What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[R33huntme]

redo

garret 35r turbo

new thicker cooler [unsure of brand]

full 3.5inch stanless turbo back exhaust pipe

750cc injectors

Tomei poncam camshafts

and a retune

video

http://s1160.photobucket.com/albums/q494/r33huntme/?action=view&current=stagea002.mp4

[scotty nm35]

Spent an hour or three pull off bits to get down to the knock sensor in the V of the block in my ARX. Computer attached to car to diagnose why it was running very rich and had retarded timimg came back with - "faulty knock sensor". Was assured by mechanic it was definitely faulty not a loose or otherwise bad connection.

Have a look at the attachment and you will see a nest made of firewall material and chewed conductors. The mouse trap is artistic licence.

Thanks to Scott I found my way down to the problem and now know a bit more about how it is put together. Hope not to have any left over parts when it goes back together tomorrow - once I repair the cable.

Looks like the sheath on the coaxial is cut at the plug end, joining it back should be enough but re shielding it would be best (somehow). Let me know if you want the spare knock cable expressed buddy.

[PN-Mad]

Hahaha... Your not the first, and won't be the last to have a mouse nest in the valley. Pesky buggers.

[C34S2STAG]

Fitted new racks, tie rod ends and lock spacers last night. Worked well just need a good wheel alignment and I'm set for the sa cruise Sunday

[66yostagea]

Hahaha... Your not the first, and won't be the last to have a mouse nest in the valley. Pesky buggers.

My neighbour had a fire in the engine bay of a Camry the nest was built on the exhaust manifold.

[wolverine]

redo

garret 35r turbo

new thicker cooler [unsure of brand]

full 3.5inch stanless turbo back exhaust pipe

750cc injectors

Tomei poncam camshafts

and a retune

video

http://s1160.photobu...t=stagea002.mp4

Have you got a plot with boost. I guess you have 260 deg poncams?

[Old Gregg]

Looks like the sheath on the coaxial is cut at the plug end, joining it back should be enough but re shielding it would be best (somehow). Let me know if you want the spare knock cable expressed buddy.

I didnt open the rest of the cable up enough to see it as coaxial. From what I can tell the black insulated cable is the core. The other seems to be the shield conductor but it is bundled in clear or pale coloured insulation for that last 5cm or so. For that last bit outside the flexible conduit it just looks like 2 insulated conductors, same colours at the other end. You can see a bit of the other conductor left at the plug and the cable

Thanks for the offer I will see how it goes. Only problems may be, the quality of the solder joins as was hard to get the conductors to "tin", and the tolerance of the insulation to the heat. I may have made the cable a few cm longer so that may have a impact as well. Feels like normal again driving, will see how the first tank goes.

Maybe there should be a rodent modifications topic?

[Old Gregg]

My neighbour had a fire in the engine bay of a Camry the nest was built on the exhaust manifold.

My rodent nest was made from a 100mm by 100mm area of the fire wall insulation so at least it couldn't catch fire.

[R33huntme]

Have you got a plot with boost. I guess you have 260 deg poncams?

and yes to the poncams

Edited September 29, 2012 by R33huntme

[Jezboosted]

Installed a oil catchcan and a return flow JJ intercooler this weekend.

Can't go wrong with D1-Spec

Good clearance from manual ac fan

Finished product

[Equilibrise]

Installed a Koyorad full aluminium radiator, two 12'' davies craig thermo's with temp switch and custom aluminium shroud, big trany cooler and transgo shift kit to my M35 ARX over the weekend. Radiator is excellent - thermo's only need to switch on while idling after some time or high temp days every now and then. Radiator is so much more efficient. Transgo kit is absolutely fantastic!

[Commsman]

Installed a Koyorad full aluminium radiator, two 12'' davies craig thermo's with temp switch and custom aluminium shroud, big trany cooler and transgo shift kit to my M35 ARX over the weekend. Radiator is excellent - thermo's only need to switch on while idling after some time or high temp days every now and then. Radiator is so much more efficient. Transgo kit is absolutely fantastic!

Nice! Did you do the Transgo install yourself?

[Jetwreck]

Installed a Koyorad full aluminium radiator, two 12'' davies craig thermo's with temp switch and custom aluminium shroud, big trany cooler and transgo shift kit to my M35 ARX over the weekend. Radiator is excellent - thermo's only need to switch on while idling after some time or high temp days every now and then. Radiator is so much more efficient. Transgo kit is absolutely fantastic!

There's a nice controller on eBay for about $100.

[Daleo]

Had a bit of fun today; started out bleeding some air out of my cooling system, and once I'd finished, dropped the bung for the rear bleed point down the back of the motor.

Ended up having to crawl halfway under the car to fish it out of the rear undertray...

I've also been waiting a week or so for my new HID globes, as one blew. Globes turned up this arvo, so I thought; why not?

Passengers side done, had to pop the airbox out, but no biggy. On to the driver's side, pulled out the coolant recovery bottle; globe changed, but I was using a torch by this stage.

In went the recovery bottle, and straight down went the torch.

Did it drop into the undertray? Nooooooooo; of course not! Hit the undertray, and bounced up and magnetised onto the top of the oil filter...

Had to drop half the undertray in the garage to retrieve it.

TL/DR?

Took 2 simple jobs, and turned them into epic displays of hamfistedness.

Farkin hate cars sometimes.

Edited October 5, 2012 by Daleo

[wolverine]

^^hmm reminds me of changing the battery but dropping the wing nut and having it lodge/wedge itself behind the radiator necessitating loosening the top bolts and lifting the radiator up........but first spent 15mins shaking the undertray and looking everywhere for the bloody thing.

[scotty nm35]

Had a bit of fun today; started out bleeding some air out of my cooling system, and once I'd finished, dropped the bung for the rear bleed point down the back of the motor.

Ended up having to crawl halfway under the car to fish it out of the rear undertray...

Lucky mate, I dropped mine in between the heatshield and the exhaust manifold, I had to leave it there.

I now have a ball valve at the bleed point, it makes purging the air simple with a funnel screwed in.

[Daleo]

Lucky mate, I dropped mine in between the heatshield and the exhaust manifold, I had to leave it there.

I now have a ball valve at the bleed point, it makes purging the air simple with a funnel screwed in.

Originally, that's where I thought it had gone; much swearing was done.

I saw pics of your setup; do you find the branch into the rear of the block simplifies bleeding?

Feel like making one for me? Price?

[PN-Mad]

Hahaha... Number of times I've been saved by one of those extendable magnets when dropping stuff. Best tool for oafs.

One I couldn't find on the shitbox, was a tps clip. Sprung off never to see again. In that case cable ties ftw.

[wolverine]

yes but imagine your magnet has a width of 'x' and 'y' is equal to a few microns

the space it falls into will always be x - y hence rendering your magnet completely but tantalisingly useless.

[PN-Mad]

Lol. Understand the sentiment. Also, lost part is also frequently plastic.

Fffuuuuuuu