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Will be good to see the results of adding the catch can, then repeat a similar drive to the last one there.
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Got the catch can all plumbed up this morning. Ended up just drilling and tapping the OEM PCV valve cover as I couldn't find any appropriate alloy plate in the scrap at work.
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Now to wait and see what it catches....
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Well it's only really been about a day but the car is driving great, been out a few times, got the opportunity to get up it this morning and no signs of any ignition breakdown and pulled like a steam train. Coming up our street I gave it a boot full at about 40km/h and it kicked down to first and I saw the traction light flashing, changed to 2nd and it kept pulling, engine sounded crisp and clean but I had to get out of it (ya know, speed limits and all.....). Still only revving to 5200 until I get around to fitting new valve springs.

And as a bonus it seems the whistling sound I had last week is gone. I'm Winning this week :)

I'll continue to monitor the engine oil level and if there is any significant change I'll go looking for it in the catch can.
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Nice neat install there. Seems that spot for the canister is perfect.
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Cheers mate. If I was to do it again I would move it a touch towards the engine as the bottom of the catch can is very close to the inside guard. It worked out quiet well with the 2 studs spare from the factory.
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Check the oil level and catch can today, no noticeable drop in engine oil level and only a very tiny accumulation in the bottom of the catch can, not really even enough to cover the entire bottom of the catch can. Been about 1500km (at a guess) since the install.

Now only to find out what happens when doing some spirited driving....
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Finally some real progress. Since the boy is away studying at uni I have broken down his gym gear, cleaned up the garage a bit and this afternoon achieved this,
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A lot of cleaning to do but now I can work in it when it suits and tools are all to hand. Brilliant. First things first though is to clean the old girl up a bit.

Why does that damn ABS unit have to be so bloody big. I wonder if the later VT type will work, the early one that uses the same 3 circuit brake configuration as the VS?
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immortality wrote:Car got a good run on this week, ended up doing just under 600km for the day and the engine ran really well, the suspension was a different story....

Just fitted new front struts, strut bushes and bearings which has definitely got rid of one knock but now it has developed another although I think it's a sway bar bush as it only happens when steering is near full lock going in/out of a driveway etc.

The passenger side top strut bush was totally shagged, the steel inner was floating in the rubber. The bearing on the other side fell apart to when I took the tension of the spring.

New KYB strut.
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Old top strut bush
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Nice even strut top gap (was about 10mm with stuffed bush)
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Is it just me or you have put vr onwards bearing plates and struts into a vn/p??? (more likely VP seeing the ABS model)

cheers
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It's a VX mate.
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wow did I get that wrong, the strut brace must be giving me the bum steer..... the shame :wall: where to hide.....

cheer
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