My paxo turbo

[gti180craig]

Damn u Photobucket damn u

[gti180craig]

Well finally repaired my thread after Photobucket decided to be greedy and demand money latest updates are it's gone in to have the hg redone today so hopefully that will cure my oil leak it's fcs this weekend so hoping to take it there I will be on the saxo and 106 stand if anyone wants a nose hopefully will be going for mapping the following week

[AdamH]

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I'm joking to wind you up... - this is a old saxp trick just to annoy you

[gti180craig]

Originally Posted by AdamH

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I'm joking to wind you up... - this is a old saxp trick just to annoy you

Shhh you

Well went to Arden bridge today to drop off my hg from gmc and pick up my rocker cover and strut brace to be powder coated I think they look loads better should deffo tidy the engine bay up as the rocker cover was a eye sore imo



Head has gone off for skimming today so I'm hoping to have it back together by Friday all being well

[AdamH]

Any update dude? Still not sure I'm going to FCS (the saxo 100% wont be) but if Ido turn up be prepared

[gti180craig]

No news mate should be done tomorrow pal fingers crossed

[gti180craig]

Well today was fcs got the car back yesterday so good to have no oil leaks thank god !! Engine bay looks loads tidier



And one from today



Thanks for looking

[robster247]

Good to hear it's back running again. What's your plans for it now ?

[gti180craig]

Originally Posted by robster247

Good to hear it's back running again. What's your plans for it now ?

Map tweeked then need to get some bucket seats as my seats are knackered few subtle changes and enjoy it for a bit

[robster247]

Originally Posted by gti180craig

Map tweeked then need to get some bucket seats as my seats are knackered few subtle changes and enjoy it for a bit

As in more boost ? Or just to make it more drivable?

[gti180craig]

Originally Posted by robster247

As in more boost ? Or just to make it more drivable?

Well the map was aborted as the actuator spring was to stiff so was peaking at 17psi so I've now fitted a softer actuator it's now running half a bar so need to go back to have it finished

[robster247]

Originally Posted by gti180craig

Well the map was aborted as the actuator spring was to stiff so was peaking at 17psi so I've now fitted a softer actuator it's now running half a bar so need to go back to have it finished

Ahhh I see , far too much then as you're only on standard internals aren't you ?

That's around what I'll be running when it goes back , no more that 20psi anyway as the gt28 will run out of puff

[gti180craig]

Yea mate deffo wayyyyyyy to much just asking for a explosion lol that's more than enough boost mate

[gti180craig]

Well!!! Went to see a mate and when I got there I noticed black drips on the floor immediately thought oh no oil leak !! Looked under the car and was greeted by this



Offside cv boot is shot so gotta replace the driveshaft tomorrow urgh bloody thing not looking forward to wrestling the shaft out of the bearing carrier will post some pics tomorrow

[Chipwizards]

You can get boots that will stretch over the joint if you have (or get) the cone tool to fit it. Save's splitting the shaft and having your gear oil pee out everywhere.

[gti180craig]

Originally Posted by Chipwizards

You can get boots that will stretch over the joint if you have (or get) the cone tool to fit it. Save's splitting the shaft and having your gear oil pee out everywhere.

Yea I know mate but I've replaced the passenger side already so makes sense to change this one no dramas really just a pain in the backside lol

[axsaxoman]

Originally Posted by robster247

Ahhh I see , far too much then as you're only on standard internals aren't you ?

That's around what I'll be running when it goes back , no more that 20psi anyway as the gt28 will run out of puff

gt28 will not run out of puff --ever you will run out of engine -g/box before it runs out of boost
problem is the high rpm it spools up at

[axsaxoman]

Originally Posted by gti180craig

Well the map was aborted as the actuator spring was to stiff so was peaking at 17psi so I've now fitted a softer actuator it's now running half a bar so need to go back to have it finished

pretty sure the acutator did not have a 17ib spring --far more likely that the rod was too short so it was partially compressed when you slipped onto the waste gate flap

actuator rod should just slide onto flap with no stretching of spring --making rod shorter is an easy way to lift the actuator blow off pressure

[gti180craig]

Originally Posted by axsaxoman

pretty sure the acutator did not have a 17ib spring --far more likely that the rod was too short so it was partially compressed when you slipped onto the waste gate flap

actuator rod should just slide onto flap with no stretching of spring --making rod shorter is an easy way to lift the actuator blow off pressure

Nah mate spring was epic literally had to use all my strength to pull the rod super super stiff


Well today got the driveshaft changed also changed my suspension strut at the same time as it was no longer damping also mounted my fire extinguisher done a couple of practice runs of grabbing it quick seems to release quite easily the bearing carrier was a pig as expected but thankfully the collar on the suspension strut came undone easily

[axsaxoman]

easy way to check pressure rating -use a pump with a gauge on actuator pipe -the first movement is its rating .