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GavCorsa
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11th May 08 at 20:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well finally finished the conversion on my mates car , vickers-sport

me andmy mate lee fitted it, took longer than we thought and things kept going wrong but all sorted in the end (about 20 hours total )

powercap - needed to remove more than we thought of the firewall to fit it
switched live for coil - somehow was knackered so had to wire in a new 1 fron the ignition barrel
lambda sensor needed lengthening

lots of little bits that people forget to tell u about in the conversion guides or expect u to know
Ste L
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11th May 08 at 21:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this thread is worthless without pics
GavCorsa
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Ste L
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11th May 08 at 21:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
seen them fitted with alot less chopping that that


what why i prefer the eco pipe, look's factory, and no chopping

[Edited on 11-05-2008 by Ste L]
GavCorsa
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will get more pics soon if i can
had to mount the fan on the front of the radiator too
might make some templates of the plates we made to relocate it
GavCorsa
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yeh i seen less chopping too, just needed more and then when it fitted we saw with slight engine movement it needed a little more chopping
Ste L
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i guess it depend's on the coversion kit too..

and as the will vary where it sit's depending on the kit, and also, the tollerance differences in the shells
GavCorsa
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also on the new ecu, ha to cut the mounting lugs off the sides to fit it better

so many little things that come up when actually fitting it all in
GavCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste L
i guess it depend's on the coversion kit too..

and as the will vary where it sit's depending on the kit, and also, the tollerance differences in the shells

definately - we had to grind most parts of the kit and the holes for powersteering bracket didn't line up well either
GavCorsa
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still got problems with 2nd and forth gear too, sometimes it pops out of those 2 gears
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11th May 08 at 21:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I hope you bought a fan which blows then.
k e l
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i dint have to cut any of that out when i fitted my 2.half inch charge pipe from tophat
av it
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
I hope you bought a fan which blows then.


agreed on that point. as if you have mounted the fan on the front of the rad you need to reverse the wiring so the fan will blow instead of suck
vickers-sport
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we sorted the fan and all works well very impressed with the standard of work gav and lee have done hiding bits and makin everything on show lookin like came out of factory excellent job guys thanks alot
karisma_corsa
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pics?
Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by GavCorsa

had to mount the fan on the front of the radiator too


uh oh

In this weather....

 
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