cняis's orange mk2 VR6 - Dash out P.42

[cняis]

Chris I took my PAS pipe over the front mount and it sits nice there and then cable tied the rest to the slam pannel its much safer and neat instead of it hanging near bottom of the bumper?
Jay

Looking good though! 

i see what you mean but the section of pipe leaving the reservoir is cable tied to the cross member, then it runs through the triangulated mid section of the front cross member (rad support) so the centre is secure and protected, and the last piece to the pump wont move. it sits higher than the base of the pump, the VR6 lump sits low anyway 

i think the pic is misleading, it seams to dangle lower than the pump which isnt the case. plus its not floppy (oo-err!)

i know it could be neater routing it behind the lower section of radiator/across the top of the cross member BUT i was a bit time constrained on saturday 

[clipperjay]

Yeah you know what you're doing fella. I sometimes forget you have a VR6 in there, the clearance is proberly better than mine, but I've got one inch from spliter to floor too low for any dangling pipes 

[cняis]

Yeah you know what you're doing fella. I sometimes forget you have a VR6 in there, the clearance is proberly better than mine, but I've got one inch from spliter to floor too low for any dangling pipes 

 

my sump would be pummelled by speedbumps if it were that low!

[VR6_ROB]

could you not shorten the pipe and stick it back on

looks good though mate just been reading a few pages on this not looked for a while
shame about door handles some bastards out there

what crossmember are you using? i got a raddo one cant find solid mounts

good work

[cняis]

could you not shorten the pipe and stick it back on

looks good though mate just been reading a few pages on this not looked for a while
shame about door handles some fatherless sons out there

what crossmember are you using? i got a raddo one cant find solid mounts

good work

its a standard mk2 cross member now from a scrap mk2, cleaned up and hammerited. fitted a solid mount as sold by Duff on mk2vr6.com

http://mk2vr6.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4325

theyre £50 and fit beautifully. i copper slipped the bolts (didnt loctite them), but checked today and they havent worked loose at all.

the original crossmember was a mk2 with the centre of a mk3 crossmember welded in, and a chopped down mk3 front mount. it didnt line up right cos i had a job getting 5th gear, and on hard left turns the auxillary pulleys rubbed the chassis leg.

[clipperjay]

Yeah you know what you're doing fella. I sometimes forget you have a VR6 in there, the clearance is proberly better than mine, but I've got one inch from spliter to floor too low for any dangling pipes 

 

my sump would be pummelled by speedbumps if it were that low!

Go and have a look at the arch in my project page chris 

[cняis]

Exhaust noise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MakTNTOWMTA

only a short vid as neighbours might not appreciate it 

Its now runner hotter as the low temp thermostat was causing it to run at 70 degrees. With a new stat it now sits at 80 degrees and seems to warm up quicker. Should be slightly better on fuel now!

Also butchered a fuel flap (from tony_ack, thanks!) for its locking pin and plate, prised it off and stuck it to my fuel flap 

[dom]

Loving that exhaust note 

[cняis]

Loving that exhaust note 

shame the phone records crap video/sound 

you cant hear the popping!

[Dec]

Mmmm Sounds sweet!

Quite funny actually, found a video I did of my old mk2's exhaust on my youtube account earlier Nowhere near the same though