Project 69!

[Br8n69]

Oops such a late reply
But being lost is the idea Mandy makes the car look angrier and also takes a while to really notice how dirty my brakes get

anyway here's the pic. some suggested i stick a Cadbury / Boost chocolate sticker on it . what do you think?

[Br8n69]

another little update. After Me, Julian and Cris got a bargain at silverstone on the japspeed stand, we manage to bargain 3 sets of oil cooler and relocation kit. im not sure how you properly count how many rows was it, but by my count it looks like a 13 row oil cooler.

But anyway its not as straight forward as i thought it would be. a few issues did came up, the pipes are just a bit too long and it took me almost as long to figure out where to put the relocator plate and the actual cooler itself. but in the end i manage to get them all together without a leak when i first started it. Although, since i got the opened box of all the 3, i think i have some missing bits from the oil filter connector threads as the only one available is an M20 thread, so i ended up using a different filter as oppsed to a normal Jap size of UNF thread fitting. its my fault for not completely checking the kit, but hey, thats what modding is all about

All i could say is, its a great piece of kit. my oil capacity has increased by almost 1.5L and the running temperature is atleast 10 degrees C lower than it used to. from both constant running to traffic . And for the price we payed for it, its another jackpot

Anyway here are the pics

The kit itself,
2 sandwich plate (inc the relocator)
2 long and 1 short S/S braided pipes (my god theyre massive!)
13 row cooler (i think thats how many are they)




I/C removed so it gives me more space to work on without removing the bumper



Teflon and oil seals on all the connector adaptors



and routing all pies through the side panel where the I/C pipes are plumbed in and will be wrapping it with foam/rubber on the ones that fouls anything. as i said, those pipes are damn long




not the most beautiful brackets ever. but hey i made them and it works!!





As it fits to the oil filter housing on the block



Manage to fit the oil filter relocator plate just beside the plenum, and i can just undo 1 nut and i can actually remove the whole plate away from the engine bay upon removing the oil filter!! talking about relocation!! LOL

[julio2906]

Nice work there mate.
Mine wont be going on for a couple of weeks,should be done ready for Japshow.

[Pupsy]

Nice to see the bumper all fixed, though the look of the wheels against the car really doesn't do it for me. As long as you are happy with choccy rims, that's all that matters

[Andy W]

some spiral wrap around those pipes and some edge trim on the sharp bits of the inner wing will stop the pipes from being cut through

[Br8n69]

Nice to see the bumper all fixed, though the look of the wheels against the car really doesn't do it for me. As long as you are happy with choccy rims, that's all that matters

My initial colour of choice was originally black, but ofcourse everyone has it, and the second in line was white, which is by how my brakes spit out dust is an outright no no. and the other choice was in a gold/bronze type, so instead of the most common scooby gold or the rota's dark bronze, i opted for a more oddball colour that is a dark copper. i was hesitant at first ofcourse but when its actually done i was well happy. especially the dirt from the dust isnt quite as apparent as it used to and its actually quite a unique colour for the wheels

some spiral wrap around those pipes and some edge trim on the sharp bits of the inner wing will stop the pipes from being cut through

yeah, will be doing those asap. i mean as soon as the rain stops!! i didnt get to leave work until 9pm last night, i was too knackered to finish them all . i was so relieved that it didnt leak first time i started it