MartynJ

We have so far achieved 558bhp on stock valves with mildly ported heads and stock cams, so you should be fine at that level.
As an aside though we have just built another 2.1 with all the trimmings, +1mm Cosworth valves, dual valve springs, titanium caps and the Cosworth 272 cams, so it will be interesting to see how much of a difference it all makes.

Good luck with the project BTW !

-Spooky-

Cheers bud!!

-Spooky-

Back to CPA today, this time with FatBoy along for the ride to pick his car up in the morning

Job for today was to get the harnesses and harness bar in. spencer was off to scrutineering for tomorrows rally so off he went and i got cracking


















Also fitted some extra ghey bling in true spooky fasion!

wrighty338

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harness bar looks good, you buy it from someone on here? its deffinatly one of ours

-Spooky-

Sorry i didn't join in on the GB i was in a rush to acquire one.

Yes it is one of yours from a previous GB. i got it off of ebay but i believe he posts as RobRoy on here.

Hats off to you Wrighty... i was very impressed with the quality and finish. woth more than your charging on the GBs!

wrighty338

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Cheers matey

beef-on-the-bone

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i wanted to bid on that one, was gone by the time i got home

-Spooky-

sorry beefy! i collected on Wednesday night...

Auto_Sparky_WRX

awsome m8, love lookin at step by step posts like this top marks keep up the gd work

-Spooky-

Cheers Andy, its nice to see what goes on behind the scenes with the machining and prep isn't it? i was adament i wanted pics of every stage so i could see it all coming together...

-Spooky-

Engine is now complete and going in! The end is near!!!!

dunx

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Hi Spooky, very nice !

dunx

P.S. My STI nearly managed 400 bhp on it's std. (565cc ?) injectors but needed a Fuellab reg. @ 4 bar static to do it.

-Spooky-

the car is awesome!!! loads of attention to detail taken on the engine bay that you wouldn't get elsewhere. As a bonus, spencer suprised me with parallel fuel rails and system fuel filter with all the braided fixings i'm still noticing little touches now... CPA really do know how to build an engine And oh my god the sound... the sound is AWESOME!!! The flutter you get coming boost gives me a constant semi and i'm only taking it to 0.5bar so far god know what its going to sound like at almost 2bar! the next two weeks really can't go quick enough.

So i got to CPA at about 10.30, and checked out the work they'd done, after much drooling i had to go get some tax for it so i was off into town with a fresh MOT certificate. returned and gave it a wash ready for bob's arrival. bo arrived about 3pm and get strait to work settig up his kit, and off we went. got onto the ring road and checked the fuelling etc and all was fine and dandy. Had a scary moment though when my actuator pressure hit 1.4bar before bob yell'd STOP!! Someone has wound up the actuator i believe as i should have only got about 1.0bar! Mapping went very well though and Bob really did seem impressed with the overall standard of their work.

Then off i went home on the motorway getting funny looks as i was crawling at 50, then accerating up to 70 then back to 50 again for almost 140 miles on boost off boost on boost off boost change gear change gear, it was hard work! Here's some pics of the engine, i will get some better ones when i have the sun on my side.

ROLL on 23rd with LC, ALS, and 450bhp!

trails

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looks great...do you keep curtain twitching to check its still there

-Spooky-

I do actually!


Final purchases now made ready for Friday!

RCM 80mm induction trumpet as I will now be MAF-less, and all the rest Lateral Performance Supplied –

Walbro 290 High Flow fuel pump
Nismo 740cc Injectors plus flow matching
3 bar MAP sensor


74 hours and counting! lol

rickya

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Awesome build

nks

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That is one sweet engine, read it from post 1 and glad to see you got the ECU and the Injectors as well, would have been a shame not too.

Great pics showing all stages as well

andyscoobym3

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very nice build

are you at oulton on friday ?

andy h

belliott69

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looks great and was looking at the pics on SES and it looks even better when at its natural habitat, the track. great project mate and can't wait to see what else you do with it.

brockalightus

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great build thread and glad to see you completed what you started...........looking at something similar soon

-Spooky-

Cheers guys, i'm really over the moon with it! Advanced Automotives really know how to build an engine and Chris Palmer Auto Services really know how to bring a project like this together!

Took a few better snaps @ Brands hatch with SE scoobies on Monday night...

trails

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looking very very nice

-Spooky-

Went back to CPA on Friday for the Grand Finale!

Last minute purchase with the Systec 290ltr Motorsport pump just to be sure. I feel a Bosch044 but hey ho you lives and you learns!

Didn’t go quite as planned, the pump and injectors were delivered to my home address instead of work so no one was there to sign for them. Meant to leave at 05.30 for Bristol to avoid rush hour and get some breakfast on the way but the parcel ended up back at the PO Depot. So I had to drive over there and wait till 7am to pick the parcel up and then got stuck in the morning rush hour, got to CPA about 2 hours later than planned (and still hungry) and they got cracking right away while I had a quick catch up with Mr Shaky himself!

