Wow even better, was just talking to my mate about the injectors and can get me 4 of the bosch 2000cc injectors (the same as the ID ones) for $500 bucks o_O bargain!

I've been following along and it's looking pretty darn nice. Get anything else done?

Nah the foots really holding me back, next appointments on the 24th hopefully I get the all clear and I'll start hooking in

Understand, looking forward to more updates when you can get to it.

Looks real good, I have the same fuel rails and they are top quality.

That's awesome lol, in the wheelchair and still putting in work! Can't keep the man away lol. Looks good man.

Well not a whole lot to update, plan on doing some more tomorrow. The engine was in but not bolted down as I have no idea where the hardware went, brought some new stuff to day, and needed 1 bolt to be 5mm longer to go in the starter motor. Got that all bolted in and re-installed the heat shield under the car. Was planning on finishing off the exhaust but it seems some of the welding I did when I first got the welder has let me down, instead of welding in various spots, I just did 1 bead around the flanges and have warped them. However I did discover on ebay that it is actually cheaper to get stainless v-band clamps then it is for stainless exhaust flanges. So hopefully I'll order them in a couple days when I get some cash.

I've finished modifying that power steering pump bracket and it sits nicely now. My mate that built the engine for me is going to be in town for a wedding in a couple of weeks and wants to get it running then. Which would be good except I have no money as my missus is currently not working and need to finish the fuel system, intercooler is the other big job but I can get it to a run in state without it installed. Hoping my parents can help me out. Either way, I got some work in front of me lol. Going to rip out the old engine loom and fuel lines tomorrow and go from there.

Got a little bit done today. Told a mate I'd fix his bike fairings as he had made an absolute abortion out of them trying to repair them as he thought they were fibreglass, I got them home and they are plastic. So I had to spend hours removing his shithouse attempt at a repair. Luckily for me he didn't know what surface prep ment. So by the time I got to the car I was half drunk, and decided I'd mount my FPR in a new spot, had seen it stuck to the UIM on a few FD's and thought what a great idea, made a nice bracket up and then went to put the alternator on. Back to the drawing board lol. I wanna move it further back but need to see where the throttle cables going to run first. I fuckin love cars -.-

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Here is how I done mine, few iterations with various brackets and to make it serviceable (read take on and off easy!) in sub 1 minute! also proper hose for FRP signal, no fuck ups with blown off hoses etc etc....

The effort is worth it, you will have to cut off the BS for the mounting of the solenoid rack and make a proper bespoke bracket, not easy as I said but worth the effort.

Pics below. Clears all cables, throttle, looks sick!, easy to plumb up too. :conehead:

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That does look nice pete, but I think because my engine has the s5 front cover the alternator is closer. I think I can move it to the left a little and it should clear everything, just hard at the moment because I can't get into work to use the folder or any of the equipment for that matter. Still have some 7075-t6 extrusion I stole from work to try again. Have to sort out a throttle cable too as the FC one mounts at the aft edge of the UIM and the FD on the fwd edge.

I found out tonight my mate the built the engines coming to town tomorrow, too early for me to get everything ready for it to run, ah well. Needs more $$ and I'm lacking

On another note, I had to go buy a dremel bit to finish cutting out some of the cast alloy from the power steering pump mount, fuck me it was $25 from bunnings, and the tungsten carbide ones were 40 =O can get em for free from work lol. Same with drill bits, the cobalt ones I use are like 20 bucks each. I forgot how much consumables cost lol.

So I'm back on full hours at work next week finally. Means I can go in on fridays and start making some shit up for the FC :001_302: so I went back in and started doing a bit.

My V-Band clamps for my exhaust turned up, I got them off ebay for cheaper then it was to buy the flanges locally. Turned out I could have gotten them cheaper too as the guy that sold them too me was an ausrotary member, and noticed my username but I had already paid. Ah well.

So I cut the flanges off my de-cat pipe and put the new v-band ones on, put one on the end of the dump and stuck it in the car. It sat in there alright. I think it was like this with the previous setup, the rear of the de-cat was lower then the front, and I wanted it to angle to the left of the car more. Also a long story short when my manifold got changed, way back when I first brought the abortion of a turbo kit they had to route the plumb back of the wastegate differently, which annoyed me as it was no longer a straight flow but an S shape. So fuck it :94:, I cut the dump pipe up, I'll correct the angle the cat comes out on and plumb it back in straight at the same time.

I was going to continue however my dropsaw disc bit into part of the dump when I was cutting it and took a chunk out of it, will get a new disc from work tomorrow.

