Ant has since been busy with my car, finishing off those last bits I unfortunatly didn't have time to complete.
Here is how the underside looks after a month of winter driving
First up was something that failed pretty quickly (but not my fault). The gear selector bush securing stud had failed causing the selector to drop down and touch the prop shaft.
Next up was to give the underside a deep clean and apply a corrosion resistant coating to protect it further (I totally forgot to cavity wax..)
A quick rearrangement of the coolant pipes to tidy up the front
I never had good heat from the fans, so we suspected it had an airlock, Ant spent a good amount of time getting this bled correctly and now they're working great.
The alignment still wasn't right, turns out the rears had too much tow in, luckily I have the adjustable rear arms, so this was sorted and rear spacers reduced to fit in the arch.
I never finished off the fusebox relocation, it just sat in the glovebox.. So this was another job before it could be enjoyed. I decided against shoving it all into the glovebox as there just is not enough room with the fusebox, ecu, relays and distrubution block to allow for easy access. A online friend showed me their solution and I followed it!
The ECU and relays sit in the glovebox, tucked away right at the back meaning it is still functional.
For now this will suffice, but the plan is to make a plastic cover with carpet material so that it is fully hidden and covered from any long legged passengers. Overall very happy with the result, it's very hard to notice it without taking a proper look low down.
Then some nice shots in the sunshine.
But that isn't all, after mulitple test drives he noticed the coolant temp would rise when stationary, but quickly return to normal when in motion. This was always my concern with choosing a pusher fan system rather than a puller with shroud. I initially went with a pusher due to space restrictions but seeing it altogether now, there is enough room to move the fan to back of the rad with a easily removable shroud for maintenance access. Some may think it is due to my radiator design as it sits in the carrier rather than behind it, but this size rad is well tested within the s38 swap community, but they all have a puller fan...
On quiet days, he still takes it for a rip!
So over winter, the plan is to redesign the fan setup, once this is done and proven, it is finally time to get the car mapped!
I need to sit down one day with a pot of tea and go through it!
I cant imagine how you uploaded so many without issue?
