a98pmalcolm Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 looking great mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) Moving on! Ok this week I thought I'd attempt to fit the FFIM! Here is a picture of the old NA inlet: So I done a trial fit of the ffim to see it it would fit and all is good: As you can see it looks Dam ugly with all them wires and connectors running over the top of the runners! so I was told I could run them under, so I started to strip all plastics off to try and give me more length. It's still abit tight and I could really do with abit more slack to be honest but it looks like it might just work It looks alot cleaner with them under! Oh! And a big thanks to the guys that helped me out in my other thread about fitting this thing! David p, hodge, and there where a few others! Edited June 9, 2012 by FOSTA (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Ps : it's not fitted its was just trail fitted to see what it would look like! It still needs alot of work and a tidy up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Just noticed there, when you fit the TT cam covers where you going to feed the HT leads. The N/A covers have a recess for them to fit in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Just noticed there, when you fit the TT cam covers where you going to feed the HT leads. The N/A covers have a recess for them to fit in . Like this bud untill I get coil packs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 What a cool idea. Great find that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Nice work mate. What did you use to wrap the wires up? Looks like some kind of fabric tape. (Excuse me if I'm wrong I'm viewing this off my phone lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Nice work mate. What did you use to wrap the wires up? Looks like some kind of fabric tape. (Excuse me if I'm wrong I'm viewing this off my phone lol) Hi mate, yep it's loom tape mate Aka scapa or coroplast. If you type in loom tape on eBay it will appear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 thats looking crackin now mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Just talking about this thread there reminded me to update it Started to finish off the cam covers. When they turned up ( got a fantastic deal on them from tkdave3 ) thanks pal Got some -an10 fittings welded on: Smoothed the welds: Started to polish: Put it together to see what it looked like: Another bargain from tkdave3, TRD oil cap Cleaned and painted throttle body: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra N_A Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Reason: Off topic as supra NA was childish YOU BIG TART! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 thats looking crackin now mate Cheers bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slicknick Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Looks great mate, keep the updates coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iky Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Love the cam covers! Great skills you got there chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 looking great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I'm finding this quite inspirational. Might have to do some tidying myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I'm finding this quite inspirational. Might have to do some tidying myself. +1 i like threads like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin.starr Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 +1 i like threads like this Me too, Gonna have to do mine when i take the engine out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Cheers lads A parcel turned up today, I had some custom 3mm inlet gaskets made up from 3mm reinforced carbon slate. Its quite soft so I'm hoping that once my inlet has had the face skimmed this gasket should make a nice seal (just incase it was still slightly out by 0.5mm or somthing). And I'm not sure about this one but I'm also hoping with them being 3mm thick and made from carbon, that it might work as a thermal gasket, helping keep inlet temps down as it might reduce temps from the head passing through into the inlet? Here is a picture so you can see the differance between the thin steel gasket and the 3mm carbon slate: Yeah I had 10 made up as it was the same price as having one made lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbuddy Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 awesome work mate!! loving the cam covers and white combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Your project is coming along nicely and thank you for the thank you, but please don't trust that jack without an axle-stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOSTA Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Ok I have finally got my FFIM back from the engineers, As some of you will know the face of the FFIM was badly warped! So after some advice on here I got the face skimmed and from what I can see it all looks pritty stright now I will try and get this fitted this weekend and keep yous posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 looks lovely. should fit now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Nice work! Really starting to take shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Sweet! looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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