How it did sit

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Going to fix the dump/wastegate

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Well I managed to get a little in today :hurray: got the cat sitting where I want first go, so that's all sweet but fuck the angle on the plumb back for the wastegate was deceptive :ack2: took me ages to get it right. It's not perfect but the gap around it's small enough for me to fill. Almost out of gas on the welder and need to get a couple more drill bits from work so I can chain drill out the hole in the dump for the wastegate plum back. Here's how it's sitting now.

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Looking good you cripple bike accident **** :302:

Eh, I really want a new manifold and turbo. Fucking hate looking at that chinese shit lol. Well the manifolds not chinese but it's based off a chinese one. The V-Band clamp on the back of the turbo leaks, and I can't change it because of how it's welded onto the exhaust housing. But I'm at the point where I wanna just get the basic shit done and get the car running, then play with the other shit later. Been 2.5 years now since I got to drive her. Time to pull the finger out.

Odd question cunts, can you see any issues with my cramming some roof insualtion in behind the heat shield for the exhuast under the car, just wanna make it a bit cooler on my feet. It's gonna corrode the heat shield isn't it.

If you mean that pink or yellow insulation that's used in residential construction, that stuff doesn't like getting wet. When it does, it will take a pretty long time to dry out which is just asking for corrosion. Also not sure what temp that stuff goes up in flames - near an exhaust might be too hot.

Eh, had some money for a short period there was about to get all the parts and then the washing machine crapped out. Dropped $1000 on one and a new dishwasher on the weekend. But I did manage to get this box full of strange parts

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I think the cloth heat shleid stuff they sale at part stores would be good for keeping the heat off of your feet. they even make tape like that.

Not much progress with the car. Spent some money and made a decent work bench, still need to get one more sheet of ply to put the last 2 shelves in. SOOO MUCH BETTER having a decent bench to work on. My FPR rocked up as well. Am planning on having the exhaust and manifold finished by next month, possibly even the fuel system and should be able to buy the new turbo around then. Fingers crossed

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Just read this part of the thread...

One thing a lot of people don't realize is that...AIR is a great insulator.
No need to worry about that fiberglass sh*t.
Don't know if asbestos is banned in your part of the world, but that's nasty stuff.
Don't need to worry about getting the insulation soaked in water...

Use the thinnest stainless steel sheet that'll hold up without burning a hole through it.
Make two shields so they sandwich - air becomes your insulator in between.
Try to keep contact between the two shields to a minimum.
Bigger the gap between the two, the better the heat shielding, of course.
If you want to get more complex, run a small air duct in between the two for more cooling.
Very little maintenance to worry about...
Little bit more involved to fabricate, install, and remove, but I think it's worth it... :D


-Ted

Throwing an update on my 2 year old thread, damn things have changed. The car had been on the backburner for a fair while. I've got some of the main parts for it now so things can start happening. Changed my mind on a few things too. I heard alot of shit about the fuel lab pumps you can see above so that suckers going on ebay, along with my microtech, HKS twin fire, eboost 2, rotaflo muffler, old turbo setup, water to air intercooler LOL.

So for those that haven't seen I picked up a few things at WTAC this year! (one of those being the eboost 2 and I've already changed my mind on that)

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That was the start of my honeymoon so yeah it's been a few months but yesterday the car has gone back on stands in my shed at the new place and today I've gone out and got the 304 pipe to start on my exhaust manifold. (Still need to finish cleaning the shed, I got the new shelving up I just need to get my moto back together and sold)

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Also a dream of mine came true this week, I found a set of MS01's on ebay for $1000 AU, they should be on the way to my place next week, also coming with goodyear eagle f1 which are some of my preferred tyres.

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For any of the wiser guys reading this, I have 2 questions

How important is it to get my runners the same length before the t4 flange, or is close enough good enough in a turbo application

How suicidal would it be for me to try and run the wastegate straight off the comp housing? Or should I play it safe and run it just below the flange?

Made some progress today. First time at a manifold, the 42r doesn't leave many options due to the sheer size of it. Will have to run an airline from my landlords shed tomorrow so I can bust out my die grinder and finger linisher. Took a bit to much meat off where the 2 pipes join before the t4 flange and ones 10mm bigger then the other. I was only using a 5" grinder however. Was unsure how I was going to go about it so I just had a crack

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I think I'll still use the curved bit that I welded the divider wall onto, if I remake the down piece more carefully (so it buts up on the divider and doesn't over lap it should come out pretty sweet