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[shaRRpy]

Great to see this car back on the forum one of the best EP3 build on here IMO [smilie=karls_thumb.gif]

:bigthumb: yes stevo the car has certainly had a lot of dedication put into it.

[darren4]

Good old bren, glad to see his car still looking

[1812_s]

sad to see the mani cracked.

how much is a new one from cpl ?

i bumped into the guy a year ago who used to own it and he said it was exedy stage 1 i think

got any pics of the track wheels on ?

[shaRRpy]

Yeah not good,300 for new manifold and 35 for gasket.

No pics of wheels fitted yet but have got tyres now and centre caps have arrived after 7 weeks.will get some pics up soon of wheels and track bonnet fitted.

[bluntcap]

I saw these centre caps on the injection imports facebook, very cool :cooldude:

[SeanEP3]

Not sure,for some reason around £ 50 comes to mind but I could be wrong.not that it matters because you can't get hold of one anyway,so I'll have to just get it fitted without it and hope it lasts.ill get the old manifold welded up and keep as a spare anyway.how long has yours been fitted Sean.

only just seen this. not sure bud, quite a few though. its a tough one!

[Newton]

sad to see the mani cracked.

how much is a new one from cpl ?

i bumped into the guy a year ago who used to own it and he said it was exedy stage 1 i think

got any pics of the track wheels on ?

I payed £290.00 from Cpl in January for a new one, can be welded

Speak to Steve at Grinspeed his guy is excelent at doing them but it is a common

fault as it is to heavy without a support to carry the weight

This is the mark 2 version with rose joints and adjuster in the centre

[Newton]

Not sure,for some reason around £ 50 comes to mind but I could be wrong.not that it matters because you can't get hold of one anyway,so I'll have to just get it fitted without it and hope it lasts.ill get the old manifold welded up and keep as a spare anyway.how long has yours been fitted Sean.

only just seen this. not sure bud, quite a few though. its a tough one!

You can get the braces from the maker of them 2 types

fixed bracket or rose jointed with adjustment

[*nub*]

how much are those support bracket things, is this for a JRSC right?

[shaRRpy]

The car went to grinspeed about 2 weeks ago to have the following done.

New jrsc manifold ( sprayed wrinkle black to match the rest,)cheers for that Bren.and new gasket.
Cpl support bracket,
Clutch checked and adjusted,
Iacv removed and cleaned,
New buddy club rsd coilovers,
New track rod ends,
Check and adjust valve clearances,
Full geo set up.
A big thanks to Stevie and lee who were fantastic and really took care of the car.

No more high tickover and lumpy idle and the car just pulls so fast now literally just flying through the gears, as it was obviously down on power before due to the cracked mani.

I thought the car handled great before but Stevie said the geo was quite a bit out so worked his magic and wow the car feels even more planted and just changes direction like a fly.

There was a lot of play in the front coilovers so after a lot of thought I decided on fitting new ones all round as buddy club don't do rebuild kits and they don't sell individual struts so you have to order them from japan 3 month wait.im waiting to find out if one of stevies contacts can get them rebuilt so they may be for sale soon.

Since have the car back I've been giving it a thorough clean and have test fitted the bonnet and advans,here's some pics;

[graeme01]

Glad to hear the cars running well again ! Just been to Stevie's this morning and he was telling me about the dampers ! How annoying are rsd's I would of went for something else bud instead of handing over more money to SPD !

[shaRRpy]

I saw these centre caps on the injection imports facebook, very cool :cooldude:

Yes blunty they do finish the wheels off nice

Not sure,for some reason around £ 50 comes to mind but I could be wrong.not that it matters because you can't get hold of one anyway,so I'll have to just get it fitted without it and hope it lasts.ill get the old manifold welded up and keep as a spare anyway.how long has yours been fitted Sean.

only just seen this. not sure bud, quite a few though. its a tough one!

Hopefully yours will be ok,but it's not the end of the world if it goes.i would still like an under support bracket though.

sad to see the mani cracked.

how much is a new one from cpl ?

i bumped into the guy a year ago who used to own it and he said it was exedy stage 1 i think

got any pics of the track wheels on ?

I payed £290.00 from Cpl in January for a new one, can be welded

Speak to Steve at Grinspeed his guy is excelent at doing them but it is a common

fault as it is to heavy without a support to carry the weight

This is the mark 2 version with rose joints and adjuster in the centre

Where did you get this from Newton that looks great are they still doing them?

[shaRRpy]

Glad to hear the cars running well again ! Just been to Stevie's this morning and he was telling me about the dampers ! How annoying are rsd's I would of went for something else bud instead of handing over more money to SPD !

Cheers mate I'm glad it's back to its full potential,yeah I was thinking about other coilovers but I think performance wise for the money they are the best without stepping up to big money ohlins nitrons etc,just a shame service is pants! Plus the fact I'm a 300 mile round trip from grinspeed and wanted it all sorting.
How you getting on with yours,they like the juice when you get busy with the throttle ay.

[1812_s]

WOW those pics of the advans, j's wings and stoptechs

[graeme01]

I know what you mean with the coilovers ! Anymore problems out of mine and am going to bite the bullet and step up ! Yes they certainly like to drink the go go juice when your on the happy pedal
Am enjoying mine at the moment just ordered some new road tyres, getting Stevie to do the timing chain when I get back off my hols then am going to charge cool it ! Then the spending must stop as it's getting out of hand

[shaRRpy]

You want more power already you greedy man.lol.and yes things do get costly but something for nothing n all that.

[graeme01]

I was always going to charge cool it ! Just been doing my homework on it ,and seeing who will be the best option for the job ! It's like anything if your going to do it do it properly !

[Newton]

I saw these centre caps on the injection imports facebook, very cool :cooldude:

Yes blunty they do finish the wheels off nice

Not sure,for some reason around £ 50 comes to mind but I could be wrong.not that it matters because you can't get hold of one anyway,so I'll have to just get it fitted without it and hope it lasts.ill get the old manifold welded up and keep as a spare anyway.how long has yours been fitted Sean.

only just seen this. not sure bud, quite a few though. its a tough one!

Hopefully yours will be ok,but it's not the end of the world if it goes.i would still like an under support bracket though.

sad to see the mani cracked.

how much is a new one from cpl ?

i bumped into the guy a year ago who used to own it and he said it was exedy stage 1 i think

got any pics of the track wheels on ?

I payed £290.00 from Cpl in January for a new one, can be welded

Speak to Steve at Grinspeed his guy is excelent at doing them but it is a common

fault as it is to heavy without a support to carry the weight

This is the mark 2 version with rose joints and adjuster in the centre

Where did you get this from Newton that looks great are they still doing them?

I'll will speak to the guy this weekend and then pass his phone number to you

He still some times comes on the forum

The Cpl brace is only a neck brace and does not carry the weight of the charger

these support the charger underneath

this was the the first fixed type

[shaRRpy]

Yeah that's the Carlos one isn't it? I tried contacting him but got no reply.I know the cpl one doesn't support the weight but it does stop the pressure of the snout end being pulled down by the belt,it's better than nothing and was a I could get hold of at the time but if you can get me one that would be great.but I think the rose jointed one is best to counteract any movement.

[SeanEP3]

I'd also be interested in a brace.

the car looks so dam good. forgot how nice it really is!