timthetinyhorse

this may sound like a silly question but im new to working with engine internals and i want to learn more, when reading about cams etc i understand the idea of increased lift and duration but what difference does a ported and polished head make and what exactly is ment by this? Are there any real gains to be had by porting and polishing over just changing to KR cams in a 9a? Thanks in advance and sorry if it a daft question Rob

slight thread hijack but do these places do coolers for 16v engines aswell?

mine is called the corroded at work, strange as its clean as hell with no rust or paint issues at all im bloody sick of the rocco comments also, people just dont accept its called a corrado............ some mong asked if it was a replica bad mobil last week.........................emmmmmmmm NO :epicfail:

just went at it with the dremel mate, just uses the sanding tools

got a lint to it mate?

i will double check the ones i need and get back to you mate, will most likley take them,

its just a idea im playing with, iv found a kit for under 2k for the 16v, dont want to change engine as everyone has a 20v these days, i just want to do something slightly different

ok cheers might just do the wishbones

just had my mot done and bot wishbones require new bushes so i have two questions how easy are the bushes to replace? Would you go with OEM or polly bushes? cheers rob

Looking at the idea of running throttle bodies on my 94 16v 9A, can anyone tell me how much work is involved in doing this and the sort of costs i will be looking at cheers rob

The corrado reppin tough, is this one anyone on heres? http://fwd.five.tv/videos/cheapskates

that bay looks stunning, just started mine, how did you get the block etc so clean? i have a custom manifold coing on but not going to show anyonme till its polished :-) think i will ge hoses whan i get paid also what leads are those you are using? thanks for the advice rob

yeh i think i will get the dealer part as mine would appear to be opeining at 75-80 deg cheers for all the advice rob

im deffo not a fan of that, the loss of the classic line is tragic

ok cheers mate, will look into it further

mine used to run around the temps you mention but it runs much cooler now, might get a sts from the dealer and see if that opens at a higher temp

i use mine to hid the current chips and also the scratches that some pikey twat created when they tried to rip it off the other night

mine did this a little while back and i had a play with the headlight switch and they came back on again, still occours now and again but disconecting the battery overnight tends to solve all my electrical woes, first point of call for me would be the bonnet earth strap, i had some problems with crazy engine oil and water temps showing and replacing the earth strap solved ll of these problems :-) sorry i couldnt tell you more but hope this helps you a little rob

changed the thermostat on my 9a a few weeks back and since then the oil and water rarley get above 80deg, as the stat isnt a dealer part is it possible that it is opening at a lower temp? if so should i get the dealer part and fit that? is running it like this going to cause problems if the oil is not warm enough? cheers rob

will a samco hose kit made for the 1.8 16v fit the 2.0 16v as i cant find a hose kit to specificly fit the 9A cheers rob

i dont think it sounds too bad but thats just my 10pence worth, if my valver system fits a g60 i will swap someone who thinks theres is too loud, its only 6month old :D

I need to change a section of pipe on the fuel system on my 2004 9A,does the tank need to be drained to change the section of pipe numbered 13 and 14 in the below drawing and if so how is the tank drained, cheers rob

ok here is the backgrownd to my worsening problem, a few months back when i was driving home from work with headlights on i lost all power to the gauges, radio, heatercontrols etc intermittantly, this problem carries on for about a week and then vanished never to occour again Last month i had a problem with my oil temp showing 180 and the water sitting over 120 but car was running fine, solved this by changing the bonnet earth strap ad this worked for a few weeks then the problem re occoured but on then driving one night i turned the lights on and the temps went back to normal so since this i have just flicked the lights on then off to reset the problem and thought nothing more of it Today heading to work same temp readings fault occoured, flicked lights on only too loose all power to all gauges and radio, as soon as lights were turned back off everything was back to normal, this happens with either sidelights of headlights on however when side lights are on the blue light for high beam lights up, any healp realy would be appreciated as asmuch as im good with mechanical stuf im scared of car electrics thanks in advance

the belt that drives the PAS pump or the one from the engine? to remove the PAS belt there is a tension bolt on the underside of the PAS pump, you will have to loosen some of the other bolts sometimes to allow the pump to move, if it the belt driven from engine i would presume there will be a tension bolt somewhere on the pump no doubt someone will correct me here though

welcome, iv had a 9A for a while now and my car holds 2k revs for a while on startup and then setles down, as for the temp reading mine usualy shows water temp of about 70-80deg and a oil temp (digital) of around 90deg, it used to run about 90deg water temp but i have changed the thermostat recently and this has caused lower running temps, the other thing you may want to try if you feel the car appears to be running hot (i only noticed this when watching the oil temps) is that the bonnet to body earth strap is in good condition, it sounds mad but i was showing oil temps of 160deg nd water off the scale with warning light flashing, changed the earth strap and it reads great most of the time, now and again it still goes crazy and this is solved by turning the lights on and off...............sounds mad i know but its sorted mine out :) hope some of the dribble iv written there makes some sense to you rob