td163's Clean Moonstone HDI Build

[td163]

Its been a while so thought i'd pop up an update...been fairly busy amassing parts and slowly beginning to tune the thing!

Due to the rear wiper being knackered I just decided to remove it fully and blank it off, not to everyones taste but I think it suits the car more



EGR Blank waiting to go on that dhdcdarchy kindly gave me!



As I was wanting to lower the car I did not want to put lowering springs on tired front shocks so decided after looking around to get some OE spec Bilstein B4s front and back which are happy with 40mm springs. I got some generic 40mm springs from Online Autosport as they dont seem to bad from the reviews & I dont mind a harsh ride i'm used to coilovers anyways.




Having to listen to the ticking coming from the injectors under load constantly after just 4 weeks of ownership I had enough and shelled out for some uprated '076' injectors which were meant to be quieter.



1 out of 4 old injectors removed after alot of wiggling and bloody knuckles . The blue paper towels are there covering any fuel openings from dirt.



After old injectors were removed there was alot of muck which had to be cleaned out.....



After getting the 076 injectors fitted it did not help the ticking noise I spent the next few hours moaning and threatening to sell the car (everyones been there im sure! ) due to wasting nearly £100. I decided to look further into quieting it down and I decided to try 200ml of 2 stroke mineral low ash oil mixed with a full tank of diesel. Low and behold it actually helps a noticeable amount, don't get me wrong it doesnt make everything disappear but it quietens it down alot and sounds alot smoother I would definitely recommend it.


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Parts slowly piling up...motivation is needed plus a job not working 45 hours weeks constantly would be ideal lmao.



Did some head-unit wiring tidying up on my relentless mission to stop rattles




I have saved the best to last I popped over to dhdcdarchy's to pick up a exhaust system he had spare from his old silver HDI that will soon be scrapped and ended up coming home with a set of Cyclones, Laguna splitter & the exhaust hahaha





I fitted the wheels and splitter straight away (the exhaust needs welding so has to wait)

Wheels on-


Splitter-





THATS ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!

Coming soon, fitting the suspension, fitting the exhaust, rear spacers, EGR delete & Pro Steve Stage 1+ map .