yep turbo chatter will be annoying thats why you have car stereos


ticky, i had the wiring loom for the 3 pin socket so just guessed which wire was the one to leave unplugged i can find out which wires go where if you need

 

Yes please if you could.

Are you going to keep the individual coil packs on this set up or are you going to change to the type that sits on the inlet manifold?

 

individual until they pack up, then a rethink maybe

 

who wants to discuss the pros and cons of headers? can't decide if i'm willing to lose spool up and mid range for mid-top end that i'm not going use

 

I would like to discuss the pros & cons but dont know anything about the differences between various headers & design.
Would be interesting to find out.

Which types/makes actually increase the mid range?

Which types/makes actually increase the top-end range?

What differences does the pipe diameter make?

unequal length= ? power differences/spool?

equal length= ? power differences/spool?

& do they really need wrapping?

Anything else I could have missed out?

 

i'll let someone else answer that!




here's the wiring for both plugs

 

well i obviously connected the white & red wires together and then chanced the black to the green and left the brown un connected

 

Lets see if I understood this?
White wire from the 4 pin tps to the white of the 3 pin tps
Red wire from the 4 pin tps to the red of the 3 pin tps etc,etc

 

yep



just bought one of these nice and cheap http://www.datatool.co.uk/productA.asp?ProductID=235 will see if i can transplant it to a car instead of a motorbike

 

after doing **** all over the weekend thought i'd better do something this week off came the IC along with the throttle body

throttle body port & polish

before




after






ported the TB opening to smooth the flow from the silicon hose to the TB, then set about taking as much off the spindle as i dare, then swapped the 2 screws for some shorter, more aerodynamic ones and tapered off the flap to a point on the leading edge

then just a simple, quick port on the IC y pipe leading edges, again to remove the step

before


after



and the revlight in action on my motorbike, looks like an easy job to transfer it to the car when im ready

 

look really nice Kev!

 

i see light at the end of the tunnel mapping will be at the end of the month hopefully, so between now and then i shall of finished the brakes off, and done a bit more fettling here and there

 

not been home most of the weekend but had a chance to fit the TB back on



and then had a go at making some heat shielding for the heater pipes under the IC, not sure how this will effect the air flow yet

 

yours is a phase 1 yea?

with a phase 1.5 manifold?

 

yep

 

The pre-edit was much funnier Mick.

Throttle body looks like a work of art Kev.

I'd personally stick to insulating the matrix pipes, or binning them altogether.

 

i'm still in 2 minds if to keep it on or not, i'd make it a closer fit to the pipe if that stuff was easier to cut think i need some tin snips

 

IMHO I think this shield will slow the flow through the TMIC dramatically.
The incoming air stream will hit a flat wall and be forced to go left and right.
As stock the air will scoot past ove a much larger 'free' area full of hot pipes.
I think Carl lagged his pipes, and i think that is the way to do the heat soak bit.
Graham.

 

that's what i was trying to work out, once the air's through the IC i can't see how it can 'back up' into the IC if it hits anything soon after and so disrupt air flow through the IC

 

where is the air going to go though? Ditch that friggin heat shield!

 

I'm not sure if the hunt to keep the heat soak down is worth it.
Heat will get to the TMIC in 2 ways:
Driving the car at full throttle at slow speeds, ie at a hill climb/country lane bash.
Car sitting in traffic for ages.

The bigger the TMIC the longer it takes for a cold one to warm up (it weighs a lot), but it will take longer to cool down too.

Hill climbing yesterday i found myself waiting 5 mins to get to the start line. I can't keep jumping in and out of the car to open the bonnet, so just kept flooding the TMIC with water spray.

If you want to avoid a hot TMIC fit a CO2 spray or a FMIC.

Graham.

 

Looks like its coming along very nicely. Lots of attention to detail. Your porting and polishing looks like a work of art!

Bob

 

carl

you know it lol
i had a brain freeze and got confused LOL

 

had another play tonite to see if i could just get the sheilding over the piping, think i've achieved the 'better than a kick in the mouth' effect i was after


port and polishing's very theraputic

 

Did you shorten the 2 screws on the spindle in the throttlebody and stick some loctite on them so they dont come loose?
Cant see from the pics but I presume you did if you thinned the spindle down for better airflow.

 

i did

 

Nice porting of the TB. I'll post my version tonight - not quite as pretty though but hopefully effective I did mine a few months ago and I've been champing at the bit to finally fit it.

My heater pipes have been foil wrapped for a while now but I've decided just to add some plumbing type insulation to them.

The only shield I had was to cover the clutch release to avoid drenching when water spraying...

F

 

Every little helps

 

Oh ****! just remembered I am suppose to have posted you something Kev!! doh!

Simon

 

Kev, do you call £2 Billion profit a 'little help'

F