Got the racecar eb out couple of weeks back. With a group buy run of BC suspension, and alloy radiators on the horizon decided it was time to start working through some of the previous issues it had.
First the temperature issue. Decided an oil cooler was the best place to start. There is a group buy for triple core alloy radiators on 1stgencivic.com so water cooling will be sorted soon too. Also wrapped the turbo downpipe
Before installation, first step was to modify the horrible sandwich plate that came with my cooler kit. The internal galleries in the typical chinese spec plates are rough, and restrictive. Have heard of pressure drops upto 10-12psi on F20c motors, so got in there with the dremel to smooth everything out.
Before, see the blunt edge. After photo didn't come out well.
Next headed out to STA for some 10-AN fittings, 4 for $80 odd bucks on trade. Beats the ridiculous $46+gst each of the Fragola ones.
Please to report, no issues with quality, no leaks so far.
Hidden nicely away, but still plenty of airflow under the bumper
Next got the wheels for it finished off...
Think some flares are going to be in order
Also some more progress on the Orange EB. Lack of picture though, sorry for the crap ones.
Well I said never again, but it happened... another bare metal job.
Thankfully this time we decided to have the car media blasted rather than manually stripping it.
Waiting at the strippers.. haha
Unfortunately, due to poor timing I didn't get any photos of it all stripped afterwards, as it went straight from the blasters to the panel shop, where the rust killing solution was applied before I got there
In the booth waiting for the epoxy 2k primer.
Primer on, all sealed, waiting for panel beater to carry out dent removal, and weld a couple of small areas.
Should hopefully have this done next week, and the sanding can begin again