Lawso's project thread

[Lawso]

car was overheating on thursday night, all the way to the nice red dot on the temperature guague.

replaced the thermoststat today thinking it wasn't opening after the car warmed up. but apparently the radiator is blocked.

protip: boiling coolant smells like sh*t

taking her to a radiator shop on monday to HOPEFULLY just flush her out and keep the engine nice and cool.

[I8A4RE]

car was overheating on thursday night, all the way to the nice red dot on the temperature guague.

Hope your kidding. Otherwise you could be saying hello to warpped heads, blown headgasket etc etc.

[koolio1234]

car was overheating on thursday night, all the way to the nice red dot on the temperature guague.

Hope your kidding. Otherwise you could be saying hello to warpped heads, blown headgasket etc etc.

yeah, make sure you never drive while it sits so high on the temp gauge. Please don't say you drove it home in that condition.

[Lawso]

didn't drive her home nope. as soon as it got there, engine off, pulled over, bonnet up, call for a taxi.

also pics of recend diy day up soon. insurance is almost taken car of with the shitvic

[Astron_Boy]

if we didnt have so many issues with the brakes, we could have removed the radiator that day.
That was the other possibility, given your lower hose.

Meanwhile, definitely try to get an auto lower hose, that manual one isnt the best to keep there.

[Lawso]

giving dwayne a ring tomorrow, and i think az said he'd come down to batemans with me when he gets his car fixed up, so i can pick up a bunch of parts then

[Astron_Boy]

honestly you may as well buy a new hose.
The top piece however you would need to get through Dwayne.

Have much difficulty replacing the thermo by the way?
Doubt my sms instructions would have been the best...

[Lawso]

nah not too much trouble. called az he helped me a lot, but yeah pretty straightforward job.

i finialise the insurance stuff tomorrow so i should be getting my money anytime soon

[Lawso]

Best news in the world today...

BLOWN HEAD GASKET

f.uck my life

that is all

[rock_it]

MIVEC conversion time..

[Astron_Boy]

Well I'm not positive, only 55% sure
Az will tell you tomoz

[SchumieFan]

heres a tip, if the car starts heating up, pull over and KEEP IT RUNNING! with the engine running at idle the cooling system is doing its job best, if its still heading up youve got a block and you shut it down...

you waited too long...

head gaskets arent a huge job, just a pain in the butt!

make sure you buy some new tappets while your at it, and make sure you get the full kit with all the cam and oil seals, not just the head gasket.

[fraz91]

yeah... we ran the radiator flush through it today... it got up to temp in the driveway and just sat there for about 30mins before we turned it off to drain the thing.

problem: it had already decided to begin the draining process with nothing having been taken off. the brand new oil is a murky brown and the liquid on the floor was a vibrant green... yeah, not cool...

[I8A4RE]

Fuckne amatures.

[Lawso]

so i get my awesome insurance payout soon, so more things are due to happen in this thread in a very short amount of time

new motor going in soon

[Astron_Boy]

so i get my awesome insurance payout soon, so more things are due to happen in this thread in a very short amount of time

new motor going in soon

Give us a yell when you need a hand.

[Lawso]

finally an update

looking actively for a motor now. with an almost complete list of sh*t i want to do


• respray
• side skirts
• xenon 10000k's low beam, 6000k high beam
• new front headlights
• vr wing no centre post + respray
• fibreglass bonnet + respray
• 17 x 7.0 rims (255 tyres federals) + 2nd set for track day
• engine dress (back to chrome/silver)
• blue under body neons
• interior neons, nothing too over the top
• tinted/smoked tail lights 10-20%
• new steering wheel
• GPX twin piston front brake setup
• cold air intake off az?
• alarm
• immobiliser
• new front bumper
• engine rebuild (short term) + turbo (port polish, forged pistons etc, long term)
• front top/bottom strut bars
• rear top and bottom strut bars
• adjustable coilovers
• glue removal
• illuminating scuff plates
• fog lights
• number plates "FIN-41Y" or LAW-50C
• clear side repeaters
• new handbrake cable left side
• replace interior back panel right side
• washer nozzles
• replace head lining and carpet
• engine mounts
• aluminium radiator
• ftooc store
• new bootlid
• coulings
• manual rev counter (when i get manual conversion)
• Oil Cooler
• Oil Temp guague

keep you guys posted

[Astron_Boy]

• GPX twin piston front brake setup DONE

• engine rebuild+ turbo (port polish, forged pistons etc) (for my gr motor)
• new motor (mivec)

As to your 2 motors.... umm, why?
And where you going to put the 2nd? You don't exactly have my house...

Problem is, if you go MIVEC... why wouldn't you, then you are going to have to hack the gr loom up from the car, making it a pig to go back to that loom later... or even something equivalent for A/M.

If you want my 2c, why not just go an HKS setup, and get a low blow turbo with extra injector and controller... proven to work, and you'd have best of both worlds... otherwise you're spending money on 2 motors, and it will be a while before you could even utilise the turbo setup anyway...

[Lawso]

oops... my bad
edited.

had the thought of going mivec, keeping gr motor then going gr-t, but yeh too much trouble. in the short term i'll rebuild my current motor, and get it mechanically sound before fixing everything up and considering turbo conversion

[Lawso]

finally an update

looking actively for a motor now. with an almost complete list of sh*t i want to do


• respray
• side skirts
• xenon 10000k's low beam, 6000k high beam
• new front headlights
• vr wing no centre post + respray
• fibreglass bonnet + respray
• 17 x 7.0 rims (255 tyres federals) + 2nd set for track day
• engine dress (back to chrome/silver)
• blue under body neons
• interior neons, nothing too over the top
• tinted/smoked tail lights 10-20%
• new steering wheel
• GPX twin piston front brake setup DONE
• cold air intake off az?
• alarm
• immobiliser
• new front bumper
• engine rebuild (short term) + turbo (port polish, forged pistons etc, long term)
• front top/bottom strut bars
• rear top and bottom strut bars
• adjustable coilovers
• glue removal
• illuminating scuff plates
• fog lights
• number plates "FIN-41Y" or LAW-50C
• clear side repeaters
• new handbrake cable left side
• replace interior back panel right side
• washer nozzles
• replace head lining and carpet
• engine mounts
• aluminium radiator
• ftooc store
• new bootlid
• coulings
• manual rev counter (when i get manual conversion)
• Oil Cooler
• Oil Temp guague

keep you guys posted