Recent content by GirlwiththeVL

UPDATE: I found a newly painted body and am now in the process of transferring all the good bits into this one. Have also now got my custom plates.

Nah didn't scratch it at all, seeing as i took the top half of the manifold off :). I need to take an up to date pic i've been a little lazy with the hot weather but i'll try take one soon. Thanks :).

Don't worry i will :) if all else fails i have another set on the parts car. So hopefully with two sets if i break one or two it will be ok lol.

UPDATE: The VL has been back on the road since the 7/1/13, it's running great! Very happy :yahoo: I want to give the engine bay a thorough clean tomorrow and post up a current pic of the engine bay. Tomorrow i'll also take the hubcaps off and fill a couple of little scratches and paint them so...

Seeing as it was prone to rust i just used kill rust, matt black :)

Update: The injectors are ready to go in! Here's a pic of the old rail and injectors with the painted rail and brand new injectors :) Now i'm just giving the top half of the manifold a clean up before putting it all back together :) Here's a pic of the top half of the manifold before the...

Today i was happily greeted by the arrival of my brand new injectors :D :D Hopefully i'll have them in the car by the end of the weekend! Here's hoping i have the time! Haha.

Basically it's a matter of depressurizing the fuel system then taking the fuel hoses off that connect to the end of rail/fuel regulator. Also you'll need to remove the air piping going into the throttle body to make things a little easier to get to. After that make sure your injector wiring...

It took about an hour when i didn't split the manifold but i'd say it took longer when i did split it. (not sure exactly how long, was trying to just focus on what i was doing lol) Most the trouble taking the manifold apart is all the hoses ect trying not to break them or get them mixed up. Also...

Thanks :) cool. Yeah i agree. Yeah, i will be replacing all 6 injectors with brand new ones :yeah: It wasn't too bad to take out, i've done it twice and tried both ways. You can either split the manifold or work around it. When you split the manifold, it can get a little hard to remember where...

Would love to see more pics :yeah:

UPDATE: Slow but steady... I took the fuel rail out and decided while it was out i'd paint it aswel as painting the window washer motor. Also before i put the new injectors in i want to clean up the air intake manifold and replace the gaskets so at the moment the car is sitting apart. Ready to...

UPDATE: Unfortunately i didn't make the deadline for C4C. I went out and started the car one day, and it was running like crap. I did a heap of checks and replaced a few things but in the end found out it was the injectors causing the issue. So this week i'll be replacing those. Due to lack of...

Lol thanks :). I'm not 100% sure.. Im thinking i won't turbo it. I want to be different. Lol.

Forgive my incorrect terminology. I know what i mean, does that count? LOL. Let me rephrase, i'm taking the head off and getting it ported, polished and crack tested. Then getting the block bored, honed and chemically cleaned. Did i make any more sense this time? Lol!