Nic Barnes
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will have to look into all that.
think the mods i may do to it to begin with are...
egr removal pipe
de cat down pipe
k+n filter
new back box (power flow as its cheap from work)
remap
towbar
then investigate suspension if i want to alter it. as its really nice and smooth as it is.
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3i_gaz
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yeah oil separator is on top of the rocker cover. It's not an issue when they are replaced at correct intervals, but when people start to not bother turbo's do die quicker.
Its an oil breather which costs circa £50 should be done periodically as a preventiative measure preventing oil starvation to the turbo.
There are two different types - "bog roll" and vortex. First one is ~20, vortex is ~50 and supposed to be for life as it work some how different.
isnt it just that one is a servicable item and one is a sealed unit?
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Nic Barnes
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Oil pump round 2 commences in the Cumbrian sunshine..... Best fuckin work or I'm gonna smash it up. Well I'm not, but I may get a shade angry pmsl.
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Darryl H
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Hope it goes well! 
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Nic Barnes
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Pick up pipe was a lot easier to make than I thought. Will commence putting it back together shortly then hope for the best pmsl.
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Nic Barnes
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not bad for a weeks use
steel in the z20let one
make a pick up pipe. quite simple really as i thought it was going to a be a pain.
nice oil pressure. saved once again. lucky really could have gone horribly wrong and costs a fortune.
towed home with a sierra again as i can't drive 2 cars back.
nice cracked spring front passenger side. winner.
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Olsrey
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Good news on the pump, that my old GAZ front shock?
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Nic Barnes
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Yup! Been like that a while by the looks of it just never noticed.
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Olsrey
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Fook that's gone a bit rusty  . If they are the same spring I gave you then I think that are 3" longer than normal GAZ springs.
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Nic Barnes
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Yeah I've never changed them. Give me chance to get some proper poundage ones I guess for the front.
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Steve
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thought gaz were meant to be far superior then AP, "you wouldnt see a failure on a gaz coilover" 
[Edited on 22-03-2012 by Steve]
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Olsrey
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They should've been a good poundage anyway, but that's all down to whether Dave A got it right or not, but they are defo longer than normal ones to compensate for the extra drop from using adjustable top mounts.
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Nic Barnes
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I've asked you before Steve to stop spamming this thread. I wasn't joking.
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Steve
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sorry that wasnt really aimed at you barnes, that was when lee was trying to argue that ollies coilover piston snapped because it was cheap and that type of thing would never happen on a gaz
[Edited on 22-03-2012 by Steve]
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Nic Barnes
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forgot to add that the power flex exhaust bush is also now fitted so the back box won't randomly fall off the hanger now as that was getting annoying.
hopefully get it back on the dyno next week.
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Cole
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Nice
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Nic Barnes
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Thanks
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Nic Barnes
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same photos from general chat just put them in here for reference if ever needed. thanks for looking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRXZrjjgbnc&feature=plcp&context=C49ca939VDvjVQa1PpcFPbEc6YAsTJ5ybcQYLBB6AoieCtqhS3ayo=
mate adam got a new pit bike few weeks ago. its bloody lethal, well for me anyway i could hardly ride it.
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Nic Barnes
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Quick calculation seem to be averaging 39mpg work and back in the bm. Ain't bad considering ive kicked the shit out of it a lot as well. Got 475 miles to 57 litres. Think that's 39mpg? Quite happy with that as the 1.2 was doing around 320 miles to 45 litres work and back and town driving!
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Fad
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Thats really good! Manual boxes on the 330d makes all the difference!
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Nic Barnes
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Well the BMW is now booked in for a re map as its pay day on Friday. Just getting done at my work and getting the egr coded bit taken out the map so I can remove it later on.
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Love the BMW, be interesting to see what power it makes after the map. Would like one if they weren't holding their value so well.
What's it like to drive Nic?
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Nic Barnes
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its spot on. really comfortable, quiet for a diesel. handles pretty well chucking it about the place as well. i managed 471 miles to 57 litres and I've been kicking it about the place for that also. really looking forward to feeling the difference once mapped tomorrow. currently driving it more sensible, done 90 miles with 413 left on the range it says. think thats about 40mpg which isn't bad for short journeys and town driving.
looks like the corsa is maybe getting mapped tomorrow as well so that will be a good day of fun driving no doubts.
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Nic Barnes
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Looks like my weekend plans are off now thanks to fuckin morons panic buying all the fuel. Shell round here has no 99 and I think tesco will be out today as well. Fuckin utter wankers and this media hype bullshit. So that's no mapping tonight and no drag racing this weekend. Ruined my weekend that.
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Nic Barnes
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Had the 330d flashed by autotuninguk at lunchtime. Cliche saying but it does feel like a different car to drive. Loads more power low down and where it used to feel sluggish up the revs now pulls like fuck. Top notch stuff for the reflashing.
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