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Is this still available
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looks like il be using some leggins and some wire mesh for an air filter till i can figure some piping out..
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managed to get her running today may even be on the road by friday. left to do check everything i have done water leak(fixed) make some mounts for the intercooler and rad flare the new brake lines run the new breather hoses tidy eveything up finish the intercooler piping and get the bov and wastegate plumbed in
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do i go nitrous aswell as a turbo..
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yet another update got the turbo in and mocked up were the radiator is going to go all the driveshafts are in and is now sat back on its wheels for the time being. still to do sort the alternator brackets out finish the piping off for the coolant on the rear of the block get the inlet manifold on and plumbed weld some brackets up for the rad and intercooler and the oil cooler and some other bits and bobs oh and make a down pipe to fit and alter the screamer pipe angle
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cheers its taking its time but im getting there today i have manged to get the gearbox in the cams shafts in the sump on sort the turbo issue out get the bottem end oil seals in get the traction bar on sort out one side suspension and driveshaft wise and alot more stuff still left to do : TOO MUCH pictures arent great as i take them at the end of the day when its night time front view so far gearbox in and clutch slave on just a top view
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have the engine built back up mostly, now the seals have turned up today so may be able to get it started up (unlikly though). ran into an issue with the manifold making the turbo stick out abit to much and the wastegate touches the bonnet but never mind il flip the turbo round top view front veiw
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the new pistons and rods compare to the old . the engine block is currently being bored and faced and should be here by tomorrow il get it built up tomorrow and take some more pictures the new tracion bar
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get to build the engine up tomorrow
big cheese on carnt start it for a few days though 
as the cam gears have got to turn up. working through the night tomorrow i think -
painted the cylinder head in anodized red... my new fav colour. it looks sooo good
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the body work in some places is pretty bad its something i can not do. i have had a look for the wide archs but they dont seem to exist anymore i may go the fibreglass route though and make my own..
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3 bar map sensor in, screamer pipe on, cylinder head put back together, new 520cc injectors wired in, headlights fixed, alarm and imobo wired in.. had quite a productive day today
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unfortunately not iv had to order an arch roller to see if i can make them fit if not then il raise her up a tad and get some plastic flares
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another update wheels have arrived but dont seem to fit oh and new radiator has arrived too
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so my new wheels stick 1inch out of the arches
poo fingers crossed rolling the arches will fit it -
yeaa the civics new shoes have arrived
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well another update today managed to get the intercooler piping all sorted out, the headlights are fixed and back in, lower strut brace is in and new gearstick is in proper steel insted of the crap someone else had used much shorter too catch can lines are in for mock up heres a picture of the crash damage too. (the other persons car was a right off lol) and whats been done today and one of the stripped engine block waiting for some machine work
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fast road use (within speed limit of course and to use less fuel im hoping for but with neptune rtp i have a choice of switching maps on the fly eco, normal, and fu**ing fast mode
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well here is a quick update i find my car slow now so i decided to go turbo and rebuild the engine from scratch specs are Mahle low compression pistons scat conrods acl big end and main bearings acl thrust bearings arp head studs rpc stage 3 clutch techno5 lightweight billet steel flywheel works engineering cam gears b16a2 cams generic intercooler cheap td04e turbo(just to get up and running with) performance, mainfold (thats the actual name of the company lol) generic oil relocator and oil cooler viton vavle stem seals bored out block from 81mm to 81.50 also decked chipped p28 ecu with neptune rtp and demon2 nikki 520cc injectors 2.5 inch down pipe 1.5inch screamer pipe tial 2 port wastegate and lots more here is a test fit of the intercooler (last thing i should be doing but im still waiting for the pistons and rods . hoping its going to take about to weeks to get her on a basemap and back on the street
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so i spoke to my insurance company and to go from 160hp to 350-40-hp (turbo) they only want to charge me
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Robot Wars : Siren restoration project (Update 2)
dlegend replied to dlegend's topic in Large Scale RC's
Quick update just gave it a lick of paint that's about it and have also started to design the failsafe mechanism. -
I'm surprised it fits did you have trouble loading it??
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What did you do about the diffs as even the 1/10 motor(blue one) blows them to bits. And yes its shimmed
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Is yours a 1/8th motor? If so where did you get a pinon to fit a 5mm shaft
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