What have you done to her Uzi 
cant wait to see the end finish mate will defo be keeping an eye on this thread 
cant wait to see the end finish mate will defo be keeping an eye on this thread i thought i'd let you in to some of my secrets earlier lol
Nice to see someone breaking the mould... a lot
yea well i thought i'd get my ass into gear and go for a full project!
What have you done to her Uzi
more photos tonight
ok here are more progress pics;
now that my engine was out i decided to start by stipping it out and getting the injector units out; firstly i took the turbo and inlet manifold off and anything else that got in way of removing the head, then got the head off;
its not too difficult to remove the injectors, basically they are split up in two, first 2 injectors on the left and the 3rd and 4th are on the right hand side, to remove them you need to unscrew the spline bolt from the rocker and then a hex bolt from the top of the injector itself. once this has been done you need to remove the wedge on the left hand side of the injector. below you can see the rocker with the screws un-done
once the lobe is free you can rest it on the cam or behind it and then move onto the injectors;
next you need to remove the injector wiring which took me ages because some stupid clips which are REALLY hard to remove, looks like this;
to remove the injector you need to twist it to the left with a pry bar and then using two pry bars apply an upward force on the top of the injector and then also twisting it and it will pop out in a jiffy;
its the same process for the rest of them.
now that my engine was out i decided to start by stipping it out and getting the injector units out; firstly i took the turbo and inlet manifold off and anything else that got in way of removing the head, then got the head off;
its not too difficult to remove the injectors, basically they are split up in two, first 2 injectors on the left and the 3rd and 4th are on the right hand side, to remove them you need to unscrew the spline bolt from the rocker and then a hex bolt from the top of the injector itself. once this has been done you need to remove the wedge on the left hand side of the injector. below you can see the rocker with the screws un-done
once the lobe is free you can rest it on the cam or behind it and then move onto the injectors;
next you need to remove the injector wiring which took me ages because some stupid clips which are REALLY hard to remove, looks like this;
to remove the injector you need to twist it to the left with a pry bar and then using two pry bars apply an upward force on the top of the injector and then also twisting it and it will pop out in a jiffy;
its the same process for the rest of them.
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Ii assume you'll be changing the nozzles while they're out? Haveyou found someone local who can do it without breaking the pins? If not I can put you in touch with the guy who done mine.
keith from united diesel is doing mine, and yea nozzles need to be uprated for the power i want. who do you know?still waiting on that call
keith from united diesel is doing mine, and yea nozzles need to be uprated for the power i want. who do you know?still waiting on that call
As far as I was aware, he wouldn't guarantee changing them without breaking the pins. And he was quoting 50/50 on the pins breaking last time I spoke to him. I shipped mine to the states to be done. I did try to call you but got no answer. Is the car running yet?
I've been held up on my paintwork and ended up out if a job, but it's meant the engine has progressed a lot faster. I'm currently halfway through running it in.
Be prepared for a LARGE tyre bill
seriously?well in mate, no im still waiting on some parts to come through. got a fair bit but still waiting on the diff and having another think about my clutch, trying to source the heaviest single mass solid steel flywheel cz i want it to be like the DMF but i need to loose the DMF for the power i want. how is yours running? big difference? you found a new job yet?where you doing all your work? im surprised you have everything completed, did you do it all yourself?
I'm still running a DMF. Haven't had any trouble at previous power but we'll see how it copes now. Mine feels strangled at the moment but it's on a very conservative map so it's to be expected. I made a few changes to the spec so I have a different turbo to that we spoke of and a few other changes. I'll give you a call to talk about it.
The car was in my mates garage. With help, I've done the removal and installation myself but had all the fab/engineering done elsewhere to my specs. I had a lot less to do than you lol
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