Bravo (Classic) Van with a difference!!!.

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

mal, that sounded sick!!! as you come out of the tunnel i think you engaged race mode ha...but this coming along nicely cant wait for the finished product!

 

[m20b25]

mal, that sounded sick!!! as you come out of the tunnel i think you engaged race mode ha...but this coming along nicely cant wait for the finished product!

Cheers Chris! Have you seen the vid for my Sporting in that same tunnel? It has the cams I want, Ill swap them some weekend and see what the difference in sound will be... I think its going to turn into one of those cars where there will be constant adjustments made! But hope to have it in a normal state over the summer

Another update!

For the eagle eyed, I have had no breather for ages (not recomended)

Until yesterday

On its new pipe

With a sticker

Finally in its new home

Much better, no nasty fumes Which reminds me, I need a new pollen filter... :bang:

I decided to do an oil change and scalded myself in the process :doh:

And then swap one arm

Too much power :devil:

The past still haunts this car, one of the bushes was missing, presumed rotted away and the other one was unrecognizable heres the other end of that mess

But not to worry, I have spares

Now heres the arm. The bushes were alright...

The balljoint wasnt

And a new one appears :yum:

30 mins later, fitted and no more annoying clonking from the left The right is for next weekend...

Had to make up a bracket for the ehxaust but it failed to do anything useful

So I chopped up the heatshield and gear gaiter from a 2001 Bravo and used its mounts, pics of it I shall get soon

As is a common problem, rusty oil sump

Which when cleaned...

And painted...

Should prolong its lifespan Ill give it a further make over next weekend when the paint is fully dry. Once again, the eagle eyed may have spotted my exhaust bracket in action. And copped I have the totally wrong engine for the year of car...

This should keep me going Now for the next update hmm....

 

[dronenrs]

Its not oxidising, just rough, didnt get a chance to smooth it properly, untill today I was using Shell Helix Ultra 5w40 but its too light for these engines, so back to Helix Plus 10w40

Hats off to Andycam for supplying wheel liners for my Punto and for a great chat, I'll be doing some work on that when I get the time, keep a look out for it

Driving to get the parts meant another thing, I had to go through a tunnel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuAUeL1e_AY

The camera dosent do justice, I cannot wait to take it to the port tunnel someday, the sound literally adds to your lifespan :worship: I need those early mk1 cams on this engine!

so i missed this thread for a few days. then i come back and theres a lovely video full of naughty noises :devil: god i love that

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Cheers Chris! Have you seen the vid for my Sporting in that same tunnel?

yeah i had a little browse round your youtube, and had a look...very nice aswell..kinda have a softer spot for the bravo of course and is there any performance gain between the cams on the punto than the bravo ones ? different torque bands ?

 

[SamuraiDragon]

great read mate. cant wait to see and hear it finished.

 

[giorgio paglieri]

Re: Van with a difference!!!

wow you have been busy!

Giorgio Paglieri

 

[m20b25]

Cheers for the comments!

yeah i had a little browse round your youtube, and had a look...very nice aswell..kinda have a softer spot for the bravo of course and is there any performance gain between the cams on the punto than the bravo ones ? different torque bands ?

From what I've read, the Punto cams are the same as Panda 100hp cams, so a handy few bhp on tap and deeper growl up the rev band

A tiny update or should I say state of health...

After trying a few petrol stations, its clearly running the best on texacos stuff, so I'm sticking with that for the moment so theres a golden tip, texacos pretty damn good

I have now joined the club of head gasket failures another grim statistic. After sorting the hose leak, its used a sight of water in a week and is blowing tonnes of steam through the exhaust :bang: It still drives fine, but not as happy as it used to

Stay tuned, I'll deal with that

 

[m20b25]

I have 2 weeks of hols, then 2 weeks of college, followed by a week of exams. Then its summertime

So all the major stuff like the hg and exhaust will be hopefully sorted by then and I have plans for another thing I've been waiting to do for ages that I may have the funds for...

But for the moment, I'm playing with this and working out an adapter plate

Guesses to what its off and its not a Fiat either if I find something more suitable or better fitting, then this gets the bin, literally

So there will be no major updates for a few weeks at least, unless I get the front bumper sorted Roll on the summer hols, I want to work on my car with a bit of comfort!!! :worship:

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

4-1 manifold, hmm interesting good luck with that, that is what i think your next update is

 

[m20b25]

4-1 manifold, hmm interesting good luck with that, that is what i think your next update is

Cheers! I dont think its going to work, it has a smaller bore than the old system so i think this is getting the bin but dont worry I can pull pars out of thin air

Speaking of updates...

Finaly the bumper is getting into shape

But that will be finished in another update... So onto this

One for the yellow car, one for my daily hack

And now begining to go into uncharted territory...

Then it all falls into place

And that wrapped that up for the evening

Ive never taken cams out of these engines so this is a first

This one was a little damaged inside, I fitted the cam back and it dosent interfere with the bearings so ill polish it out when I have the time

What a therapeutic evening Untill the next update...!

