Max's Project Pumba *Pic Heavy*

[MaxSparta]

Well its been a busy few weeks and as im winding down for Christmas I figured it would be a good time to finally get a project page going

I dont plan on going mental with her, I have neither the funds of the brainpower to do such things so its mostly going to be restoration and personal tweaks.

So here she is looking all shiny and purdy

Inside

Ill get some better pics when its light (my phone sucks in the dark)

Ive managed to get most of the basics sorted. Gave her a full service which set me back over £600 once we realised just about everything detachable on the engine needed replacing :'(

Then there was the stuff I did myself (With some help from my mates)

God rid of the 6006 changer as it decided to swallow and never return my CDs on the first try of using it. Got myself a nice Sony head unit (above) but went through 3 infill panels trying to fit it as i kept breaking the side clip :crazy:

Painted the rear hubs

Before

Derust

Painted

If I had thought about it I would have taken the drum covers off and sprayed them rather then brush painting them while fitted but hay-ho.

Next was the Front bumper which had a nasty gash in the paintwork

We go from this

To this

Smoked repeaters

Decided at this stage to go for a yellow theme throughout the car so started with the callipers

From this

To this

While I was at it i fitted new Brembo disks and pads

Also stripped the doors and added sound deadening inside which has helped quieten her down a bit

Now that the weather has turned its mostly minor jobs now until next year (that and funding it)

For example got my knob buffed and markered. Not as shiny as CJ2013s but im not complaining

Replaced the 2 outside badges

Front

Back

Also have one for the steering wheel but waiting for a dry day so I can run an extension lead outside and hairdryer the old one off.

Also fitted a new RAMAIR filter a few days ago.

Ill put up a pic of it fitted this weekend

Last thing ive had done, which was today, was a brand new custom MIJ stainless exhaust. Dont have any pics of this yet but ill get some and a vid so you can hear it this weekend

Now then, the shopping list. (I dont know how to make a ticklist so just gonna do it this way)

1. Lowering springs (Yellow of course)
Currently eyeballing these on ebay but wont be until new year before I get any
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2. Getting my drivers side wing fixed/replaced.
Waiting on Reecey to get back to me with some pics of his Thunder he is breaking

Ive pushed the dent out but the metal has pinched so its probably only going to be sorted with a new one.

3. Replace the engine cover.
Already got the replacement off of Quest but the old one is stuck on as half of the bolts are rounded off and i keep putting off getting it sorted. Thinking is spraying the cover black with yellow lettering. Oddly I have no wide shots of the engine bay so will add these in due course.

4. New number plates.
Nice and simple, may do this one in the next week or so. Gonna velcro them on so I dont have any lovely rusty screws sticking out

5. Wheel arches.
We all know this one. They don't look to bad atm, just a bit of bubbling but it has deffo worsened in the last year. This is the expensive one so this wont be until summer 2014 now :|

6. Door Sills.

Got rust forming n the sills and in the corners. The sills I think is mostly surface as it feels solid (hit it with a screwdriver a few times so i think i may be able to get away with just grinding the rust away, treating and respraying.

7. Headlights.
These have been my bane from day 1. I've finally sorted the drivers side one as it kept fogging up but the passenger side one has a loose seal on the curved edge of the lamp-cover and it sticks out a mile. I've had 2 replacements but one had a snapped clip and the other was just generally in a bad way and no amount of wet-sanding was going to bring it up.

8. Interior lights.
Hate the green. It needs to go. Will be happy with just white and while im sure doing the instruments isn't so bad I hear that the clock can be a pain as it involves soldering (This is over my head)

9. Remap.
Not sure if ill even bother doing this one yet. Unless I happen to stumble across a FRP at a breakers I can steal the ECU from :-D

Well I think this is it for now. Ill update as I go along of course but things will be slow for a while why I pay off the credit card i melted for the new exhaust

Chow for Now
Max

 

[Brian']

Looks like a nice project. I'm also interessed in a RamAir Filter.. Was it hard to fit it? Can't wait to see the pictures.
Keep it up k:

 

[MaxSparta]

Thanks! :thumbs:

Fitting it is easy(ish). However I had trouble getting out the lower half of the stock airbox as the cold feed it attaches too goes into the wing and I didnt have enough play to separate them so had to leave it there. :crazy:

People I have spoke to have not had this issue so it may come straight out for you. Assuming it does then securing it is easy as the bracket you get with the pod can be fixed to the mount that the airbox was on.

If you leave it in its a bit fiddly as there is nowhere for the bracket to go. i got around this by using some cable ties to pull the pod against the airbox body. I used a couple of sticky pads on the airbbox and battery box where the pod would lean against to remove any vibrations. Not ideal but it gets the job done. Im hoping to replace the wings soon so when I do Ill remove the airbox properly and make it look nicer :-D

 

[moondustka]

Nice work, try and keep some sort of cold air feed to the filter. It does make a difference.

 

[MaxSparta]

Have been trying to get the flexi pipe you get with the filter to fit on the secondary air-inlet on the airbox but its just a smidge to small :/

 

[cj2013]

For example got my knob buffed and markered. Not as shiny as CJ2013s but im not complaining

What did you use?

It's not too much of a bug bear to be honest, if it's heavily scratched then a bit of 600 wet/dry is useful, as is some 1000 - 2000 grit w/d.

The best method for the impatient is just to use a dremel though, i'll be doing mine again soon - may even get a spare off the 'bay to do a little how to.

Good work though. I would have been tempted to take the bristles out of the paint on the drum, mind :grin:

 

[MaxSparta]

I was looking at the dremel but then the the line "Whats the worst that can happen" followed by sirens and news reports of unknown disasters rang through my head so thought better of it. :-D

Yeah, that bristle is going to bug me now that ive left it there lol :crazy:

 

[MaxSparta]

As promised a few extra piccies for the Pumba

Shiny new exhaust!

Was going to go all out and have a straight through setup but then i remembered i have naighbours and they probably wont like it. Still nice though. Subtle at low revs, and beast over 3k :-D

Engine wide shot

This is the issue with the cover

Damn thing is mauled and im not even sure if this one is even holding the cover down. Either way half the other bolts are also rounded off inkeye:

Closer shot of the RAMAIR

As you can see, had to resort to cable ties to pin the thing down. Surprisingly effective though. Used some sticky back pads on the old filter box and the side of the engine cover to remove vibrations.

And this is the issue I have with the light. A dammed eyesore If ever I saw one

 

[Glenn_]

Does the car go better with the filter fitted.

 

[MaxSparta]

It feels sharper. You almost never gain any BHP from fitting pods but if your old filter was warn like mine you will certainly get back what you may have lost from having bad airflow. If you have a good setup you may get 1-2BHP but nothing more. It will help though if you get a new exhaust as the combined effect off increasing the overall airflow in and out of the engine will improve performance.

However I will say it sounds MUCH better now since fitting it. I was quite surprised how much more aggressive the engine sounds just by fitting a Pod and putting it under load.

 

[CherryVimto]

Exhaust is looking good.... would be better if we could hear it...... :wink:

 

[MaxSparta]

Lol, ill see what I can do

 

[MaxSparta]

Things have been rather slow as of late. However Christmas has come a bit early thanks to Steve :grin:

Its something for me to do before the last bits of Christmas shopping at least