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ffs BUST THE CARB, cars taking the piss out of me, i can tell by the way its looking at me!!!!


I love it though

/rant

Edited by Carl S on 9th Aug, 2012.

what have you done to the carb? i had one of these days yesterday

Edited by wng691s clubby on 9th Aug, 2012.

Done now needs redoing lol

Im having one of those.months. Can't find parts I know I have, stuff doesn't fit as it should etc etc. Seem to have gone nowhere at all...

Changed the title as some of us are at work

Done now needs redoing lol

Lol

hammer should be refered to as a technical adjuster

definitions (feel free to add)

custom - won't fit without altering everything else on the car.

uprated - defo won't fir without altering everthing else on the car.

universal - doesn't fit any vehicle

Basically long story short carb and plenum wouldnt fit the car so instead of braying shite outta bulkhead like everyone else does my dad decides that were going to remove the spacer and then use bolts on the carb to the inlet manifold and as the bit the throttle cable goes onto hits the manifold we will turn it the other way round. Great till the bit you tighten the nut up on the butterfly rod snapped so now I need a re-build kit at £50!!!! And minispares cant get them till end of next week FFS getting sick and tired of spending more and more and more money on the fucking thing and things not fitting when everyone else car I see on here it fits just fine.

Cant use an adjustable engine steady as dad keeps banging on about how it will break the engine mounts as they will be in tension all the time.

ahh just getting a bit fed up now :(

i think everyone has had problems like you say above things not fitting reordering bits and they still dont fit i know i have any ways just part of it, if it was that easy eveyrone would have done it and it would be boring. chun up when you get the right bits itll all work out.

Edited by wng691s clubby on 9th Aug, 2012.

Done now needs redoing lol

You are not alone - and still we love them like they were our own off spring.

I have a spare bottom end of a HIF44 (non turbo) if you can salvage what you need from it.

PM me your address and I will post it to you for free if it will cheer you up!

Thanks mate :) pm'd now

Do you guys use adjustable engine steadys to overcome the problems with the plenum hitting the bulkhead??? I did search earlier and just wanted to be sure it was okay to do this and that it wont put stress on the 2 lower engine mounts

Cheers

I've been cursing my cars in general. Finally got the mini ready for the rolling road session and I've had a massive battle getting the defender through its mot. Fucking old cars!

I'm sick of shit quality parts and silly little things stopping me getting on and getting it together. It shouldn't be this hard!

I have an unused Turbo HIF44 rebuild kit sat in a box if you need one super quick.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.

Alex mate, I only need the throttle spindle which I may have sourced from shellspeed, if anything changes ill be in touch mate

Thanks again all and yes Andy I agree completley

You will have no problem with fitting an adjustable engine steady at all mate, I will say you do need at least two one at each side for better stability, you wont hurt the engine mountings at all, you should only have to move it a bit to get the clearance you need, dont lose heart mate we all go through those times..Alan

Main Build
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=489133

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By the way you do need that spacer between the carb and manifold, Its an heat disperser..

Main Build
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=489133

Upgrade to Turbo
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=448367&fr=0

My old n/a ran 4 adjustable engine steDys two on the gearbox and two up top, never damaged the engine mounts and i moved the engine quite far forwards to bring the exhaust higher as i kept ripping it off.

Alot of people on here solid mount everything as well

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Ahhh, yeah I've ordered one now as well :) I was told to run rubber bushe by the engien and polys car side to avoice snapping the engine bolt?

Just use poly bushes in the steady, my dsn one is bushed at the bulkhead and solid at the block. Just use the bracket you will be fine.

Have you seen how much movement are in the engine mounts when no steadies are attached? Tilting it forward 5mm Is going to make naff all difference.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

I can sympathise with all probs; it is never straight forward and I can tell you I've had to re-do more than a few finished elements of the build when i've come to fitting another part

I was considering putting mine up for sale last night...