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nice work painfull disaster averted 
Project Cinq!
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Project Cinq!
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Mrcento said:Hows the sei doing now your brother has it? glad to hear its still nearish to the forum at least
I have done almost all the work and the bumper in pic3 is the broken one that was in the bump, plus the bumper in pic3 is in the middle of being flattened with 1500 grit paper b4 i G3 it for the shine
EDIT: P.S abyss113 how can i read post properly with your avatar distracting me lol
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im sorry i just found it and well i love asian chicks so the rest is history LOL
so the rest is history LOL
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After several little problems (actualy, bigish is a better word) The Cinq went back on the road properly a couple of days ago
Rear gearbox mount has failed twice in the past 3 weeks, 1st was just due to age, second was a faulty part, got that sent back and replaced, only for them to send me an engine mount off god knows what! it wasn't what i needed anyway, but its sorted now The exhaust is still firing itself off the hangers every now and then, but a couple of little modifications will sort that
Cv joint has been replaced, all put back, and its working!
Map sensor has also been cleaned out to help solve some starting problems and running issues ive been having
AND theres been a few little tweaks
When the mount went, the engine fell back. this made the old induction kit hit the strutbrace and underside of the bonnet and break so it couldnt seal on the throttle body. good excuse to get a better kit
so i got a GSR , so much more responsive at low revs, made me wonder how much more i could do with little tweaks... so i uprated the fuel pump, the extra fuel pressure seems to have gotten rid of a couple of flatspots nicely
I then got the "tweaking" bug after 5 things recently ive done on it working perfectly , so its now got an 866 p75 cam and a new (well, i mean old) unsoldered type ecu i had lying around is now on the car and containing a mccritch chip
Its getting about as far as i can take it with add ons for a 1.2 8v without ripping it apart for some porting etc, although i have some manifolds lying around i may do some work on
the next stage will be either a conversion to a 1.4 16v with a megasquirt management setup...... or up to mpi 16v 1.2 turbo
Rear gearbox mount has failed twice in the past 3 weeks, 1st was just due to age, second was a faulty part, got that sent back and replaced, only for them to send me an engine mount off god knows what! it wasn't what i needed anyway, but its sorted now
The exhaust is still firing itself off the hangers every now and then, but a couple of little modifications will sort that Cv joint has been replaced, all put back, and its working!
Map sensor has also been cleaned out to help solve some starting problems and running issues ive been having
AND theres been a few little tweaks
When the mount went, the engine fell back. this made the old induction kit hit the strutbrace and underside of the bonnet and break so it couldnt seal on the throttle body. good excuse to get a better kit
so i got a GSR
, so much more responsive at low revs, made me wonder how much more i could do with little tweaks... so i uprated the fuel pump, the extra fuel pressure seems to have gotten rid of a couple of flatspots nicely I then got the "tweaking" bug after 5 things recently ive done on it working perfectly
, so its now got an 866 p75 cam and a new (well, i mean old) unsoldered type ecu i had lying around is now on the car and containing a mccritch chip Its getting about as far as i can take it with add ons for a 1.2 8v without ripping it apart for some porting etc, although i have some manifolds lying around i may do some work on
the next stage will be either a conversion to a 1.4 16v with a megasquirt management setup...... or up to mpi 16v 1.2 turbo
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sounds like youve been having fun
we shouldve taken the cars up the kingsway for a testing run when i say you earlier
we shouldve taken the cars up the kingsway for a testing run when i say you earlier
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I'm now in full swing looking for premises/project hq to take the cinq off the road for a 1.4 16v upgrade . i fear the 1.2 is now dying a very slow, random, blue, smokey death.
i dont get why its smoking completley randomly, it can be fine for 10 to 15 minutes, then give out one almighty plume of blueish white smoke, or it can do it at every junction, or none at all. theres no pattern to when it starts or stops smoking. very, very strange!
anyway, while we're off road, it will be getting a cosmetic makeover alongside its mechanical one. if only i could find a damn place to do the work!
while its off the road, i will probably be joining the dark side..... vauxhall!
only temorary mind until the cinq is well again ... unless it looks to good, in which case, it may be more of a show car im scared to muck up, rather than the daily driver it is now.
. i fear the 1.2 is now dying a very slow, random, blue, smokey death.i dont get why its smoking completley randomly, it can be fine for 10 to 15 minutes, then give out one almighty plume of blueish white smoke, or it can do it at every junction, or none at all. theres no pattern to when it starts or stops smoking. very, very strange!
anyway, while we're off road, it will be getting a cosmetic makeover alongside its mechanical one. if only i could find a damn place to do the work!
while its off the road, i will probably be joining the dark side..... vauxhall!
only temorary mind until the cinq is well again
... unless it looks to good, in which case, it may be more of a show car im scared to muck up, rather than the daily driver it is now.