 

[m20b25]

And more business earlier, I'm a little higher due to all those paint fumes :spin:

First job I did was to clean down the extention

Realising I did things the wrong way round (ment do this then clean :doh, I then proceded to smooth the rough castings

And the sides as much as possible

So I could give it a lick of paint

Now the plan was to paint it blue and white but plans change, coffee beckons and cakes await devouring. So we end for the moment with this:

Untill the next update...!

 

[maverick1508]

No updates for a whole week ?

 

[m20b25]

No updates for a whole week ?

I know, shock horror... Between waiting for parts and college work i cant get anything done with this car i did have a rubbish attempt at tinting the rear window, ill put that up when im at a computer

Dont worry, theres alot to be done, just havnt the time at the mo!

 

[m20b25]

Ironically, heres an update

First, I'm deaf for the evening



Yeah, it fell off, damaged from the last time... Oh well!

Now heres not how to tint windows

Prepping wasnt a problem. Idiocy was though. This roll was 3 years old...

And not long enough for the fronts. So I attempted to do the back

So I cut...

Trimmed...

And made solution

Got the tape out...

Then soaked the film

Out with the roller...

And made a total ham sandwich of it with the heat gun :bang:

I will get it right, just need the time

So untill the next update, expect to see this in action...

And these high lift cams being fitted :yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum::yum:

Stay tuned...!

 

[wilko92]

never realised tinting can go so wrong! im ment to be tinting my windows soon haha! and is the film on the inside or outside the window?

 

[m20b25]

never realised tinting can go so wrong! im ment to be tinting my windows soon haha! and is the film on the inside or outside the window?

Believe me, you can do it right or very wrong...

Doing it right

Doing it wrong

Yes, i did both of those... Ill see if i can find a better pic of the silver car, its woeful :bang:

You measure it on the outside and shrink it to fit but because i was in a rush i did the heating at the wrong time and didnt shrink the tint, causing that mess

I just need the time, ill get it right!

 

[m20b25]

These days I realy don't know where I get the time to work on this car I do have the weekend booked hopefully for a major update...

But for now its all prep

Heres the new "improved" inlet manifold I'll be putting on. You can see were I've smoothed 2 ports and haven't gone near the other 2

These manifolds leave the factory fairly rough

And after some careful sanding at both ends, then a filing in the middle and a clean pull through results in a smooth manifold

Stay tuned, you never know what will be in the next update...!

 

[Puntonick]

i beleive i saw a HTC Wildfire or Desire in one of those pics keep up the good work though!

 

[SamuraiDragon]

i beleive i saw a HTC Wildfire or Desire in one of those pics keep up the good work though!

only phone i saw was what looked like a blackberry, not a htc.... and more to the point... how random?! lol

 

[m20b25]

i beleive i saw a HTC Wildfire or Desire in one of those pics keep up the good work though!

What you saw was my Nokia E5

Now I do believe it is time for a very small update...

Lets start here with this cylinder head...

Needed cleaning...

All over. The process was long and involved solvents, so I couldn't take many snaps... However heres the finished result

Now onto the extention. In with the cams

Always ALWAYS lubricate the journals before you put them in

These have a seperate part on spring that needed fidlin' with a screwdriver to fit in properly. Torque to 89lbs/ft (were old fashioned )

And then the cam oil seal. Bed it in place wit a big socket

Then it was 1am so in for the night...

Later that day however, time to make a start...

I didnt even start it. Look at the water coming from the breather

15 mins later...

15 mins after that photo...

5 minutes later...

And just 40 minutes into the job

Thats the only extention I've taken off where all the shims fell out. Hallmarks of a well maintained engine

Good oil and regular service show in the colour of the head and valves

But hanging around wasn't an option

I've never had this engine in this state. We've had it since 2004

As my new waterpump was thrashed, a new one was rooted out of thin air

Well, almost new... My dad had a miserable time trying to seal one on another one of these engines. I wasn't going to take any chances

And at this stage, it was time for a break. You might have seen the other car in the pic before...

Newish pump sitting pretty. Time for a coffee

For some strange reason, that head had no inlet studs despite it using a marelli manifold Just a matter of swapping them one by one

When that was done, time to fully clean the manifold face

Then something magical happens...

Quick tip: heres why you use new bolts on a modern engine, the old ones stretch

Cleaning the shims one by one, then oiling them up :yum:

All in place

Somethings missing hmmm...

Thats better

Now its a little bit later at this stage....

Tightening the gears fully...

This required no cleaning

Now for the timing...

And having it look normal

And that concluded that for the evening...

So earlier today, time to source something that resembled an exhaust

These do not interchange

Just a few bits to plug in...

Just the manifold...

JOB DONE!!!!! :worship:

Took its time starting but its going very smooth, even if your ears bleed at the end of the journey

Now that was a weekend and possibly my longest update?

Stay tuned for this...

In due time...!