Hi David

Got the mail at last it was it the wrong end of the mail list

it will cost you a pint or two to weld it up for you give me a ring to sort out when most nights are ok with me

Phil

[Edited by Phil.A - 5/13/2002 11:04:35 PM]

 

Cheers... may take you up on that offer...

Edited to add: Im a soft office worker too.. hence being at work now.. in my suit (and oil under fingernails )

David

[Edited by David_Wallis - 6/10/2002 10:55:33 AM]

 

TTT (water injection pics to come)

David

 

I suppose while on the subject of DIY intercoolers, Heres one id did earlier....er, 2 actually

And, NO, I didnt weld them myself with a mig...


[Edited by ustolemyname??stevieturbo - 6/10/2002 8:32:12 PM]

 

ttt

 

Right will do an update... havent taken the photo's as dad had the camera... Downpipe is bolted to the turbo... Just needs bolting up under the car...

Have P clipped all pipes to box sections etc...

Water Injection Tank is mounted in the boot, and nitrous pipe is now in the boot and not on the floor...

Bracket made for water injection pump.. Pump, Relay, Switch etc located and wired in... just waiting for a replacement pipe fitting...

Still to do...

Make lambda link / afr..
fit knocklink..
mate exhaust under car..
Fit lower strutbrace..
Fit boost gauge.
Put an ecu in the car.. and remap..
Connect power for water Injection.
Fill nitrous bottle and devise a control system...
Fit new injectors and source new rails..
Top up gearbox oil that has leaked out.
Oil Change
FMIC..
Sort Out a dumpvalve.. Not sure if I want atmospheric anymore..
Fit new coils from austrailia when they arrive..
Fit New Sparkplugs..
Modify MY98 >+ HT Leads.. for new Coils... (going to sit on chassis leg or similar area.)
Devise a Crankcase breather set up...

Any more?

How many days steven?

David

 

19 full days before Well Lane I only have 10 days before my remap, and i am still awaiting bits **** **** ****

if thats your preference

Will give you the spark plugs tonight at Trouts bash.

Bumper?(prob running without bumper)
Splitter?(see above)
Strut for rear door?
Petrol
6 Speed box
Clean and polish

 

LOL.... mate exhaust under car!!

JGM

 

No probs on plugs..

You know what I mean about exhaust.. (anyway someone with a 2.5" restriction in there exhaust is in no place to criticise! )

Wash n Polish? Pah
Bumper.. Pah..
Should be half a tank of petrol in there.. Will fill it up x times whilst mapping (replace x with a scary number)

Off to buy some ally sheeting and get some bits for a catch can etc.. oh and get some lunch.. cos im fooking starving...

David

 

went to buy some ally sheeting... the guy that runs this place imho Next to ace body builders in morley is a ****... Over £100...

Went to see the guy that welded throttlebody on to inlet and he said go see chris and rjh engineering or rjh fabrication (one or other ) in morley... £23 for a massive sheet... even cut it into four so we could get it in a vectra.. Then met his welding supplier... and he said give me a call if you need anything and gave me his card...

Just goes to show.. that If your nice to people and enjoy doing what you do for a living.. it can really make someones day...

Got a bargain... Best learn how to weld better now..

David

 

Your dad must have a chart that he marks down all the journeys, and then a conversion that gives a total in pints.

I had a good look at the MRT intercooler while I was at PE, which looks to be real nice, and good value too, I think they said introductary offer of £1000inc vat. Similar to the APS but with all stainless tubing, quite tempted actually.

If you are using Al tubing, Pace do a range of radius bends, which you can cut into angular segments to put into your pipe runs, quite expensive though, I imagine getting some custom bent parts would be easier.

That's one thing I liked about Oz, you want a radiator, exhaust or car part, you go to the local industrial area, and there will be an independant place and you can just get em to do odd jobs cash in hand or what ever, none of this £50 for a bit of bend tube rubbish, and they could often do stuff on the spot for you.

Rant over.

