Nitrofgxr6t Member 158 Member For: 9y 10m 16d Gender: Male Location: Blue Mountains Posted 20/01/16 12:04 AM Share Posted 20/01/16 12:04 AM I have finished machining the material from the under side of the Nizpro cover and fitted the grommets. The leads are a nice firm fit and I am confident that water will not get into the spark plug tubes when cleaning the engine bay. I had to heat and bend the MSD spark plug tubes, as the plugs are at a slight angle and was offset to the grommets. It was a royal pain in the arse, getting them to bend and required a lot of heat. I cut the hole in the firewall and installed the grommet for the ignition lead to run through. After which, I ran the leads through the garnish and ran them through the firewall and unfortunately, all did not go as planned. The grommet in the firewall has to bend to fit into the firewall, and as a result, I didn't have enough height to stack the leads in single file, like I wanted. No matter what I tried. it ended up looking very congested and untidy. Not happy !!!! This is what it looked like.....After a bit dicking around, I managed to get it to look reasonably neat. But, I need to find something to replace the zip ties and that won't look like poo.. Oh well, just another challenge..... I have also noticed another problem.. The lead set that I purchased was designed for a V8 and already had the plug ends attached. As a result, I can only run the leads with the writing facing the drivers side of the car, as having it facing the passengers side, would have the writing up side down... So I going to have purchase some new terminals and chnge some leads out, as it looks silly without it....GRRRRRR. FML.... Here is the alternate configuration of the leads.. Let me know what you think....What about a polished hump garnish to hide them under that runs up the centre of the black cover. That would look cool and custom and hide the leads too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 21/01/16 10:43 AM Author Share Posted 21/01/16 10:43 AM (edited) Why not wrap the leads in that black braid also, that way you won't see the writing? I considered that also and I cut a sample piece to try. I quickly realised that it would have been a royal pain when changing plugs or leads. Besides that, it looked pretty ordinary. I like it, knowing Brian he'll probably machine up some billet six shooter looking lead separators I quite like the look also, I had intended them to look like a spine. But, it wasn't meant to be. It seems that you know me all too well Luke. Look what I made today... Billet lead separators.... LOL ! I made two of these , so that the longest sets are stabilised and it works well. My engine guy is a bit worried about spark jump, with the way that I have run the leads. He was also concerned with using aluminium spacers for the same reason. I would be very interested in feedback from others that may have had bad experiences with running leads in this configuration...Bugger !!! Photobucket keeps stalling when has uploaded around 90%. I'll post a pic later..... Edited 21/01/16 10:44 AM by HI PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 21/01/16 12:15 PM Author Share Posted 21/01/16 12:15 PM Finally, Photobucket worked..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 22/01/16 12:34 AM Share Posted 22/01/16 12:34 AM (edited) Are you saying that the leads themselves can ark as in they aren't shielded from this? Why not buy some black HDPE blocks and machine spacers from it? Edited 22/01/16 12:36 AM by bjc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 22/01/16 07:17 AM Author Share Posted 22/01/16 07:17 AM Are you saying that the leads themselves can ark as in they aren't shielded from this?Why not buy some black HDPE blocks and machine spacers from it?That is correct. The spark can jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 22/01/16 07:27 AM Author Share Posted 22/01/16 07:27 AM All the leads have been terminated and connected to the coils. It was a bit of a pain, but with some persistence, I got through it. I left a little bit of lead, so that the cover can be unbolted and placed to the side when changing plugs. Here are some pics of the leads and spacers...I found that the fitting on the pressure side opf the power steering pump was weeping, so I removed it and replaced the o'ring. I also fitted a copper compression washer, to make sure that it wouldn't happen again. I had to remove all of the intake to get to it, which was a mission itself. but, I'm glad that I got onto it before it made a mess. The shop will be closed for a few days, so I have decided to finish installing the new leather covers over the weekend and finish making the mould for the IQ3 dash. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 08/02/16 01:06 PM Author Share Posted 08/02/16 01:06 PM (edited) After what feels like an eternity, I have got the car to a state that we could get it ready for the road. The car went in and had the suspension set up on Friday. I was very happy with the way that the car was set up and I decided to drive the car back to the workshop. Unfortunately for me, I have had a lot of trouble getting the steering rack to bleed and it was arm strong all the way back. I spent some time on the car again this morning and I jacked the front and cycled the steering about 50 times, all with little improvement to the steering. I took the car for another drive and it improved somewhat, but the pump starting making starvation types of sound. So, back on the jacks it went. After inspecting the unit, I believe that the noise was a result of fluid passing around the restrictor line (Pressure side), as it isn't pressed into the fitting like the factory unit. With this in mind, I removed and dismantled the hose and came up with the following fix. I spun up an alloy flanges that a firm fit over the end of the restrictor, while the alternate end seats inside the -6 fitting. I will test it tomorrow and I am confident that it will fix the problem. Edited 08/02/16 01:19 PM by HI PSI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 08/02/16 01:19 PM Share Posted 08/02/16 01:19 PM Skids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 08/02/16 01:24 PM Author Share Posted 08/02/16 01:24 PM (edited) Not quite that far along yet Luke. Basically, it only has the base tune in it. I had my Lappy with me and made some adjustments, by changing the long term trim, but that is it... I will refine it more over the coming days and start leaning on it harder and harder. Btw, it feels very strong.... :D Edited 08/02/16 01:24 PM by HI PSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 10y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 09/02/16 03:28 AM Share Posted 09/02/16 03:28 AM Who'd you use for the suspension setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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