Still not much movement on the engine front. I'm just waiting to save up some cash for the flyhweel and clutch but I'm flying back to the UK at Christmas so that'll wipe out a fair bit.
I've really just been enjoying the car (read, give it stick - once the oils warm of course!) and it's been pretty faultless. The suspension knock I had before seems to be back but I've just ignored it for now. I have a feeling it's the top spring pan hitting the underside of the turret. I might look into getting some sort of spacer made up.
Anyhow, today I ******** off early from work and sorted a few little niggles:
- Emptied the catch can which was hardly worth it, there was sod all in it, got more on my hands I think than in the bottle.
- Fitted an 8 psi spring in the Tial QR to replace the 10 psi one which seemed to be causing weird part throttle and also fluttering at low rpm/throttle openings.
- Cleaned up the RS4 alcantara wheel. They seem to be a dirt/sweat magnet and it'd got pretty grim. Cleaned it up with a toothbrush and water/fabreeze mix. Then gave it a shave with a Remington Fuzz Away. It was looking a lot better afterwards. I'll grab a pic tomorrow once it's dried.
- Ordered 8 BKR7E plugs since I'm due 4 new ones by now.
- Gave it a good wash! It was looking pretty dog eared
You can see how grimey the wheel was:
Old spring vs new:
What a ******* to get the lid back on. I had to use a longer bolt to get it "close" and then clamp it together with one hand and do it up with the other. Pretty fiddly.
Should be a nice drive tomorrow.