AdrianS
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/21 19:18:49
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Modified exhaust back from Jet-Hot. Now ceramic coated and ready to fit. I changed it to a "long runner" design, secondary lengths now identical to OEM blacktop pipe. Also welded on a bracket for rear engine block hanger (fabricated from 2.5 mm plate).  
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/21 19:46:17
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Seems a shame to hide it away under the car!
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AdrianS
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/21 19:56:27
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Yes, although the coating is mainly to avoid cooking the driveshaft cv boot.
Silver is actually their cheapest colour !
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/28 19:14:29
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Exhaust all welded & painted - pics tomorrow.
In other news : My oil cooler has re-appeared !
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Your item cleared customs in AUSTRALIA at 6:06 pm on October 27, 2010. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.
Detailed Results:
Out of Foreign Customs, October 27, 2010, 6:06 pm, AUSTRALIA
Into Foreign Customs, October 27, 2010, 5:56 pm, AUSTRALIA
Arrived Abroad, October 27, 2010, 5:55 pm, AUSTRALIA
International Dispatch, October 09, 2010, 8:54 pm, ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS)
Arrival
Acceptance, October 08, 2010, 4:46 pm, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204
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I don't know where it was for the 18 days between "International Dispatch, October 09" and "Arrived Abroad, October 27", but it hasn't disappeared forever !
4 day weekend coming up - finish the car, or fish ?
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AdrianS
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/29 19:24:10
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It's here ! 
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/30 23:02:52
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Exhaust is in at last :  A snug fit, but pretty discreet : 
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/30 23:04:24
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BLACKTOP IS GO !
Started engine today. Still have some wiring and cooling issues, but tomorrow is d-day.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/31 11:33:13
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Nice, very snazzy oil cooler.
I should look for one too while the $ is stills strong.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/10/31 22:17:40
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Car is now back home. Lots of tidying up to do, but the operation has been a success.
Rob - oil cooler seems very nicely made. It cost me around $300.
I am getting a custom 90 deg takeoff made up for the cooler lower oil line, so I can set the cooler just above the rear chassis rail.
For now, I'm running without a cooler, while I get the mounts made up, and replacements for the prototype filler neck.
When all the bits arrive and are welded up, I'll re-do the cooling layout and plumb in the cooler.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/04/11 22:45:31
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First dyno runs : as installed, not yet tuned. 95 kW at the wheels (est. 116 at flywheel). Happy me :) Tacho ratio not quite right - it's a couple of hundred RPM low at the top end.   Now to sort out the dip at 6500 RPM.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/05/11 08:05:16
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Sweet. Will have to blag a ride at HH.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/07/11 20:13:59
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Sweet. Will have to blag a ride at HH.
No problems. I hope to have the rear shocks and mk1b brakes in by then.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/07/11 20:19:33
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Oil pressure light is in, fitted in unused warning light slot :  Tacho "improved" :  Stereo wiring, alarm, and afr sensor to go, and I can reassemble the interior. I scored a KMX wideband display and O2 sensor from work : evaluation kit that we've finished evaluating ! More bloody wiring...
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/08/11 19:24:00
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It's here !
Nice, it appears you too have great taste in parts. Let us know how it goes.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2010/08/11 20:46:01
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Nice, it appears you too have great taste in parts. Let us know how it goes.
Thanks. I've been waiting for my "aloominum toobes" for the cooling system. They arrived today - hope I don't get invaded by the US ! I will remake my prototype filler neck properly over the next week or so; when that's done I'll fit the new filler neck and the oil cooler at the same time - it saves draining the cooling system twice. I plan on re-using the original oil cooler mounting location - make up an alloy plate that lines up on the bolt holes, and clamp the new cooler to it with stainless hose clamps. Current task is to finish the stereo & wideband wiring, hopfully by this weekend; then all I need is the new alarm before putting the lower dash panels in for good.
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