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Postby colm_mcm » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:15 pm

I have a spare plenum from the GR, will this fit my GPX? was planning on polishing it.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby Sebastian » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:17 pm

i dont think so . i saw the same question on the ftooc
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby jayod12b » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:19 pm

Cant answer your question colm but good luck with doing it.

Im half way through my own

:roll: Really tough job plus ull need fingers of a 10 year old,

Found it too be like scraping your nails on a blackboard when sanding it :| :smt088 :smt088 :smt088

Did u get all the different grades of sandpaper and mops?
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:25 pm

I was more thinking of using a Dremel?
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby paul2508 » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:45 pm

?????????????????????????plenum :? is it the manifpld
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby jayod12b » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:48 pm

Takes an awful lot of pressure and scrubing to remove the old skin to get down to the smooth finish,

Dremmel mite be alrite for nooks and crannies of plenum but id be afraid put any pressure on with one of those,
If u can find an air grinder with a sanding cone attachment i reckon that would be alot stronger for the job.

Its alot of hours no matter what u do :)

Ive mine 6 months now :( :?
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:52 pm

crap! and you know what you're doing. I have no hope.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby jayod12b » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:23 pm

Ahh no you would definitely work it Colm,
Just takes alot of time and patience and plenty of sore fingers :lol:

Ive got lots of sandpaper here if you want any,
free of charge of course

Pm me if you do.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby Sebastian » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:21 am

jayod12b wrote:Ive got lots of sandpaper here if you want any,
free of charge of course
Pm me if you do.


i'll take the finished plenum . thanks
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby johntony » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:47 pm

as far as i know they gpx is a bigger internal bore than the gr so woulnt do i found this place on ftooc looks the dogs and not too bad price wise considering the hours it will save you

http://www.blingyourbay.com/products-pa ... engine-bay
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby johntony » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:55 pm

im going down this road the purple bolts set it off

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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:04 pm

wow, not bad for £85
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby prestigejs » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:14 pm

The GPX and GR Plenums are different. The main problem is that none of the front bolts to fit it will line up. The GPX one also has an addition sensor fitted into it that a GR doesn't plus a couple of other small fitment problems.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:32 pm

thanks for the info.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby miss-enzo » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:19 pm

omg im totally gettin a polished inlet!! ive been looking fro someone to do mine for AGES!!! plus you get £35 back if u give them you old manifold!!! Score! :D
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:23 pm

miss-enzo wrote:omg im totally gettin a polished inlet!! ive been looking fro someone to do mine for AGES!!! plus you get £35 back if u give them you old manifold!!! Score! :D


not quite. they charge an extra #35 surcharge on top of the $85, which you get back when you send them your plenum.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby Wildhound » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:25 pm

I've a spare GPX plenum, I'll trade it in towards the exhaust if you like ;)
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:57 pm

erm.... is there anything else you're stuck for?
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby Wildhound » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:39 pm

Nothing inexpensive off the top of my head. Unless you happen to have a set of MX-5 repeaters or aftermarket dials lying around.
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby colm_mcm » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:41 am

I'll borrow the plenum off you and give you mine when I'm finished. Go on!
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Re: Plenum doubts

Postby Wildhound » Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:54 pm

Ah sure go on. ;)
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