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I gave some “winter maintenance” attention to Ava, this time with an annual oil change, cleaning of as many body ground points as I could find, and fixing a cracked plastic headlight bucket.
Next will be replacement of a water temperature sender unit, and then I’ll move on to similar lists on two other cars.
Does anyone know how to see/find the engine ground? I haven’t tried laying on top of the engine to look down between the engine and firewall, but I’ve looked from above the engine on both sides and from beneath the car and can’t find an engine ground cable.
Tim
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The engine ground it right in the middle at the back and is down a good few inches
Not easy to get at
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Quote:Today was not a good day 
no jobs completely finished.
Firstly I ran up the engine to see if the dash would work, as on my return from Barcelona in heavy rain the instruments all fell over. Today the dash worked just fine, so I guess in have a bad earth/live either leading to the dash or the associated fuse. My intention is to pull the dash in the process of installing cruise control, so at that time I shall inspect and clean the various connections. Then wait to see if the fault reoccurs.
Painting the injector cover ... well that wasn't a success either! Firstly I thought yellow for the letters, but after seeing another example I thought maybe yellow for the cover and black for the letters. I bought caliper paint as I thought it must be heat resistant. Cleaned the injector cover thoroughly, let the cover and paint can sit in the sun to dry and warm. Sprayed the cover ...... it was AWFUL! Is special paint required for aluminum?? Now I must strip back the paint and either spray again or just buff/shine instead.
Checking belt tensions ..... 1000Kms after changing the cam and balance belts I checked all was still correct, whist the injector paint dried. All was good except the balance belt / idler clearance which was 10thou instead of 20thou. Undid retaining nut to permit adjustment but don't have sufficient clearance between the fan assembly to get my torque wrench on the nut. Must buy torque with smaller drive or sockets with larger drive
Also looked at the inside of the air box with a view to improving the airflow.... I can see the upper section could move the air more smoothly towards the MAF.
So all up not a good day, but some progress and in any case I enjoyed spending time on my 968.
There is a voluminous thread regarding Air Box Modification. Countless hours and $$$ were spent proving that the addition of drilled holes (of the correct size and placement, and finished correctly) along with a K&N air filter will add up to 10 HP. Failure to follow the directions completely and correctly are likely to produce lesser results.
You are, of course, welcome to modify your car in any way you see fit, but the testing that was done on the air box was incredibly detailed by the best performance engineers available to this forum.
Regards,
Jay
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I still cant work out what this relentless hunt for more power is all about, if 150mph and 0-60 in 6.0 is to slow go buy a faster car,
a 10 year old BMW M5 is much faster and cheaper, as screwing up expensive parts for 5 bhp extra is to my mind a complete waste of time, you get 10 BHP more by driving it on a cold wet day.
the car gets faster with better bouncy bits, decent brakes, and some driver training
I know opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one
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Quote:Wow! This thread is still alive after 10 years...
DUDE!
Where have you been? We miss you...
Jay
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Quote:Waylander, I've asked you this question on your Starter motor thread, but this is a better place to put it .....
Your starter looks polished .... did you use some sort of polishing paste and polishing pad? I ask because I am stripping back the paint from my injector cover, and wish to "polish off" the surface once it is paint free.
Cheers, Robert.
no just cleaned off and painted with Silver Grey High Temp Paint, and Black, the solenoid is shiny as its brand new and nickel plated
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