R1PPU's EJ9 Build Up


Adjusted the belts up tight enough ?

New exhaust looks good mate, think I need to get mine up when I take the old heat wrap off and get it adjusted a bit.

Still got to sort you out a box of loctite when I'm back up the road !
 
Yeah dude, its not a belt squeak! I think its the CV tbh, i found some grease on the inside of the wheel tonight. Gonna get Andrew to look at i on Wednesday when im through, dont have time to sort the shaft tomorrow properly because of uni. Might just jack it up and see if i can pump some grease into it though.

Yeah, his work's really good mate, you wont regret it!

That'd be awesome! If you have any copper grease kicking about too, that would be great, but no worries if not, i'll just get some from work :)
 
Back up next week mate, got it running ok just need to get the timing light on it when I get home.

Copper grease is the only one I can't get bud, funnily the only stuff I have is halfords own brand ha ha.
 
exhaust looks superb mate :) will be good to catch up at the meet
 
dhdavectr said:
Back up next week mate, got it running ok just need to get the timing light on it when I get home.

Copper grease is the only one I can't get bud, funnily the only stuff I have is halfords own brand ha ha.
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Ah cool man, good to hear its fixed :) What was it in the end?

Haha, no worries man!

Deans96r said:
exhaust looks superb mate :) will be good to catch up at the meet
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Cheers mate, yeah im looking forward to it, be good to catching up with everyone :)
 
Full of updates this month :nerv:

It started off last time i got my tracking done, the guy at CLCM said that my front wheels were running unequal camber. After speaking to Andrew Baird at Automek (legend), he advised me to change my front lower arms. Then after getting a few knocking noises coming from my suspension, we noticed that the bushes in my existing lower arms were goosed, so that got my backside into gear.

Dean96r (another legend) on here bought my gear knob off me, and we got talking about the lower arms, and he just so happened to have a set off Adam's old shell that were in fantastic condition for 12 year old arms. Long story short, he gave me them for free. Best guy :nice: Got a good deal on a set of Hardrace bushes for them, so went for them! That was thanks to Frodo on here.

While we were looking at the bushes, we noticed the droplinks were the original ones, and they looked a bit worse for wear. The boot on one of the track rod ends was split, so they were another thing going on the list. Also, the shifter bushes were quite spongey, and starting to deteriorate, so yeah...

ANYWAY, here are some pictures...

The bushes
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The arms that Dean gave me
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Decided to give them a lick of paint
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Everything waiting to go on
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When all the above stuff was getting changed, the CV joint, boot and the drivers side ball joint was also replaced. The boot had come loose and the CV joint had run dry, causing it to **** itself. The ball joint was just worn haha.

So basically, all my front suspension bar the shocks and springs themselves were replaced haha. So the geometry needed to be set. I've always wanted to give it a shot myself...so i did. My and my mate Jamie spent the night on it last night, and set it all up! Its driving perfectly now, running 0 degrees toe as i like the feel of that. And the steering wheel's straight, something that CLCM couldnt manage on my car for some reason.

More pics
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Aaaaand thats it for now. I have a plan for the wheels when the weather gets better. Well done if you managed to read all of this haha.

Big thanks to Andrew, Dean, Frodo (John), Jamie and Greg for all the help they've given me :nice:
 
Someone's been busy ha ha ! Think you've inspired me to get myself into gear and get these odd jobs sorted out !

Big difference with the handling now ?
 
Haha, between the civic and my mates 182, I think this is my first day off involving working on a car in weeks! Although I'll be fixing my mum's punto tomorrow :( Nice to have a car thats not making any dodgey noises though!

Only thing left to do is paint the wheels and fix the torque mounts, but they can wait for a bit.

Yeah, it feels great! SO much tighter, and loads more feedback through the wheels. It's an amazing difference!
 
Yeah man! Its better than when the guy at CLCM did it too, the steering wheel isnt squint. Bring your car over and i'll happily do it haha.
 
READ IT! and what a bloody palava man couldnt be arsed but its always the same one thing goes wrong then it all bloody goes wrong lmao :)
 
Haha, tell me about it man! Good to meet you yesterday too mate!
 
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