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The unlikely donor
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Sankekur
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Zound said:
Had a puncture in one of the front tires, so swapped the throwing stars on for now.
Andy1GP said:Very nice, I see you treating her to the purple magicGoing all out!
I lust after those stars :blowheart:
Personally I would want to go for something cheaper, but the motor runs quieter with this stuff in it, so who am I to argue with a quieter motor.
Loom said:
0.000000003
That is what the butt-dyno says at least.
Sankekur
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So a while back I had an intermittent hesitation issue, replaced the plugs as they were the oldest part on the ignition and this sorted the issue.
The old plugs:
Only two plugs are in a really bad state and corresponds to the two cylinders that I have previously found the valves to be really carbon'ed up. The rest have burnt really well and show only slight signs of oil contamination.
While I had the plugs out I measured the compression and the results confirmed my suspicions:
Test 1:
1000kPa 850kPa
1000kPa 1100kPa
1075kPa 1050kPa
850kPa 1150kPa
Test 2:
1000kPa 975kPa
1000kPa 1100kPa
1050kPa 1050kPa
775kPa 1150kPa
Also took the car out on a track day with some friends during the end of last year.
Subsequently had to fit new rear pads.
Consumption for the day:
Thanks for watching.
The old plugs:
Only two plugs are in a really bad state and corresponds to the two cylinders that I have previously found the valves to be really carbon'ed up. The rest have burnt really well and show only slight signs of oil contamination.
While I had the plugs out I measured the compression and the results confirmed my suspicions:
Test 1:
1000kPa 850kPa
1000kPa 1100kPa
1075kPa 1050kPa
850kPa 1150kPa
Test 2:
1000kPa 975kPa
1000kPa 1100kPa
1050kPa 1050kPa
775kPa 1150kPa
Also took the car out on a track day with some friends during the end of last year.
Subsequently had to fit new rear pads.
Consumption for the day:
Thanks for watching.
Fordkoppie
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Sankekur said:a1exander said:
He did indeed, if you ever want to do the same I believe the colour he used it called "ATE squeal"
Nonono:RedNo:
You forgot one crucial ingredient to achieve the same...
Lightly sprayed on H2O while the wheel is baked to 80deg C - all applied while the wheel is rotating between 1550RPM and 700RPM.
This last part is what gives you even coats that "fades" towards the middle.
Sankekur
///Member
So I am busy doing some suspension work on this one, chief among this is a change of dampers. So as it is most of the time with anything I do nothing is straight forward. Bought new shock, new top mounts, however found that the front dampers don't fit the top mounts. So it turns out that our 540i's here in SA came with a different top to any/everywhere else in the world, and this is a problem as the dampers I got (Bilstein) come from elsewhere in the world. So as is tradition I am busy making a plan to get the shocks and top mounts to work together. In addition to this with everything off and the car raised I also found that the ball joint boots on the lower control arms are stuffed as well, right side is cracked and left is completely destroyed. So some good old fashioned while I am at it/it is open/everything is off sets in as well. The car also needs new front pads as the left right inside pad is already so worn that the disc is touching the steel backing.
With this I will leave a couple of pics here for you gawk at or pass judgement on:
And yes that is quite a substantial powersteering leak, and no I don't think I ready to do anything about it.
Thanks for watching, more to follow as things progress (or regress)
With this I will leave a couple of pics here for you gawk at or pass judgement on:
And yes that is quite a substantial powersteering leak, and no I don't think I ready to do anything about it.
Thanks for watching, more to follow as things progress (or regress)
zaleonardz
Well-known member
You still have my old white one ?
Sankekur
///Member
Update time. My original plan was to change the dampers, but as I was stripping the struts out I found an ever growing list of things in need of attention. As per usual my while I am at it/while it is open/while I am busy set in pretty hard. This is what I found:
-The dust covers on the lower control arm ball joints had cracked on one side and complete disintegrated on the other. The ball joints still felt fine with no play but the damage might already be done so that new boots might just postpone the inevitable by a couple of months.
-Brake pads are due for replacement, with one pad pretty much down to the backing plate.
-Rubber brake hoses starting to crack where the threaded fittings were crimped on.
With this said on to the parts parade.
Front and rear dampers, Bilstein B6's.
Strictly speaking for my setup I actually need the B8's, which are basically identical to the B6's but with a shorter shaft for shorter springs, but getting these kinds of things for an e34 in SA is a bit of a mission.
Ooohh, fancy.
So while I was at it I got new lower and upper control arms and and anti roll bar end links. The arms are Meyle, with the lower being the M5 version. The end links are Swag.
New front and rear top mounts, from the dealers, as they weren't priced too badly and no proper alternatives are available.
As previously posted e34's in particular 540i's in SA came with different top mounts from the rest of the world. So I had the ID of the top mounts reamed out so the studs could fit.
I also had the machine shop make up a couple of tapered washers (spacers?)
These fit over the studs on the dampers that for some reason has a taper on the end.
This allows the top mount that has a flat bottom to sit properly on the taper on the damper.
I also got a set of braided brake hoses to replace the cracking rubber hoses
Also on the side of the brakes even though the discs are pretty much fine I got this:
Thank you for watching, more to come.
-The dust covers on the lower control arm ball joints had cracked on one side and complete disintegrated on the other. The ball joints still felt fine with no play but the damage might already be done so that new boots might just postpone the inevitable by a couple of months.
-Brake pads are due for replacement, with one pad pretty much down to the backing plate.
-Rubber brake hoses starting to crack where the threaded fittings were crimped on.
With this said on to the parts parade.
Front and rear dampers, Bilstein B6's.
Strictly speaking for my setup I actually need the B8's, which are basically identical to the B6's but with a shorter shaft for shorter springs, but getting these kinds of things for an e34 in SA is a bit of a mission.
Ooohh, fancy.
So while I was at it I got new lower and upper control arms and and anti roll bar end links. The arms are Meyle, with the lower being the M5 version. The end links are Swag.
New front and rear top mounts, from the dealers, as they weren't priced too badly and no proper alternatives are available.
As previously posted e34's in particular 540i's in SA came with different top mounts from the rest of the world. So I had the ID of the top mounts reamed out so the studs could fit.
I also had the machine shop make up a couple of tapered washers (spacers?)
These fit over the studs on the dampers that for some reason has a taper on the end.
This allows the top mount that has a flat bottom to sit properly on the taper on the damper.
I also got a set of braided brake hoses to replace the cracking rubber hoses
Also on the side of the brakes even though the discs are pretty much fine I got this:
Thank you for watching, more to come.
Sankekur
///Member
So the front struts completely stripped.
First gave the hubs a good clean.
Then cleaned up the rest of the struts including the rest of the parts that make up the complete struts:
I also made up a special to fasten the nut that locks the damper into the strut.
How the tool fits onto the nut of the damper.
And the completed tool.
Thank you for watching.
First gave the hubs a good clean.
Then cleaned up the rest of the struts including the rest of the parts that make up the complete struts:
I also made up a special to fasten the nut that locks the damper into the strut.
How the tool fits onto the nut of the damper.
And the completed tool.
Thank you for watching.
Sankekur
///Member
GoCart said:
Thank you.
Gave the wheel arches a bit of a clean.
Removed the upper and lower control arms.
And fitted the new control arms
The brake hose on the one side is missing as at the time this was done it was sent off as a sample to get the braided hoses made up.
Thanks for watching.
