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[jonyb4]

plus 1.8's are more rev happy than 2ltr

ill second that!


no the bolt pattern on the mk3 rear hub is diffterent

doubt that springs will work, and the cylinders are deffo different

[Excursion]

plus 1.8's are more rev happy than 2ltr

ill second that!


no the bolt pattern on the mk3 rear hub is diffterent

doubt that springs will work, and the cylinders are deffo different

They are wheezy and gutless.

The 2.0 with a proper inlet and management will rev itself to pieces and has far more urgency starting far sooner in the range than a 1.8.

[Michael!]

Well if building up the 1.8 goes bad I was just going to be a 2.0 and run the cult ecu like you already suggested mark.

[- Danny Boy -]

With regards to the bolts, try them and see what happens

[Michael!]

Ok, so the weather was absolutely s**t today - but rather than waste the day I tidied and organised my garage! Took me two hours


As you can see I've striped down the drums! Which was hard, first time I've done them!





I think the shoes are in okay condition?




Only think now is one of them was missing the springs, I'm guessing I'll be able to use the mk3 ones though? AND do the bias' look okay? AND advice for getting the old bushes out?

[sam-si]

AND do the bias' look okay?

wheres the pictre of the bias then but to be fair you can't see inside them anywy i don't think?!

AND advice for getting the old bushes out?

set fire to them with a blow torch when they get going after 5 mins give a wriggle and push with a mettal rod and they fall out.

[- Danny Boy -]

You call that garage tidy? lol.

The shoes will be fine

[Michael!]

You call that garage tidy? lol.

The shoes will be fine

You wanna see what it was like before hand! All the tarp at the back is covering about 500 books my neighbour lumped on me when I did him a 'favour' :/

And Sam it's on one of the pics I'm sure!? Also, planned on heating them up then smashing f**k out of them so I'm was on the right lines hahaha

[sam-si]

You call that garage tidy? lol.

The shoes will be fine

You wanna see what it was like before hand! All the tarp at the back is covering about 500 books my neighbour lumped on me when I did him a 'favour' :/

And Sam it's on one of the pics I'm sure!? Also, planned on heating them up then smashing f**k out of them so I'm was on the right lines hahaha

use bare flame and catch them on fire so it literly melts! still take 5 or ten mins though once alight! and brake bias goes in your brake line system.

[Rs Adz]

coming on well when you hoping to have it done

[Michael!]

Cheers Sam, dose of petrol should do the trick.


Adam I'm not saying hahaha, will be at fitp for sure though - following you down and your 2i

[jonyb4]

plus 1.8's are more rev happy than 2ltr

ill second that!


no the bolt pattern on the mk3 rear hub is diffterent

doubt that springs will work, and the cylinders are deffo different

They are wheezy and gutless.

The 2.0 with a proper inlet and management will rev itself to pieces and has far more urgency starting far sooner in the range than a 1.8.

Dont agree with you there, id take a standard 130 spec 1.8 over a standard 2.0

no urgency to them

[- Danny Boy -]

Have you driven and compared both to come to that conclusion?

[jonyb4]

owned and driven

[jonyb4]

not saying either is better or worse, but i just find the sudden spike in power from the 1.8 130 more exciting/thrilling


Edit, thinking about it,, my cams make that power band even more pronounced than 2.0 cams, so im slightly biased

[Excursion]

owned and driven

You've not had a properly running 2.0 from what I gather? They've always been on a mismatch of 1.8 and 2.0 management parts, and non-HO inlets?

[andymac]

No petrol needed, just a blowlamp and time, give it a minute or two of heat on the rubber, let it catch then a few prods will fetch the centre out, few more minutes burn time and you'll be able to scrape the bulk of the remainder out with a screwdriver, putty knife or what have you.

[Michael!]

No petrol needed, just a blowlamp and time, give it a minute or two of heat on the rubber, let it catch then a few prods will fetch the centre out, few more minutes burn time and you'll be able to scrape the bulk of the remainder out with a screwdriver, putty knife or what have you.

