Well Picked up my car yesterday... about farkin time too eh.
Heres a brief rundown of what was done. I was gonna put it in dot point but it would take too much space.
Timing Chain, clutch, flywheel, flywheel bolts, entire engine resealed including (and he didn't charge me extra for this....
) headgasket as the old one was on its way out. Water pump, all radiator hoses, all belts, clutch slave cylinder and master cylinder (the old one was rust as.. Thanks Jono
), AC Condensor, AC Refridgerant, O rings, Spark Plugs/Leads, all fluids were replaced/flushed (coolant, brake, engine oil, gear box oil etc) and had the whole engine/bay degreased and clean. Also had the driveshafts replaced as well. Pretty much the entire engine was worked on. All filters excepting POD were replaced as well.
The only thing that will need replacing but isn't necessary is the steering rack but I saw it was in alright condition for now, just the rubber boots look tired but works fine.
Not much of a "Brief" but meh I study law, where lawyers are taught that 10,000 word Document is a brief...
Now how does the car run??
Firstly the Clutch/Flywheel.
I cannot stress how much the HD X-Clutch feels.
IT IS FARKIN AWESOME It clamps so well and the car actually feels like, "More power at the wheels". That probably sounds weird but that's how I can describe it. I was told that the push rod maybe too short and may feel like that clutch is slightly depressed and it did feel like that originally but after driving it a bit, it feels fine... though may need a 2nd opinion from Noss eh...
Now with the Lightened Flywheel. Well too be honest when I first drove it, the car feels like (Off the mark) sort of sluggish to respond and I can really now notice the flatspot before 2700rpm where as before I couldn't. Kind of lag in a Turbo Car which doesn't feel that great considering I remember what it was like before and uphills feels different, sort of slugish.
But that aside, once the revs build up, the car seems to respond alot better and after leaving it parked overnight than driving it this morning, doesn't seem as "bad" as before, I guess when you first get the car back your kinda "by the seat" in criticsim.
Overall, HD clutch/Jun lightened flywheel = awesome drive (once you get used to it).
Finally having AIR Con in the car (never really needed it though but it nice especially when it rains). Man it is farkin cold, the climate control works really really well. Can't stress that enough eh.
Thank you so much Noss/Pringles for helping me get the clutch ASAP (even though the car was parked for like 6 months in my garage
). Thanks to all for the advice as well, Chris n all.
Things to do.
Fit return spring, change shifter bush. Right now it is stiff, but am used to it.
My Drivers Door Window lifts up when your shutting it. Mechanic looked at it, regulators n all are fine. He showed me the door seals are swollen so when the window goes up, it rubs the seals and lifts up. Have to get seals replaced.
Roof weather strips need replacing. Both are brittle but right one has like a clip retainer near the hatch back which has gone MIA so when it buckets rain, a bit of moisture/water goes into the boot somehow.
So will get that replaced.
Fix the wiper linkage. May have to charge up the battery as it was flat, mechanic did charge it up but feels a bit sluggish to crank so may charge it, sell and get an Optima YellowTop (anyone can get a brother one for cheap...
).
That's it for now.. will be posting new threads soon.