Trumpet would not fit do had to use the MAF tube and block off the MAF port and remove the gauze for now. Injectors in and fuel pump in and after a quick road test I was on my way to Bob’s an hour later than planned. Then got pulled over by undercover police and warned about my number plates and given a producer! Then got to Bob’s about an hour and a half late, therefore didn’t have time to set up the LC or the ALS and the loom for the Wideband sensor had not arrived so no wideband just yet either! But got the Cal switch in and got the main map done which was priority number 1.

The car pulls really hard right into the red! Loads or torque and definitely feels mid 400bhp-ish. Boost is 1.85bar dropping slightly top end to 1.7bar and sounds AWESOME coming off boost!!! I was going to take a vid but I wanted to do one with the ALS and LC on really… The clutch slipped a smidge on one of the final in 4th runs but hasn’t slipped since so I’m hoping it will be OK to get a readout on the rollers in 3rd.

Bob confirmed the engine was running beautifully and performing very well indeed. Rolling road is on Saturday so time will tell!

Will be going back to Bob ASAP to the ALS and LC set up and finish the wideband control.

-Spooky-

Went back to CPA on Friday for the Grand Finale!

Last minute purchase with the Systec 290ltr Motorsport pump just to be sure. I feel a Bosch044 but hey ho you lives and you learns!

Didn’t go quite as planned, the pump and injectors were delivered to my home address instead of work so no one was there to sign for them. Meant to leave at 05.30 for Bristol to avoid rush hour and get some breakfast on the way but the parcel ended up back at the PO Depot. So I had to drive over there and wait till 7am to pick the parcel up and then got stuck in the morning rush hour, got to CPA about 2 hours later than planned (and still hungry) and they got cracking right away while I had a quick catch up with Mr Shaky himself!

Trumpet would not fit do had to use the MAF tube and block off the MAF port and remove the gauze for now. Injectors in and fuel pump in and after a quick road test I was on my way to Bob’s an hour later than planned. Then got pulled over by undercover police and warned about my number plates and given a producer! Then got to Bob’s about an hour and a half late, therefore didn’t have time to set up the LC or the ALS and the loom for the Wideband sensor had not arrived so no wideband just yet either! But got the Cal switch in and got the main map done which was priority number 1.

The car pulls really hard right into the red! Loads or torque and definitely feels mid 400bhp-ish. Boost is 1.85bar dropping slightly top end to 1.7bar and sounds AWESOME coming off boost!!! I was going to take a vid but I wanted to do one with the ALS and LC on really… The clutch slipped a smidge on one of the final in 4th runs but hasn’t slipped since so I’m hoping it will be OK to get a readout on the rollers in 3rd.

Bob confirmed the engine was running beautifully and performing very well indeed. Rolling road is on Saturday so time will tell!

Will be going back to Bob ASAP to the ALS and LC set up and finish the wideband control.

beef-on-the-bone

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nice to see it all together bet you're chuffed!!

-Spooky-

Today wasn't a great day to bring closure to the project.

For some reason i wasn't holding boost properly and only achieved just under 1.7bar peak and dropped off to 1.6 post 5k.

It pulls really hard but the power tails right off when the boost drops which is probably why it feels mid 400's when it comes on boost and its pulling but the figures were not showing at the top end as it lost boost.

Charlie said he can feel it pulling hard on the rollers when the boost comes in and the first run it started jumping the rollers so we had to strap it down harder!

Only made 408.6bhp and 390ft/lb, and we know it can do alot more than that.

Possibly BCS, possibly MAP sensor, possibly Actuator? Will be investigating to see what can be done.

Fueling seemed a bit rich but the Wideband control is on the way so will worry about fuelling after that.

Anyway a few pics and a vid of the day as it was...

MartynJ

Don't get too disheartened, you have a great looking car that should see you right for a good while.

Looking at the graph in detail, you are actually hitting jsut under 1.8 bar and holding 1.6, a fair old chunk of boost but certainly not at the limits of what the turbo can flow.

Leaning out the fueling a smidge will certainly help top end and will help with spool low down.
As I said above don't let it get you down, you can after all change anything you don't like. Swap out the T for another turbo, go rotated, whatever takes your fancy really. But until then just enjoy it, 400bhp in a Classic ain't nothing to sniff at

Seanharvey1983

My car has gone to Spencer at Chris Palmer auto's today. Its not look good.was hoping and praying id get some good news. on arrival things didnt look to bad once nick had taken it out for a test drive. only now to discover that once getting it on the ramps from cold theres a knocking on the bottom of the engine. so now not only the engine problems but clutch and wrong brake set up on the car. will be updating as progress moves on .any help info gratefully appreciated *** im lost in fog . sean

juggers

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Nice! and well documented with plenty of pics!