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Shift Beeper Installation

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 21 May 2012 -

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Shift Beeper, Shift Lights and 4 more...

So, if you follow my blogs, you would have noticed that many years back, I installed a Head Up Display unit to project revs, shift lights, road speed onto the windscreen. This turned out to be a great mod that enable me to read where 'things' were during hard driving.

Downside

Now, I am not sure whether or not this happens...

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Uprated Gear Linkage Assembly

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 01 April 2012 -

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Upgraded gear linkage assembl

As you may have read on the conversion entries, as part of the Stark kit, they provide you with a gear linkage assembly that bolts to the back of the gearbox. You end up having to remove the Honda original assembly, along with the original selection weight.

I have seen the gear cables being routed in two ways.

1. Through the front of the bulkhead...

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Jdm Cams Upgrade

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 31 March 2012 -

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JDM Cams Upgrade

One of the simplest engine upgrade is to get the OEM cams swapped out with something a bit more aggressive. Once again, the forums are full of details around which cams are the best depending on what you are looking to achieve.

As for me, Toda A3 is where I really want to end up, however I am advised that for this, I will need to upgrade the springs too. ...

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Oil Pressure Gauge

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 31 March 2012 -

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Oil Pressure Gauge

Some years back, I knocked up digital gauges that I managed to squeeze in dash and covered with sunglasses lens.

I was very keen not to have additional gauges mounted on the dash, spoiling the interior simplicity of the S1 dash. By getting the digital gauge 'hidden' in the dash, they are only visible once the car is on, however they are completely...

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Carbon Lorraine Pads - Cl5

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 31 March 2012 -

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Carbon Laurraine Pads - CL5

So, nothing seems to divide opinions more that what brake (friction pads) to use for what application. I for one, have tried various compounds over the years and yet to really settle with a favourite.

Of late, I have been running SBS Pros all round and to be honest, I found them to be a big step from the Green stuff I used to have. Once hot, they have...

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Oil Cooler & Ali Radiator

Posted by mambosasa, in Supercharger Installation, Other Mechanical Upgrades 24 August 2011 -

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Time for more installations.

As you may have noticed reading through the installation, I opted not to install an oil cooler and upgrade the standard radiator as part of the original installation.

Apart from time, I really wanted to see whether or not the charger installation would work effectively without having the need to install these two elements -...

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Cv Boot Replacement

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 01 May 2010 -

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Hi all.

Unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago, I notice that the nearside driveshaft CV joint boot had given up the ghost. The engine bay was covered by that horrible grease and I could actually see the opening on the boot.

I wanted to try something different from the original boot (that came with the kit), so I went for Hoffman's offering. It was...

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Ali Bells Discs Installation

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 23 December 2009 -

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So, following my on track activities at North Weald, although the track was pretty greasy, it was very apparent that I needed to do something about the front brakes. So, when the sales as Eliseparts came up, I duly reached for the wallet!

Swapping out the front discs is a one of the more straight forward jobs and took me about 25 minutes or so to...

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Uprated Toe Links

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 14 November 2009 -

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One of the things that I did not get round to was the replacement of the original toe links. After doing some research, there seem to be a general consensus that with the added power and on-track activities, it is advisable to upgrade the OEM toe links.

Having said that, perhaps if your car is only used for the road and they toe links are in good shape, I...

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Oil Catch Tank

Posted by mambosasa, in Other Mechanical Upgrades 21 July 2009 -

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Catch tank installation is one of those items that seem to attract a great deal of debate as of its benefits. If you search around on the internet, there is a great deal of information and opinions.

As for me, its quite simple. The crank case needs venting somehow and I can see three ways of achieving that.

1. Pipe the outlet to somewhere out of the...

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