Diary of a GL

civic_chaz · Post by **civic_chaz** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:03 pm

Hi folks,

My brother is looking after the car at the moment and has already got a few things done while at work

Wheel bearing is now fixed but theres possibly another one on its way out!
He's had a bash at panelbeating on the wing and has done a better job than he expected with it so thats a bonus considering i thought it was scrap.

Just a quick question though, we want to drill the airbox but we are unsure how far we need to go with this.

Can anyone help?

Thanks
Chaz

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:28 pm

Sounding good bud

Air box iirc is 10mm dril bit spaced about a 1 cm or 0.5 cm apart all the way round

civic_chaz · Post by **civic_chaz** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:31 pm

So i just need to drill around the outside of the box yeah?

Thanks
Chaz

Ps Hopefully i'll be having Daz's Team dynamics off him so she'll have some new shoes soon

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:37 pm

Yea the bit with the sticker on the top if you know what i mean ?

civic_chaz · Post by **civic_chaz** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:39 pm

Lol i think i do,i tried looking for pics but as ever the search engine sent me on a wild goose chase!

It wont be getting done til sat/sun so i'll wait and see if someone can provide a pic before we start to butcher my car lol

Thanks for the pointers though mate,
Chaz

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:46 pm

here you go mate

wher the yellow scribble is and down the side the oil catch tank is on

foole · Post by **foole** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:57 pm

Hey man

dont you think that with so many large holes it will suck more warm air from the engine bay than from the front? A bit counter productive, more air but warmer, hmmm.. Some holes would be advantageous but too many and the greater the warm air. What you think mate?

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:03 pm

With carbs it doesnt matter that much if it was fue injection you'd probably loose power, but carbs arent really affected by heat so the more air the better.

It will be better explained in the carb tips and trix thread in engine piece

Post by **widowmaker** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:07 pm

Drill that mo-fo

Dyno proven

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:07 pm

Haha young guns out running the old timers

Although not very well explained by me haha

civic_chaz · Post by **civic_chaz** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:09 pm

wicked man,thanks for the pic.

Your engine bays alot more interesting than mine

haha

Fooles my brother btw (the guy thats actually doing all this work i speak of lol)

Cheers for all the help

Wicked place is this

Chaz

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:12 pm

No problem bud

Hah thanks should be more interesting soon

your slave labourer then

civic_chaz · Post by **civic_chaz** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:17 pm

walsh123 wrote:No problem bud

Hah thanks should be more interesting soon

your slave labourer then

aha didnt want to put it so blunty but.....

Nahh im only joking,this man is my mechanical guru

Slowly but surely he's teaching me all i need to know, weve got our work cut out for the next few months though,i think we'll both be learning a lot from the GL

God these cars are so much fun

civic_chaz · Post by **civic_chaz** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:19 pm

cryz2 wrote:its always good to ask ,

thats what the forums about !!!!

Right you are!
In general this is a very friendly place.
A mate of mine has a DC2 and is on the itr-dc2 forum and ive found that people on there are so elitist. You ask for help and people just take the piss.

All the more reason to go 4g

Peace

Post by **walsh123** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:21 pm

haha sounds good man

Should be a nice Gl when its done.

Gl's are great cars tonnes of fun to drive easy to work on and cheap to maintain