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changed to the colder plugs today and changed the plenum and plastic engine cover I painted looks much better also here's my usual poor quality video http://vid1364.photo...zpslvadawoy.mp4

A man of few words

the seals in a turbo are a piston ring type seal leaving oil in the turbo wil potentially allow oil to seep into either the compressor or exhaust housing especially as my car can sit for a week without being startedthis is no different to a normal turbo setup but i don't have gravity to drain the lines for me

on the home straight now got the boost pipework all in from the turbo to the engine got a few rattles to sort out also waiting for a long 90 deg silicone bend, all of the flexible hoses for the oil system are made and fitted modified the PCV system to suit FI this is a temporary mod as I'm going to run a 1/2" line back to the pipe between the air filter and turbo for the crankcase ventilation so i don't get fumes in the car, still got to sort out the air filter waiting on a 4" to 3" 90 deg reducer,still got to change the plugs to the cooler ones,still got to fit the controller front panel properly and connect the MAP sensor signal into it the only problem so far is the pressure sensor for the turbo oil system has stopped working so I'm waiting for a new one wont be here till Wednesday due to the bank holiday the only things left I can actually do right now is connect the MAP sensor to the controller and calibrate it, fit the plugs and fit the plenum that I painted the other day

Since i have to work outside on the z and the weather was miserable i got this painted instead i thought it was going to be too shiny after i put on the lacquer but came out just right the weather is supposed to improve tomorrow so hoping to get lots done

got most of the turbo set up fitted today, only one dodgy photo i'm afraid all of the changes were well worth the trouble it's much neater more compact lighter more ground clearance and you can hardly see it from behind now just got to connect the inter cooler pipework and mod the pcv system connect the oil system driver board fill the tank with oil actually fit the controller as opposed to just jamming it in there with a bit of cardboard and away we go

if it comes back why don't you try swapping the 2 rear sensors over to see if it's the sensor or another fault.

got some more done today 90%of the wiring is now done my Spartan 2 wideband sensor all fitted and working didn't need to do any welding as i fitted it in place of one of the rear o2 sensors it has an narrow band output signal so the ECU doesn't know it's missing ran flexible conduit for the wiring made it a lot easier to get all the cables through also looks neater still need to connect up the pressure and temp sensors here's a vid of the oil pump shut down sequence it has a delayed shut down to protect the turbo after switching the engine off the oil feed and scavenge pumps continue to run for whatever delay time i set then the feed pump switches off but the scavenge pump continues to run for a pre set time then stops and the controller switches off http://vid1364.photo...zpswf6thoo5.mp4 hope to get some more done tomorrow if the weathers good

If you do find a way to stop her adding "jobs to do" can you let me know the secret please Looking good mate the only thing that stopped her adding to this list was that there's no more room on the page

another little update have compacted the oil set up mainly to reduce it's visibility from behind as i don't really want it noticed also got the panel cut out, painted and the display and 5 way button mounted into it had to alter the map on the ecu today also as it was running far too rich seems ok now I hope to have this finished over the next two weeks as i have a bit of time off as long as the missus doesn't add to the long list of jobs she already has planned for me

got my 570cc injectors fitted friday the ecu decided to be a pain in the arse but all sorted now running a map that's a bit too rich but it's safe fuel rail and injectors out and nice new ones waiting to go in only took an hour start to finish not counting the 5-6 hours messing about with the ecu

Chris you're so nerdy you almost make me look normal thanks for that

Thanks i think so too, might do the battery and brake fluid covers the same

all looking good Chris, I don't think the display idea is blowing your own trumpet well if it is it's deserved might even steal that idea myself as for the engine cover just paint it if it doesn't come out well buy the cf one

will have some updates soon as i'm off the last week in april hope to get this finished then my new 570cc injectors arrived last week and have managed to get some of the wiring done been working a lot so not achieved a lot lately did manage to repaint this in metallic black with a couple of coats of lacquer i'm also off this weekend so may get some done then

I am a little flummoxed by that, I have always used that formula on all my turbo cars, and it has worked fine, but there have been exceptions, I have a set of 570cc injectors that when I had them cleaned and flow tested came back at 630cc. I see your point with SC needing more fuel from the off, so not sure quite how the std injectors can flow enough fuel, I know the more modern injectors and ECUs can handle much finer control than older tech so maybe its down to that. also on the list are fuel pump and pressure regulator upping the fuel pressure would help but still seems on the limit for the injectors even then just saw marks post above should have refreshed thread before posting so that solves that mystery

I am a little flummoxed by that, I have always used that formula on all my turbo cars, and it has worked fine, but there have been exceptions, I have a set of 570cc injectors that when I had them cleaned and flow tested came back at 630cc. I see your point with SC needing more fuel from the off, so not sure quite how the std injectors can flow enough fuel, I know the more modern injectors and ECUs can handle much finer control than older tech so maybe its down to that. also on the list are fuel pump and pressure regulator upping the fuel pressure would help but still seems on the limit for the injectors even then

Hey less of the boring grey it's a great colour that's why my hair matches the car Honest John Major grey Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk now that's just nasty gonna tell my wife on you then i'm reaching for the just for men

Hey less of the boring grey it's a great colour that's why my hair matches the car Honest

as it happens the super computer's finished so i shall be taking over the world shortly just got home been at work since 2 am on standby on my birthday it's just not right 50 next year so there's no way i'll be working then sat in front of the computer completely stuffed with roast beef and apple pie, still on standby until 7:30 tomorrow morning hopefully work will be as thoughtful as you guys on my birthday and leave me the F*** alone

as i said in a previous post i'm tidying the electronics as i'm ill again and not allowed to play with the car so the electronics are now done other than a cable for the display and testing I've made new pcb's for the controller and pump driver this is the pump driver board i used blade connectors instead of screw terminals this is the finished board even put an active heatsink on the case this is the finished controller board now using an arduino nano instead of the uno i was using a million times better than this mess

Excellent work now i'm really jealous' got no real use for a trailer but now i really want one anyway

I like it but I'm also rubbish at art coincidentally

Has come in really handy mostly for things like this and gaskets it will machine ally but not steel it's not rigid enough built it in the winter a couple of years back when i was bored

it's been a while since my last update, well Christine (the name's stuck since she tried to kill me) passed the MOT but between work the weather and being ill again i haven't got much done so I thought Id tidy up the electronics the main board it works fine but since i used a prototyping board it was untidy and ugly just like me so since i have a cnc mill i designed and made a pcb to put all of this onto this also I've gone over to an I2C interface for the display which uses 4 wires instead of 10 will hopefully get the board finished this week also have some software mods due to the pcb design i had to change a lot of the inputs and outputs around and also due to changing the display to an I2C interface once thats done i'll do the same for the feed and scavenge pump driver board not that it looks bad but i don't like using stripboard either if i can help it and i can help it so why not.