Cheers buddy! Hopefully going to get some paint for it and sort the bushes/paint/fit it by the end of the week...

[Michael!]

Anyone have a picture of just the Mk3/3.5 brake drum set of for me? took it apart and cant remember where a couple of bits go and cant be arsed taking the other one off.

thank you.


also, as its my first time - anyone advise me on how to fit the handbrake cable to the zs drums?

[rsturbonutter]

It connects up the same way a mk3 one does or did for me but im still unsure which handbrake cable I was sent when ordering a new one as apparently there is a few different types luckily for me it fitted straight up I orderded one listed for an rs turbo off of ebay

[hb69]

owned and driven

If you had anything to do with the fitting, repair, installation of either then its likely they wont be an accurate measure of what each engine is like when its done properly.

[Tweek]

also, as its my first time - anyone advise me on how to fit the handbrake cable to the zs drums?

The late mk3.5 handbrake cable should fit. As yours is an N-reg you should have that? Mine was a direct fit and that's N-reg

[jonyb4]

yeah obviously...

[Rs Adz]

Cheers Sam, dose of petrol should do the trick.


Adam I'm not saying hahaha, will be at fitp for sure though - following you down and your 2i

yer sure mate hopefully you wont leave me behind

[Michael!]

also, as its my first time - anyone advise me on how to fit the handbrake cable to the zs drums?

The late mk3.5 handbrake cable should fit. As yours is an N-reg you should have that? Mine was a direct fit and that's N-reg

Sweat man! Straight fit will do me hahaha!


And Adam, I doubt I will will be in petrol saver mode/careful driving mode as I'd have built the car hahaha

[Rs Adz]

also, as its my first time - anyone advise me on how to fit the handbrake cable to the zs drums?

The late mk3.5 handbrake cable should fit. As yours is an N-reg you should have that? Mine was a direct fit and that's N-reg

Sweat man! Straight fit will do me hahaha!


And Adam, I doubt I will will be in petrol saver mode/careful driving mode as I'd have built the car hahaha

il be in petrol saving mode properly lol

[Tweek]

The difference (if it doesn't fit) is the clip that holds the cable to the drum backplate, if it's the wrong cable the clip will fall through the hole.

[Michael!]

alright, well ill be at it tomorrow (weather permitting) so we'll find out

[Michael!]

i want to fill the bumpstrip in on my standard bumpers as ive already posted on here, but i want to know;

is it best to use filler, then fiberglass over the top of it? or just use filler?

do i use sandpaper to smooth the fiberglass? what grade is best etc

any tips will be appreciated.

[Gus!!]

To smooth the filler you need to start with something like p60 and when it is smooth (but a bit rough) move up to some p400 or something to get it a lot smoother
Or you could buy my standard bumpers with a chrome strip round them!! i dont see why you would need fiberglass, filler would do the job

[trecoll]

As the recess is quite deep. You'd be better off removing the strip, then Plastic welding up the recess, then filler over the top of that.

It'll be stronger, so less chance of cracking!

[Michael!]

As the recess is quite deep. You'd be better off removing the strip, then Plastic welding up the recess, then filler over the top of that.

It'll be stronger, so less chance of cracking!

well on a practice one i filled it and fiberglassed over it and it did crack after a bit...that was my reason for the question... i though the fg might toughen it up but obviously not

whats plastic welding?!

[trecoll]

Same concept as welding, but with plastic!

DIY way; buy some abs plastic rods off ebay, use an old soldering iron to melt the plastics together and use it as a filler.
Wear a face mask though, cause plastic fumes are killer!

[Michael!]

ahh, learn something new everyday. ill look into that as it would probably save money on filler haha.

cheers man

[Tweek]

I had my MCR splitter smoothed in and held onto the bumper by just filler and 3 rivets lol. It's great strong stuff if applied correctly