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alexperkins wrote:You need to try and get a bracket mounted to the strap to stop it vibrating

Also you must put a one way (towards engine) valve on the pipe coming out of the rocker cover that currently is just coiled up or you will lose a good amount of oil. You can snap the one of the factory airbox and join it in with something suitable that will fit the pipe from the engine to resolve it, or get a one way valve like i have listed below

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=non+ ... m270.l1313 one of those with the right diameter will do

thanks Alex, just ordered one, and im just making a bracket now from pieces left over from my central locking kit

Ok so had a day off yesterday and got a bit bored lol and ended up doing this...still unfinished


need to neaten up the paint on the bottles and clean up the slam panel and all the faded black bits.

pic didnt come out great, the 4 bits on the rocker cover are mirror polished

and iv ordered a R8 oil cap too

love it looks bloody awesome mate!

Cheers Alex. I was thinking to get some green hose covers but im thinkin it might be a bit too OTT (as if it isnt a bit lairy already)

any tips on cleaning the hoses and slam panel, i used AG engine and machine cleaner but it wasnt all that

How did you mirror polish the engine mate ?

gregperkins wrote:How did you mirror polish the engine mate ?

was suprisingly easy dude, use some wet n dry sandpaper, start from 400 then 800 then 1200. then get a polishing kit (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165594)
use this after you sand it down, to buff it up all nicely
or just spend a bit more time with sandpaper and go up to higher grades (1500 then 2000)
then use some autosol to clean it up and protect it.

I mirror polished the dishes of my wheels, and this was nowhere near as hard. took me about 10-15 mins with the sandpaper and then 2 mins on each block with the drill bit.

Okay man, thanks i might give that a go Got some autosol and wet and dry in the garage might have a look at that over the weekend hows the air filter?

gregperkins wrote:Okay man, thanks i might give that a go Got some autosol and wet and dry in the garage might have a look at that over the weekend hows the air filter?

yeh give it a go, its worth it, even if you dont want to mirror polish, a bit of sanding makes it look much better/cleaner! the Air filter is sick, im wasting so much petrol to hear the roar.lol....im glad I invested in it CHEERS for that mate! hows yours?

Ha, very different dude.

Looks sweet mind

Godderz23 wrote:Ha, very different dude.

Looks sweet mind

cheers dude!

Its all about the roar

was gonna say something else but its totally left me!

RS_GT wrote:

gregperkins wrote:Okay man, thanks i might give that a go Got some autosol and wet and dry in the garage might have a look at that over the weekend hows the air filter?

yeh give it a go, its worth it, even if you dont want to mirror polish, a bit of sanding makes it look much better/cleaner! the Air filter is sick, im wasting so much petrol to hear the roar.lol....im glad I invested in it CHEERS for that mate! hows yours?

Haha glad to hear it yeh iv noticed my fuel economy has dropped a bit yeh its sweet cheers i love the noise of it

Loving it mate your car keeps getting better and better!

That's mental! Looks cool as!

Very Nice Mate Looks Class!