Quick bit of research suggests it could be a IHI RHF55 or similar.

Paul

 

IHI VF12 AKA RHB5

I think.

Paul

 

The TD05 would be a good upgrade. Not any laggier, and certainly flows more air. The TD04 wouldnt be my cup of tea, too small for making any real power.

 

Andy..

I hate you... Your making me seriously consider this!!, Whats your air filter off and wheres the maf, or are the pictures just cr@p

I feel a bit silly, re-reading your post as its obvious how you have held it in now... Think Ill take the turbo off when I do the up pipe and downpipe...

Can you think of any alternatives for making the spacers out of?

 

David

You're just work shy.....get on with it an stop looking for excuses !!!!



See the screws ?





Spot the MAF Wee clue....It' silver and upside down

 

Pictures look a lot better... Worrying thing is I have some sheets of abspestos (sp?) so I could do this... Just unsure about loosing the power steering... How heavy is it without the fluid?

David

 

david, thinking of doing the same mate, but not sure about the p/steering either

cheers, ian

 

I know andy is going to say stop being soft... I reckon if we change to 98/99+ manifold then we could keep pwr steering...

Ideas... (Only thing is Ill have to make a new manifold... doh)

David

 

yeah, was thinking about the later and taller manifold, but if so, will still make some thin insulating spacers like andy has.
didnt realise the p/s moved on the later model, not seen a piccy

 

Dont think it has moved... but Im sure the inlet takes that route...

David

 

Yes the PS is still at the same side on later models, the air inlet squashes past the side of it. Someone already suggested moving PS to the other side ???

Try it without PS first, you may like it ? Take the belt off and be sure to drain all the oil at the rack or it will be heavy as hell as you fight against the hydraulic presure !

I can drive my car harder now as I have more feel for what the front grip is. With the PS it is FAR too light and lacks feedback.

I've got a spare bit 10mm thick high temp plastic if you (David/Ian) want it ?

 

Yeah Yeah Yeah, Gimme Gimme Gimme...

Power steering cant go other side on mine as thats where the alternator is going, however some nissans have the power steering pump mounted on the back of the alternator... but these may be too deep...

David

 

PS...
I allways thought the car felt a bit vaigue on the front... I also think it dives a bit under hard breaking, say 100+ down to 60, feels a bit unsettled whilst doing... like back end is going light... might be just me... but when I had the abs switched off it seem to want to swap ends.... but thats another thread..

getting solid drop links , uprated antirollbar, and some slicks next week... New gear lever turned up... ready to make quickshift.. so might do that tommorow...

David

 

The later power steering pump has a smaller wedge shaped reservoir, which allows the pipe to go past it. I think that simply using it would allow enough room for a good pipe dia. Using the Inlet manifold from a later car would be slightly more difficult on some cars. The TPS uses 3 wires instead of 4 on the older cars. And sits on the opposite side, so simply swapping TPS isnt an easy option as it would be rotating the wrong way. it may be a simple connection job, if anyone can elaborate on what the 4 wires do?
The coolant bottle is also relocated on the newer type, with the metal reservoir... plus point there, it gets rid of the sh1tty plastic on that always falls apart.

 

might have to look into this more...

might also have to go to bed..

David

 

David

Email me your address for the material.

Ian

If you want some I should be able to erm 'find' more next week.

Andy

 

Thanks to Chiark, I now have some webspace

I have used photoshop to create a web gallery... only thing is the pics arent in order... Will design a site eventually, but I aint no web designer...

www.wallis2000.co.uk/gallery/index.htm

David

 

I can just see me getting nasty letters from the ISP as people push the bandwidth

Good to meet you on Saturday mate. If you need another pair of (soft, office worker boy) hands, give me a bell

 

Andy, yes if you could FIND a bit more, that would be excellent

ill do the spacers regardless of the turbo route....

cheers

 

stevie, looks like i may just need a later pump then.
yeah, my bakolite crappy header tank snapped

 

nice.. what are they in... Something with a twin turbo v8?

David

 

bttt

 

Yup., its me good ole unreliable and rusty 79 granada, with a few mods...

 

"i didnt actually do it as the battery went flat on the camera..."

Come on David, your excuses are getting worse !! A camera powered hacksaw

 

no, you can see from the pics that the hacksaw is 240v... Anybody know where to get power hacksaw blades from? think there just less than a foot long... need some new steel and aluminium ones...

I didnt do it as I thought it would be nice to see how its done rather than your approach... just the finished product!

David

 

Surely if you move the bracket downwards, ie closer to the pivot point, you will need to move the gear lever more to select? The subaru gear lever pivots at the bottom, doesnt it? Another option is to try and get a second hand sti selctor, as these are of slightly shorter throw than the normal linkage.

 

Steve's right, you need to move the bracket up. I moved mine up by approx 20 mm. Any higher and the link bar fouls the tunnel.
Worthwhile mod though, stirs the box quicker Just as well as I'm into 5th in only 8.1 seconds from standstill shifting at 7k

 

I meant up sorry.. I know what I meant... would have felt pretty silly If I was this tired when I welded it! pretty obvious when you think about it... been at work since 7.00 and been sat in front of four monitors since I got home... and I want to go to bed but cant cos I want to get this working and Im hungry.

David

 

Whats your top speed with your diff and box?? about 140ish??

What sort of times you doing 60 and the 1/4mile in now?? oh and what power? Past 350 yet?

David

 

if its any use, my top speed is only 125/130 at 7000rpm in fifth