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| nikki |
| Posted on: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012, 11:29:30pm |
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Had a little bit of rough running recently, and a bit of popping and banging, turned out to be the coilpack and got a replacement from Suzuki, fitted, and all was well again.
Had a cambelt change too. The previous owner said they had done it recently when I bought it, but if there welding was anything to go by, well......
To be fair the belt itself didn't look too bad, but the tensioner was a bit noisy, So new belt and tensioner fitted along with a new rubber o ring for the dipstick to replace the makeshift silicone seal we found 
Then onto the mounts replaced the fronts with Suzuki Sport items, the originals had a bit of movement, nothing to major, but the gearbox mount had really had it
Fitting the new one had a lucky side effect of giving more clearance with my brace 
While having a poke around we also spotted this
Little bit of extra heat seems to be attacking the plastic battery tray/box thing so We riveted an extra alloy layer onto it
I was not happy with my flocked door top strips. What I had to work with was damaged to start with some of the screws had exposed themselves on the outside very slightly and there were cracks in them, being held together with super glue in places and the such like, so an ideal opportunity for more carbon dontcha think?
I failed with whole car pictures in daylight again as its been raining all day, but I'm off work for the holidays now. I will try to get some soon |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Sunday, December 23rd, 2012, 5:18:39pm |
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Loving the carbon door top trims  |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, December 23rd, 2012, 7:19:10pm |
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| I need those carbon bit nikki. Swap for diff lol |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Tuesday, December 25th, 2012, 6:04:34pm |
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| cold hard cash would be preferred |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Sunday, December 30th, 2012, 8:33:57pm |
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I've been failing spectacularly with providing you with full car shots of the cap with new roof, much sorry-ness.
Allow me to redeem myself. No Garage time this week, but today I fitted my boot cable release
And also another Christmas present. basically very similar to what I had as I like it but this one streams music from your phone as well as takes calls.
I've also been putting my stickers to good use and started to sticker bomb my dash center plastics
Not to everyone's tastes I'm sure but i can always peel them off if I change my mind |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, December 30th, 2012, 9:50:49pm |
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Still no roof pics. Muchly disapointed ((((  |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Monday, December 31st, 2012, 12:56:39pm |
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i like the stickers....
but no roof pictures...from inside? from side and from in front.. |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Sunday, January 13th, 2013, 6:05:01pm |
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Here are some roof pictures for you lord. These are about as good as its going to get until summertime + nice camera comes along
As you can see I was down the garage yesterday, but didn't do anything too exciting. The car wasn't accelerating very smoothly again, a bit like the coilpack issue from the other week. Checked the plugs and they had got caked up so gave them a quick clean and stuck them back in. That lasted 20 miles and it came back again, so I have taken the grade 9's out and replaced them with my old set of 8's. I think I will get myself a fresh set of 8's as they suit how the car gets driven better.
As well as that we noticed that my brakes had seized up again. two were just slight and freed off easy but the offside rear caliper was stuck solid and took a bit more work to free off. All are now spinning freely, but I should really think about a caliper upgrades as I have never been that impressed by them. Plus the car gets driven every day so they shouldn't really seize up like that. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Sunday, January 13th, 2013, 6:21:51pm |
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| Looks amazing |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Sunday, January 13th, 2013, 6:38:06pm |
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wow the rof looks amazing Nikki and especially with the door cards top set too...
I'm impressed.. it's a diffreent beast all together... look how the car has changed lol
is the roof light? |
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| fuzz573 |
| Posted on: Sunday, January 13th, 2013, 7:59:19pm |
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| Icevid |
| Posted on: Sunday, January 13th, 2013, 8:06:38pm |
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| That roof looks amazing :O |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, February 28th, 2013, 10:07:10pm |
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Little bits have been going on but not much to report really guys. I did get myself a little Suzuki sock.
One of my Christmas presents was an under seat 8" sub and I got it fitted a while back. Sadly even though its one of the thinnest of its kind it still didn't quite fit under the seat. It was fine at the front, but the back sat proud Cue Head scratching at it ended up at the bottom of the passenger footwell. It does cut into the passenger legroom by about 3" but I don't sit there 
Its added a lovely low thump to the stereo now, but then the other day the fuse on it blew I think I need to make a better earth for it as its only temp fitted at the mo so we can access it and fine tune things. I will tidy the wires up a bit more once everything is working happily again.
I also got hold of some RX7 FC four pot calipers recently, My plan is to copy the Japs a make them fit, although I have no idea what discs will work just yet but I'm sure we will work it out  Sadly all the Minkara links have broken now, except one, so this picture is all I have to go on
And the calipers
I have bought a rebuild kit for them and have begun shaving off the Mazda sign on them. I will also give them a lick of paint so they match the rears. |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Thursday, February 28th, 2013, 11:31:00pm |
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i know of the exact discs to make it work, have spent many months sorting this with a guy i know from bd
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| japtaxi |
| Posted on: Friday, March 1st, 2013, 12:01:29am |
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| you can use 96 integra type R 260mm discs. |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Friday, March 8th, 2013, 10:27:44pm |
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| Thanks ill have a look around for some |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Friday, March 8th, 2013, 10:37:04pm |
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i know of the exact discs to make it work, have spent many months sorting this with a guy i know from bd
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What are they? |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 10:34:33pm |
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A few goodies have turned up ready for this weekend
The smallest box is a turbo timer
Next are half an SFS hose kit from fuzz573, thanks
And in the big box a nice fresh Monster Sport turbo from Jessie 
No cracks here!
