Dylan8's Vento

[dylan8]

So no dice on the heat in the cabin problem.
The insulation cuts noise down, and held the heat at bay for longer but still managed to work it's way in this morning.
Next is suss the cat for a blockage and check for exhaust leaks in the bay/pre cat

[dylan8]

Sorted the rear suspension knock! Turns out it wasn't the rear beam bushes, although I will replace the beam soon anyway just so everything is fresh.
Oil and filter change, went for a lighter oil again this time.
Found one of the front engine mount/gear box bolts had backed itself out too and was sitting pretty loosely.
Car feels so much better and punchy now, I'm assuming the beam and loose engine bay bolts were causing a fair bit of movement and meaning the power didn't go straight to the ground on acceleration.

Picked up a welded and ported down pipe. Also a second set of exhaust manifolds so will have a crack at matching those too.

On to building a new set of wheels and start stage 1 of the exhaust in preparation for Vits hopefully

Iv put about 3200miles on it since the new cluster,
Fairly happy motoring other than running out of fuel a couple of times and the excessive heat and noises

[HaydEn]

That's a heap of driving!

[feenix74]

Well done, good luck tracking down the cause of the excessive heat (I assume you have figured out what causes the excessive noise )

[dylan8]

That's a heap of driving!

Was kind of suprised... hasn't really been driven more than 1.5hours away from home yet.

Well done, good luck tracking down the cause of the excessive heat (I assume you have figured out what causes the excessive noise )

Cheers!
Few chassis plugs missing and bit of foam sealing the shifter to the tunnel are missing so let's plenty of road noise in.
Also an exhaust leak or two

[feenix74]

And here I was thinking it was a heavy right foot

[dylan8]

That too haha. Bflat on here did comment he could hear the induction noise from few blocks away on a busy Saturday morning. Not bad for what is essentially a stock intake system

[dylan8]

so got the Vento to Albury for its first decent trip since road worthy.
while the short ratio box was a bit rev happy on the highway, it did make for great/easy over takes from 100km/h without changing back gears

oil temps were good, and tunnel temperature was hot at the start but cooled off for part of the trip, makes me think something in the exhaust system is loose and letting heat out into the engine bay which transfers to the tunnel and fire wall.
Once getting back to Melbourne thestu helped me fit up a more 'free flowing' Catalytic converter to see if that was the issue.
No help with the exhaust tunnel temps and I did lose some low end torque, but top end is breathing a little easier. Will throw the other cat back in and continue the hunt.

I did have a rear window reg let go a few minutes out of Albury. A quick pitstop featuring some well placed cardboard sorted it.
Once hole the good old cable tie trick fixed it. at the same time I replaced the rear passenger window switch. now the rear passenger can wind the window both up and down (only had up option before).
I had a vacuum leak on the rear drivers door. door card off relieved the hose had just fallen off.
the door pin wasnt working and found that had come free. reconnected it, door now locks fine, needs some love from the inside of the car to help it unlock though. will investigate further soon.

Picked up some eurowise aluminium bumper brackets thanks to sneaky pete.
Hopefully tidies up the floppy bumpers front and rear
pretty keen to get working on the body and start work on the paint.

Some snaps thanks to Lanky and Brad
stolen from facebook so quality is a bit low

[dylan8]

unfortunately my Albury wheel plans didnt happen.
a random at the tyre shop had damaged the seal before the tyres went on it seems.
a solid last minute attempt was made to rectify the issue but it didnt all work out, this was made worse by the fact I cant remove the rear wheels in a hurry as the centre bore on the rear hubs seems to be oddly large (assuming after market of some kind)

Here is a preview of whats to come

[thestu]

do a skid