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is it the one Slash was selling at the autojumble last year?
i did get it off slash. wondered if it would fit the mk3 and wouldnt so i just kept it in the garage.
brings back memories of the old gte track car i had, looks good mate!
As the GTE is now off the road 'till April, now is the time to do a few jobs. I haven't run it for ages, probably over a month and I gave the battery to my brother to get him out of a jam. I brought his battery back and charged it and seem to hold it. Stuck it on today and the GTE roared into life after 3 whirs instead of the usual 2. Not bad at all. I turned it around so the front is facing the bench in the garage and let it run till the fan came on a couple of time. No problems.
Next my plan is to take the inlet off and clean it all up and inspect any joining faces. This is because it runs 99% fine, but maybe a little uneven at idle and a little hesitant when driving it from cold. I'll see about getting the injectors cleaned out, or maybe buy a set already done.
So, inlet off:
Behind engine reference shot:
No surprises here, it's all pretty straight forward and comes apart logically. A split in the large breather hose needs to be sorted. Quite pleased at the room and access to everything.
Rusty, the previous owner (bless him) obviously took the inlet off when he replaced the head gasket a few years ago. It was in the gutter and obviously not a nice job. I noticed he's had a quick clean of the inlet mating surface of the head, but not so thorough a job in the inlet itself. The old green gasket came off complete, but leaving quite a large lump of the old black gasket on the inlet:
I don't think it was any problem, that's the water channels and it's never leaked, but something I can sort anyway.
They're there, in their room.
I have a inlet gasket you can have.
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
Hmmm what do you know, missed a bit lmao
lmao Never mind, I'd have taken it to bits anyway!
They're there, in their room.
Set of cleaned xe injectors here if you want,but I've done a couple of hundred on them and they have been sitting
Nice to see she's getting some attention again Dan.
it's a C20XE not a fookin Redtop FFS
Love it, I remember helping Mike take the inlet off his GTE many years ago, so much room just fiddly bolts underneath the manifold.
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The nuts I found pretty easy with a wobbly extension and in some places a UJ, same with the 1.8
Got a bit more done yesterday. Secured new nuts and studs (thanks Benn) so I thought I'd run a M8 tap down all the holes. Nothing is as nice as turning a screw in a freshly tapped hole (except for things that are nicer).
New studs wound in after a clean up of the mating surface. Oooh it was nice.
Next was a clean up of the inlet face. I also ran a M6 tap down any hole I could find, for completeness.
I found this battery terminal brush perfect for removing the smeg in the injector holes:
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To:
Inlet back on with ICV replumbed.
Can't do much more till the injectors are fitted. I'm looking into sending these away soon to be ultrasonically cleaned and that.
In the stores I found a much nicer condition air box to AFM pipe. Mine had been ripped like that by none-other than a Vauxhall 'technician' when he totally failed to fit my cam belt properly.
And some slightly better condition alternator mounting bushes:
Thanks to Peter and his bargain hungry fingers, I have a brand new GM doughnut pipe from the AFM to SFi box. Lovely!
They're there, in their room.
Nice.
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
Great attention to detial Dan as always expected. I need to get my a tap set, as you say, its satisfying!
Make sure you get a decent set. Some you can see they've been made by 'rolling' the thread, like cheap screws. These tend to have burrs and actually mess the thread up more.
Think mine was £25 from Machine Mart and seems decent quality. You'll pretty much only ever use M6 and M8.
They're there, in their room.
sweeeeeet
I remember the dealer tech/cam belt saga. Pretty shocking they managed to ruin that inlet pipe too.
Agree on tapping threads aswell, a glorious sensation.
it's a C20XE not a fookin Redtop FFS
could of given the inlet manifold a quick wipe over with some carb cleaner ffs
Could OF, even thought about getting it vapour blasted! But then forgot all about it....
They're there, in their room.
Should OF.
....got OFF OF your ass and got it done.Originally Posted by GTE 16v
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Small update. The GTE is out of hibernation and is taxed for 6 months. Refitted the newly serviced injectors. Running wise, they've made next to no difference, but at least I know I gained 4% more flow apparently! Also has new o-rings and pintle filters.
Still amazes me how quick the damn thing is. You can just see how clean the injectors are:
Engine all back together with new SFI doughnut, intake hose and inlet gakset and a brand new GM battery (not shown).
At the spare day I bought an 'everyday' set of genuine mats to save the velour ones for the shows:
The other day Benn and I went for a random roar around the roads behind Portsdown Hill where there's a ford, so we took a pic of course:
Weapon.
They're there, in their room.
Take it round next weekend
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Still looking mint as usual, agreed on the sensation of new threads. I have a couple of questions for you dan, firstly where did you send the injectors dan? i'm looking to get some done myself. Also whats the best way for cleaning the mating surfaces? have tried a few things but always seem to end up scatching them.
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