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Very happy to report that in just 4 short days we have met our "stage 4" donation goal!
Stages 1-3 have been just purchased, and once payment is approved I will work with IPS on transferring the forum to the new license. As soon as that is done, I will need to start scheduling the updates and upgrades with IPS support.
After the new modules are in place I will purchase and install the garage module so that we can start working on a proper registry for our cars.
This is quite exciting, and I can't wait to see this come together.
Rabin
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That's an exceptionally robust combo then if kept in good nick... Not the fastest cars, but decently economical, massive payload, and ridiculously comfortable on rough roads.
Feel free to post more pictures - not sure if you're a car guy at all - or if this is just cheap transport, but they definitely have a small but loyal following. Hopefully you can do your own work as the cars are easy to work on, and there's lots of support for repairs and such. If you pay someone to work on the car - just make sure they're good!
Rabin
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Thanks very much for the donations so far.
I just sent out my first ever mass e-mail to all the members of the site, so my apologies to you guys for including you in the mass mail.
There were 900 recipients, and with three donations we're almost halfway to Stage 1 - which is pretty darn good for the first day. 
Rabin
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Welcome to the forum Roche,
As for your dilemma - Damn! That has to suck... I can't help directly, but there are a couple places in BC that might be able to help if they had parts cars... I searched quick and N9T posted this: "Marc at Marc's Import Auto is the most knowledgeable person still around for repairs. Marc also has quite a bit of used stock left. 604 432 6636 his wife Mina manages the front office." He *might* have a spare or possibly know where to find one. Unfortunately I don't know any any other wagons being parted out.
Ukit in California - but that is likely too far away as well.
Rabin
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I'm looking forward to coming up as well, and also trying to figure out the best use of time while there... I'm tempted to suggest camping there overnight to get two full days in, and then either leave after the second day, or first thing the third day.
It's a fairly long trek from Regina, so I want to make sure it's worth the effort. I also need to make sure I have room here for the parts I bring back.
Priority will be a good passenger rear quarter panel, ABS specific parts, and various parts and such that will hopefully help get my cars farther down the road to getting done.Looking forward to the video!
Can't wait to see the 87' up close to see what we got.Rabin
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The reason for this posting is to raise awareness for some upcoming improvements to the website. Until now, the site has been funded entirely myself, and I'm hoping that by setting up a PayPal donation link, contributions from members will allow me to improve the site. I would prefer to keep this site open to all, and a free resource for everyone, but there is now a need to rely on members to contribute what they can financially.
Without further adieu, I have set up a donation link so that it is possible to contribute via Paypal towards our planned updates.
Note: I have been asked about suggested donation amounts, and I think $10 - $25 and we will achieve our goals in no time at all.
Site upgrade detail plans:
Stage 1: $175 - The purchase of IPS Suite Core ($100) + IP.Board ($75)
This will allow www.505turbo.com to be on its own license, which will make it possible to get support for upgrades and help integrating the new modules.
Stage 2: $65 - IP.Gallery
Any pictures in the forums to be hosted in the gallery. Having pictures hosted anywhere else usually means broken links and lost info if those pictures are ever deleted.
Stage 3: $50 - IP.Content
Allows us to bring back the previous content, and post new content as time goes by. Things like member profiles and other articles.
Stage 4: $39 - (M34) Garage System 3.2.2
A much needed resource to register and document our cars, and a big step towards ensuring proper values are verifiable by 3rd parties (IE Insurance companies)
I have many ideas on expanding 505turbo.com's usefulness to the members, and welcome any member ideas so that we can grow the site to encompass all Peugeot models.
Thank you!
Rabin Rutten-James
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Another option would be to see if any other cars that use the same Bosch AFM style have an airbox that could be modified to fit. (Volvo? Eagle Premier?)
I'd prefer a proper air box as the engine can then bring in cooler air (that's the snorkel intake you described as under the car) - an open air element tends to suck in under hood air. Since you're after maximum performance - doing a proper cold air intake would have the most benefits.
Rabin
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Negative experience? Under dash fire in a friends car - PO had installed a car starter with one and the source of the fire was one of those connectors. When they "bite" into the wire you're splicing into they actually cut the copper strands in the wire, and when there is a large draw there can be significant heat build up. Using them under the car or in any exposed area also means the connector is open to corrosion as it's not sealed.
Whenever I see them I instantly think "HACK job" - and I immediately replace them. Proper sealed crimp connections, or well done soldered and heat shrunk wire connections are the only way I join wires.
In your case there won't be a risk of fire - but that exposed connection / splice will just be asking for failure later.
