What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

[Puffwagon]

1 minute ago, bupalooga said:

How much Labor is involved installing oil pump gears, valve springs, Cams, & head studs?

 

Heaps, which is why I want to get as much of it done as possible while my motor is out lol.

[arronm]

Your better off using the old hose with clamps

 

For oil pump. Front of engine needs to come off 

 

With gears and modified housing no change out of a couple of grand

Edited 11/11/17 02:23 AM by arronm

[JETURBO]

21 minutes ago, bupalooga said:

Got a link on where I can buy it?

MTQ sell them under part number FH150E85 for the sedan 150mm one and FH 270E85 for the 270mm ute one 

 

if you supplied all the hardware the labour component would be ~$2000

[El Andrew]

fixed my randomly cracked auto shifter backing thingo... wtf... weird fault is weird.

Do you mean you just glued up your cracked one? I replaced mine with a chrome one (switched my interior door handles to Fairmont ones) so you can have my old one if it is useful.

[k31th]

I just glued it back together. Cheers for hte offer, anyway. If you bring it to the snowies cruise, I might take it off your hands

[arronm]

1 hour ago, bupalooga said:

...everything prepared before I do a mod...

Dont forget to modify the return.

[bupalooga]

...You mean there's something else I missed? What needs modifying?

 

3 hours ago, arronm said:

Your better off using the old hose with clamps

Tried but couldn't stretch the cut end of the hose over the barb

 

3 hours ago, JETURBO said:

MTQ sell them under part number FH150E85 for the sedan 150mm one and FH 270E85 for the 270mm ute one 

 

if you supplied all the hardware the labour component would be ~$2000

Awesome!!! Ill organize myself one through the week.

 

Well then the Quote isn't that far off, so its just my expectations that are out of whack.

[Puffwagon]

I ordered some gaskets and a head stud kit today so should have the car going soon. Ebay has 10% off store wide and I got a code for 20% off the head studs.

 

I ended up using a low km (85xxx) fg egas bottom end with various bits swapped to suit a bf turbo. I'll run it on e85 or a 50/50 mix with 98. Mebbe I'll turn it right down and run 98 but I doubt it. Either way it's something different for a while.

 

I've also swapped the exhaust valves to the gas head and fitted the plaz valve springs @BAXRTUTE sent over so that's ready to go when the parts arrive.

[k31th]

Not today, but got some new tyres for the car

Old tyres (somebody may have turned the last of the tread on these to smoke )

 

Had to pick the belts out from my suspension afterwards haha

 

New ones Michelin PilotSport4 235/45ZR17 97Y.

^^ these tyres go absolutely great in the dry. Tons of grip and give you plenty of warning before understeer occurs. And they are absolutely epic in the rain, too YLD127 and EvilDaifu couldn't understand how I was able to drive in the wet with these. Epic tyres.

 

 

Also, replaced the front hubs on the car today

details here -> http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/89016-photo-essay-babf-front-bearing-hub-replacement/?do=findComment&comment=1647817

[Puffwagon]

26 minutes ago, k31th said:

YLD127 and EvilDaifu couldn't understand how I was able to drive in the wet with these. Epic tyres.

 

You are a bit of a good driver dood (you kept up with me like nothing) and I'd personally attribute the nice driving to you rather than the tyres.

 

Haha it's to see I'm not the only person making the most of their tyres.