Hurricane oil

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:29 pm

Just ordered a Hurricane from Eliseparts. Does the oil / cleaning fluid come with it or do I need to buy that separately?

Cheers,
D

Post by **simon** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:52 pm

You need to buy it separately but I think (though I'm not 100% sure) that the K&N cleaning stuff can also be used.

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:00 am

Thanks Simon. Just ordered the stuff off Eliseparts . . . should have really ordered it at same time as the hurricane! Doh!

Another question for you . . .

I read a post by you saying that you need to make sure the rubber hose doesn't rub against the fuel pipes. Do you know if this is the same for the toyota engine? Do I need some cable ties or something? Is this mentioned in the fitting instructions that come with it?

Remember I have no mechanical skills whatsoever!

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:55 am

Just ty-wrap/cable tie everything so it can't touch.

The K&N oil and cleaning kit can be had from halfrauds for around a tenner but it's red not green!

Post by **simon** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:10 pm

What Rich said. I bought mine 2nd hand so dunno if you get cable ties with it but I just bought a few and made sure it wasn't touching anything it shouldn't be.

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:02 pm

Cheers guys. The only problem is, I don't really know what the things are that it shouldn't be touching. Time to start reading the service manual methinks. Might call on the assistance of someone nearby to help with fitting if I'm not sure about anything.

Cheers,
D

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:22 pm

Fuel lines should be clamped/clipped to a few things, nothing should be rubbing together at all. Basically anything that is clamped is fine anything that is touching but not clamped is generally bad.

Novice Racer · Post by **Novice Racer** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:33 pm

dezzy wrote:Cheers guys. The only problem is, I don't really know what the things are that it shouldn't be touching. Time to start reading the service manual methinks. Might call on the assistance of someone nearby to help with fitting if I'm not sure about anything.

Cheers,
D

Have recently bought and fitted one. Really is fine, once you get going. I too had no experience of working on anything mechanical.

The instructions and all parts for fitting, including cable ties, are included and if you follow the recipe, things are straight forward.

However, I have just changed the path of the ducting on mine after seeing someone else's and becoming paranoid about the ducting touching the fuel lines. This shortened ducting will reduce dead space and resistance in the passage of air into the throttle body, but I doubt it really makes that much difference. However, it is MUCH louder than with the longer ducting, especially on full throttle.

Is it a toyota or K-series you have? I have fitted mine to a K-series and can give advice about shortening the ducting pipe and avoiding any fuel line contact.

Just read that you have a 2005 111R - toyota then.

Not sure how they compare, but I will upload a photo of mine fitted, with the alternate ducting path.

NR

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:38 pm

Novice, it's a toyota engine. Thanks for the advice. Good to know everything's included.

I'm looking forward to doing my first ever mod on my own!

Post by **simon** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:51 pm

Here's some pics of mine fitted:

Post by **simon** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:53 pm

And yes I know my coolant is almost empty. The pics were taken before xmas when I had a dodgy cap so replaced it and all is well.

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:33 pm

Uh...cleaning fluid? I must have missed a meeting

Fitted mine without this. Thought it was far too straightforward. Hasn't blow up yet right enough, so guess it ain't vital.

Suppose that just makes the hurricane as dirty as the rest of the car.

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:39 pm

Btw, dunno about anyone else, but when fitting this the amount of rust on the roll-bar diag. bracing was shocking...must get some hammerite.

I have noticed that every steel component on the car seems to have british-leyland style rust protection.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:43 pm

The oil is the most important bit.

Seriously, the metal and cotton of the filter is just there to hold the oil in place. The oil is what does the filtering and dirt collection. You will be getting dirt through the cotton if its not oiled which is seriously bad for your engine.

Get the filter off, cleaned and oiled and cross your fingers.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:43 pm

That would be the lotus rust protection...

don't worry the build quality means that it will fall apart before it rusts though (Except all S1 floors!)