[Stolen VTIS V227 KSF London]

Gutted for you mate, worth putting up the VIN number and engine number up too mate, if one does come up for breaking in your local area it will be easy to identify with your VIN and engine numbers.

 

Harv

[Toda Stroker kit for under 1000?]

I know it's in the stroker kit section, but check the piston section. Same prices.

[Toda Stroker kit for under 1000?]

http://www.toda-europe.com/catalog/b18c-1979cc-stroker-8500mm-pistons-p-354.html

 

is this for real?

 

Is that not just the 85mm pistons? That's what I'd make out from the title.

[Just said farewell to my MB :(]

Well,

 

Since getting my Jordan in October my MB3 has sat there looking sorry for itself, after numerous failed attempts to sell him, a couple of wasted deposits and numerous time wasters, he has finally gone

Thought I'd be glad to see the back of it but I actually feel pretty empty looking at the parking space he once occupied.

 

On a brighter note, the new owner is one of my best mates, who lives 2 minutes from me and will be having me do any work to it throughout his ownership.

 

Was my first car, bought him when I was 16 and spent a lot of time and money on him, farewell Dimitri, we had a good old run

 

 

 

 

Harv 

[Daves MB6 VTi (Aka Ruby!) *Sold 16-7-2014*]

Car is looking spot on mate!

 

As said via PM, I'm glad you're happy with the wheel, it's good to see it's been fitted to such a well cared for example 

[think the clutch is going...]

Exedy OEM every time for me, my Jordan is still on the original it left the factory with, just clocked 170,000 miles, including a couple of full trackdays worth of abuse and it's not even slipping yet. If I remember right the Exedy OEM items are tested to 300bhp, I know for definite TGM run the OEM Exedy part in their DC5 race cars, which are obviously abused to death every time they're used.

 

They have the option to use some kind of paddle / stage 1+ clutch but say the OEM one is more than enough, that's good enough for me!

 

If mine has lasted 170k even with track use then it's obviously good stuff.

Also, if you want a DC2 flywheel drop me a message, got one here, £25 + postage.

 

Harv

[Who's got what engine?]

Right I don't know if this has been done before but what Engine have you got? D-Series? B-Series? K-Series swap?!

My MC1 I've picked up (haven't physically picked it up yet  ) is a D16B2 (Non-VTEC) but I'm planning on Sticking a VTEC in there in the near feature. I've got a D16Z6 in my shed and an ECU in my work office ready to bang in; Which WAS running about 240 at the wheels in the EK!

My Z6 ready to go in has +0.5mm oversized Y7 pistons, lightened crank, Stage 2 Crower cam, Skunk2 Cam gear, Y6 intake manifold port/polished, Y8 throttle body,

Chinese 4-2-1 & Decat. Hondata S300 chipped ECU

So what have you got and what's the spec's?

 

240bhp at the wheels with that spec? Or have you not mentioned the turbo it used to run?

 

Oh, and B16A2 in mine

[Help! Is my decat meant to look like this?!]

  

Awful really, quality control non existant, annoying thing cars with mechanic all day tomorrow to sort exhaust, brakes and suspension knock, think gonna just stick the standard cat back on , this situation is becoming a joke

 

Is it just a standard UK length decat pipe? Around 17" or so? If so I really recommend the Japspeed baffled one, great build quality and not badly prices, even new!

I like the baffled design too, whenever I've had a normal decat pipe it's mate my cars too raspy, especially on the overrun.

 

Harv

[Help! Is my decat meant to look like this?!]

Definitely shouldn't be like that! Request a replacement mate.

 

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Some good progress going on.

Cheers

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Gone in the normal place I see, might want to budget for the other drive shaft dude! Once you've replaced one it's a matter of time before the other goes if it hasn't already been done!

Toad Ai606 is a bang on system, had one on my EK4, was perfect!

So it's not a rare occurrence then? One of my mates snapped one on his Del Slow too, but the opposite side. Going to get one ordered up for the other side, I was going to buy both sides at once but wanted to check the quality of them before buying a pair, and I must say, I am most impressed. They look better built than OEM and I'm sure the replacement is thicker!

Yep, it's a very good system, just waiting for my proper Toad proximity sensor to arrive before we set about fitting it. My Dad is in the auto electrician / in car entertainment / locksmith trade so will be done good an proper

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Looking good harv, bloody Honda drive shafts eh?!

We can't see your wheels chap, the quality of the pictures is pooh!

Thanks mate, yeah I don't know what happened there. I've had an old boy who I think was an engineer, machinist or something, have a look at it and he was showing me the stages it had been twisting in before it finally snapped.

Yeah, sorry about the pictures, usually only got my phone on me, here's one off the camera though

Bit clearer

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

What are you lot like, I don't think the missus would be too impressed if her pictures were plastered all over the internet lol.

Haven't updated this for a while so this is quite a big one, just been copied over from another forum.

Well, got a few little updates, and I do mean little.

My sister bought me a baffled de-cat for christmas (courtesy of Aaron_vti on here), so I set about getting that on, which was a right b*****d due to one bolt / nut connecting the cat to the b-pipe, the thread was knackered and the nut was just spinning, eventually managed to get it off though.

Next up was to attend to something that's been p**sing me off ever since I bought the car, every time I opened the boot I noticed them and instantly shivered lol.

These dirty b*****ds:

So, I set about giving them a scrub with a detailing brush and APC.

Getting there.

Much better Just need to order some decent LED 501s for them now.

