Hayce molests a civic - Two pics of the recovery

[americ_ian]

no worries here ^^

all rads require a fan of some sort

[Hayce]

Dunno, I'd rather have one and not need it than not have one and need it... Its not like the car will ever going to run anyway right

[Trivium]

Yeh it'll keep perfectly cool sitting in the garage

[Glassjaw]

Is there room between the radiator and I/C for a slim fan?? would be nice to keep the clean engine bay look, and as you said..... how likely is it to actually be used anyway??
Would it even get up to operating temperature by the time you drive it off a trailer or into the garage??

[Hayce]

Ah young noob, you push cars off trailers not drive them

Nah no room in the front, The IC is hard up against the rad support.

Fan would act as more of a block than anything in the front anyway.

[Hayce]

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Good greif that was speedy. Lets see how long it takes our local system to screw it up...

[Glassjaw]

Good greif that was speedy. Lets see how long it takes our local system to screw it up...

Or have "NZ Customs" charge you rediculous amounts of monies!!

[americ_ian]

Fan would act as more of a block than anything in the front anyway.

rather than a wall behind?

IME they dont hinder air... after a drive from hamilton to levin.. the bottom radhose and bottom tank are nice n cold

will work either way

[Hayce]

A wall behind? It scares me you're a mechanic sometimes...

Or have "NZ Customs" charge you rediculous amounts of monies!!

Nah hose was $150 shipped = suck it customs.

[Hayce]

Hose arrived this morning

I have enough to do two and a bit cars, what a dope

[Hayce]

I got some -6 thinking I could use it for the clutch res but this type can't handle brake fluid so I've used it for the water return out of the turbo, hose looks like:








I like it, nice to not get jagged in the hand by that stainless steel stuff hah.

All that to not been seen lol.

[Logger]

Is that similar to the Russell Pro-classic stuff Lance? Nylon braided and more flexible than the Stainless stuff?

[Hayce]

Yup, pro lite 350 series. The braid is a nylon like you said. I got it through: http://www.racepartsolutions.com

[Logger]

Yup, pro lite 350 series. The braid is a nylon like you said. I got it through: http://www.racepartsolutions.com

Cheers dude, I need 10 feet of -10 hose and it looks to be fucking cheap!!

[Hayce]

10 feet! holy shit that a lot

I need to get some -10 in too for the block breather -> catch can.

[Bananaman]

Nylon braid FTW!

Looking good lance

[Hayce]

^ Cheers Brian, and yup its good stuff man, I wouldn't use the stainless stuff again if I could avoid it.


Wasn't going to bother posting these as the pics didn't really turn out but I have the day off and I'm bored so heh maybe it helps some one...

Some people have asked me about water lines etc in the past, here's the plan for mine:

Feed (I'm going turbo back here, bit arse about face but anyway)


So thats where it enters the turbo


Where it loops back to go parallel to the block. This is why this nylon stuff is great, very flexible. I'll be using an adel clampy thing off one of the bolts there:



Runs into the threaded hole there. That is the stock plug (under the line) that has been tapped to fit an AN banjo and hose tail (not pictured)


I'll probably run some heat resistant shielding on this part. Does it come in black? Never looked...

Heaps of room:



The return side, out of the turbo:



Run s under the rad support to about here:



Joins the new fitting on the rad here:


The radiator is going to be dropped a bit and shifted a little to the left to get the fitting under the rad panel and so the rad hoses line up a bit better.


Vac line for wastegate:



So yeah thats how I'm running water to it anyway...


Stuck the front door trims together and put the old components in:



Rear parcel tray:



They even managed to do the little ring garnish bit that goes around the knob you twist to split the rear seats. And yup I left the baby hook in haha

[P Wizz]

A wall behind? It scares me you're a mechanic sometimes...

So its not just me

[americ_ian]

So its not just me

you two are idiots

you complain about it blocking the front? yet if you put it at the back youl block its escape route? good thinking numbskull

anyways many makes of cars have fans at the front.. ive got two in front of mine with no worries at all... Ek had fans in the front too

your big gay front mount will be more of an obsticle anyways...

[CoupeTurbo]

whats the e.t. for this thing to be finished?

Looking good..

[Colza]

Yeah, im having trouble working out where to put my slim fan as well.

Intercoolers and air-con both make life difficult.

[Hayce]

wahahahahaha

That took way to long for you to have a cry, you're slipping.

whats the e.t. for this thing to be finished?

Looking good..

Doesn't have one.

Yeah, im having trouble working out where to put my slim fan as well.

Intercoolers and air-con both make life difficult.

I hear ya, easy for me though, I don't have any options lol

[americ_ian]

sory not on the intertubes all day long these days... get bored of your drabble

[Hayce]

Fuck off then

[Glassjaw]

I prey to Baby Jesus that the window installer doesnt F*CK the flock line on that rear parcel tray!! Good to see you making some progress before Lance & Kath Jnr comes along! Turbo family car FTMFW!!