Geoff W Completed!

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Geoff W WROTE:

"Hey guys I know I haven't said much lately but heres the update.<BR><BR>Jason recently organised the custom making of a radiator by PWR in QLD to give me that little bit of insurance against overheating the motor and blowing head gaskets etc.<BR><BR>This is what ended up happening. We took the standard radiator and fan out about 4 weeks ago and couriered them up to PWR, so they could size the new one exactly as per the original radiator.<BR><BR>3 weeks later.... I have a 52mm core thickness with the same outer dimensions as the standard radiator and a SPAL 14" fan that flows up to 1750cfm to keep everything cool. <BR><BR>ABSOLUTELY BLOODY BRILLIANT I tell you. This thing is a work of art. Took approximately 1hr to fit and went in without a hitch, bar the fact that the overflow outlet nipple was a little undersized. But this was nothing a tighter little hose clamp did not fix :)<BR><BR>We cut the plug off the standard fan, which by the way is bulky as and takes up precious room in the engine bay. (See Pics and then look at the size of your fan) joined em up soldered and heat shrink and works like a charm. Even got the fan to run the correct direction first time!<BR><BR>Now the car heats up and once the thing idles for about 5 min the fan cuts in, runs for about 45 sec and voila back to normal temp!!<BR><BR>I was having withdrawals from not driving the car so I decided to give her a good run. Gave her a nice wash and took some pics down next to the local Williams River. I've been waiting for ages to get a good day to get some better pics so this was all the excuse I needed.<BR><BR>So from now on you can most likely ask PWR for a radiator similar to this if that's the path you choose. I must say for ease of fitment alone it was well worth the money in my opinion.<BR><BR>Enjoy fellas.<BR><BR><A href="http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/GDubbya/Micra%20Pics/?action=view¤t=Radiator01.jpg" target=_blank><IMG alt="PWR Radiator 03-08-08" src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/GDubbya/Micra Pics/Radiator01.jpg" border=0></A>
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....pwr already had the dimensions etc.. nissanmania had one built by them.. least they had the drawings last time i asked... hmm. weird. how much they end up charging you?
 

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how freakin mad is the movie hot shots!!

"we use these to keep the noise down" "Why thankyou chuck!"

haha

dude your car is a work of art...
 

CMF_Marshal

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hey mate you should chop the front grill like mine
 

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cisco

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Kamz and all you other morons, stop hijacking Geoff's thread.

All your crap got deleted.
 

CMF_NeX

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that is one beautiful looking car, i am very impressed :D

i love that colour and that open mouth mod, also that super S logo you have, where did you get that from?

i bet it sounds awesome too :D did you have the cam cover polished or chromed?

keep up the great work
 

CMF_Geoff W

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The cam cover is polished. Easy to maintain.
I use some stuff made by California Gold called Purple. Get it at Autopro. It's a purple (guess you saw that coming) liquid thats great for all metal polished surfaces. Brings Chrome up unbelievably good. Bout 30 bucks for a bottle but it'll last you years.
 

CMF_Geoff W

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I finally got around to getting some polish and wax onto the Micra on the weekend.
Me and Jason spent Sat arvo/evening doing the Meguiars 3 Step on the Micra.
1) Paint Cleaner - removes oxides and old polish/wax to give a good surface to polish
2) Polish - takes the tiniest bit of paint off and takes out swirls from washing/chamoising etc.
3) Meguiars NXT Generation 2.0 Liquid wax ( Great stuff )

This has changed the colour of the car completely. All swirls/buff marks are gone and the pearl in the paint pops, whilst the paint appears to be "deep" again. I love it!

It took about 3 hours all up between the two of us.

We also just waxed Jason's BF XR8 ex-cop chaser on Sunday arvo. It came up beautifully too.

Here's some more piccys. Enjoy.

<a href="http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/GDubbya/Micra Pics/?action=view&current=IMG_0002.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/GDubbya/Micra Pics/IMG_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="Fresh Polish 02"></a>
 
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