Rockets Wagon

[BigRAWesty]

You can buy loom adaptors for this Kallen. Well for my older GU i could... I would assume its the same for the later U's.

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Cheers. The plugs look similar that's all?? Don't really feel like chopping the loom.

[Hodge]

I could not find a adapter loom from my last 2 stereos. So just bought a Nissan to "anything " adapter and soldered the other end to the small stereo loom/ plug . That way the car harness stays untouched .

Tapatalked from S6

[Rocket55]

What ?! Does taking that off make them run cooler ??


2002 GU wagon 3.0lt , auto , piranha dual batteries , 3" lift , chip , needle & Dawes valves - just gettin started

There's theory and apparent scientific proof that supports it and also supports that it makes absolutely no difference. I can't comment for sure as I changed many things at once.


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[Sprock]

I'm open to input mate but I struggle to see how it could make a difference , I don't imagine it changes the vortex of the airflow across the front when you already have a big arse bull bar that disturbs that and I don't imagine it insulates the front edge of the Bonnet so much that the bonnet gets hot and doesn't let it cool thus heating up components under there -ie radiator but then again I could be wrong .


2002 GU wagon 3.0lt , auto , piranha dual batteries , 3" lift , chip , needle & Dawes valves - just gettin started

[Hodge]

The bonnet protector supposedly bounces the incoming air upwards enough, so that it's sending it over the bonnet scoop, compared to without the bonnet protector. There was a video somewhere with a bloke doing it with feathers and a camera on the bonnet.
And also one where the bloke had an industrial fan setup, coated the the top of inercooler with Lanolin and sprinkled dust into the fan and a lot of the intercooler surface remained clean. Then he repeated it with no bonnet scoop and much more air/dust went into the scoop.

This wasn't the video, I can't seem to find it. BUt it was similar to what this guy has done ....

[Maxhead]

The bonnet protector supposedly bounces the incoming air upwards enough, so that it's sending it over the bonnet scoop, compared to without the bonnet protector. There was a video somewhere with a bloke doing it with feathers and a camera on the bonnet.
And also one where the bloke had an industrial fan setup, coated the the top of inercooler with Lanolin and sprinkled dust into the fan and a lot of the intercooler surface remained clean. Then he repeated it with no bonnet scoop and much more air/dust went into the scoop.

This wasn't the video, I can't seem to find it. BUt it was similar to what this guy has done ....

I seem to remember that vid as well, and it was fairly conclusive that the bonnet protector made a huge negative difference to the airflow through the scoop

[gubigfish]

Turbo came out this afternoon to make way for a better item





New v's old intake pipework



I'll start on removing the injector pump after dinner.

how difficult was it to get the turbo off? Had issues just getting the dump pipe off this past weekend, couple of studs snapped, Did you just unbolt your exhaust, unbolt your dump pipe and then undo the 4 bolts on the manifold?

[Rocket55]

It came out pretty easy actually. I did spray the turbo to manifold bolts with WD-40 for a few days before trying to remove the turbo. The car never moved during this time. Then I undid the 3 bolts that connect the exhaust to the dump pipe, then the 4 bolts that connect the turbo to the manifold then lifted the turbo with dump pipe still attached out.mto do this I had to remove the inlet and outlet pipes from the turbo, but they are 3 simple bolts each. The 4 turbo to manifold bolts are a royal PITA to get at, I ended up using an open ended spanner (a good quality one), but got away with it, otherwise to me it looked like a manifold off job, which I wasn't interested in doing.

[BigRAWesty]

You can buy loom adaptors for this Kallen. Well for my older GU i could... I would assume its the same for the later U's.

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I could not find a adapter loom from my last 2 stereos. So just bought a Nissan to "anything " adapter and soldered the other end to the small stereo loom/ plug . That way the car harness stays untouched .

Tapatalked from S6

Sorry to hijack rocket, maybe you can help..
My 08 stock stereo has 3 plugs on the back.. the main 2 which obviously control the bulk of the radio..
But the 3rd goes to the bottom corner..
wires are black. Light green and purple.
As you can see the aerpro does not connect to it?? Any idea what it is??


And just my luck the jvc plug is a mini so the aerpro doesn't fit.
So hodge..
I'm guessing most the colors are standard on the aerpro?
My unit has a separate reverse wire and park light switch..
Would they be the missing wires on the 3rd plug??

[Hodge]

Kallen.

Here is the photos of when I was doing the stereo in my 2009 CRD. I honestly cannot remember.... But I'm sure I left that plug out.

You can sort of see the aeropro adapter chopped up.






Now this photo show the Aerpro adapter again, however this was in my 4.2L which DIDNT have that plug, I'm sure of it.