Renegade's CA18DET Powered GXE Pulsar (updated 16-06-08)

Post by **Ash** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:26 am

leave it yellow and red, gives it the old school McDonalds look!

SiniT · Post by **SiniT** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:37 am

Looking good ....

it is no wonder you cant sleep , drinking that dare stuff

Cheers Phil

Post by **etking** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:28 am

like the heat shield very much =)

Post by **The Renegade** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:17 pm

Thanx guys, only took about an hour to do, and that included shearing two bolt heads off. .....

Yeah, I realised prob halfway thru the bottle that when I'd gone to the fridge thirsty I hadn't payed much attention to what I grabbed......

Android 360 · Post by **Android 360** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:35 pm

lol top mount dare intercooler

Post by **The Renegade** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:08 pm

Roito, time for some updates.....

Here's the Exa bonnet support. The hole that the bolt went thru on the Exa was just sitting there with nothing in it. The hook rod goes into one of the holes on top of the bonnet.

Here's my engine bay - a few changes like the oil filter. More pix in a sec with a couple of other changes.

Post by **The Renegade** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:12 pm

Joel - here is what I was telling you about with the Strut foot. The one fitted to the car is the N13 one (I've been told it could be GTiR, but not convinced until I see it with my own eye balls) and the one I'm holding nect to it is the N12 one I had. You can see how much wider the one fitted to my car is.

And here's the giveaway that it's N13:

Post by **The Renegade** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:20 pm

And here's something to check on - When the previous owner had the steering rack boots replaced, they only did the 4 big bolts up finger tight! I'd lost both loewr bolts and the upper ones were very loose. Makes steering the car ........ interesting.

Post by **The Renegade** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:48 pm

When I was up at Pulsar Man's house for the QLD Cruise, we accidentally lunched my fuel pump relay. When ripping the loom apart to replace the fried wiring, I stumbled on the worlds worst wiring joint. If not for the small f*ck up I'd have never found this as it was tucked away. (If I;d done it I would hide it too!)
The 2 x runs of 4 guage were clamped together with a broken battery terminal, then 4 other feeds (including the main feed to the fuse box in the cabin) were touching it, and about 5m of insulation tape wrapped around it all! I cannot believe that the car hadn't burned to the ground yet. On top of this, until I got my hands on the car, the battery was in the boot with no fuse at all.

Unbelievable!
Here we have a lesson in what not to do, followed by the $15 1/2 hour solution:

BQ.05.TD · Post by **BQ.05.TD** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:10 pm

man can i ask. why yellow? not my cup of tea but who cares if it goes like stink lol

i would move the eboost solanoid as well as they dont like heat, over on the guear would be a better spot for it

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:51 am

Might be a silly question, but your running N13 hubs, are you running an N13 rack? If so is it a bit quicker than the N12?

C

BQ.05.TD · Post by **BQ.05.TD** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:45 am

still got the n12 rack as far as i know, when i drove it with the old owner it was stil heavy as all shit

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:55 am

Heavy? my n12 rack isn't overly heavy, even for my little office boy arms. I'd just like it a bit quick is all.

C

Post by **etking** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:08 am

my steering is a million times lighter with the the coilovers and strut brace, made a world of difference ... maybe look at getting a strut brace glenn?

Post by **15exa** » Wed May 21, 2008 6:13 pm

wot wrong with that wiring joint glenn lol.....

also, why do you need to fuse the main power cable from the battery? doesnt have one from factory.......... or does it? or is it just a safe guard?