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Old 14 August 2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Floyd
An interesting point but IMO, no! From the angel of the dangel it misses the pump anyway as std.

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PS Stage III.II is under way...
Thats what I wanted to hear as it looks like a great mod..!

lol, you're as bad as the 'Police Acadamy' sequals..!
Old 15 August 2006, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by DuncanG
Unless you're doing ovals you dont want to do that, it'll give an asymetric rate.
Originally Posted by jasonius
Not so, iirc according to whiteline..

It overall length that matters, after all the bars themselves are asymmetric.
Sorry, you dont remember correctly. They actually say
- Asymmetric settings result in asymmetric response from side to side.

See http://www.whiteline.com.au/faqswayb...djustable_Bars
and http://www.whiteline.com.au/articles...metric_adj.pdf

Old 15 August 2006, 07:13 PM
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Doh , I did say iirc..

Another SN myth busted..!

[Lewis mode on] Actuall I was just testing you all out..! [Lewis mode off]

Old 18 August 2006, 05:00 PM
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Just tried out the boost in 5th.

1bar by around 3200-3300.
Full boost by 3500
Old 19 August 2006, 12:36 PM
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Ambient temp Bob?

Can you do a 4th gear from 1800rpm - no cheating, please?

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Old 19 August 2006, 03:18 PM
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No idea of temps. Was yesterday afternoon - probably around 20deg.

Will try it in 4th next time I get a chance
Old 29 August 2006, 08:26 PM
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Bob, 1Bar by 3300 on mine too.

Anyway, I don't have the time to try 1.5 to see what difference it makes...






...I've gone and bought myself some new bits to play with

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Old 01 September 2006, 11:08 AM
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The days pass.........and no further mention of bits
Old 01 September 2006, 03:19 PM
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No one was asking what I'd got so I didn't post any more!

I've taken pictures and I'll post 'em a little later this evening.

Got myself a new manifold, turbo and oil cooler so far. Now gathering tyres, sump, oil pickup, down pipe, more heat wrap and front a/r with drop links.

Need to fit above stuff, get arches rolled and get it mapped.

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Old 01 September 2006, 10:07 PM
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Cool Shiny pictures!

Back to a VF for me:
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Shrouded exit and double waste gate:
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Double entry to hot side, which I'll probably port unless someone says a good reasons not to...
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Old 01 September 2006, 10:59 PM
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Hmmm...interesting....

Old 02 September 2006, 04:13 PM
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Floyd, where was it that you documented your brake duct cooling?
Old 02 September 2006, 10:05 PM
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thanks for putting me onto this thread!

its given me some bits to think about,

love some off your ideas

simon
Old 03 September 2006, 09:39 AM
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Ooooooo he has gone Twin Scroll.

I presume you were tempted by the 1bar at 2500-2600rpm.

Regards,
Shaun.
Old 03 September 2006, 10:31 AM
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Default Brake cooling?

Steven, see http://bbs.22b.com/cgi-bin/ultimateb...=000306#000000

I've not improved it from this set up but it does need tidying!

Shaun, yep! Not necessarily for more power but I want response!!!!

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Cheers Floyd
Old 03 September 2006, 05:55 PM
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Floyd the turbo alone is not responsible, thats the sleeve bearing version btw. I would port the wastegate otherwise if you port the headers and uprate the actuator you WILL have problems. (been there)

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Old 03 September 2006, 06:43 PM
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Bob,

I realise that it's not the VF36 with the goodies but for the money and availability, it'll do! OK, I'll open the waste gates up and port the entries.

I wasn't going to do the headers as they looked good already and gains seemed small. I was also worried about weakening the nice welds. Maybe I'll just dress them a little?

I wasn't going to uprate the actuator, ala, Shauns' project unless you've had good results too this way? Can I tighten the actuator to achieve similar characteristics (I'll have to modify the rod appropriately of course)?

