A9 CVC - My EE9 2.0i-VT - Now with 243hp B20

Oldskool J-EDM · Post by **Oldskool J-EDM** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:04 am

Autoglym metal polish

WELLZ · Post by **WELLZ** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:27 pm

Yeh looks nice Ian! Didnt realise the name change!

Marc_VT wrote:cool, ur rad arrived!! should fit no probs unless u have a deep manifold
did u get a cap for it as well, i dont think oem ones fit

is the bonnet ok??

Yeh, you will have to buy an ITR one, as the VT one is too small!

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:23 pm

WELLZ wrote:Yeh, you will have to buy an ITR one, as the VT one is too small!

Nope, the VT one fits just great.

Shes starting to look great now, I'm really pleased with the work the shop has done, I am going over to help tomorrow and hopefully it will all be done by tomorrow night.

Thats as long as everthing fits OK, like the Radiator and stuff.

I'll try and take some photos tomorrow.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:30 pm

cool, glad to hear its getting sorted

cant wait for the pics!!

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:46 am

Shes Back

Got her finished today after a long long day of hard work.

Shes looking great too, the pictures came out really bad probably due to the lighting but you can probably still get an idea. I will take more once the weather dries up and I can give her another wash and finish cleaning the bay.

Koyo Radiator
It looks really good (what do you think?) and probably cools really well but my advice to anyone thinking of getting one is don't, it was a nightmare trying to get it to fit and I had to resort to a lot of doctoring. Prob spent two hours working on it. I had to cut off all the parts at the bottom of the radiator, I then had to cut part off my brand new Front panel, cut a bit off part of the crossmember and bend other parts of it inwards. Next was trying to get the brakets to fit. And finally to top it all off the hoses are to big for the connection.

More Woes
I had her started to bleed the radiator and she started fine and got to temp, switched off, finished up, then started and moved outside for a wash. When I went to start her again she was bad, didn't want to idle, kept cutting out when you gave it a bit of gas. In the end it wouldn't even start, it just turned over. I was baffled couldn't work out what was wrong and it wasn't showing any ecu codes. I had to get her towed home, after 20 mins of checking everything it turned out it was just that the battery did not have enouth charge (although it managed to power sidelights, hazards and wipers ok on the tow home), after 3 mins on the charger I tryed her again and haven't had a problem since.

The Pics
Shes not cleaned or polished in these photos but they are all I have

More photos to follow asap. Its soooo good to be driving it again.

I was also eyeing up a rather nice Evo while I was in, what a beast its going to be!!! Its fully stripped out atm but it has an awesome widebody kit, carbon roof, full roll cage, carbon spoiler, mad wheels and a fancy lightweight bonnet. Its also got a 650HP engine just built for her which is going in in a couple of weeks.

I think it looks far better when you see it with your own eyes.

I love the roof, I want one

The tires are stupid wide, I'd say getting on for twice the width of a vt's. Although they don't look wide in the photos. I can't remember but I think they are 20's aswell.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:33 am

wicked!
looks sorted now

tjgrew · Post by **tjgrew** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:37 am

Wow, she looks awesome!!

Post by **Adam** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:24 pm

Very nice mate!

And big respect for sticking with it after the bump!

WELLZ · Post by **WELLZ** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:47 pm

Looking really good dude!

Hope i was some help!

Post by **dida4g** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:20 pm

Adam wrote:Very nice mate!

And big respect for sticking with it after the bump!

What he said,
Good job.

nick_civic · Post by **nick_civic** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:29 pm

bump?

i must av missed sumtin.

wot happened y0?

Post by **Gizmo** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:31 pm

sheraz · Post by **sheraz** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:39 pm

ian did the rad fit striaght in with out any problems or do u have to mod it to fit

Post by **dida4g** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:48 pm

sheraz wrote:ian did the rad fit striaght in with out any problems or do u have to mod it to fit

EE9 CVC wrote: Koyo Radiator
It looks really good (what do you think?) and probably cools really well but my advice to anyone thinking of getting one is don't, it was a nightmare trying to get it to fit and I had to resort to a lot of doctoring. Prob spent two hours working on it. I had to cut off all the parts at the bottom of the radiator, I then had to cut part off my brand new Front panel, cut a bit off part of the crossmember and bend other parts of it inwards. Next was trying to get the brakets to fit. And finally to top it all off the hoses are to big for the connection.

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:49 pm

Thanks for the good comments

I can't believe how good she looks, I am glad I went to a top bodyshop and didn't get some chepo Job done, He did a show finish on the bonnet and it looks simply amazing.

Adam wrote:And big respect for sticking with it after the bump!

I didn't have much choice really, after the amount I have spent on her this was the best option, Also I wasn't ready to let her go, I feel a bit like the guy in Wangan Midnight.

WELLZ wrote:Hope i was some help!

Yes, thanks, you were, at least I knew I had to cut the lower front panel after talking to you.

nick_civic wrote:bump?

i must av missed sumtin.

wot happened y0?

Yeah, start from page 10

sheraz wrote:ian did the rad fit striaght in with out any problems or do u have to mod it to fit

Its all in my above post in detail, have a look there.

4GUK

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