mikehealy5's GT progress thread (plenty pics)

[flowerpowerdave]

great zorst!!!!!!!!!!!, going to get Longlife in Hoole to remove my backbox n fit tips to mine, love the lights.

 

[mikehealy5]

cheers! I hope you like yours when you get it done! im very much loving mine! lol

 

[Beany-08GT]

loving the twingo work you've done.. given me afew ideas so thanks...

 

[mikehealy5]

loving the twingo work you've done.. given me afew ideas so thanks...

cheers mate! good luck with your mods.

if you need any questions answering dnt be afraid to ask

 

[Beany-08GT]

haha I'm sure I will at some point.. thanks for the opportunity to ask..

 

[mikehealy5]

got a bit bored last week so i ordered some yellow silicone hoses to tart up the engine bay, this how it ended up..........






i really want to spray the boost pipe yellow but im not to sure how i can take it off as it looks like its plastic welded on at one end.
has anyone ever removed this part before???

 

[mikehealy5]

just on small update on the induction side. my old filter was getting a bit tired so it was time to buy a new one. after much thought I bought the ASH twin cone filter as I liked the looks and didnt want the standard setup. when it arrived I though jesus its a bit big. lol but ASH had told me id be better with this filter instead of a single cone maily due to the fact I have a fmic so engine soak wouldn't be a massive issue. The filter wouldn't fit where I had my old one so it had to be moved. all I need to buy now is a heat shield to help prevent soak. here are a few pics.

 

[mikehealy5]

also I as some of you know o bought an RS cup spoiler the other day and will be painting it sometime next week. its going to be a little different so keep your eyes peeled

 

[133_Ads]

Mike, get the gt up to the unit one night next week we can have a look at sorting that filter out properly

 

[BlackTwingo-i]

Starting to look abit 'jjay' style there mike

Spoiler will look sick.. When we all going unit then?

 

[133_Ads]

Who said you were coming :roll:

Next week sometime

 

[mikehealy5]

oh I know.lol it needs trimming and the caf sorting. that would be a great idea mate cheers. im goning to get alloy pipes for it to sort it out.

 

[mikehealy5]

its a tad tight in that there engine bay so need to have a look at repositioning some how.

 

[133_Ads]

Bumper off, attach to end of intercooler :roll:

 

[mikehealy5]

Bumper off, attach to end of intercooler :roll:

that could work. never done that before but its worth looking into.

 

[133_Ads]

Bumper off, attach to end of intercooler :roll:

that could work. never done that before but its worth looking into.

I didn't mention re-attaching the bumper :roll:

 

[mikehealy5]

Haha think il want it back on. might be able to route a hose up into the engine bay.

 

[Beany-08GT]

thats one mighty fine looking engine bay...

where did you get the hoses from?? i've noticed Ktec have some for sale on their website?

Unsure on the plastic boost pipe, i looked into having this coloured but from the front it doesnt seem difficult to remove!! let me know if you solve it!

 

[mikehealy5]

yeah the front half is just a very tight clip that pings off. the problem I had was the clip is under so much pressure you cant get it back on so I had to jubilee clip it. It's the other side of that pipe I cant get off near the fire wall. I looks like its melted on ( plastic welded).

the hoses I bought from auto sillcone hoses (Ash) but like any other decent sillcone supplier they tend not to stock large sizes in yellow.

 

[singlespeed]

Bumper off, attach to end of intercooler :roll:

that could work. never done that before but its worth looking into.

Erm. If the filter was attached to the intercooler, what would the intake side of the turbo be doing :?