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Then on to the exhaust manifold. New studs fitted with minimum fuss.  A trial fit resulted in a snag. The holes on the new manifold were not lining up.  Mildly annoying but luckily I have access to one of my favourite tools, the pillar drill.  Mmmm, satisfying. Manifold on and bolted back up.  |
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Up next on the list is the air intake pipe. The standard item is quite flat and has restrictions. With the increased diameter TB, manifold volume etc. we need more air. The standard airbox seems to be pretty good and to be honest, I don't want to mess with it. A recommended upgrade is to take the intake pipe from a Vectra C. I have one of those but it has none of the three feed/sensor outlets from the standard item. I need to sort this out. First up is to remove this sensor.    |
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Don't leave us hanging! Love the detail with this car.
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Don't leave us hanging! Love the detail with this car. Ha, I'm not leaving you hanging. You are fully up to date  . I'm popping out to the garage to do little jobs between meetings so it's a drip feed. I'm collecting the downpipe tomorrow so that should go on tomorrow evening. I need to put the throttle body back on before I take the next step with the intake pipe. I should get that on tomorrow also. |
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I can show the work that needs to be done. This is the stock pipe:  and this is the Vectra pipe:  I need to heat it up to stretch it so it covers the distance from the tb to the box as it's lacking in length at the moment. I had a donor pipe that I removed the inlet/outlet pieces from.  Once I have stretched the pipe to the correct length I'll graft these pieces into the correct locations |
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I did do another small job. There is a cut in the rear clam above the exhaust outlet. It's filled with a small wire grille. Mine was fubar and always unsightly so I pulled it off completely.  Rather than refit it I just want to make it look tidy in that area. I spruced up the exhaust and the heat shield with some more black VHT.  |
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Show us a pic of the door hinges, IIRC they're a piece of art! Late and not great but here you go....  I will clean up in here as I work my way forward. |
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I had forgotten these thanks for posting. Love your colour choice. Are your new injectors Bosch EV14s - slim black plastic design? The reason I ask is because the old Bosch EV1 injectors are slow in operation compared to the newer Bosch EV14's. If you fit them you might find the injector dead times need to be reduced. I had fueling problems at idle and tip-in moving to larger EV14 injectors from EV1 which no matter how much I adjusted the fuel tables, could only be properly resolved by reducing the injector deadtime, you might find the same with your Speedster.
I'll have to recheck the injectors. Once I determined that I am ok with the incumbent items I have tossed the planned replacements in the corner and not looked at them again. You do raise an interesting point and frankly this is an area that is new to me. I'm going to be learning a lot "on the job" in terms of fuelling with this project. The upgraded ECU will allow a lot of mapping and hopefully allow me to tweak and optimize. I'll be leaning heavily on the knowledge of my friend Xavi for this piece though. |
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I can show the work that needs to be done. This is the stock pipe: and this is the Vectra pipe: I need to heat it up to stretch it so it covers the distance from the tb to the box as it's lacking in length at the moment. I had a donor pipe that I removed the inlet/outlet pieces from. Once I have stretched the pipe to the correct length I'll graft these pieces into the correct locations Seems a strange area to restrict airflow, is there room for the larger pipe without further modifications? I'm sure there is some engineering reason for the split pipes but more airflow is more surely. |
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I would be inclined to cut the corrugated section out altogether and substitute a bit of smooth silicone hose e.g. Samco.
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Seems a strange area to restrict airflow, is there room for the larger pipe without further modifications? I'm sure there is some engineering reason for the split pipes but more airflow is more surely. I would be inclined to cut the corrugated section out altogether and substitute a bit of smooth silicone hose e.g. Samco. I should have addressed this earlier. Modifications are quite difficult to have accepted here in Switzerland. I need to keep everything as OEM looking as possible hence the messing with OEM parts rather than fitting an easier aftermarket solution. |
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That makes perfect sense! Traffic laws in general seem to be far stricter than most of Europe.
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Traffic laws are very black and white. Do not go over the limit in a residential area or you will be screwed. 80, 100, 120 limits you have 10% leeway ..... or you are screwed.
You can go up to the passes and have a lot of fun so long as you are not being a total knob. There are very few cameras up there. That's where I go.
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From what I gather, prison level screwed !?
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From what I gather, prison level screwed !? No, it's not that bad. You would want to be at something outrageous for that reaction. Fines are high, administration fees associated with the fine are the real issue, often serious multiples of the fine. |
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thebaron
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 Downpipe is here |
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Feb 10, 2022 12:05:15 GMT
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Downpipe is on? You know you want to.
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Feb 10, 2022 13:19:23 GMT
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You can go up to the passes and have a lot of fun so long as you are not being a total knob. There are very few cameras up there. That's where I go. sounds like a plan and a lot of fun  |
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Feb 10, 2022 20:23:47 GMT
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I slackened off today and did no work on the car or any actual work really. We checked the collective calendars at work and realised there were no meetings today so we hit the slopes. A great day boarding.  |
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I do have an update though even if I did nothing. A reprogrammed ECU is on it's way to me now. Notice how I said "A" and not "My". My ECU has been locked from a previous reprogramming in the past. As a consequence, it could not be altered. So I could give up or shell out some extras for a new ECU plus immobiliser plus 2 key transponder chips. Well....I've come this far. No use having all that fancy new hardware on the car if it's not being maximized.  |
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. I'm popping out to the garage to do little jobs between meetings so it's a drip feed. I'm collecting the downpipe tomorrow so that should go on tomorrow evening.
