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  2. Posted

    Hey Action Man

    I have set of snowies I want to make just like yours.

    I am in Mexico but as a guide how much does the machining cost ?

    and where is it done, a specialty wheel place ?

    And where is the gold e.s.p repo paint from mate ? 

    What size are the tyres 225 x 60 x 15 ?

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  4. Posted

    Insurance companies they are like snakes .
    F**kin wriggle out from anything.
    I reckon they will say the spacers are a non factory fitment .
    So i will ask hkm the question.

    But as Slo said O.E.M came in 19 inch.


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  14. Posted

    http://www.dciperformance.com.au/products/view/id:792/title:ThermaShield+T6

     

     

    I don't think the Ceramic Coating by itself will stop the heating/stretching of the black vinyl outer sheath on the cable.

    So yeah we will try the silver C.C more just for looks and its a bit of  a guessing game on the black vs the silver and to help the cable  we going to put this stuff over the cable.

    They don't sell direct but there Northern suburbs distributor is .V.P.W in Cooper St Epping.

  16. Posted

    Yeah the wrap hasn't got a great wrap Gerg.

    I  think the Ceramic Coating will last a bit longer and not rob the carbon out of the extractors as the heat soak under the wrap will.

    I don't reckon C.C will solve the issue completely and we will still have  to insulate /wrap the clutch cable.

     

    The team at High performance coatings in Leongatha get a good review. $360.00 plus fright down there and back.

    Also on net is Competitive Coatings in NtH Coburg $280.00 which is around the corner from work.

    The only thing is H.P.C really only recommend a black coating were as Comp Coating reckon an aluminium coating is superior.

    So still a bit confused which way to jump ?

    I am going to call Jet Hot coating's in Castlemaine to get their version.

    I wonder if Ants has had any dealings with them ?

  17. Posted

    Got the extractors fitted up to the 4.1 and a  new 2 1/2 system plumbed in ,sounds sweet .

     

    Pulled  my 18 yr old son out from behind the fucking computer and he spent Saturday giving the XE some love.

    Also fitted new plugs and changed the O.E.M orange Motorcraft leads for the first time since 1983, still the original leads on it .

    The car only has 110 kms on the clock also put a Weber Ram flo air filter on .

     

    Well what a difference now, the  car has always  struggled to get to 130 kmh. I didn't mind it being a slug cause he is only on L Plates, now it pulls to

    150 kmh and I think it was just about done at 170kmh.

     

    So Sunday we took it for a cruise down to Rare Spares in Roxburgh Park about 1/2 hour drive.

    On the way back we had trouble getting gears in the 4 spd manual.

     

    Popped the bonnet and sure enough the heat from the extractors made the old clutch cable stretch.

    I  reckon the cable is the original one as well like the leads.It was at maximum adjustment anyway.

     

    I see on the net it is not an uncommon  problem .

    So  has anyone else wrapped the extractor's and possibly put a strip of heat sleeve insulation over the cable?

    Or is the only way to fix it properly to change it to a hydraulic set-up?

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  18. Posted

    That's interesting Gerg

     

    I thought the  E.G.R  valve was more of a warm up thing, for emissions, open when cold,shut when hot.

    Didn't realize it was a dynamic action.

     

    Shows why I am on here listening to blokes much smarter than me.

    I will stick to Landscaping and Irrigation.

     

    So if it was chockers with carbon it probably isn't doing its thing at the moment?

    I suppose we can pull it off and see ?

  19. Posted

    Good advice Thom.

    Its going to be my young blokes(18 yrs old ) red P plater, weekend ride .

     

    Then in 3 - 4 years  when he is off  P plates ,351 clevo or turbo 6

    So no real plans to sell it..

     

    Still kicking myself from selling my one owner , XC G.S 5.8 in 1987  for $4500.

    So trying to keep this one

     

    We have lots of room to store the O.E.M gear if retro fit is needed.

  20. Posted

    I  read over on the other site this E.G.R does very little and as you said Dean its probably blocked with carbon.

    We are trying to clean up the engine bay ,can I just take the E.G.R valve off completely and put a blank plate on the inlet manifold

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  21. Posted

    We are fitting some extractors to a 4.1 at the moment.

     

    There is the pipe the runs form the exhaust manifold to the bottom of the inlet manifold.

    We are not refitting the tube and want to blank off the inlet side ,its a weird size/ thread.

     

    Does anyone know if there is a bolt or plug off the shelf?

    Or just cut the tube down and fold it over ?

  22. Posted

    I just got of the phone to them trying to track down the delivery.

     

    I mentioned to him about the foam crumbling, he said they had issues 10 - 12 years ago.

    With this new foam not one has been returned .

     

    They said just use a good quality foam oil.

    As he said, a can will out last the filter ,so penrite it is.

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  25. Posted

    Slo 247

    i have been kickin around on here for a while on here.

    I have tried photobucket but i am dumb as with computers. :blink:

    Problem when you are the same age as an XM. 

     

    I just read your post about ram-flo the bloke at weber said just use good filter oil on em.

     

    I have heaps of pics to share.

    Not just of our jallopies.

     

    Just cant work it out,prefer to play with a chainsaw and 9 inch grinder's.

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