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Love the build so far.. hell of a lot of work gone into it thats for sure.

As for the grill, id go with a flat or low gloss silver/grey.. think one was suggested in a photochop few pages back?

Also nice work with the bonnet. no dramas clearing the engine then?

Hey guys about to have a go at replacing my first head gasket solo and i have been advised to clean the head threads with a tap & die kit. does anyone know the exact size of the tap and what i should be paying for a kit as i don't have one.. Also i have a new thermostat, gasket kit (head, intake...

brought a cheapo sub and amp secondhand for $40. Transforms a 2x cardboard speaker setup into a decent sound system.. at least until i got around to putting my good stuff in

Lol I'm sure he'd love that.. XD

Biggest Problem as far as making more power is lack of tuners. I live in nw tassie and the only half decent tuners/ turbo mechanics are like a 2-3hr drive away.

It's going to be my daily once I fix the hg. I'd like to hit maybe 15 psi? But like E said gotta get a computer and that first.

Firstly.. how do u know all this stuff?? lol Ah thanks guys it makes a whole lot more sense now. So if I ever did increase boost it really just means I could go a touch higher than normal without overworking the turbo.. And yeah it can be a little laggy but it's not too bad. As for the waste gate co...

I thought of that but there's not much room because of how the afm and pod are set up. I may be able to make the room with some changes ill be making soon otherwise maybe I could keep the cooler and make some brackets to move it forward and put a fan in between? http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u...

Hey guys I'm looking at replacing my intercooler and radiator. The intercooler should be sufficient but I was thinking if I grab a square one of the same or higher volume I could mount it to one side leaving tonnes of room for a big thermo. Also my radiator has a leak and a bit of damage where ppl h...

I know it's a t25. Thought it was a g but I could be wrong. Looked at a few cars when I brought this so I could be confusing specs lol. So is that round thing the wastegate? Also when I say it's running 8psi.. Is that the pressure the motor sees or the turbo. Purely for argument- As in is my high fl...

Been crappy weather so i only got to take a look today, picture below is from under the car, I'm assuming this is my wastegate? after i change my HG im thinking about adding a boost tee and maybe taking the boost up from 8psi to maybe 10 or 12? I'm a little confused about what my safe-ish pressures ...

tassuperkart wrote:
Machine a flywheel face? The same rationale as machining worn brake disks when replacing brake pads.

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Would any old engineering place do this? eg our local one cant plane a head..
Or should i be going to a clutch specialist or something?

Uh I take it back.. I can't even find my boost tee. Is there something else that controls the boost?

thanks for the help guys, im gonna pull half the front off the car tomorrow checking things lol. hopefully i can get it back together afterwards.. :/

wish i was a mechanic lol

Hey I checked over the pipe work and clamps and they seem ok..
The reference for the waste gate from the turbo housing. Also I should point out its intermittent. Sometimes it works fine other times it won't come onto boost Properly. Also it running rich as and I think the thermostat is stuffed

Hey was driving along minding my own business and I went down to 4th to go up this hill. Came onto boost went straight past 8 to about 16Psi. Now it won't boost at all. It'll go from 30 vac to 0. (speco gauge)

No idea what's wrong..