Andrew357

Hrmm... still scrambling to get ready, I get up @ 3am tomorrow. Damn excited, even though i REALLY don't want to do the drive.

Fark me boys, that makes the Mercure Parramatta one bloody expensive room.

My local 7-11: Premium 95 - +11c Premium 98 - +14c Don't let the 7-11 badge fool you, my car performs no different running 7-11 98 than it does Ultimate or Mobil 8000.

I wondered what he was saying. What an odd fellow, all that staring and smoking.

Yeah man, we had to go buy one. Seal has been replaced but boy was it a struggle. When I say struggle, think of Mick doing the short shifter, multiplied by about 100000. Below is a list of interesting points/issues we dealt with: 1) Pulley could not be removed while the nose was attached to the supercharger, which was unusual compared to other situations where they were relatively loose. 2) The bolts holding the nose drive on were on incredibly tight and the oil plug head was slightly burred 3) There was FAR too much oil in the supercharger. Definitely more than the required 100ml, at least 1.5 times the required amount. 4) Once the nose was removed, the pulley was removed, with significant difficulty. Using the bearing puller, it came off. But the edges of 1 side of the pulley is no longer true. When you spin it, think of a buckled bike wheel but with flaws in 4 parts of of the rim. 5) They did not use any form of grease/bonding agent on the inner part of the seal (where it contacts with the drive shaft) nor did they use any bonding agent on the outer part of the seal, where it mates with the nose housing. 6) Filling the oil chamber was not as difficult as we thought. About ½ to 2/3 of the bottle was put in without even having to shift the car, the car was then put on an incline (perpendicular to the incline) in order to fill the rest. Dave is of the opinion that we are a little short in terms of 100ml, but it should be sufficient as we are close enough. Good point: 1) The original pulley I received was a 3.4 pulley. Due to the damage Anthony (STYLSH) donated his 3.2 pulley to the project. This means more boost due to a smaller pulley and may further explain why my Dyno run was less than Anthony’s and Dave’s with more mods. I was running a slightly larger pulley and the boost controller. 2) The whine is slightly different, I think because of the pulley. So far it looks ok, but I’ll give it another run tomorrow to check for any leaks.

Fark yeah. Man I want the next couple of days to fly by. Not me man. I have so much stuff to do tomorrow (including a 9hr work shift) it's not funny. I haven't even packed yet and need to do laundry

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I just wet my pants from laughing so hard. Shame only a couple of us understand the joke! And it's one of those 'had to be there' moments too. :( :lol: hahahahaha One of 2 things need to be done: 1) I need to listen carefully 2) Dee needs to slow down her speech when she's tired I can't believe that I'm the only one who heard it like that.

You are going, aren't you? SuperDave, you aren't going to Sydney, but are you coming to the meet? Looks like the attempts to confuse have worked. Indeed they have! *internet high-five* edit: Pedophile advertising?

Had my alternator replaced @ 90km. Same symptoms as yours. I was a noob back then when I had the work done and apparently it was only going to accept that particular Bosch alternator as another one they tried to fit failed to do so. It cost me $550 + labour.

You certainly do. I haven't experienced it first hand, but I have seen it fly by my left when I was doing 80. Fly by then drift... drift... drift... Ahh ok, I'm not the only one experiencing THE BOSS in fullsize.

Oh, I'm not... hang on.

Hahahahahahaha Engine bay clean, cleaned up the windscreen cowl and removed the strut brace. Finally recieved my nose drive seal from Harrop Engineering today so I should have the supercharger fixed up tomorrow.

I may not head back with the group... Mum has offered to pay for my accommodation at Canberra for a night or two, so I'm tossing up whether I want to do it or not.

Yeah, the grill looks good. I like the centre bar ones better than the RS ones and the smaller mesh looks great.

Agreed. The only thing I am dreading is the drive!

Edited for you ^ Remember, Ash cannot come so there is a space free with Ingres and I. If you feel guilty, you can pay Ash some money for reserving the room for you.

Far out, sounds like you had to do a fair bit of work, but the end result looks pretty good. Can we get a close up of the mesh please?

Far out man. So that's why that little critter is so damn fast.

far out man, that's not good news at all. It's a touch choice as well with the meet coming up.

Getting that organised now. I have someone willing in the US who will ship who has dealt with us on Auscam/TOCAU before :)

Ahh, Gen6 Camry. Welcome to the modding world, rock up to one of the meets!

compare the stock diameter to the injen one. Time to get your hands dirty.

engine light came back on day after exhaust manifold replacement with new o2 sensor in it. lol will get car serviced soon, maf sensor replaced and try a diff pod and see if that eliminates. never ending journey... sigh Why are you replacing parts blindly when its the CAI causing the problem? The MAF's are calibrated for a certain diameter tube, change the diameter of the housing and they will feed the ECU incorrect values and it then flags a CEL after a certain number of cycles outside the defined range. ^ This. Evo7 and myself had the same problem when we had our CES CAI done. I don't exactly know Evan's situation, but in my case they used a 76mm pipe which caused the engine to go into limp mode. They stuck in a 76mm to 70mm reducer at the MAF sensor point and the engine was back to normal.

Can anyone provide the ID of the piping on the CAI (closest to the Air Flow Sensor) if possible? Can anyone provide the ID of the piping on the stock instake (closest to the Air Flow Sensor) as well?

I was wondering when you'd chime in about that... No boost till the seals are put in. They are Brisbane bound and should be in my hands by Monday. LIES!!!! I heard boost!!!!! Bah, so little boost even Jesus himself would have trouble hearing it. They sent the seals yesterday so there is an off-chance I'll get it today.