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[The Batman]

hmmm.... i guess i will have to look! so the pipe is accessible from under the front undertray then? the new pipe is indeed a work of art, it would seem that there shouldnt be any problems with that bleed nipple! how different is it from yours?

[techieboy]

the new pipe is indeed a work of art, it would seem that there shouldnt be any problems with that bleed nipple! how different is it from yours?

The bleed valve on mine is just round and isn't hex shaped, like yours. Means having to twat around with mole grips to move it.

Pretty sure there was no need to remove the front undertray when a certain member from MK decided he was going to replace mine (after we'd put the clam back on ).

[The Batman]

hmmm... interesting

[theolodian]

Fitting the other end can be a bit of a pain as the hard pipe it connects to is free to move around in the sill, which makes life harder.

That's ok, just reach up next to the fuel tank and hold it with your other hand.

[JonnyVX]

lol will get the whole clam done so it doesnt look terrible lol

Get Covertech to do it they did mine and simbas in 1 piece you can't tell its on! Plus you will always get a chip between the 3 pieces if you get armourfend!

What kind of price do they charge, Jonny?

It appears i have a little bit of time on my hands as i'm stranded here in Spain! I was checking thru my posts and i dont think i responded to yah! oops!


I think it cost me about 600 quid the did the front upto the bonnet vents and did the sills and wing mirrors, sorry again for the delay!

[The Batman]

are you that bored in spain?

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

well i got a beautiful pipe in the post today



the quality is VERY VERY good! now without looking is it a clam off job or can this be done with the removal of the headlight and front undertray?

after doing mine the week end i will say a clam job off please you are please with my parts friends
just got the bill this morning for elise.com and will complain for the postage £8.00:(

[The Batman]

update on some sort of shiny bits!





brand new courtenay sport fast road clutch and slave cylinder that should sort my slipping clutch out! if it was brand new a year ago! oh and i killed the slave cylinder fitting the new gearbox

Edited by joe_589, 28 April 2010 - 10:42 AM.

[Cookies220]

You gonna fit the clutch yourself Joe?

[The Batman]

sorry only just seen this, yup fitted the clutch a few weeks back with the help of vocky still building up the courage to do it myself...

well car preforms excellant now it had the remap (picture to follow when i next go in the garage and get it out )

thought i would tidy up a few little bits and pieces i have left now, so got a bit (well 10m ) of exhaust wrap and wraped the U bend closest to the tyre



also have got a new header tank made up so that my engine bay looks a bit more oem



sorry for the crap picture havent recieved it yet! i will be putting it behind the drivers seat

still waiting to put my 4.17 gearbox in as we had a few complications which are all sorted (nearly) now

[Zoobeef]

The wrap looks good. Its on my to-do list for when i get back as i should have about 6 weeks of nothing to do. Did it use the full 10m just to do the u-bend with a 50% overlap!!? As ill be doing the downpipe all the way to the backbox.

[The Batman]

i hardly used any oth it too be honest... maybe 1.5m! why are you going to wrap it all then?

[Zoobeef]

Just so it keeps all the heat within the exhaust and then out the back of the car. Also the air in the exhaust slows down as it cools. Miht not need as much as i though then. Been doing some wrapping recently but itson a Mastiffs exhaust but thats about 4-5" diameter i think so didnt go very far

[The Batman]

fair enough and there is a pricier way of doing it, you get it coated in something special which i cant remember what its called but it looks alot better than a wrap! i might get my U bend coated as it could do with a bit of modding anyway

[Zoobeef]

Yeah was it ceramic coating? The swedish guy on one of the other threads just had it done to his exhaust and then found out they had made it wrong

[The Batman]

thats the one! and did they? ooo i would not be happy! surely they should eat the cost for re-doing it?! 2bular all the way

[Zoobeef]

It was This thread towards the end. And was a Tullet exhaust!!

[The Batman]

gutted, but tullet seem good people so should sort it out! back on topic

[rcvaughan]

SHOW US GRAPHS!!!!!

[The Batman]

i am going to keep you all in suspense, it only made 250 or if any lotus boys ask its 155bhp standard NA

Edited by joe_589, 19 May 2010 - 06:07 PM.