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i now get smoke also out of the interior vents in traffic, so have to keep them closed!
the exhaust thing is a funny one, i dont think the engine is to blame entirely, im in theory mode, but it all relates to that damn g/box mount snapping a while back
when the snapped, i think its knocked the clutch adjustment out and is not disengaging, and as the mount is actually a bodged one now, depending how the cars sitting, it alters the clutches position slightly when the pedal is pressed.
So if im at, say, a roundabout, waiting to go, clutch down. sitting for 15 to 20 seconds, the heat and friction built up means, when i accelerate, i get a plume of smoke. yes, its clutch smoke :O
if i am sitting with the car in neutral, and the clutch up, when i pull away, i get absolutlety no smoke at all, no matter how long ive been sitting there, or if im on a hill or not.
so that explains why we have a totally random smoke, it all depends on where the engine/box is on its mounts, and how long the clutch has been depressed.. all complete variables.
the mystery smoke may be getting closer to diagnosed after all!
im renaming this car smokey joe for now
the exhaust thing is a funny one, i dont think the engine is to blame entirely, im in theory mode, but it all relates to that damn g/box mount snapping a while back
when the snapped, i think its knocked the clutch adjustment out and is not disengaging, and as the mount is actually a bodged one now, depending how the cars sitting, it alters the clutches position slightly when the pedal is pressed.
So if im at, say, a roundabout, waiting to go, clutch down. sitting for 15 to 20 seconds, the heat and friction built up means, when i accelerate, i get a plume of smoke. yes, its clutch smoke :O
if i am sitting with the car in neutral, and the clutch up, when i pull away, i get absolutlety no smoke at all, no matter how long ive been sitting there, or if im on a hill or not.
so that explains why we have a totally random smoke, it all depends on where the engine/box is on its mounts, and how long the clutch has been depressed.. all complete variables.
the mystery smoke may be getting closer to diagnosed after all!
im renaming this car smokey joe for now
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sounds like your having fun with the newly named smokey joe as for me i got a suprise today my driver side strut with all parts have arrived so i now finnaly have a new carrier hub for the wheel to sit safely on just need to get some time to fit it now trying to decide if i should get another cv joint for that side though or should the existing one be ok ??
as for me i got a suprise today my driver side strut with all parts have arrived so i now finnaly have a new carrier hub for the wheel to sit safely on just need to get some time to fit it now trying to decide if i should get another cv joint for that side though or should the existing one be ok ??
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abyss113 said:sounds like your having fun with the newly named smokey joe
i would say the old one will be fine
cento's arent hard on their cv joints, only reason mine was mangled was because it was running a little bit more power and has been ragged round castle combe and other race tracks several times before i got it.strange thing for a small, light car though... they eat wheel bearings!, thats not a smokey special, they all seem to do it.
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well if im finished reasonably early today ill give you a call and we can discuss problems if your not to busy
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aye, that'd be fine, i'll probably be busy from 3 till 4, but if i miss the call or text, i'll phone back when i can
Thanks for the ride-along in Smokey Joe today Mark, was funny giving that Polo a wee puff of smoke, lol
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no problem
haha yeah, i just felt i had to give the polo a wee blast of smoke, it had a horrible bonnet vent, so i thought id give them something to put in it
its quite fun now ive worked out i can do that completley at will
how was the drive back up to elgin?
Am not in Elgin, am back down in Carlisle for Stanford Hall this weekend
126 sorted then frazer?
:woot:Eklipze3k said:Am not in Elgin, am back down in Carlisle for Stanford Hall this weekend
Fantastic
Was the Sei in presentable enough condition? Did they locas perform a Dundee pitstop?
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Martyn said::woot:
Fantastic
Was the Sei in presentable enough condition? Did they locas perform a Dundee pitstop?
Oi! At least the car goes faster after a dundee pitstop, weight saving and all that
up in aberdeen the process is slowed down while they work out how to get the boot shut with the sheep in the back
Errr, no, lolsteve119 said:
Yes it was, and I hope you don't mind me using the gazebo at Stanford, looks like it might pee down with rainMartyn said::woot:
Fantastic
Was the Sei in presentable enough condition? Did they locas perform a Dundee pitstop?
BTW, whose is that Seicento bag?
Mrcento said:Oi! At least the car goes faster after a dundee pitstop, weight saving and all that
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Eklipze3k said:Errr, no, lol
Yes it was, and I hope you don't mind me using the gazebo at Stanford, looks like it might pee down with rain
BTW, whose is that Seicento bag?
Not at all mate! I dunno about the seicento bag, it was sat in the car half way through Sunday, I assumed it was yours :rolleyes2:
That's wierd, I wonder where it came from ... looked like there was a rocker cover or smp or something in it too, gonna go have a look now and see what freebies I got
