steve20vt
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This morning I've had a chat with the garage owner that motd the car, I explained the seriousness of the situation, excuses were made etc etc.
but, we came to a mutual agreement that meets both our needs and that will be then of the matter.
On closer inspection, the marea driveshaft although having a 36mm nut like the coupe version and a bolted flange to the gearbox isn't as large as the coupe one.
But the clutch slave cylinder is the same part number as the coupe.
The front roll bar differs to the coupe not only in the girth, but also the drop links. The marea having useless ball joint type long ones with too much give. And the coupe having, bushed stumpy jobbies.
I plan on building up a spare coupe sub frame with new arms, the coupe roll bar and drop links, and then using the coupe struts.
That should stop the thing handling like the titanic. Obviously the autotred ditch finder tyres won't be helping the situation, but they'll do till I get some decent wheels.
I'll be pulling the front off soon to have a good look at the oil leak / turbo situation and to see if I can get the coupe single pass inter cooler to sit where the original double pass effort lives. Also changing a couple of coolant hoses and maybe ditching the OE breather system in favour of something less leaky.
I'll also do an egr delete while I'm at it.
Then the fuel leak needs sorting. It's not the filter or housing which is the cheapest option. So could be the high pressure rail or the pump. Neither are cheap but needs must. If it's the high pressure pump I'll stick a new water pump and cam belt on it.
I've a feeling the dual mass flywheel didn't get changed when the clutch was done, so whenever the clutch goes again I'll do the coupe flywheel mod.
but, we came to a mutual agreement that meets both our needs and that will be then of the matter.
On closer inspection, the marea driveshaft although having a 36mm nut like the coupe version and a bolted flange to the gearbox isn't as large as the coupe one.
But the clutch slave cylinder is the same part number as the coupe.
The front roll bar differs to the coupe not only in the girth, but also the drop links. The marea having useless ball joint type long ones with too much give. And the coupe having, bushed stumpy jobbies.
I plan on building up a spare coupe sub frame with new arms, the coupe roll bar and drop links, and then using the coupe struts.
That should stop the thing handling like the titanic. Obviously the autotred ditch finder tyres won't be helping the situation, but they'll do till I get some decent wheels.
I'll be pulling the front off soon to have a good look at the oil leak / turbo situation and to see if I can get the coupe single pass inter cooler to sit where the original double pass effort lives. Also changing a couple of coolant hoses and maybe ditching the OE breather system in favour of something less leaky.
I'll also do an egr delete while I'm at it.
Then the fuel leak needs sorting. It's not the filter or housing which is the cheapest option. So could be the high pressure rail or the pump. Neither are cheap but needs must. If it's the high pressure pump I'll stick a new water pump and cam belt on it.
I've a feeling the dual mass flywheel didn't get changed when the clutch was done, so whenever the clutch goes again I'll do the coupe flywheel mod.