Porting & Polishing?

bloody hell thats 2 ppl that moaned about 5 instead of 2.5....is it
that important its worth a post???

stop wasting money on the car...the minute u buy/drive a better car u
will instantly regret spending all that money and understand what
everyone is going on about.

 

next time you smash into someone, he will be standing next to your car
like the grim reaper inspecting every inch of it to get out of helping
you.

 

I've already had a better car. I've had 2 mark2 Golf GTis. I got banned,
thats why I had to get a 1.4.......

I know what people mean, the GTis were 100000000x better than my XSi, but
its what I've got, and I like it now. Given the chance I'd rather have a
GTi, but the insurance man say no...........

 

best thing to do is swap parts from 1.3TU rallye, make it rev to 7.5k,
they are great fun to drive.

 

5bhp extra, surely

2 people called Peter as well. We're a picky bunch, us Peters.

Yup, but life's a learning curve, innit? Mistakes maketh the silly twat
into a man. Or something.

 

Its cheaper than insuring a hotted up car!
I hope you are going to tell the insurance because I would hate to think
what would happen if you hit some pedestrian and killed them, because they
WILL take your car apart.



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Not really, its about the journey, not arriving.

I could go out and blow £200 in a weekend of booze, crap food and
probably some recreational drugs. But I got bored with that before I was
25.

I much prefer spending it on my car, and doing as much of the work as
possible.

This weekend, I plan to take the time to remove the 13 bolts, 4 heat
shields and Lambda sensor to remove the CAT on the Celica and fit a
replacment decat/downpipe. All have been fitted for the last 15 years,
so should be fun.

It should also release about 6 BHP, allow the turbo to produce boost
from a lower point, continue making it without dropping off upto the
redline (instead of dropping off for the last 2000revs), and increase
the MPG when I'm not nailing it.

But the fun will be working out where it is fastened, and braced, and
not busting the radiator when removing it, and not braking too many
studs.

 

Not really, its about the journey, not arriving.

I could go out and blow £200 in a weekend of booze, crap food and
probably some recreational drugs. But I got bored with that before I was
25.

I much prefer spending it on my car, and doing as much of the work as
possible.

This weekend, I plan to take the time to remove the 13 bolts, 4 heat
shields and Lambda sensor to remove the CAT on the Celica and fit a
replacment decat/downpipe. All have been fitted for the last 15 years,
so should be fun.

It should also release about 6 BHP, allow the turbo to produce boost
from a lower point, continue making it without dropping off upto the
redline (instead of dropping off for the last 2000revs), and increase
the MPG when I'm not nailing it.

But the fun will be working out where it is fastened, and braced, and
not busting the radiator when removing it, and not braking too many
studs.
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Make sure to spray the **** out of the bolts with a good penetrating oil
before you start. And give it some time to start working.

Fraser

 

Rusted exhaust bolts/clamps, dont you just love them?

Drown them in WD40 first, but I found that you still have to look into
cutting/drilling some bolts out

 

I have industrial quantities of both spray and liquid plus gas, and also
a couple of extra cans for the blow torch (not a good as Oxy but should
help). I'm planning to invest in some decent mople grips (don't know how
long I've managed without them) for the inevitable snapped stud, and I'm
going to make sure the cordless drill is fully charged. Just need to
find a decent quality 14mm offset spanner.

As long as I get remove/break all the studs, drilling will be a pain in
the arse, but there will be enough room.

The decat comes will all replacement bolts to cover broken studs, and
even spare studs for the Lambda sensor.

The bottom end where CAT bolts to the main system should be easy,
because it was seperated last weekend when the mongoose went on.

I'v been told two hours if it goes to plan, 4 if the studs won't come
undone, and about 6 if they all snap.

 

no u got me wrong...i enjoy every aspect of working on th car as well
as i do it myself...i just think he should stop wasting money on the
poor car...like he said himself...hes had a golf gti...no super car,
but i would think more worth spending the money on...thats all i meant.

good luck with the cat bolts...(or maybe u done it already?) mine
required oxy acet. to make them aware that someone was even considering
looking at them with a spanner in their hand...use stainless fasteners
to fix the decat, makes life in the future so much easier....

do any manufacturers use stainless fasteners all round as standard?
would be nice

 

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no u got me wrong...i enjoy every aspect of working on th car as well
as i do it myself...i just think he should stop wasting money on the
poor car...like he said himself...hes had a golf gti...no super car,
but i would think more worth spending the money on...thats all i meant.

good luck with the cat bolts...(or maybe u done it already?) mine
required oxy acet. to make them aware that someone was even considering
looking at them with a spanner in their hand...use stainless fasteners
to fix the decat, makes life in the future so much easier....

do any manufacturers use stainless fasteners all round as standard?
would be nice

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OR if they just greased everything on assembly it would cure the problem
Why when I reply to you does the little > not appear???



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i have no idea my good man.

maybe to do with me using google on the web, rather than outlook or
similar to read/post?? i dunno

(just wanted to add a thumbs up to all your sites...very inspiring)

 

I have found that diesel makes one of the best nut/bolt releasing agents
and one of the cheapest.

Andy

 

Look, its fixed itself!

 

If I had a diesel car, I'd grab a can full, use what I need, and then
stick the rest in.

But I don't think I'll go the petrol station with a 2 litre flask and
fill that up. Don't think it would go down too well.

 

must have been a freak of technology!(as opposed to nature!)

 

It didn't go to plan. 8.5 hours of sweating and swearing yesterday, and
the CAT is still firmly affixed.

 

I take it you did the usual Peugeot backup plan of screaming at it,
hitting it with a hammer and wishing you’d never started

I find it’s usually much easier to do the job the day after you need
to have it finished, but thats probably no consolation to you; sorry
:?

Good luck if you try again.

 

2 words. Gas axe.

Fraser