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by **Paul.P** » Mon 29.01.2007, 22:14

As a matter of interest, i was told this is the same grommit that is used around the petrol filler pipe.

by **paulwatkins** » Mon 29.01.2007, 22:19

Me too please Dave!

1. Ray D ?
2. Dapinky
3. Dave big Ed
4. Christy
5. mickmick
6. Clown feet
7. notright
8. Elvis
9. Sheprob
10. Dico
11. paulwatkins

by **Paul.P** » Mon 29.01.2007, 22:22

dapinky wrote:Another group buy coming on?

Must say Dave, for someone who's only been with us for 4 mnths, your doing rather well ! :lol:

, is it another hobby of yours ? :wink:

by **Dico** » Mon 29.01.2007, 22:26

When are you starting the rear caliper group buy from the stated Dave?

:shock:

by **Paul.P** » Mon 29.01.2007, 22:29

Think Dico means the states Dave, it ok, ive got used to the northern lingo, & how to read it :lol:

by **algirdas** » Mon 29.01.2007, 23:31

Dear Dave:

Please put me down for two of the grommets.

Sincerely,

Algirdas

by **ailwyn** » Mon 29.01.2007, 23:56

1. Ray D ?
2. Dapinky
3. Dave big Ed
4. Christy
5. mickmick
6. Clown feet
7. notright
8. Elvis
9. Sheprob
10. Dico
11. paulwatkins
12. Algirdas x 2
13. Ailwyn

:wink:

by **Rogerf** » Tue 30.01.2007, 00:10

Can you please add me to the list!

Roger

by **ailwyn** » Tue 30.01.2007, 00:12

1. Ray D ?
2. Dapinky
3. Dave big Ed
4. Christy
5. mickmick
6. Clown feet
7. notright
8. Elvis
9. Sheprob
10. Dico
11. paulwatkins
12. Algirdas
13. Algirdas
14. Ailwyn
15. roger_fewtrell

Website · by **theelanman** » Tue 30.01.2007, 00:24

1. Ray D ?
2. Dapinky
3. Dave big Ed
4. Christy
5. mickmick
6. Clown feet
7. notright
8. Elvis
9. Sheprob
10. Dico
11. paulwatkins
12. Algirdas
13. Algirdas
14. Ailwyn
15. roger_fewtrell
16. theelanman

by **Doug** » Tue 30.01.2007, 02:52

Maybe Darren can make one out of CF?

or Brian can CNC an Aluminum one, with a LEC logo on it ??? :-D

by **DeeAitch** » Tue 30.01.2007, 09:35

I bought one of these when I first got my car as the split OE one bugged me every time I opened the bonnet. However I refused to fit it and gave it to someone on here, I forget who :oops:

Perhaps they could post pics before you all jump in. The OE is 3 times the price but IMHO is thin for a reason.

by **mickmick** » Tue 30.01.2007, 11:58

as we are all talking bout the same thing i'll add a question/problem

the pipe in my car that goes thru said rather tatty grommit, whats it supposed to be attached to, cos mine is "floating" and tends to "clunk" when i drive around/change gear etc etc

mick

by **ailwyn** » Tue 30.01.2007, 13:33

Mick,

Are you talking about the pipe that runs from the plenum to the intercooler?

Ailwyn

by **mickmick** » Tue 30.01.2007, 15:35

yes, thats exactly the one.

should it be conected to anything inside the front wing??

by **dapinky** » Tue 30.01.2007, 15:57

Mick,

Yep. :-D

Basically, the air flow runs something like this:-

Atmospheric air (1 bar) goes through the air filter dustbin & along the corrugated hose to the Turbo.
Passing through the turbo it is pressurised to ~1.6 bar, and goes back through the lower pipe (sort of parallel to the corrugated one) and out of sight to the intercooler.

The intercooler is like a radiator / oil cooler thingy with the big hose going into it one end.

As the pressurised air goes through the radiator, it is cooled by airflow (like coolant in the normal radiator), and becomes more dense.

At the other end of the intercooler, it goes into the metal hose which comes back out through the wing (with a nice new grommet!). It then goes through the last big bore rubber (or stainless, or carbon fibre) hose (the one where you fit a ‘dump’ valve – if you have one) to the throttle body where it mixes with petrol and into the engine (simplified version!).

As such, the metal pipe should be attached to the outlet from the intercooler radiator. If it isn’t you’ll have no turbo advantage as the engine is only sucking in atmospheric air!!!!!

by **mickmick** » Tue 30.01.2007, 16:35

soooooooooo

if my tube isnt conected to anything it might be why i dont seem to have as much power as i expect to have and also maybe why my guage only reads to 0.5ish usually

sounds like i'm gonna have to get my wheel arch liner off (after 16 years thats gonna be fun to try)

mick

by **DeeAitch** » Tue 30.01.2007, 17:45

This pipe also has a bracket behind said wheel arch liner which bolts to the chassis. As for getting the liner off good luck

and - shameless punt here- you may like to have a look at my post for new fasteners as I have a load left :cry:

by **Enright** » Tue 30.01.2007, 17:51

There may be a slightly easier way (although I'd advocate freeing up any siezed nuts anyway - you never know when you might really need to gain access). And nice new shiny fasteners are always satisfying!

If you can completely block the lower big hose that goes from the turbo to the intercooler, and remove the top big hose the goes from the metal pipe into the throttle body, then you could pressure test it.

You would do this by trying to blow down it like a trumpet (but without the silly noise - you'll look quite silly enough blowing down your hoses as it is)!

Honestly, that's what I would do.
If it's all properly sealed then you'll be able to feel pressure building up.
If it's not, then you'll hear it hissing and can trace the leak.

by **mickmick** » Tue 30.01.2007, 18:19

well, i think there's def something wrong, as, even after i made sure my timing was spot on, sorted out the high revs problem, i went for a couple of runs to check the performance of the car and found out my 0-60 tims are about 10 seconds and my 0-100 times about 22 seconds

i def got a problem somewhere, meant to be a sports car ffs

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