the week.
The below is from today. I have dropped off my power steering lines to be fixed up. Should get them back this week.
Due to all the oil leaks. I decided I need to kinda sort it out before the new sump goes in. This is what I am working with. It’s like thick cake due to the sump ps leak and valve cover leaks
Before
After
Still need to do a lot of work on the grime stuck everywhere.
Also found that the pin that holds in my steering rack was never tightened from the guy that put in my m3 steering rack.
I also found why my sump was leaking. They never removed the old gasket sealer properly and just put new one on top. Also the way they applied gasket maker was not done correctly. And they didn’t put in all the bolts. The old sump easily weighs 3 times the oem sump. And it’s a kak design.
Check how badly the gasket maker was applied
Awesome quality sump lol made of steel. So freaked heavy
OEM vs kak sump
Taking time to do all of this as I am only working on the car on weekends during the day. I just want it finished. Need to remove the subframe so I can put in the sump as it doesn’t fit without removing it
Thanks for viewing
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