my winter job list : UPDATED (a little)

[markeyturbo]

not been much happening on my 5 until lately, here is a little update so far..

had starting issues, off with the carb, turned out to be accelerator pump was seized, making it a mission to start from cold, and hesitant when blipping the throttle. Because my car is stored... i can't just put it straight back on... so got busy with the dremel  









also got my spare manifold at my mates engineering place... its going on the CNC 2mora for some 'pocketing' for a mount for my external WG  



next time i'm at the car, need to refit new dashtop, fit shiftlight and bulbs in the rollcage gauges... will keep updating as i go along  

[sonic-jdm]

very shiny

[r5matt]

your my idol , lol

[James5]

Looking good Mark how come you are going for the external wastegate are you getting spiking problems with the VNT??

[markeyturbo]

todays update:

manifold back to me until the wastegate arrives, then its back for it to be mated up to the plate on the manifold.
had to be welded on instead of cnc'd as the weld to make it flat kept destroying the cutters on the mill... oops







the carb polishing is ongoing as well.... keep doing bits and bobs here and there whenever i get a spare few mins

james, nah, not having any issues really, spikes to 30psi for a split second but its been fine like that for the last 3 years lol.
external wastegate is gonna be set to 27 to mop up the spike for a bit more noise thru the screamer pipe

[r5gtt08]

sounds good m8y keep up the hard work :lol:

likin the carb too very shiny haha :lol:

[bazr5gtt]

nice job there mate keep us posted im a big fan of shiney bits    :lol:

[markeyturbo]

few days ago progress lol:







todays update.. a bit more polishing and an adaptor for the pipe to mount the wastegate onto... just gotta wait for the WG to arrive and get it positioned using my bro's car as a template.. then its off to get the screamer pipe fab'd

[TNE Gho$tRideR]

Looking good  

 What size E/W are you putting on?

[scratcher]

Screamer pipes sound crazy. Loads of the cars had them at Jap-Fest last year and I kept looking out for fighter jets  :lol:
The carbs come up well nice. I might have a go at doing mine a little, its due a freshen up anyway.

Good work bud  

[markeyturbo]

Looking good  

 What size E/W are you putting on?

38mm, think i'm gonna scrap that manifold and do it again, too many mating faces to possibly leak... the mk2 will have a pipe welded straight onto manifold with the WG flange on the end instead

[markeyturbo]

spent the afternoon at my car today, got it running again with the carb back on, worked out where the WG will sit and changed some bulbs etc for LED ones. also got my dashtop out and my flocking kit in the post
























Mk3 manifold is in the making, this time its tubular

[r5gtt08]

looks goood m8  :lol:  :wink:

did you just cut an old back bumper up to make it look like all one piece or did you get it like that from sumwhere  :?

as thats what i am doing with mine with me having a side exit too, i am just gonna cut an old bumper up and plastic weld it from behind  :wink:

love the colour too is it custom or is it a standard factory colour
looks abit like the nissan 350z colour

[dgdogz]

can i ask what is a screame rpipe
wer does it go and wer do you buy it?
cheersssssssssssssssssssssss

[JK]

don't know much about screamers, but my mate had 1 on a different car, its basically a added short exhaust pipe that allows exhaust to run straight out into the atmosphere and also travell down the full system. don't know if theres a valve on them to stop it loosing back pressure or that only allows exhaust to go through the screamer when theres so much gas/ revs ? but they make an awesome loud scream, hense the screamer pipe. probs doesn't make any sense, but i had a go  :lol:

and i guess they help to allow the system and engine run better, as a straight through system would ? :oops: