hi peter
i will not be fitting my new turbo untill i have had time in the car and ironed out all teething issues. it will probebly go on next year for totb, the turbo i have had made will not loose spool, it will spool just as quick and hopefully make another 100 or more,
i am at snetterton on the 24th sept for testing, all being well, so should have a bit more feedback from the car then.

hope baby is ok

andy h

 

Baby girl and mum are all fine

 

i takes more of a man to produce a girl

well done is she your 1st

andy h

 

The girl is from the garage owners wife and not mines

I have 2 boys and a girl so i think thats enough for me for the now.My youngest is my boy who is just 16 months young.

BTW...i've heard of a certain beast has a beating heart now

 

if you are refering to my car, oh yes it is about 90% finished now, just a few bits of wiring to do and then just a little tweek on the rollers coz the v power i was using on the last dyno session was over a month old and it would of lost a bit of octane, so i think it makes sense to drain the tank and put some fresh stuff in and give it a little tweek,

me and edmy are working on it on thursday so it should be 100% then

shawy is having a t04z now and he is going to run slightly higher boost than me, with avcs heads and same spec motor, so his is the one to watch out for .

andy h

 

The last 10% is the hardest part

Yes it would be a wise move to put fresh fuel in for the final big map and thursday will be quick coming

Good luck with Shawy too

Are you running avcs heads Andy?

If not then what you have a achieve with your turbo spool up is clearing astonishing.

 

mine is very similar to yours pete, virtually same engine and heads avcs,front mount turbo kit .
(solaris and mapped by pat?) other than yours being the twin scroll and a newage . i would like to say you can look at my graph but by the looks of it yours will be finished a couple of months before mine .
so you'll have to post yours up 1st

 

The inconsiderate *******

 

You three are going to make mine look like a snail!

 

hi peter

no i am not running avcs heads
its all edmys hard work paid off in the end, as he said it would

andy h

 

a 600hp wr1 is never going to be a snail

 

Depends who is driving it

 

Might be sooner than i think!

 

Looking a bit more like my car now

 

You robs won't drive the car hard until its run in properly though??? or is the engine fine? I'm now having doubts about fitting a t04z as I'm not sure how the engine will cope?

 

Is that what Pennine have said?

 

looking good nice fab work

 

no one has said anything, I'm just pressuming on how the power will work as compared to other cars I have seen and I'm just wondering if it's worth it??

 

if you run a 0.6 housing it wont be worth it

if you run a 0.8 housing it will, coz you could get the same power with less boost so effectively less strain on motor, in theory

andy h

 

It's all coming together now m8.

 

SteveBT
As Andy H has said...keep the boost sensible and don't it high....that should prolong the life of the engine.

 

Only kidding mate

Cheers for the comments guys

 

I won't be driving it hard until i've put a few thousand miles on it then i'll turn the boost up.
It just ain't worth the hassle until i've done the 1000mile run in.

 

Aren't both Andy F and Chy very pro on ensuring that engines are run in adequately??

Looks like you're not too far away now before you can start clocking up those mileage. My gearbox is nearly finished and next on hit list is the manifold.

 

A good old fashion run in its what she ids going to get.

Good luck with yours Jag

 

are you going for the cosworth one ?

andy h

 

Not for now. We are working with modding the standard manifold and see if it will make the power. If not, then the Cosworth one would be an option. Are you running a cosworth on your's Andy?

 

Andy...any updates on your car and any more pics?

 

no mate, just done a bit of tidying all wiring and fitting a very loud launch control, and a switch for 1 bar boost for wet events and 1.6 for dry events, typically 500hp and 600hp, should be getting my car back at home on friday so will clean all the dust off it and post you some recent pics with all of the
monster energy decals

i have a sti 8 inlet manifold jag, reversed, for now, jim at alloy fab is making me a new one with 8 inj setup and ports for nos and a 72mm throttle body,also re making all my intercooler pipework 73mm and intercooler flanges so hopfully that can go on next year.

andy h

 

Andy

Has your sti8 manifold been opened up on the inside or is it completely standard?
IIRC Sleepersy found it restrictive beyond 600.

I've had mines opened up and will be interested on what it'll do with the 70mm TB.