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Old 04 September 2006, 07:49 AM
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This should be really intersting! Has any one actually put one on a classic that you know of yet Floyd?
Old 04 September 2006, 07:57 AM
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Mark, I think there has been a few but more likely to be uprated turbo’s like PE’s etc. I think Paul’s monster is a twin scroll, not sure if Simon Lines ever finished his in the US and Sparkywrx (big twinscroll) had all sorts of problems… It’s not really been documented.

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Old 10 September 2006, 09:43 PM
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Small update. While waiting for bits I've had the die grinder out again to do it's duty once more. The headers have had some attention with the welds being cleaned up. I'll stick some pictures up a bit later.

I should have an oil cooler on the way to so I've got a few ideas of where to put that that may be a bit unusual...

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Old 14 September 2006, 01:30 PM
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Got a call from TD this morning. I only sent them my actuator last night and they called to say it had arrived and what they were going to do with it. That's top service Thanks for the tip Bob.

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Old 14 September 2006, 09:31 PM
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Glad to help Floyd

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Old 15 September 2006, 01:00 AM
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WHAT A BLINDING THREAD JUST SAT AND READ THE WHOLE LOT, WERES ME SPANNERS
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Old 15 September 2006, 08:40 AM
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I did some port tidying and waste gate fettling last night. The entry to the turbo is a similar diameter to the up pipes but the up pipe flange is bigger than the port entry to the turbo. This causes a step in the wrong direction especially when the ports can be mismatched. I didn’t want to go crazy with the turbo port enlargement as I am conscious to keep gas speeds high so I took the ports out a little and blended them as smoothly as I could. It was nothing major and quite gentle work for the die grinder.

The waste gates would prove a lot more challenging. The double penny joined flap, which I shall now call the ‘dog bone’, doesn’t open in a way that I can really get to the outlets and it can’t be removed easily. I don’t have a flexible drive that can handle 22k rpm+, which would enable a bit more access so I had to make do with mounting the carbide burr as far forward as I could dare in the chuck or the chuck would catch on the dog bone. I marked the outline of the dog bone, making sure I moved it to the ‘worst case position – the dog bone is fairly loosely mounted so you need to move it and mark it to where it is closest to the outlet edge. When I did this I discovered that one outlet has a small gap if I pushed the dog bone to one side, which means that in certain situations the flap would only be 97% sealed. I’m not sure if this would happen in practise as the flap naturally falls to cover the gap when mounted on the engine due to gravity. It may also be dragged that way by exhaust gas when closing? But who knows what happens in reality as gas will find a way to escape.

As it turns out the outlets can be enlarged quite easily without danger of getting near the edge because you can take material from the area between the outlets as this will always be covered. I’ll put some pictures up later to show this. I am also going to be working on a way to persuade the dog bone to fall over the gap each time…

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Wherabouts are you Floyd?

I have a quite extensive range of Air and electric die grinders/ mini die grinders / angleheads and all sorts of burrs and extensions.

Currently not doing any engines myself so you can borrow them if you wish till you have done everything (no rush), although i do need my compressor still.
Old 18 September 2006, 09:04 AM
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Wow, thanks Mark. I may take you up on that offer if I get boost creep but for now I'll see how it goes

I'm in North East Bucks but I was at Bruntingthorpe yesterday so your neck of the woods.

Cheers
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Doh! im 10 miles from Brunters. Here if you need them though
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Actuator arrived this morning, all shiney with a painted bracket and adjustable rod. I'm impressed with the service Pics to follow when my camera is fixed

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More bits arrived Oil cooler with remote filter and hoses, 22mm adjustable front a/r and rose joint drop links. Also a set of twin scroll gaskets, which interestingly have their own design for the header to block!

There was another parcel from EBC with front and rear pads at a very reasonable price all delivered in double quick time.

I need some advice on the oil cooler though. The remote filter needs nailing somewhere so where do people put it? The kit is nearly new, having claimed to be fitted for a month before removal and I checked to make sure it wasn’t off a blown engine (as far as I could anyway). I’d like to thoroughly clean it all up – hose, connectors, rad etc so is it as simple as degreaser and a water hose? Will there be a likely residual of degreaser to worry about if I did this?

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