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by **d_dan** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:54 pm

After a

some of ye might know shes been gone for over a week now,
and shes due back on Thursday,

Rory knows iv had a hickup along the way needed new brackets but all sorted now.

Cant wait to get her back. Last step before i start fitting the Turbo

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:55 pm

Full beam HIDs? how long do you expect them to last?

Glad you got sorted out for the bracket.

by **d_dan** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:58 pm

I got Kenwood Beams there built to be used as Full Beam hid's tested with over 10,000 Repeated 1 minute open circut operations,

They are said to be the best of the best.
6000 kelvin

and CE approved

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:02 am

nice job .. let's see the turbo running!!

by **d_dan** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:05 am

i know iv spent the last month nearly 2 servicing the car,
from new gaskets- heater matrix- clutch with upgraded and new downpipes and manifolds to fit as soon as i get her back out of the body shop

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:17 am

Cool stuff re: the HIDs

This machine has had serious bucks spent on it over the years!

by **d_dan** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:21 am

and its still going that way. wana do PMAC proud i was chatting to hima fter i bought the car and he said the 1 thing he would have loved to do is turbo the car

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:24 am

what's the insured value of the car? it must be standing you over €15k?

by **d_dan** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:26 am

7,500
engineers report needs to be filed for update and to show why it has such a high value

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:29 am

and they're cool with it being turbocharged, are they hiking your premium much?

by **d_dan** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:04 am

The car is off the road from monday so iv to get onto them after I do the build, the insurance for an evo 6 is only another 50 quid more so hope not

by **kevinod** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:21 pm

d_dan wrote:The car is off the road from monday so iv to get onto them after I do the build, the insurance for an evo 6 is only another 50 quid more so hope not

Talk to the insurance people BEFORE you do the turbo build. There's no use having a turbo charged FTO sitting on your driveway if you can't drive it!!

by **Uncle B** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:48 pm

They might want to see the engineers report before they even quote you...

I was trying to see what an MR2 Mk1.5 (MK1 with a tubby engine) would be like insurance wise and they said they'd have to get the engineers all clear first before they'd even consider it.

So essentially I'd have to do all the work and then possibly face a prohibitively expensive premium on top of that... no thanks.

Of course you're just turbocharging it as opposed to sticking in a completely new engine so might be different.

by **d_dan** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:15 pm

got a quote,
Its only doubbleing my insurance so no MAJOR biggie

by **TopCat** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:49 pm

Oh, still a big of a sting in the pocket, but fair play.
You got any recent pics?

by **fatboyfat7** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:16 am

I know its a lot of work but this really seems to be dragging on for you. When do you expect to have the car on the road with turbo working? I admire your patience, not to mention your balls for doing it!

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:06 am

fatboyfat7 wrote:I know its a lot of work but this really seems to be dragging on for you. When do you expect to have the car on the road with turbo working? I admire your patience, not to mention your balls for doing it!

I think dan is moving pretty fast - its a pretty big project...and once its in theres bound to be a degree of fettling and fine adjusting that needs to be done..

dan - did you get her back from paint yet?

by **Uncle B** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:54 am

d_dan wrote:got a quote,
Its only doubbleing my insurance so no MAJOR biggie

Nice one!

by **d_dan** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:50 pm

no shes ready now just needs to be picked up, today, Feels liek "Pimp my Ride" but with no chav mods :lol:

@ fatboy
I could have slapped on the turbo in a week but id blow the engine by the end of the month if i was lucky to get it that far.

Its not just a case of bolt it on and woo the cars faster.

I want it to be reliable too.
iv spent the last month servicing it and making sure its running right.

Also i said that I wanted to get everythign else sorted with the car before i turbo it EG. bodywork and so on.

by **steelroe** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:45 pm

d_dan wrote:Its not just a case of bolt it on and woo the cars faster.

I want it to be reliable too.
iv spent the last month servicing it and making sure its running right.

.

Dont think servicing alone is going to protect your engine. reinforced inners is the way to go before it goes pop.
When you say servicing what exactly has been done.

You done anything on the "BRAKING" issues you are going the encounter.
Hope to see lots of pics soon.

by **d_dan** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:28 pm

YIP
4 pot calipers and 324mm discs

by **steelroe** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:50 pm

What donor mitsubishi are those calipers from Dan. Did they fit straight on or did you have to make brackets.
What model were the disk made for.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:55 pm

steelroe wrote:What donor mitsubishi are those calipers from Dan. Did they fit straight on or did you have to make brackets.
What model were the disk made for.

GTO i reckon

by **d_dan** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:58 pm

GTO TT calapers

custom brackets

by CJ » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:40 am

d_dan wrote:GTO TT calapers

custom brackets

Share the knowledge Dan, I'm sure there would be others out there interested in this conversion. Was there much in the way of custom work required. did you need to new hub carriers, brake lines, bolts etc?

CJ

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