Rabin
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I knew - and Dreamhost admits their backups are not to be trusted. I've been researching the best way to get an automated incremental back up happening, but still working on it. I've got a windows home server I could use for back ups, but not a lot of experience with Linux...
Funny enough - We just had our Windows laptops replaces with Red Hat Open Client Enterprise - so just starting to build my Linux skill set. I hope to fix an an old laptop so I can install Xubuntu on it to get a bit more familiar and then see what I can do about backups. I found some decent articles on how to set up the backups I wanted - but they were all for Linux. If I get the laptop set up it can become my website admin box and house the site backups as well.
If you have any suggestions for how you deal with backups I'd be most interested to hear how you do it.
Rabin
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Hi guys,
The site was down since the 16th and just came back up. Sadly the restore somehow triggered the old malicious redirect code and the site was blacklisted again. Dreamhost was at first less than communicative and I was getting pretty upset - but today I got a lot of great helpful e-mails and support for identifying what needed to get done and how to do it. Quite impressed with them now even though it took 3 days to have the restore done.
I hope to get the majority of the clean up done this weekend, but I will also be trying to implement a donation post or button to try and build a maintenance budget for keeping the site in good shape as well as developing more content.
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Issue resolved...
No idea why it stopped to begin with, but DH confirmed their anti-spam measures were NOT the issue. (Yeah right I thought!). IPB support checked the logs and discovered a extra SPACE in the address of the mail server. Yup - and extra space... Re-entered the address and it worked. Added a space just to see and it didn't work - removed the space and it worked. YES - I had to make sure...
Good news is e-mail notifications are functioning again. Bad news is that my head hurts from slamming it on my desk.
Webmaster
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Just wanted to let you guys know that I found out the forum was no longer e-mailing notifications out. Just working on fixing it, so in the meantime you'll need to check the forum manually for responses.
Webmaster
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I've done some checking by googling the info Bobby sent me and it looks like this is quite a common problem, but is most likely occurring from something on the users computer.
I have used malwarebytes myself to clean my own computers, so I would recommend it to anyone wanting to ensure their computer is clean.
Webmaster
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I've done some checking by googling the info Bobby sent me and it looks like this is quite a common problem, but is most likely occurring from something on the users computer.
I have used malwarebytes myself to clean my own computers, so I would recommend it to anyone wanting to ensure their computer is clean.
Rabin
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Steps from the European manual:
REFILLING
1. Hang the expansion vessel (overflow bottle) as high as possible under the bonnet.
2. Remove the bleed screw
3. Fill through the radiator until the coolant runs through the bleed screw orifice.
4. Refit and tighten the bleed screw
5. Continue filling through the expansion vessel until coolant is level with the filler orifice
6. Refit the cap
7. Continue filling to bring the level in the expansion vessel between 30 and 40 mm (1 and 1,5 in) above the MAXI mark
8. Refit the expansion vessel cap (tighten with slip joint pliers).
IMPORTANT - Do not run the engine with the bleed screw or cap open.
9. Warm the engine and wait 5 minutes after the first fan operation.
10. Accelerate several times to low speed to aid bleeding.
11. Stop the engine.
NOTE - If, after running, the level in the expansion vessel rises abnormally (up to 3 cm (1 in) below the top of the vessel) check the system for air locks and repeat the bleeding procedure.
After complete cooling:
- the level in the expansion vessel should be near the MAXI mark.
- a level slightly above the MAXI mark is normal.
- top up to the MAXI mark if necessary.
Steps from the US manual:
REFILLING:
System capacity: 9.5 liters +- 0.5 liters, (2.5 U.S. gals. +- 0.13 )
1. Suspend the jar as high as possible onto the hood.
2. Place the temperature control lever on the high side (red mark).
3. Remove the thermocontact (see http://www.turbo505.com/my_87/components/water_tank_sending_units_refurbished.jpg)
4. Fill the radiator until the coolant runs out through the thermocontact opening.
5. Reinstall the thermocontact.
6. Continue filling the radiator through the expansion jar until the level stabilizes flush with the filler neck of the radiator.
7. Reinstall the radiator filler cap.
8. Continue to fill the system until the expansion jar reaches 30 to 40mm above the MAXI reference mark.
9. Reinstall the expansion jar cap.
BLEEDING
Make sure:
-that all drain plugs are in place and properly tightened
-the thermocontact is properly tightened.
IMPORTANT - DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE WITH THE THERMOCONTACT OR DRAIN PLUGS REMOVED
10. Warm the engine, and wait 5 minutes after first engagement of the declutchable fan.
11. Rev up engine a few times to moderate rpm to facilitate bleeding the cooling system.
12. Stop the engine (after return to idle).
13. Reinstall the expansion jar in its support.
After a total cool down:
- the level in the expansion jar must be close to the MAXI mark,
- a slight overrun of the MAXI mark is normal,
- if necessary, top up the level up to the MAXI mark if it is needed.