Also, my sister picked up this little dude for me while in M&M world.

My dad bought me this for christmas after my last alarm shat itself, so we plan on getting this fitted in a couple of weeks time. It was either a new alarm or a trackday, no point booking a trackday and waking up to no car on the morning because it's been nicked!

Well, got a few other bits to do in the next few days but as mentioned at the start. This will be a slow one, waiting on my 300mm flat Broadway to arrive, girlfriend bought me it for xmas but it's still not arrived!

Comments more than welcome

Harv

Well, as I'm sure you've seen from above I f**ked a shaft. So once back from holiday I started to get that sorted. Going from 40oC to -2oC and snow to fit a driveshaft was grim :/

So, back home on the RAC truck it was:

And got to work:

All better

Also, this finally arrived from H-Tune, one of my xmas pressies from the missus.

300mm flat Broadway, can see so much more around me now, surprised cars don't come with larger rear view mirrors as standard to be honest.

Also tarted up my spark plug cover as I was bored of the blank silver.

And a couple of pictures of how the car stands now, except I have now got some OEM wheel nuts so I could have my centre caps on

And spent the day stripping her out so I can get my new Toad alarm fitted. Also off to Kode Performance on Tuesday for a thorough inspection of my rear arches and other imperfections, to decide what route to take to rectify them Just need to order some new arches and will probably have it all done over Easter ready for Mimms and Japfest.

Well that's all for now, may give her a good clean up tomorrow if the weather is alright. Next on the books is a full 2 stage paint correction, will do that in a couple of weeks time during my half term. Get her back to Y-56, instead of pastel yellow

As always, comments and criticisms welcome

Thanks.

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Small update,

The back end was looking well too busy with 5 badges, so out came the hot air gun, sticky stuff remover and Megs #83 compound.

Before:

After:

Before pictures makes her look pastel yellow, after looks well bright! It's actually about half between both lol, think it looks a bit better.

Oh, and here's my VTi girlfriend:

Cheers

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Jordan's are just too aweesome.

Get some 15's tho.

They're certainly fun, that's for sure Got some wheels planned, but that's a surprise

Cheers for all the kind words people, means a lot

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Nice one - always liked the Jordans.

good work removing the tints... now you can see the tasty interior.

Thanks mate, I remember the first time my Dad pointed one out to me on the way to Japfest one year, always liked them from there on. Not a car I'd ever thought I'd own tho to be honest.

Not too keen on the interior myself but it is slowly growing on me

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Nice looking car, can't wait to see what you do with this!

Thanks Hopefully it all goes well, progress will be slow tho, with the amount I'm shelling out for insurance!

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

looks very nice! glad you found the rust straight away!

Thanks mate. I knew most of it was there, I spent almost 2 hours looking over it before I bought it, just to be sure it was what I wanted. Going to order my new arches in the morning, then off to the bodyshop she goes

Thanks for all of the kind words from everyone, keep an eye out for updates

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Glad you stuck with a honda! Nice motor btw,

Wouldn't swing any other way Honda

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Love the car, very nice

Thanks I'm well chuffed with her.

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Looks like a tidy base mate, i will be following this thread.

Thanks mate Keep an eye out, I'm on half term from college this week so progress should be made

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

Lovely car mate, rust doesn't look too bad and you've caught it early so that's good.

Sensible mods planned. Enjoy.

Thanks mate Yeah hopefully I don't find any unexpected bits.

The mods in the list are what's already on it, I've got my own bits planned though Including individual throttle bodies

Harv

[harVTEC's new project - Jordan]

So,

Well, as some of you know, my MB3 is up for sale, this is his replacement.

I turned 18, meaning I could insure something a bit better Originally I was looking at a standard VTi but my insurance company wouldn't touch me, but would on a Jordan Probably due to less being crashed etc.

I don't have many pictures of her yet but here's a couple from the advert:

First thing was to remove the front window tints, I don't like front tints, they would also attract unwanted police attention, not to mention the fact that you could see the glue underneath which looked gay.

So, I got cracking, then I decided I wanted it perfect, which meant removing every last bit of tint, even the stuff hidden behind the door cards.

Door card off:

Tint gone:

Much better

Wasn't a bad job to do, once I had done the passenger side I knew what was needed to make the driver side as easy as possible, very happy with the overall result, I think it looks far better than tints all round.

Next up was to strip the back down and see what I'd be up against rust wise, both arches are starting to bubble, not as bad as some others but still, I wanted to see exactly what was what so I can plan on what to do. Also, I wanted to clean off as much dirt from underneath as possible, obviously dirt gets wet, then you just get a load of damp crap sitting in gaps and so on.

Areas for concern:

Here's the amount of dirt and s**t that came off!

Luckily all of the rust (other than that on the arch) is purely surface, even the inner arch which was a relief!

Plan is to get 2 new arches welded in, strip the back down fully, sand off any surface rust that's present and then a full underseal in time for winter.

Mods already on her:

Top Fuel carbon intake

Mongoose cat back exhaust

Lowered 30mm on springs

Some form of aftermarket alloys, 17x7

Clear side repeaters

Cat 1 alarm and immobiliser

Got plenty planned for her so keep an eye out, first things first is the work mentioned above.

Cheers for looking.

Harv

[d15z8 issues and questions]

PM'd mate, hope I can help.

[[Question] Engine Overheating]

Give your coolant overflow bottle a sniff, does it smell of exhaust fumes?

Harv