Grande Punto My GPS Mjet 130 :D (Would Like To Know The Former Owner)

[Lal B3N]

haha i thought so can you not DIY the bearings? or is it a PITA of a job?

Could try if your confident ripping a gearbox apart. I wouldn't myself though.

 

[RAW90]

hmmm i like to give things a go myself, why pay all that money for someone else to do it? my uncles quite a good mechanic anyway so if i get stuck i know who to call

but hopefully this wont need to be done for quite a while yet, so will see how things go.

started a new job canvassing for SafeStyleUK today and although at the start it wasnt looking promising, i made £45 for only 2 hours work, so hopefully after a full day week, i will be able to afford some new goodies for the car

 

[grandejdtm]

I used to use 6th at 30mph but my mpg was awful. Now I use it above 40 mph. I'm guessing this is still not good for my box now though.

 

[ascott92]

My 6th gear has whined since i got my car 2 and a half years ago. Done 14500 miles and, touch wood, but there's been no noticeable change in anything gears related, plus i use my 6th all the time since its the same ratio as most cars 5th.

 

[RAW90]

ahh, so hopefully it should be fine for a while then. thats good news.

had a bit of a stressful day today with some wanabe tailgating me on the dual cariageway grr what annoyed me the most was that he had not even the cupra or fr model ibiza but a crappy one and i couldnt get away from him :/ was heavy traffic so couldnt accelerate to silly speeds (not that i would because im sensible and all that ) but when there was a little 50m gap and i put my foot down in 5th doing about 70 i couldnt shake him booooooooooooooo made me feel sad to say i payed 6k and got a nice 07 car with a good engine and i couldnt beat an 04? badly modded ibiza lol

 

[RAW90]

and iv supposedly got some wonderful tuning fuel dumping box on aswell, just proves it doesnt work haha

also at 70mph in 5th revs were at 2k ish i assume peak for torque, what would be better in a situation like that torque or bhp from higher up the rev range? so should of probably dropped to 4th? would of loved a clear road as i think the car has good acceleration from 80-90mph for motorways :/

 

[willp27]

and iv supposedly got some wonderful tuning fuel dumping box on aswell, just proves it doesnt work haha

also at 70mph in 5th revs were at 2k ish i assume peak for torque, what would be better in a situation like that torque or bhp from higher up the rev range? so should of probably dropped to 4th? would of loved a clear road as i think the car has good acceleration from 80-90mph for motorways :/

but you don't know what engine was in the ibiza...don't be too disheartened because he was also in your slipstream

 

[lukemortlock7]

hmmm i like to give things a go myself, why pay all that money for someone else to do it? my uncles quite a good mechanic anyway so if i get stuck i know who to call

Aslong as you know how it goes back in again you should be fine. Gearbox's aren't as intimidating as they first seem. You'll be fine

 

[RAW90]

but you don't know what engine was in the ibiza...don't be too disheartened because he was also in your slipstream

haha, cheap tricks riding my slipstream haha i rekon i could of pulled away with enough room to floor it. ahh well, hopefully see him another time and open a can of whoopass on him

did quite well at work again today, got 2 leads door knocking so thats £70 for me pluss a rookie £10 bonus so put me on £13.33 per hour today for 6 hours haha

hopefully for a full week next week if i get at least 2 leads a day ill be seeing over £300 for the week then ill be getting a remap before you know it! just hope the weathers dry as i got a bit wet today :worship:

 

[RAW90]

Aslong as you know how it goes back in again you should be fine. Gearbox's aren't as intimidating as they first seem. You'll be fine

i learned that philosophy many years ago as a youngster climbing trees, i considered myself an expert once i could climb the biggest trees in the fields and get down again without falling out haha:slayer:

 

[lukemortlock7]

Hahaha yes I know what you mean! :slayer:
Once you take it all out, I suggest laying everything down exactly how it came out, or even take a photo so you have something to compare to if you get lost putting it all back in. Being front wheel drive you only have two shafts, the input and output, so you can't get lost really

 

[RAW90]

Hahaha yes I know what you mean! :slayer:
Once you take it all out, I suggest laying everything down exactly how it came out, or even take a photo so you have something to compare to if you get lost putting it all back in. Being front wheel drive you only have two shafts, the input and output, so you can't get lost really

some sound advice, could always take video/tutorial? if i do it that is, its not broken yet haha if its not broke dont fix it

 

[McAteer]

nice work on the car , was just curious about the airbox mod you've done, On the bottom half of the box where the cold air goes into did you take out the excess pipe there too? On my GP abarth it just slides out unlike the top one were youd have to cut it

 

[RAW90]

thanks mate, and no ive not touched the bottom half of the box, just removed the original air feed and cable tied a flexible feed to it instead and fed it down next to the fog light

 

[McAteer]

oh right, just looking at the video it doesnt look like you have the pipe there. I'm just wondering if its better without it or is it helping with airflow.This is what it looks like.

 

[RAW90]

ahh yeah yours is different to mine, well i chopped it off on the top half of my box so its entirely up to you mate, do it and see how she goes, won't harm anything so you have nothing to lose

 

[lukemortlock7]

some sound advice, could always take video/tutorial? if i do it that is, its not broken yet haha if its not broke dont fix it

Yeah that'd be a cool idea too. I reckon a lot of people would appreciate it. Haha yes that's a very good point

 

[Reuuk]

I've finally got around to getting a video of my custom induction mate, Its on my thread, when i get some time I'm going to play around with adding the airbox into the silicone tubing and see what happens (like i said i would try earlier)

https://www.fiatforum.com/members-motors/294349-reuuks-orange-mjet.html

 

[RAW90]

just had a look, looks good matey, top job

 

[Reuuk]

with you saying in my thread, I do get a Dump valve effect noise on top of the throttle release hiss