Caboose 2.0

[Ice88]

Yah fair nuff. I don't mind waiting for stuff, but was told two weeks, rang up after three and was told that it should be bout another week and that he'd ring back with details. Never heard back but ok, another week or so I can do that.

But its been longer then that and to find my order which I've been waiting for 5 Weeks (ordered 9th) for is sitting in a warehouse and no ones contacted me is annoying. I'm not mad or anything but don't particularly like having to chase up stuff that I've bought.

EDIT: @Mat was ordered through Matt

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by Ice88

Yah fair nuff. I don't mind waiting for stuff, but was told two weeks, rang up after three and was told that it should be bout another week and that he'd ring back with details. Never heard back but ok, another week or so I can do that.

But its been longer then that and to find my order which I've been waiting for 5 Weeks (ordered 9th) for is sitting in a warehouse and no ones contacted me is annoying. I'm not mad or anything but don't particularly like having to chase up stuff that I've bought.

EDIT: @Mat was ordered through Matt

And have u checked ur phone??? ;-) u have brakes pads and fluid waiting for u at the usual pick up location

[Ice88]

Yah I checked, just thought I'd best clarify what occurred.

*shrug*

Thanks mat btw

[Ice88]

Fitted my new brake setup to the front yesterday, brake upgrade consists of the following:
- Mazdaspeed Familai/Protege Calipers
- DBA Street Series Rotors - Slotted (274mm Front (Mazda 6 GG Rotor))
- DBA Street Series Rotors - Slotted (280mm Rear (Mazda 6 GG Rotor))
- Hawk HPS Pads

Will be using Penrite DOT 4 Racing fluid. Should stop a fair bit better Not really needed that much currently but with the new engine will be a nice upgrade

Also fitted my new rays lug nuts to the front.

Heres the end result:


Unfortunatley iPhone photos leave much to be desired, looks much nicer in person

[Ice88]

Camera rocked up the other day Thanks phil

Had a few dramas with the battery not charging but has been resolved. Picked up an SD Card today so will take some proper photos of the brake setup tonight, to show.

Also baked my headlights on the weekend, painted the shrouds and started assembly last night. May have lost one of the clips that holds the bulb in. :/

As such I may end up with one HID headlight and one non HID headlight . Will see if an SP20 clip will work or the original turns up

Will also take some photos of the sexi lights tonight. Lenses are in good condition but not perfect

[marcs_sp20]

Not sure if you'd be able to use an SP20 shroud, as light refraction is different to the hid shrouds, Edwin or Dan would be able to tell you.. Did it just come loose, or break like mine did?

What color did you go with? Please say black

[Ice88]

The shrouds are good. One of the tabs that holds the shroud to the lens is missing though, seems the lights have been disassembled before...

I know the reflectors are different wasn't aware the shrouds were as well *shrug*

Just the clip that holds the HID bulb in place is missing

[BG1.8sp]

just saw the post about your brakes.
are you sure GG? because GG is 273.. and the GY (well GG wagon i suppose you could call it lol) was the 282mm rotor.
and GG, GY, GH all used the 280mm rear rotor???

[Ice88]

Originally Posted by BG1.8sp

just saw the post about your brakes.
are you sure GG? because GG is 273.. and the GY (well GG wagon i suppose you could call it lol) was the 282mm rotor.
and GG, GY, GH all used the 280mm rear rotor???

Got the sizes around the wrong way 280mm rear/274mm front.

[BG1.8sp]

Originally Posted by Ice88

Got the sizes around the wrong way 280mm rear/274mm front.

Sweet


Was like... WTF lol

You notice much of a difference from stock sp20 to the 274's?

[TheMAN]

Originally Posted by Ice88

Pulled apart the FS-ZE manifold on the weekend to fix it. Unfortunatley still need to replace the EGR with a non ****ed version, the IAC with a unbroken version and and a black think thats connected to the fuel line.



Engines roughly 40k old, valves looking pretty toasty:

****ed IAC:



And all back together, just need to repalce the aforementioned items:


Good news. I got the job, so will be getting a camera with next pay so expect more photos of stuff as it happens Engine build wont occur till ive paid off my CC which should be this weeks pay

why did you remove the butterflies? if not, why did you remove the screws? the FS-ZE has no issues with the screws falling out, unlike FS-DEs... the design of the FS-ZE butterflies are far superior to the FS-DE

now that you have the screws out, you better use loctite blue on them! you need to also torque them down to 1Nm!

[Ice88]

Originally Posted by TheMAN

why did you remove the butterflies? if not, why did you remove the screws? the FS-ZE has no issues with the screws falling out, unlike FS-DEs... the design of the FS-ZE butterflies are far superior to the FS-DE

now that you have the screws out, you better use loctite blue on them! you need to also torque them down to 1Nm!

Ummm The plate that connects to the actuator on the the manifold broke in shipping so needed to use an unbroken rod. That meant undoing the valves so that we could get it out and then reassembling. Plenty of lock tight was used

Originally Posted by BG1.8sp

Sweet


Was like... WTF lol

You notice much of a difference from stock sp20 to the 274's?

Not sure, cars still on Jack stands atm. Bleeding brakes tomorrow so will let you know. Honestly didn't use my brakes all that much as I've never had great brakes in any of my cars so have used gearing mostly.

Othernews, finished wiring up the new headlights. Will upload some shots of the test harness Mat wired up to test the headlights. Will take some photos tomorrow on my day off of the new headlights on the car and wired up.

Also, got a phone call from the engine shop. Apparently the bearing tangs for an FS aren't right for the rod despite the modifications made. So it was decided that 3SGTE bearings would be tried unfortunately the modifications made to the rod mean that 3SGTE bearings won't work due to tolerances being to loose, and tightening them further will cause pinching.

The solution involves using oversized 3SGTE bearings and modifying the crank journal or bearing to fit. Upside is that the bearing combination will result in a much tighter clearance meaning better oil lubrication. (Due to FS's oil system). Will help support the high rpms Im wanting to run on the finished build.

Downside is it will prolly end up being expensive

(I may have some of the above incorrect it was rather early for me when they phoned so brain wasn't what I'd call awake yet )

[TheMAN]

so did you use the identical style of butterfly rod? The FS-DE ones are not the same and are rubbish!

[Ice88]

Yeah the rods from another FS-ZE manifold

[Ice88]

Hey Guys,

Quick update before I try and bleed the air out of my master cylinder.

Headlights:
All the parts from a Sport20 HID:


Back side of a Sport 20 HID Headlight:



Before Painting:


During Painting:


The slight shimmer:


The new brake setup:
New Front vs Old Front:


Old vs New:

(apologies for the slight blurr)

[Ice88]

WIN

Just heard back from the workshop, car has been fixed. Funny thing is it took longer to get the car on the Hoist then to fix the problem

Car might be a little low....

[Rhys]

Good to hear! I was too scared to change my fluid due to this when I was putting new brakes in last weekend..
What was the problem?

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by Rhys

Good to hear! I was too scared to change my fluid due to this when I was putting new brakes in last weekend..
What was the problem?

Installation issue lol

[Ice88]

In IT we call it PEBKAC

[Mad Mat]

Originally Posted by Ice88

In IT we call it PEBKAC

There was no keyboard tho.. I call it and ID10T error ;-)