Service
Service time! New oil - fully synthetic ester Managed to avoid spilling anything on the ground for a change! Being able to take the side off the engine bay really...
New 6 speed gearbox
The current clutch slave is about to pop, the mechanism for moving the clutch in and out appear to be overly stressing the hydraulic components. As I’ll need to take...
New Optima yellow top battery fitted
Bonnet (hood!) off in Roadkill tradition, but to change the battery, not overheating ;) The old bosch has taken too much abuse over the years and doesn't hold it's charge...
MTX-L Calibration
Calibrated the sensor today on the bench. Important note - the big plastic plug that you connect to the sensor has a little plastic tab which stops the plug coming...
New Toy – Innovate MTX-L wide band lambda sensor and gauge
Arrived today an Innovate MTX-L lambda sensor plus gauge. Also has outputs for after market ECU.. This will allow me to monitor and log via a laptop the air fuel...
Exhaust Hanger Mark 2
Mark 2 exhaust hangers, these use the rubber mounts from a BMW 840Ci Sport. There is 3mm steel plate than connects the exhaust boxes to the hangers. A new bolt...
ITB’s continue
A bit more progress today in preparation so the manifold can be completed. I couldn't quite run the pipes at the same angle as the holes in the head due...
ITB Idle Control
I've been research idle control on these. The GSXR has a manual fast idle lever on the bar. Some people have experimented with a stepper motor to control this, but...
ITB’s continue
Two sets of ITB's give you 4 bolts to screw them together - not long enough for 6 throttles. The solution is to chop the thread off two of them...
ITB Project
Another project dreamed up during a cold, wet winter not driving: Two sets of these GSXR 600 K3 throttle bodies: An spare M20B25 intake manifold A number of hours with ...
Exhaust valve project
The exhaust on the car is a tad noisy when all 4 holes are open so we've been running around with one hole on each side plugged. We've been looking...
Cool Runnings
What seemed like a big fan is actually quite small! They've done a nice job on the welding, here the inlet and small pipe back to the header tank. Outlet...
Oil unions
Oil unions. Need a 90 degree bend which nobody seemed to make so the solution was to use a 90 + connector + straight.
New Radiator Fitting
First test fit of the new radiator [Ace Ventura]Like a glove[/Ace Ventura] the fit is pretty much spot on, just needs a small notch in the mounting metal to clear...
A few new bits
Swapped the alternator out today as the old one was showing signs of failing. New one charges properly at 14v. Replaced the blue temp sensor in the hopes of fixing...
Subtle
Due to some over heating issues we decided to upgrade the radiator, here's some photo's comparing the new rad to a 325i face lift rad which is a tad bigger...
Temp Sensor
The reason the temp sensor was not working is that the bigger bit at the end that does the sensing had fallen off! Doh. New sensor from CBS looks a...
Engine in
Rear cover plated attached to block, sump bolted on and the flywheel on read to be bolted. The bolts need to be tightend up in a specific order and covered...
Head on block
Final clean up and degrease of the head. Mmm shiny! Also double check that the cam pulley is turned to the timing mark on the head. Belt tensioner now also...
Bottom end assembly
2.8 crank installed in the block with new bearings, bolts are torqued up. Crank spacer in place Many hours later all the pistons are installed with new bearings, all moving...
Parts!
New parts! Conrod bolts, main bearing shells, big end shells, water pump, cam belt and piston rings.