I guess the "bleed screw" in the EU version is just a screw in plug that occupies the same orifice that the 60 degree thermocontact uses on the LU cars.
Good luck,
K o l l
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Hi everyone,
Unfortunately the site was again compromised with a malicious redirect when people were trying to get to our site.
In order to temporarily resolve the issue we decided to redirect all hits to 505turbo.com to the forum. Once we able to migrate the main site content to a new secure format, it will be made available again.
Apologies in advance for the temporary inaccessibility to the main site's content, but I hope to have the site migration done ASAP. There's still a wealth of info on the forum site itself, so if you have any questions feel free to post them.
Thanks,
Webmaster
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Looks good!
One tip though - you should attach small pics - like 800x600 small and they'll be much easier to view. Or post them to a photo gallery and imbed them.
Rabin
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I do believe this thread will eventually end up at the bottom of the pile and when someone else needs the info we will have to start a new thread, so... seriously we need a legal section.
Excellent idea - welcome to the new legal section.
Rabin
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COOL!!
So how is tire clearances? Still think you can run standard Vette tire sizes front and rear? How does the car handle ruts and stuff - any tendency for it to want to follow highway grooves and stuff or does it track nice?
More pics and vids would be awesome if you could, especially some close ups of the front with the wheels at full lock would be awesome. So many questions... lol
Rabin
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Actually - it just occured to me that the tie rod end mod you did would be a great way to extend the inner tie rod sleaves of the older shorter inner tie rods to fit the ABS cars... The longer inner ABS tie rods seem to be NLA, so using the shorter style with the threaded rod and a new tie rod would be an easy mod.
So what tie rod is it that you're using? I assume it's got the same thread pitch and size as the Peugeot tie rods....
Rabin
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Holy cow man - I didn't stand a chance in catching you! lol
Car looks AMAZING! You'll know right away if you need to run the Camaro brake booster and master, and it might be a decent mod if that's the case. Only issue I could see is maybe needed a brake bias for the rear if you do the Camaro master. Hopefully there's enough space.
I'm also curious what you figure you can get for rubber on that set up as it sits. Tires on it are definitely on the safe side and it looks like you've got a ton of clearance.
Can't wait for the ride report too! You've upped the contact patch in a huge way so the car should stick something wicked.
Rabin
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Too bad time wasn't on your side for getting that sucker together to run with VEMS for Mt Washington. Best to run a tried and true set up, but had time allowed I'm certain VEMS would allow that engine to make crazy HP with wicked response.
So whatcha gonna do with the ITB's?
Rabin
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Yup - the leak down of the parking brake is why I didn't want to use them. I can't see it happening if everything is good - but it just takes on seal on one piston to pop and the car's rolling away. Once I sort out the current set up - the uprade to a proper BMW parking brake will be cake. There's a LOT of commonalities with the BMW - hell - even the rear bearing ID's are the same.
So you could do a lot more of an upgrade if needed. I've done enough already though - just need to prove and sort it out before I move onto anything else.I'll try to get you some pics of my rear hubs. Quite a bit more machining to do as mine were basically changed to mirror BMW rear hubs - so they're shaped to accept the BMW disk over the studs, and a center piece was press fit in for the disk and wheel centers. It's pretty damn cool if I don't say so myself.
Biggest hurdle now is just getting my garage cleaned up. 16x24 only, and it was PACKED with just too much stuff, I couldn't see the concrete and it was hard to even walk around. So I've purged everything not related to Peugeot's or the two motorbikes I've got. Once the two motorbikes are finished and sold I should have a good bit more space to work with.
Rabin
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I think a nice option would be to change the silver to something more modern - say a newer BMW silver? Makes it way easier to blend, and they look fantastic - so a bit of a modern touch that's ever so subtle.
We left keeping our cars stock LONG ago - so may as well upgrade the paint as well.
Rabin
Donations - Raising money for site upgrades...
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Just a quick update - It's 3 am and I blundered through upgrading the existing forum and calendar modules to the latest greatest version. The installs of the gallery, content manager, and the free chat module were more than I wanted to tackle, so I put in a service request despite the advisory that the wait was up to 8 days long! (The wait warning was why I did the upgrade myself)
So hopefully they are able to upgrade it sooner as I can't wait to check out the new feature sets. It'll be a fair bit of work getting stuff in place, and then I / we can start repopulating content back into the site. If any of you have any ideas, or want to contribute any content or content ideas feel free to post up in the feedback section.
Once that's done I'll purchase and install the vehicle registry module.
Rabin
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