Plot twist - she stays.
Yep, the car in short is now staying. Had enough of messers asking about the car or saying they are coming to see it, only to be told they don't have the money the night before I have planned for them to come see it. I can't be a$$ed with it and the car has needed some tlc so I've decided to do what's best for the car and keep her, then get it back to where I want it.
So what's been happening, well I swapped seats with DK as he's always wanted the Konigs. They couldn't have gone to a better home.
And these are now in mine.
Some small boost leaks have been sorted, first one was the t-piece under the inlet manifold which decided to snap where it goes off to the manifold while going down the motorway
Gave the rest of the hoses in the bay a check over for tightness aswell.
Newer tougher t-piece went in.
Next was a tear where this small hose onto the top of the throttle body goes. I put it down to me overtightening so a new one was cut and installed, all sorted.
The car has felt a bit hesitant from cold and I felt it was running rough which pointed at the CTS playing up. I had a green one fitted but it wasn't a genuine one and from ebay a few years ago... so I emailed Dave at Sere Motors and got a genuine green one ordered which arrived real quickly. Fitted it yesterday and she feels silky smooth again. So take note guys, just cos it's green doesn't mean it's going to last forever if it's from ebay at least...
And last of all some of you know I sold off my jabba heatshield and filter setup due to the selling plans, well since deciding to keep the car I went and got a new setup, a Ramair shield and filter, all comes as a kit. The airbox with pipercross filter felt pretty good but higher up the gears I felt the box was choking it a bit, and the Ramair has certainly got her breathing better again at top end WOT
Plans for now? Keep working at it to get it where I want it. I want to raise it for a better ride/handling purposes, and get the cambelt/waterpump/stat done again as it's not far off being due now.
Potential future mods? Yeah there is some in the pipeline which can keep me from getting bored..
Long term if I am going to keep it that long? Engine rebuild 100%... and BT setup likely.
It's nice to be back.
Yep, the car in short is now staying. Had enough of messers asking about the car or saying they are coming to see it, only to be told they don't have the money the night before I have planned for them to come see it. I can't be a$$ed with it and the car has needed some tlc so I've decided to do what's best for the car and keep her, then get it back to where I want it.
So what's been happening, well I swapped seats with DK as he's always wanted the Konigs. They couldn't have gone to a better home.
And these are now in mine.
Some small boost leaks have been sorted, first one was the t-piece under the inlet manifold which decided to snap where it goes off to the manifold while going down the motorway
Gave the rest of the hoses in the bay a check over for tightness aswell.
Newer tougher t-piece went in.
Next was a tear where this small hose onto the top of the throttle body goes. I put it down to me overtightening so a new one was cut and installed, all sorted.
The car has felt a bit hesitant from cold and I felt it was running rough which pointed at the CTS playing up. I had a green one fitted but it wasn't a genuine one and from ebay a few years ago... so I emailed Dave at Sere Motors and got a genuine green one ordered which arrived real quickly. Fitted it yesterday and she feels silky smooth again. So take note guys, just cos it's green doesn't mean it's going to last forever if it's from ebay at least...
And last of all some of you know I sold off my jabba heatshield and filter setup due to the selling plans, well since deciding to keep the car I went and got a new setup, a Ramair shield and filter, all comes as a kit. The airbox with pipercross filter felt pretty good but higher up the gears I felt the box was choking it a bit, and the Ramair has certainly got her breathing better again at top end WOT
Plans for now? Keep working at it to get it where I want it. I want to raise it for a better ride/handling purposes, and get the cambelt/waterpump/stat done again as it's not far off being due now.
Potential future mods? Yeah there is some in the pipeline which can keep me from getting bored..
Long term if I am going to keep it that long? Engine rebuild 100%... and BT setup likely.
It's nice to be back.
Woohoo got my wing man back 
Oh well, hopefully that fixes it anyway.
