my bad

 

Getting set up


Out they come


Tight as a fishes **** in there !!!!

 

Finally getting somewhere now . Should have it running later today or tomorrow .
Took most of yesterday to get the fricken pipes around the steering shaft - I'm sure the kit must be different for RHD cars ....

 

how'd you solve the plumbing issue? Glad you're making progress!

 

I post up the tools i used later - that will give you some idea lol

 

that would be a great help.

 

No photos of the tools - suffice it to say that a sledge hammer was involved.
See the pipe below - I had to squash it to get it to clear the steering linkages . Also had to grind away some of the power steering bracket and take to one part of the bodywork with a sledge hammer .


Pic does not show it well but it all clears now ...


And for the money shot

 

so is all fitting on to the car ? brettus congrats

 

IT"S ALIVE

Started it up tonight She fired right up first try .
Had no maps to work with so had to start from scratch with the tuning. It's a cool night so i've been able to get away with some lean mixtures till I dial it in .

I had to pick up my daughter from a party at around 11.00pm and as I pulled up to the house a group of guys called out - "Hey is that turboed ? "
"What makes you think that ?" I said
"We could hear the blowoff valve , man that's one very cool car you got there."
Heh - and I was going for the stealth approach !

Only issues I have so far are a leaking gasket between cat and downpipe and the hose clamp on the inlet hose to the turbo has slipped off . I had to get the pipe modified to clear the steering column - I bloody knew I should have got them to weld a bead around the end of it while it was there

 

Hey Brettus...

I have bad news for you. Turbos generate more heat than superchargers and the boost is harsher on the engine. It was a prank 3 years in the making, but it was so worth it. lol

It's looking great.

 

Oh **** - now you tell me

 

Woot!!!

Congrats man.

 

i thort you plumed your blowoff valve ? so you can't hear it ?

so what sort of sound does your blow off valve make pusshhhhhh or kululululu noise ?

 

kululululu?

 

video or it didn't happen

congrats brettus!

 

heh - wondering how long it would be before the video remark .

I'm still running on low boost ATM (4-5 psi) and tuning with the Powermod . On Tuesday I'm getting flashed by Hymee - well we are going to use Hymees' Protuner with a SC map as a base . Once I am able to go WOT at 8 PSI i'll do the vid

 

uh, that sounds kinda dirty, but if you are willing to do a video, well?

btw, great support... hymee is in the game. glad it is going well..

beers

 

hymees base map should work well out of the box (so to speak). I'm using hymee's tuning package also and it worked wonders for me.

I would still suggest holding on to the power mod and tuning it to the 8psi to see what works and transfer it over to the flash: only because I feel std alone managements tend to be easier to tune on a dyno in real time. however I have been known to be wrong :D

 

Some good and bad news

Found I have a pinhole in the greddy manifold - the good news is it can be got to without taking anything apart .
Would brazing be a good way to repair this ?

Also have found the Powermod does not give me a fine enough adjustment to keep the afrs steady

 

Only you would make that comment LOL
don't think hymee would apreciate his flash being posted - either way

 

A pinhole? Did you buy the kit used?

My gut says no to brazing;since the temps get so high in this location - but I am not really an expert so who knows.... But I would weld.

 

yes - used kit so no comeback on Greddy ....

I'm wondering about just leaving it - it's probably smaller in dia. than a pin ....

 

That would be unprofessional....

Plus it can cause some heat issues in the engine bay.... I think you are gonna need to bite the bullet on this one.

 

the manifold may expand as it heats up and closes the hole when the vehicle is warm.

a small hole will make a lot of exhaust noise though. If you can't hear it, then I wouldn't worry about it.

 

OK - very excited right now . Just did my first WOT pulls up to 6000rpm - f**k this thing is exhilarating to drive - very impressed .
Engine runs as smooth as silk
Still only at 5 PSI !!!!