Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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.6mm?! Bit close isn't it?!
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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quote:
Originally posted by Monster
.6mm?! Bit close isn't it?!
Not really.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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no be grand. Mine are .5
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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They were £15 Nic.
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dan xe
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Registered: 24th Oct 09
Location: clacton on sea
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great gsi ive just got a smoke grey gsi and hope its as good as yours and my eyes are hurting after readin the whole thread keep up the good work
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Thanks mate.
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thegsi
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Update:
So as you may know, I made a visit up to Bailey Performance in Shropshire today. What started off bad just went from bad to worse. Here goes the essay:
Firstly the car was too low to get on the rollers. OK, jack it up and wind the coilovers up. Did that, still too low. So we got a couple of Astravan wheels with chunky tyres and wacked them on and that gave us just enough clearance.
Lookin good:
Next issue was as I was winding coilovers up, I noticed a great big split in the CV boot that'd spat grease everywhere. It was sure to die after a few runs on the dyno as the mechanic on site Martin got a new boot in and wacked it on the ramp and sorted it. Cost me £20 but he did it in half hour. It would take me hours on my drive.
Next problem, we couldnt release the lambda. Dale insisted on plugging it in the properly as a tailpipe jobby wasn't accurate enough. So he kindly drilled and welded in a thread to take the new lambda:
Next issue, went to put in the new plugs and 2 of the lead clips had come off so we had to reclip them on. Fok doing them all, so we left the new plugs out for the meantime.
OK so finally onto the rollers! The readings were all over the shop. The fuel was far too lean so we notched it up and it was still lean. After adding stupid amount of fuel pressure, we got there. Turns out, the original lambda was making the fuel more lean so we disconnected that but again, we had issues. Basically, we couldnt get an easy medium of mixture under load and cruising. At times it was lean top end, others too rich. Hard to explain but still no good.
My fuel pump is on a switch so when the car is off, you can still hear it running but its started making strange squeeky noises? I'm guessing the pump has packed in and therefor causing problems with the fuel setup? Or could the chips be shit?
Thanks for reading. Im slowly getting sick of this car now. If anyone can shed some light, I'd appreciate it. Cheers 
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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You should of took original chips with you and whacked them in and see if anything changed..I rekon the chips are shite tbh..but thats because I dont trust certain people lol.
What was the operators advice? Change the fuel pump?
You could do that too I spose..see if anyone in kiddy (and we know theres a lot of lets  ) can lend you theirs for a bit?
Get your self an AFR setup asap too..£££ but can see what the engines doing on your own then save going to rolling roads all the time.
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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Gutted nothing ever goes right for good people
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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You still using that eBay jobbie fuel regulator?
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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quote:
Originally posted by Olsrey
You still using that eBay jobbie fuel regulator?
Im using an FSE mate. I reckon the pump has given up the ghost. When i was driving it home, it was making some real strange noises. Could even hear it over the exhaust and the car was hesitant and flat
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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fse are shite. i did mention this ages ago to you.
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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I wont be defeated I tell ya!
New GM header tank:
New GM bonnet catch mech:
New GM front Griffin:
and here's a little video during test session. Posted merely for awsome sound purposes 
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Jonny_H
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Registered: 19th Sep 09
Location: Willington, County Durham
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Sounds awesome mate ! Really nice car....how much was the bonnet mechanism ?
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Err all in it came to around £15. Theres 5 parts to it.
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Jonny_H
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Registered: 19th Sep 09
Location: Willington, County Durham
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Cheers mate I'll pop down my local dealership sometime this week.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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sorted out the running problems?
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Fuel pump
I can get you one at trade price mate, so if you want one, let me know 
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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fire a walbro 255 in it.
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cjohnson
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Registered: 27th Apr 08
Location: silsden,west yorks.Drive: Astra van
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How much was the header tank mate?? From the main dealer or from a website?
Car sounds sweet!
Cheers.
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Yeh i have ordered a 255, should be wacking it in Sat all being well. Nic, whats all about this thicker grade live cable to stop it losing voltage? Few people have mentioned it.
Cheers for the offer Scott will have to take u up on it when I need some stuff!
The header take was £21 from Autovaux mate
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonny_H
Cheers mate I'll pop down my local dealership sometime this week.
Dont bother. They quoted stupid prices for it.
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Jonny_H
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Registered: 19th Sep 09
Location: Willington, County Durham
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quote:
Originally posted by thegsi
quote:
Originally posted by Jonny_H
Cheers mate I'll pop down my local dealership sometime this week.
Dont bother. They quoted stupid prices for it.
Did they, where did you get yours, Autovaux ?
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Update:
So shes running again! After a heavy session on the rollers, my old fuel pump give up the go so I Sourced myself a new Walbro 255 fuel pump:
Old pump out:
New pump wired and in cradle:
Put it all back in and it ran fine. Blew my pump switch up though so wacked a new one on too. Ready for round 2 of dyno now! Fingers crossed
Oh, and new header tank fitted (new cap coming soon)
Thats all for now 
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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God I wish mine sounded like that Love the noise so much! New header tanks makes a huge difference don't it Jay, looks great! Glad to hear the pumps sorted as well. Fingers crossed the next dyno runs go to plan
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