Diablo D Turbo

[vlj]

as usual some lovely bognor regis weather. the pictures really highlight that my nearside side strip is in fact on upside down, and also that the wing isn't perfectly straight, and not a perfect colour match - but hey ho.
picking up some what i think are -50ish springs from fozzy tomorrow and will get rear lowered soon!

[vlj]

So I went to go and change to lowering springs + new drop links today (have the other parts for suspension rebuild but not enough time, drop links were desperate).
Started with this:

....aaaand that's where I finished. I need a massive saw, the drop link bolts are the single worst thing I've ever come across - I got one of them right to the very end of the thread and almost saw daylight, but it was just tricking me - because it didn't want to go any further than that.

Tomorrow I'm going to hunt for a f*ck off saw, saw the bolts off from the new shocks, and ARB link on the car and do the swap. Hopefully I'll have more success this time.

[samass]

looking good. tip for the drop links, chop them in half, pop the rod off the ball joint, and get some mole grips on them to stop them spinning while you undo the nut. thats if theyre plastic, otherwise, grind em off.

[vlj]

looking good. tip for the drop links, chop them in half, pop the rod off the ball joint, and get some mole grips on them to stop them spinning while you undo the nut. thats if theyre plastic, otherwise, grind em off.

Yeah they are plastic - but the ball was so greased up it just spins in the mole grips, Fozzy suggested a file - but I don't have one! Just going to saw the bolts off with my junior hacksaw

[samass]

ah right, probably means you weren't clamping the mole grips tight enough
hacksaw will work just as well tho

[vlj]

Plans for the weekend while everyone is at FCS :-
- Finally fit lowering springs and torsion bar adjusted to the height needed (already had the bar removed).
- Spray ph3 bootlid diablo & fit
- Fit vented splitter
- Spray new hockey sticks diablo & fit so I'll at last have working hockey sticks
- Pressed plates + surrounds fitting!
- Fit the boost gauge I have properly into the vent rather than just hanging
- Full valet courtesy from Bank of Parents
- Fit new speakers

[puglove]

do i spy a little lucus tuning there! lol, get that damper pulled off the pump as well, thats only an optional extra lmao

[vlj]

do i spy a little lucus tuning there! lol, get that damper pulled off the pump as well, thats only an optional extra lmao

which what who where why?

[puglove]

This pic ^^^^^^^^^ were you doing max fuel tune?

[vlj]

This pic ^^^^^^^^^ were you doing max fuel tune?

Yeah and turned the compensator all the way to the right then 1.5 turns back again.
Haven't done anything on the turbo yet though

[puglove]

Boost compensater dosnt look very turned out in the pic :/ may just be the angle of the pic

[vlj]

Boost compensater dosnt look very turned out in the pic :/ may just be the angle of the pic

I wound it all the way clockwise til it would no longer go, then turned it back again, so thought that was right, perhaps not?

[puglove]

No turn it 1.5-2 turns anti clockwise leave the alen key in it the tighten the lock nut back up without letting the inner bolt (allen key one) turn atall

[vlj]

No turn it 1.5-2 turns anti clockwise leave the alen key in it the tighten the lock nut back up without letting the inner bolt (allen key one) turn atall

Oops.. I'll go back outside then... Thanks haha

[puglove]

would offer to do it for you but your a bit far away, could always bring

4mm allen
6mm allen
14mm spanner
chisel
hammer
small mirror

to FCS and we could do it in the afternoon at camping

[vlj]

would offer to do it for you but your a bit far away, could always bring

4mm allen
6mm allen
14mm spanner
chisel
hammer
small mirror

to FCS and we could do it in the afternoon at camping

I'm not at FCS I'm afraid, I've already done the max fuel up, that's definitely worked I can assure you that, just need to do the compensator properly now, then adjust the turbo afterwards

[puglove]

Should be T2 on yours, easy to do aslong as your lock nut comes off easy

[vlj]

gay leaf style interior out, and in with the gti interior!

[Dicky]

Reminds me too much of my ph2.5 diablo dtub

[vlj]

driveshaft had a wee wee


one side on




both sides on




holla lows!

also managed to f*ck the strut bolt holding it onto the suspension, gotta go get a new one before i can drive oops

[vlj]

aaand two more now that the struts are the entire way into the hubs!




admittedly lower than i wanted it, but i do like it! already hit my bumper on a kerb once

[Fozzy]

The couple of photos i took on friday:

[vlj]

More pictures, I decided today that despite all the dents and scratches - I do love my car! Never been entirely happy with it before...




awful colour match on the wing OOPS


i try not to make a mess over the driveway, but i can't help it

[vlj]

not sure what this plug is meant to do, but it wasn't plugged in, so i hope it's not important :p



i thought i lost my socket set, turns out i left it on top of the intercooler..... sure i'm not the first to do that though


surroundssss


i found a clone in the pub car park, gunmetal cyclones too! i wanted to get a picture but he was a twat and parked in front of the door rather than a car parking space.....

[samass]

that plug is for you alarm siren, and it looks f*cked! the siren is the thing in the picture with the burnt out plug

[Scott]

Really? I've never seen them up there before.

[Niall]

Really? I've never seen them up there before.

Probably a pug aftermarket one.

[samass]

i've seen it before on one other car, but cant for the life of me remember whos/what. its deffo an alarm siren tho

[Scott]

Might well be off a saxo/106/206 then!

[samass]

nah it was deffo on a 306, it was flapping around up behind the battery. i thought it was a bit odd, but then i remembered that the french just throw these things together...