how much benefit do the avcs heads have over say v3sti heads?

 

Matt, they will make more power\torque across the rev range, but most important from my perspective is they will lower spool time letting the blower get on and do it's thing earlier.

 

Ah I see. Cheers for that. Wondered why people wanted them.

 

No worries

What do you want to do about the spoiler and parallel rails Matt?

 

been a bit side tracked with DIY for the last two months unfortunately, but it's been good to have a break from working on my car at least...got the four point lower brace on yesterday and it back on it's wheels for the first time in a few months. Acquired a few other bits including a AVCS Hydra and loom, MY05 AVCS heads are ready to be stripped and then they will get shot blasted along with the block before assembly.

Will post some pics later tonight

 

so a few pics...the new ecu with its loom...mmmm


The old ecu and new AVCS version...the old one supports v1-6 cars and is for sale



Whiteline four pint brace, now fitted but its fouling on the gearbox drain plug so I need to have a look once its got the engine in and on a ramp...


got myself some bargain wheels (thanks Gary); some 17" Superleggers. Lighter than my Prodrive P7's so they'll be up for grabes when I manage to get the car out of the garage...I'm going to stick some 888's or similar on the Superleggers...nasty colour repaint planned too


As it sits, on its wheels but still a bit of a building site...

 

I now have a little more time so was able to crack on tonight...its seen daylight for the first time in months...good to see it again I almost don't remember what it looks like


Getting the car out meant I could open the doors and get in to fit my new steering wheel, looks great and feels even better OEM+ FTW


Tailgate swap; I've had this GL tailgate for a while, I think I was lucky to find it...I've never seen a v5\6 royal silver GL wagon on the road. So no more mid-spoiler holes and a lovely GL AWD badge, I need to de-badge the rest of it though. Just going to get the glass swapped so I can retain my tint and spoiler mountings. This should give me a decent kick in the motivation pants, so looking forward to fitting it

 

No the feeling buddy. Been to busy working to get work done on my car. Just need to get on with it now. Next year will be a good one for the mocom race team though oh and the drift team

 

Hopefully once we get that other new shell I'll have another front bumper to ruin and then it's just the engine really Well until I rebuild that PPG and stick the Garrett on

 

finished something finally

on


cleaned up


had to leave this on; homage to Sy's car

 

Nice job.

 

had better put a sport bonnet on it too but then you'd have to sell your current one.......................

 

Thanks Geoff

beef, sorry mate no plans to part company with that any time soon and have you felt the weight of those steel bonnets

 

Looks good Ian, I like that... Good to see you back on the wagon so to speak and getting on with stuff.

Yep, Sport bonnets would look good but just way too heavy.

 

cheers Ross, good to have a bit of enthusiasm again

 

nice one fella bout time you pulled yer finger out
like the tailgate very stealth

 

fair point well made...scurries off to do some more

 

Love the tailgate now pull your finger out and get it finished

 

 

No pics, but I did do something last night people

I've made up my looms for the AVCS, just need to order some four plug connectors to make connecting them to the ECU a bit easier. I'll be using another Bright switch to control the ALS so I can mount it next to the proer Bright switch and keep the OEM look. I've got a Bright switch so I used t-cut to remove the Bright and will add some white lettering to read ALS...once I've found some

Also finished a job I've been putting off; removed the bulb from the airbag warning light on the dash. It meant I had to take the steering wheel off again...doh!

 

I guess I earned your support

 

Don't rush things now Ian

 

Oi, you haven't even got one anymore...blooming coming on here, showing off with all your extra cylinders and your funny V configuration

I'll finish it soon Ian honest

 

A few pics...

anti-slag switch in place; deeply unpleasant experience knocking the blanking plate out but I'm well pleased with the results. Just need to match the OE font on the bright switch...somehow


fell on my wing mirror and knocked it off, I have a replacement but can only get one of the three fixings undone...super.


less of a building site at least

 

Good progress made so far Ian. Hopefully my build (on 22b) will have given you some incentive to finish on yours.

Jag

 

cheers Jag, very, very impressive looking build...it's gonna be scary when you wind the boost up

 

Thanks mate - it already feels a handful at 1.3....its the way the torque comes in.

 

any news on the engine build yan

 

Ditch the useless bright switch, and no font to match
I'm ditching mine soon, and knocking the blanking plate out for a thermometer soon. So I'll have a spare if you want it.

There is a sign shop near me, where the bloke does stickers. He could match it if you did want to keep.

Would you just have it saying ALS?

 

handful=scary I reckon