FAO those who attended Dyno Day

Post by **4thgenphil** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:05 pm

migged or tigged?

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:10 pm

TBH I don't know. Someone said to me the other day that you cant mig stainless...

Darf · Post by **Darf** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:45 pm

£40! Can't complain at that.
You just need to get rid of the exhaust wrap now

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:52 pm

I know! Was thinking of just getting rid but the mani is pretty rusty and the guy in the garage said it's doing a good job so don't know what to do

Perhaps getting it sand blasted and high temp powder/ceramic coated

but yeah, £40

gotta love the valleys some days. Altho, I may hold judgement until the dyno re-run on Friday

Post by **4thgenphil** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:30 pm

http://www.zircotec.com/ not cheap though

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:34 pm

Contact for price... Always make me think expensive

Post by **4thgenphil** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:37 pm

A1ex wrote:Contact for price... Always make me think expensive

i think it was about £300 for the mani to get done. but that may have been marked up by the distributor. there is a place in cardiff that resell the service

chrismc · Post by **chrismc** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:17 am

Good work- new engine mounts to stop it happening again??

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:33 am

chrismc wrote:Good work- new engine mounts to stop it happening again??

Thanks for reminding me! It needs the exhaust mount on the back of the block adapting as it doesn't fit at the moment. Sorting that out should stop it

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:56 am

Alex you'll probably find you're missing the small adapter plate that goes between the back of the block and the downpipe bracket. I was missing mine at the time I had my Mugen manifold, but I managed to pick one up from Mr Wizze. I never got around to fitting it, but I could see it was going to bridge the gap. They obviously get unbolted when the OEM downpipe is removed and then never put back.

£40 seems to be the going rate for that kind of work at the minute I think. A collegue of mine had his turbo manifold rewelded when it quite literally broke loose on his S-Line A3

Cost him £40 to fix!

Ceramic coating is expensive, but not £300 expensive. I need to do a bit of shopping around, but the impression I've got is around the £150 mark depending on the manifold. Have you considered simply getting it polished up?... Or is it too pitted?