Paul

 

Yeah I know they used thicker, but I dont think it really needs to be thicker than it is.. time will tell and I think pat's and friends methods are neater..

Anyway people just been to my local scooby dealership and just come back with some bolts as the local bolt shop was closed... anyway came back with...

2 Syncro's (1st 2nd) for my gearbox.
1 O/S New Clear HeadLight
1 Pocket Full of Nuts and Bolts...
1 P1 Front Splitter Slightly Damaged..

How much do you reckon???

Less than £100 and thats all im saying (P1 Splitter cost me Less than £40)

Also put a bid in on an 6 Speed Box with 1800Miles... Also getting a N/S Headlight, New style Bumper, and new style bonnet.

I'll post some pics of the splitter later.

David

[Edited by David_Wallis - 8/10/2002 10:26:35 AM]

 

nah... not my dad... a mate that owes me over £1000... so I call it interest... and also stops my interest in chasing up the money...

Im in two minds about the bends....

Got the coils and plugs now... just ht leads etc..

David

 

Are you going to bin the old coil packs? I know a nice bin called my spares bin..

be interested to know how you get on with the new ones as mine must be well on there way to dying..

JGM

 

nah I sold them to finance the new ones, kind of unplanned really... but to help someone out. now I urgently need a set as I need the connectors...

David

 

Fair enough.. always worth a try though..

Good luck sourcing a connector..

JGM

 

Source the connectors, of whoever you sold your coils to. He must have some duff coils, if he needed your ones???

 

dont ask.

 

New Coils from Aus.


Water Injection Tank... Courtesy of Plantie... Cheers Mate.. Cheque on its way... Slowly


New pod for boost gauge...


Water Injection Pump.. Shrunk for some reason ??


Water Injection Pressure Switch


D/Pipe bolted up.. notice AWOL Lambda..


0.5mm ERL / Aquamist WI jet..


4x sheets of Aluminium...


Downpipe... (in niteshot.. as its dark under there.. notice WI/NOS pipes P clipped..


Made a bracket out of steel for coils.. chose to mount them using just one of the two supplied brackets...


Mounted...


Can just see tack welds..


Four really cheap plugs (read free - got eight ) Cheers steve... Ill buy you lunch for that!


Plugs gapped to 0.6mm... Should they be though with MEC723's..

Stevie?? Andy??? Mark?? Trout?? anyone?? --- isnt the gap dependant on the coils driving it?

David



[Edited by David_Wallis - 10/8/2002 9:44:08 PM]

[Edited by David_Wallis - 10/9/2002 12:58:20 AM]

 

Good luck with getting it finished David. I would love to see your car down at Well Lane.

Guy

 

Lookin good David Where are you going to inject the NOS ?

Can I recommend some sort of RPM and boost 'switches' that inhibit the NOS until a minimum RPM is achieved then deactivate it after a certain boost pressure. This will save an expensive bang !

What have you done about a clutch ? My experiences with NOS have been very hard on clutches, a 50hp shot is actually 50 bhp 'anywhere' in the rpm range ie, at 3000 rpm that's an extra 87lb-ft torque ! Feels superb but takes a lot of holding !

 

WRT the downpipe, it looks like it has 2 lambda bosses already on it, which would be perfect for the wideband, unless of course you put the second one in yourself!

Paul

 

You have been busy

See you at lunch time..............hmmmmm, food, wheres my box of crunchy nut cornflakes

 

****, I blinked and missed all this

Someone say lunch?

 

Yes! Will you be wanting a car parking space again

 

Yea, that sounds OK. It's not a problem at 25hp but when you start to get up the numbers a bit it can be quite critical not to fire it at low rpm. Have seen V8's lift their heads and blow off intake manifolds.....gulp !

 

Guess the 2 different threads are the lambda, and the temp sensor?

 

where is the pod from...???

dan

 

Show us a picture of your intercooler then

 

pod is from jw racing.. believe its a graham goode one..

new pics

new injector.. 550cc cannot be made to fit phase 1 rails easilly so new rails required.. see wanted section if you can help!



hmm whats this.. ??


David