Long time no seee peopleee!!!
Huuge update on the sol, it's been off the road since december :'( but all for good reason! I've been driving around in a shitty vitara for months which i had to rebuild the engine when i got it which was a good learning experience! anyways... i'll copy and paste the updates from another forum again lol. only just remembered my password for here and i missed the site :p
Firstly i bought a new rocker..
Took it to a few meets it got some cool attention
Then the buying began
Weldings pretty good
IC needs a clean though, only bought it as it came off a honda civic eg which is same chassy so will fit perfect.
after a trip to birmingham at a spur of the moment dash, i left at 4 in the afternoon after getting an email from something i found.... at a price that was silly to say no to.
So as of now my turbo kit so far consists of:
T04e Hybrid turbo
Downpipe with attached screamer pipe
Wastegate
2 x turbo manifolds lol
oil feed lines to the turbo
Custom rocker cover with welded breathers
A Pillar gauge pod
Boost gauge
Oil pressure gauge
Electronic turbo timer
manual boost controller
Oil catch tank
Intercooler
Boost pipes
and BOV.
Whats left..
Some breathers
Injectors and ECU
happy bunny.
heres what i bought, yes i know its off a D series..
Heres some pics of the stuff i've got so far, ignore the WHU wallpaper and rug, you wont see it but the curtains and lampshade and alarm clock are also whu lol. bare in mind, since my mum and dad split when i was 9, my room has never changed at my dads as i hardly stay there lol. anyway heres all the bits and bobs:
heres the turbo on the old manifold
then on the new one
so we got to work...
Had a pretty productive day on saturday... after previously removing the induction piping and cone and selling it, it all started with the hulk (nelly) single handedly detaching the bumper without any removal of any bolts like a baws!! (not really we undone them all)
As me and James had a little swapsies his harnesses plus my manifold + cash his way (still owe him that lol) we first proceeded to remove the manifold and downpipe.
Manifold off
After that it was time to put the snail in the bay, she only just about fit! need to move the oil cooling lines as they just about touch it! could get away with a slight bend in the pipes.
attached the oil feed to the turbo, couldnt get the oil switch out the back with only a halfords tool kit to hand! socket just wasnt deep enough! however i'm going to relocate the throttle cable which meant the oil feed fits perfect in the holder! so good it looks standard!
we then proceeded to test fit the pipework which as these cars are so epic, there is no need to cutting holes in the body work (vegas
) as the standard box already goes through a hole already done! supprisingly it fit pretty well, the front bumper wont need much cutting at all, although i think i need a small windscreen washer bottle as i didnt notice it hold 5000l of water lol its huge!!!
Will have to work on replaceing/moving that when i get back on the 21st!
Oh we fitted the BOV too!
then we fitted the curve to the intercooler which also fit well, just needed to trim the plactic lining in front of the wheel literally about 25cm of it and it fit snug!
Thats as far as we got in the end! im guessing the other half will be a bit harder as obviously my turbo sits slightly different to the D series in which the pipework came from!
Hopefully should be done by the end of next month at least as all i have left to do is as follows:
ECU
Injectors
Oil Return
Fuel pump
Breather pipes
Fit catch tank.
ANd it should be ready for a mapping session
Now fitted.
Bit close to the floor mind..
then had a bit of a what looks better moment..
In place of the fans:
Pillar pod:
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Thats as far as i am at the moment, had some trouble with my paypal, which delayed fuel pump for a week or so, also oil drain is in the post all arriving today or monday, erm all thats left to get are some breather pipes, some injectors and get the base map on the ecu. then she's ready to for a going over and maybe crank that beast.
Cheers. sorry for the long update!