ChristianR

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Well as some of you may have been aware, I was intending to get my final map done by bob (br developments) this Saturday.

Sunday I was meant to be in west Yorkshire for "Well Lane 3" and find out exactly how much power my 2.5litre conversion was going to have. And finally, I was going to be finishing the Sunday afternoon off at Elvington to do some high speed runs, quarter mile times etc....

All this week, I have been trying to get my car finished, and also, waiting on a part. However, yesterday morning, the part still hadn't arrived, and I decided I was going to have to run my car with out power-steering to get over to England for this weekend. The advice was given and followed, and I believed all was going to go well for myself to get the boat over.... but.. as always, when you want everything to work out, a problem occurred.

Early on today, some power-steering fluid managed to escape, and get on my heat wrap, surrounding the HKS Exhaust Manifold. This was whilst the car was being test driven by my local garage. With this happening, the fluid became very hot and had caught fire!! :shock: Luckily, my garage was experience, and it was put out with very little damage. The problem was fixed, and all seemed to be back on the road.

I went round to the garage to pick up the beast.

I was amazed on just how good it looked after some other mod's I was having fitted

This can be seen here, I hope you agree! :










At this point, I had about an hour or so before getting on the boat. I left the garage, and went back to my house. When I arrived home, I smelt a burning smell, and looked it was coming from, yep you guessed it the same area. I called up the garage, and they said that this was due to some still being left it, even after they cleaned it. They advised me to keep the car running to and to check to make sure nothing else was leaking. So, I left the car running to burn off the excess, and went off to finish my packing.

I kept on popping out and all seemed well! So I thought YeS!!!

I popped opened the bonnet, and looked closely around the engine bay, and one of the power-steering connectors had sprung unlike by, I guess, the pressure. At this point, it seemed too much of a risk to take the car to England, and I had to cancel the whole weekend. I am completely gutted to be honest

And what is even more annoying, is that after I cancelled it all, and just about to drive the car back to the garage, the door-bell rings, and who is it??? A courier company with the part I had been waiting for!! How annoying!!!! Even with this part down, another bit was missing from it So back to the drawing board..

I am glad the car is ok (wasn't much damage from the fire), and I think you must agree, it is looking much better now (though it didn’t look that bad last time!). I now can’t wait until it is finished.

Watch this space I guess.....

IanW

Looks Awsome Christian!

Just need some nice big brakes now to stop all that power

Glad that the incident was only minor!

ChristianR

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IanW - Ap6 pots are on order (ordered about two/three weeks ago). They were sold out - I believe they should be arriving next week. Glad you like it

[Edited by ChristianR - 10/24/2002 6:26:31 PM]

UkLegacyT

sorry to hear that christian. would have been good to see this 2.5 run at elvington.
must say, looking good now mate, must be honest, glad youve got rid of them other wheels

ian

HKSubaru

that is a nice car, but that house looks nice and big!

Moles Dad

Not much more I can say !

Very very

Just be thankful the fire happened at home (ish) and not on route to Blighty eh?

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

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Might be best to remove the wrap and replace, as it may take a long time to burn off, and thre will always be that thought in the back of your mind about it.
It also gives a very important reminder that it is very good advice to carry a fire extinguisher with you at all times. I admit I dont do it myself, which is pretty silly, considering the nature of my cars.
PAS is very flammable, so be sure that all is well with your car before venturing too far.

Bob Rawle

Christian, I suggest you get them to install the oil catch tank the right way up though, its not going to do too much like it is.

cheers

bob

ChristianR

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Cheers Bob I shall let them know !

harvey

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Hi Christian: Very sorry to learn of your misfortune earlier today.
You may wish to consider entrusting your car to someone on the mainland who has Subaru experience and knows what they are doing in which case I would be happy to assist you in any way I could to ensure you got a proper job and a good deal.

carlos_hiraoka

Christian how heavy is the steering without the steering pump ????? ..... I remember that Andy F. told that in order to disconnect the steering pump you have to totally drain the steering fluid, is this correct ?????

Thanks,

Carlos H.

P20SPD

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Bugger!!
Was looking forward to seeing this in the flesh.

Now it will be a closer battle though!

Sorry to hear about this Christian, looks good though.

Steven

Mossman

Looks awesome Christian, hope it all gets finished soon.
Mossman

Tim W

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Christian, I take it that you are remote mounting the power steering resovoir like we discussed a while back I like the new inlet arrangement, far better

Having driven a scoob (Pat's) without power steering all I can say is it's heavy, very heavy, at low speed, full leverage required, you really have to put your back into it! But once rolling it's not too bad, appart from the constant little kickbacks that you feel through the steering wheel previously damped out by the power steering. It does however give you far more 'feel' but not enough to justify running without for evermore IMHO.

mixit

What size are your wheels? They look identical to my Technomagnesio's, which I am finding hard to replace ( just 1 )
If Prodrive are selling them, did you buy them recently?

P20SPD

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mixit, try scoobysport for your wheel.

ChristianR

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mixit : They aren't identical in my eyes!!! Anyway, the alloys are Prodrive PFF 8" x 18" wheels in a silverish colour with 225x40x18 Avon ZZR tyres. You can buy them from your subaru dealer for £1450



[Edited by ChristianR - 10/25/2002 3:53:07 PM]

mutant_matt

Mixit, your wheels look very much like the Prodrive PD7's, available from any Subaru dealer.

(I got mine on my last car from Holland and saved a few quid too )

Matt

ChristianR

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Carlos H - to be honest, it wasn't that bad driving with out power-steering, once got going. But needed a fair bit (but nothing too bad) to move it when just starting off.

POC

I SERIOUSLY hope thats a joke mate, those tyres are lethal, on a car with the output of yours you are silly to be running tyres as bad as those........change them now!

carlos_hiraoka

Christian thanx for the reply .....

fivepint

Christion... can i ask where u got the Carbon fibre Scoop? and how much was it?

Cheers


BTW the car looks great

babber

Christian,

All I can say is the car looks lovely and sorry to hear of the dramas, and I know EXACTLY what it's like waiting for a parts to arrive!!! What's the latest excuse ?

Cheers Phill C

ChristianR

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Bob - thanks for pointing it out, the garage had already realised after I had taken the photos.

fivepint - was from vivid racing in good old usa. speak to Dan Mermelstein ( dan@vividracing.com ), and tell him you heard about it from me

babber - hopefully should be all sorted now - fingers crossed - got the other part made locally in the end - lets hope it is alright!!!

fivepint

thx Christan

carlos_hiraoka

Christian what is the size of the 90° Samco hose you used for the turbo inlet ? ..... it seems to be the largest that can fit under the inlet manifold

Carlos H.

ChristianR

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you have email.

Pavlo

Christian,

I would appreciate details of the inlet arrangement also.

Paul