Luke's Panda ED7 Extreme Offset Steels Update

[Gizmo]

Those eBay VR6 splitters are junk. Think i went through 4 in like 2 months last year. Thats why i spent the extra on a power Civic Poly one!

[LukeReg9]

Yeah it's seemed really brittle just shattered, seen some universal rubber ones on us eBay going to take a chance on a length of that and try and make a rear one too

[LukeReg9]

Really dont update this enough and always forget to take pictures when doing things...

Changed my indicators and side markers back to clear yesterday untill i can find some proper amber ones as i couldnt stand the pale orange
Managed to get holf another mk3 front splitter and got a vt rear lip off my mate rich

[LukeReg9]

finally got round to upgrading my door speakers today, £30 well spent

[LukeReg9]

Picked up a spare d16a9 from Ben on Saturday as I have had a bad feeling about mine ever since dyno day and wanted to spend some time cleaning and painting it to a decent standard.

Later that day this happened, again.

[zakflip]

ouch!

[evalex]

Feck..that's a bummer man All the A9's seem to be dying out now.. i know 4 people whose A9 went out in the past 3 months

[Ben_theEFking]

Feck..that's a bummer man All the A9's seem to be dying out now.. i know 4 people whose A9 went out in the past 3 months

Oil pump failure is usually the case. Seems to be a weak point on the A9's especially if they have been sat for a while!

[Gizmo]

A9's have the strongest best D Series Pump.

[griffo20022]

Thats a right bummer dude! Luckily youve got the other engine! Just means you might not be able to spend the time you wanted to on it before dropping it in!

[LukeReg9]

Thats a right bummer dude! Luckily youve got the other engine! Just means you might not be able to spend the time you wanted to on it before dropping it in!

Yeah probably just gonna be a case of chucking it straight in again and trying to find another one instead

[evalex]

Feck..that's a bummer man All the A9's seem to be dying out now.. i know 4 people whose A9 went out in the past 3 months

Oil pump failure is usually the case. Seems to be a weak point on the A9's especially if they have been sat for a while!

It was the case of crank bearing failure in all 4 engines that i know of.. All have been running very very well for quite a while

[johnsonca9]

Naa, I reckon some gaffer tape and black paint on top, and nobody would ever know

In all seriousness dude, that is a bummer. You could clean and paint the other engine in a day though, just means you won't be able to refresh anything on it if you don't have the time.


On a side note, I managed to drive a Mazda 323 that was like that for 25 miles home. I didn't even cradle it home because it was going to be scrapped, so was doing 50-60mph. Sounded like a fighter plane as I was driving lol.

[Ben_theEFking]

A9's have the strongest best D Series Pump.

Bollocks. In all the ones I know of failing it has been a case of the oil light flickering on before engine failure indicationg a loss in oil pressure. First thing to go would naturally be the bottom end. Usually damages the shells and ruins the crank. I've seen 3 fail and this has always been the case.

[rallyeluke]

sorry to hear about your engine man ;( I dont know how you boys do it though?? how many miles was on the lump? and how often did you change the oil in it? I change my oil generally around 1500 miles each time