Mark's 316 M52/2.8 + Cat cams & Jenvey ITB's

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:38 am

Finally recieved the confirmation that my car goes in for the new exhaust on the 12/10 so only a week or so to go.

As others have said, Janspeed are a waste of time. Shame really as they used to be a good company with a great reputation. Not any more though.

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:17 pm

who are you getting the exhaust done with then?

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:40 pm

RetroBeemer wrote:Finally recieved the confirmation that my car goes in for the new exhaust on the 12/10 so only a week or so to go.

As others have said, Janspeed are a waste of time. Shame really as they used to be a good company with a great reputation. Not any more though.

Well mark i did mention they messed about with a mate... do you have their number by anychance, i need a quote on a nissan micra (of the shelf) exhaust are available, but wanna see their price if it differs to performance parts shop..

Cheers

j

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:25 pm

Yeah, I know Jimmy. I just can't be arsed to wait about on the off chance. These guys were bang on and if you look at their website you can see the sort of stuff they do. If I'm honest, I think they're likely to be quite a bit more expensive than the off the shelf stores but you never know till you ask.

lemonayd · Post by **lemonayd** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:28 pm

Hi mark, you say can't afford fully synthetic for the car but I would have thought that single most important upgrade to a car is using agood quality oil.
Just my pennies worth

....aydin

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:13 pm

I've heard so many different things when it come's to which oil that am just unsure which is best?
Mobil1 was the obvious choice although my own experience of it in my old RS2000 wasn't a good one.
I know most engine wear occurs on start up from cold but when it gets to the decent mid ranged oil is there really much benefit in opting for the much more expensive?
Just interested to know what oils the rest of you use and will probably just opt for the most popular.

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:51 pm

Mark, no point at all putting synthetic mobil 1 0w oil unless you know your car has been rebuilt, pistons rings and nut and bolt, when i rebuilt my engine the block was in bits - crankshaft, bearings, crank seals i mean it was like lego and i rebuikt it completely with everything new!!! including the head, new vales, rockers, schrick cam and double springs.. then i used the mobile 1 oil and slolwy resorted to magnatec semi which is good shit, but if you dont know the history of your engine i wouldnt take chances with synthetic cos if the mileage of your engine ... it can burn oil as mobile 1 0w is like water..... stick to castrol GTX which all rounder is good!!!!

j

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:07 pm

Halfords were selling regular Mobil engine oil for £15 for 5 litres so that's what I opted for. Spent the past twenty minutes doing an oil change and having a look at the windscreen wiper linkage with a view to doing the single wiper conversion.

I think that I am going to remove the pivot arm from the wiper motor and either hunt for a longer one or possibly extend another standard one? I'm thinking that if I slot the arm I can slide it along till I get the correct increase in sweep? I think that should work anyway?
I'm also looking for a wiper that looks a little more substantial than the original and also looks a little more trick too. New Golfs have quite nice looking wipers and the one from a rear tailgate is also more angled which could be an advantage?

I also changed the brake and clutch fluid for DOT 5 stuff. Very tedious job but at least I now know the fluid is clean & fresh. Along with that I drained and re-filled the coolant with anti-freeze. Mainly because I wanted to be sure it was as it should be now that winter is coming. I also plan to change the fluid in the LSD but that will have to wait till the end of the month.

Got pulled up by the Police in Ladbroke Grove yesterday.

Well embarrassed and I had Claire in the car too. Police were loving the negative camber on the back and just wanted to have a look. They said my number plates are illegal but as they look good they let me off!

Priceless.

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:32 pm

mark, mobile 0w comes in 4 liters only for something stupid like 40 quid then further 10 quid for an extra liter in bottle which i have to get also... rediculous prices.... keep a spare set of correct number plates in the boot and tell them you were in a car show last night and had forgotten to change the plates ove.. blah blah blah - sorry it wont happen again e.t.c. and look innocent, if they ask you to drop your pants do it with a smile on your face pain or no pain..... i wouldnt do that myself but some people would

J

Mobster · Post by **Mobster** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:49 pm

or be brave and tell them to go f*** themselves !!!!

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:16 pm

Been looking at what system I want them to fit next week. Thinking something like this might be sweet.

I want to try and find a 6 series rear seat or possibly might just remove the rear seat all together and panel it out in aluminium.

cobbler2u · Post by **cobbler2u** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:02 pm

whos making the system and how much. Looks good

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:10 pm

This isn't my actual system - just one that I would like to mimic. However, I am also thinking of straight 3'' centre pipe sections running to twin silencers with 2.75'' tailpipes.

The guys that are doing my car next Wednesday are -

www.christullettexhausts.com

Each system they do is bespoke so means they would need to see your car but I think a regular system is around £600 plus once you add VAT.

I'll know more next week and post photos etc. My car should be back either Thursday night or Friday morning.

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:20 pm

Good idea, cut out the middle box and have a striaght pipe only going to the two back boxes and sorted, maximum power to the hordes!!

J

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:43 pm

I think that's the way I'm going to go. Hopefully it won't be to loud either still having 2 silencer boxes. It'll give me more clearance to as its that centre box thats hitting speed humps.