And some new gaskets to go with it
Just waiting on the manifold now, cant wait! |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 10:40:45pm |
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| i need that turbo |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 11:56:00pm |
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Look at that fresh turbo oh lord....
Is that the same turbo timer as mine?
This car has has some serious love. I wish there were more people like you Nikki to sponsor a poor cappuccino and bring it back to health....
Read this in the voice of a charity campaigne. Lol
Just 200 pounds a month can bring a cappuccino A new lease of life. Watch it run wild once again on the B roads whilst its owners feel the sense of open air freshness. watch your little bundle of joy as it sleeps in the heated garage. We give you the ikkle Suki cappo
Lol |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 12:54:39pm |
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Look at that fresh turbo oh lord....
Is that the same turbo timer as mine?
This car has has some serious love. I wish there were more people like you Nikki to sponsor a poor cappuccino and bring it back to health....
Read this in the voice of a charity campaigne. Lol
Just 200 pounds a month can bring a cappuccino A new lease of life. Watch it run wild once again on the B roads whilst its owners feel the sense of open air freshness. watch your little bundle of joy as it sleeps in the heated garage. We give you the ikkle Suki cappo
Lol
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Lol, you crack me up, very good
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 1:13:50pm |
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Last few bits have come!
I ordered some Fuchs Titan from Opie. That came the other day, seems sensible to do with a new turbo going on. Final part of that puzzle.
And my Six Sixty Engineering Manifold is in the house. Thank you very much Steve!
So I have all the major parts ready now, roll on the weekend!! |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 1:36:58pm |
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Friday night will be like Christmas eve at your house then  ..... |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 3:39:23pm |
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Friday night will be like Christmas eve at your house then .....
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Yup, I don't know if im gonna be able to sleep
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 7:33:02pm |
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| Didn't know you had a flock of pigeons . Just kidding steve |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 7:52:08pm |
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Didn't know you had a flock of pigeons . Just kidding steve
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 I did a leak test on them  |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 8:11:53pm |
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| Lmao. When do you reckon mine will be ready |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 8:29:32pm |
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| I wont hog nikki's album ill put a picture of yours up in the other thread . |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Saturday, March 16th, 2013, 6:24:56am |
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| Oh wow, that turbo is yummy! What did you give for it, if you don't mind my asking? Makes me wanna get my ht07 overhauled! |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 12:24:41pm |
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Got access to better camera now. Have a random carbon shot
Had a little fiddle the hoop and rear window too
And inspected the damage from an oversized B&Q speedbump 
Bye Bye
DAL started the strip down and fitting the new hoses
I took some comparison shots of the old and new. Size size on the outside but a fair difference with impeller sizes
Also stuck the old turbo next to a skyline tubby to get a better idea of its tinyness
The refit
Hard intake pipe added to go with the new install
Also included while fitting was a new set of plugs, oil change and a new oxygen sensor for good measure 
Snapped a few Vids of before and after quickly, excuse the dirty
This is after so it was a bit cold still
I set the boost controller to off and ran with actuator pressure on the way home, even still it felt great. As good as the old tubby did even set at over 20psi and a lot nicer and smoother with a more constant power delivery that no longer tails off. One very happy girly right here Can't wait to go for a spin later and start setting up the boost controller |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 12:43:08pm |
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| It sounds a lot happier . Bet it goes like stink now |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 1:47:43pm |
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| Sure does, I'm still to explore it fully just yet though |
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| kayfour |
| Posted on: Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 3:24:04pm |
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How are you finding the turbo+ intercooler?
I noticed there was a considerable amount of turbo lag relative to stock, but once it did kick in it went all the way up to red line
Planning to do a 0-100 test? |
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| Al Cappuccino |
| Posted on: Monday, March 18th, 2013, 1:17:49am |
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| Wow that does sound nice! I'd like to do that upgrade some day! |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 8:23:05am |
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How are you finding the turbo+ intercooler?
I noticed there was a considerable amount of turbo lag relative to stock, but once it did kick in it went all the way up to red line
Planning to do a 0-100 test?
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Yes the turbo and manifold are perfect
I did notice the slight lag lower down but have also noticed I have a bit more power further up now
A little more tweeking etc and ill be doing some testing
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 6:59:20am |
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Well I haven't been around much lately, snowed under with work etc, but I finally managed to get out on Saturday and fit my Carbon goodies from fuzz
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 8:21:31am |
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Got round to doing a few bits on Saturday, actually spent about 6 hours on the car, managed to get the doors and mirrors in White
Found that one of the wing mirror caps had been broken and mastic'd on
Among other things I put a new ashtray in and accelerator pedal rubber (thanks Kei).
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| Keanoid |
| Posted on: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 11:01:02am |
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| how are you finding those coilovers? are they the blitz ones? cause I want! XD haha |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 6:50:54am |
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| No, they are the BC Coilovers and they are brilliant |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 10:13:15am |
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| Are they MX-5 Dan's arches per chance? |
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