Well getting the master in took embarrassingly longer than anticipated. I blame being sick. Realistically its also that i didnt give myself enough clearance around the T piece for spanner swing, and so i had to disassemble it in bay and then reassemble it within the bay
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But its in now, and onto the final few things for this round. Im down a few harness eyelets, so i need to order/find those. Then its just a matter of tidying everything up and a final spanner check and some fresh fluids and its good to go.
Spurred on by Guido buying his, I finally found some time to polish the last 5% of it off. Fitted up the seat properly now, which required switching to hex head bolts for access. Getting the seat in and out is a bit of a pain, basically needing to remove the rear two seat bolts, pivot the seat forward to remove the two rear mount/chassis bolts, then remove the front bolts and out. But its doable.
Can I say too how much of a pain this style of harness strap is:
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Took ages to adjust up the crotch strap and get it in the right spot.
Decided to do a gear fluids change, and found that whoever last changed the gearbag oil somehow managed to shove almost 3L into it, the 5sp takes around 1.9L… Oh well.
Gave it a bolt check and got it back down and out for a drive. Initial impressions are that the torsen hooks in nicely, as a torsen should, and the rear end feels a little more settled with the new swaybar.
Holy hell though, the exhaust is obnoxious. 2.5″ on an NA 1.6L is just bloody loud. Not overly droney, although it has a decent rasp up high, and not as loud as the AE86. But loud enough. Thats with the baffled muffler too, so i would hate to think what it would be like with the straight through.
This doesnt quite capture it, as the auto levels on the phone compensate too well, but gives an idea:
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Rear wheel arches need more of a roll too, the extra track width at the rear really shows:
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Need to roll those guards, tidy up a couple of little bits on the interior, and then its on to building the turbo engine.