im planing on doing a few extra mods to my car so thought id post here for all to see. ill take pics as i go along. the leather interior is going to be fully restored, full paint correction outside and a stage 2 tune. also got a set of peg that im going to recondition so ill post pics of everything i do as i go along and hopfullly it might some one one day.
Looking forward to your project, keep us up to date.
Nice, this should be good :)
Nice to see another P2 getting some tlc, looking forward to the thread :)
for what ever reason i cant post pics at the minute. it just says error. might have to put pic on via photobucket. am getting the pegs powder coated this week. then new rubber when funds allow. im mid way through building a new exhaust. making a large rear silencer at work. will give more info once ive got pics up. also going to draw up a front and rear strut brace. alot of what gose on this topi will be things ive made.
Are you going with the stage 2 autotech map? Will be interesting to see the results :)
who's doing your paint correction?
[quote=MattM;490222]Are you going with the stage 2 autotech map? Will be interesting to see the results :)[/quote] havnt deciede if going with mte or autotech. all depends on what hamish comes up with when i phone up.
[quote=Wobbly Dave;490223]who's doing your paint correction?[/quote] me. im just waiting for decent weather. might get my bonnet and bumper painted first. dome nugget has scratched me bonnet. its doen to the metal
What polisher do you have? Any pad pref?
rotary polisher, unsure of make. paid £20 for it from netto about 7 year ago. menzerna 203 compound with a orange lake country ht pad. sent a lot of pics and email back and forth to polishedbliss and thats what they recomended i use. do a small test on my bonnet. masked a square of about 18" and got to say its racking gear. breaks down nice and easy and leaves it pin sharp. seems to make the stone chips stand out even more
Im pretty sure that Turkish's stage 2, S60 T5 (2.4) made a little under 350hp... im trying to find the thread on this.
[quote=Chad;490252]Im pretty sure that Turkish's stage 2, S60 T5 (2.4) made a little under 350hp... im trying to find the thread on this.[/quote] it made 348 bhp not sure of torque. he removed the stage two when i bought it off him. i had stage 2 on from rica for a while but the ppc unit has gone haywire so i thougt time to try somthing new.
Interesting that I arrived independantly at a very similar conclusion. Lake Country/ Menzerna IP. I tend to use the Yellow pad. Depending on colour I can recommend the poorboys glazes.
got some poorboys black hole glaze. very impressed with it. decieded to try all of the blackfire range on this one. hope its worth it, its cost me a fortune
I used the PB Black Hole on our royal blue S40. I really rate it. I hear great things about the BF range on dark colours. I hope all goes well.
[quote=graemewelch;490293]got some poorboys black hole glaze. very impressed with it. decieded to try all of the blackfire range on this one. hope its worth it, its cost me a fortune[/quote] Its worth it :)
Shame you're so far away - I'd be happy to help you complete the job.
Are you upgrading the FMIC?
[quote=MattM;490365]Are you upgrading the FMIC?[/quote] jalready done. was fitted when i bought the car.
hers the alloys i bought. more pics when refurbed
[quote=Wobbly Dave;490306]Shame you're so far away - I'd be happy to help you complete the job.[/quote] would of been great to get some help an advise as go along. first proper detail for me.
ive finaly learnt how to post pics. so heres a few of whats going on.
the interior need a bit tlc. leather is looking tired, ill be visiting the furniture clinic to get some goodies to sort that. rear silencer being built at work during my breaks and middle silencer. both huge as exhaust gose to loud with my 100 cell down pipe. couple of shots after a machine polish using merzena 203 an orange ht pad. wheels and tyres are ready to go for powder coating. all flat spots were removed last week while it was quiet at work
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/2012042
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http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20120429_135753.jpg
got the wheels back this morn. £150 for refurb in a custom colour and £30 to get the tyres fitted. bargin i thought
Looking good, nice job.
Would like to have seen those red dots line up with the valves..... :rolleyes:
Looking good though !!
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last night i put 6 meters of acousta fil in the exhaust and welded the end on. might of made the rear silencer a little big. 
will be finishing off tonight so hopfully should have a few pics of it finished and weather permiting a few pics of the exhaust coming together
bit of a update cause im board. car has changed a bit since last update. now on nebs. leather has been refurbed. calipers are going to be powder coated soon.
engine is going to shimmed and port and flowed cylinder head fitted.
maybe a few other little mods to fit to.
good idea getting the head ported and flowed but what's the logic behind shimming.?
Shimming reduces the expansion gap of the liners which have been known to split when running higher boost. Normally its the S60R 2.5 litre engine that is more likely but it has been know to happen on the T5's 2.4 litre engine so if your porting and flowing the head you may as well do it while the head is off.
sounds like a good idea then for future big turbo upgrades.
[QUOTE=ROZER;701638]sounds like a good idea then for future big turbo upgrades.[/QUOTE] well you never no what is aroud the corner when it comes to modifications
[QUOTE=graemewelch;701649]well you never no what is aroud the corner when it comes to modifications[/QUOTE] yes I agree wise move. just flowing the head and some porting will help.
