unless there's a rad for the air-con there 
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Tuning turbo time!
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Tuning turbo time!
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Got gas... (pardon me)
finished welding the waste gate flange up.
cleaned the ugly welds up a bit at looks much better now
starting to worry myself now as its getting close to compleate and will soon need to just fit it
managed to warp the waste gate flange like a bitch so think ill need to buy a bench belt sander to fix it.
finished welding the waste gate flange up.
cleaned the ugly welds up a bit at looks much better now
starting to worry myself now as its getting close to compleate and will soon need to just fit it
managed to warp the waste gate flange like a bitch so think ill need to buy a bench belt sander to fix it.
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unless there's a rad for the air-con there
Remove the A/C fan, mount the two rads one in front of the other and fit dual narrow fans behind. At least that's what i am about to do...
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yeh pretty much all modern cars have the ac radiator infront of the normal radiator
Mmmm interesting, and now you mention it my van is like that and i think the stilo is as well, i really need to do something...
edit: yes the oil cooler is huge, it will be replaced with smaller one at some point
edit: yes the oil cooler is huge, it will be replaced with smaller one at some point
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If you move the condenser your prob gonna have to degass the air con, word of warning 10k fine if you vent refrigerant to atmo lol
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i think there plan is to stack them so your not really moving the condenser (maybe back or forth a couple of mm) so discharging wont be a problem (how would they know if you released the gas? lol)
if anyone is doing it make sure you put the coolest first
so i guess that would be
Intercooler, aircon, radiator, oil cooler
if anyone is doing it make sure you put the coolest first
so i guess that would be
Intercooler, aircon, radiator, oil cooler
If you move the condenser your prob gonna have to degass the air con, word of warning 10k fine if you vent refrigerant to atmo lol
Good job none of us have ever done that then
If you move the condenser your prob gonna have to degass the air con, word of warning 10k fine if you vent refrigerant to atmo lol
and they would find out how??
oh dear look at that big stone hole in it!!
had it checked there was no gas in it etc etc
When you are doing teens to the gallon with a cento tub the last thing on your mind is.... Oh just look how environmentally friendly I am
my old and current cars have taken years years of the life of the planet and I couldn't give a toss
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All it takes is a bitchy neighbour or a passer by to report you tbh, yeh if it was a catastrophic failure e.g pierced condenser then your not at fault but if you let it off yourself knowingly without proper recovery then thats when the doo doo hits the fan lol. Personally i dont give a toss lol, having worked in that field i just know the rules and regs lol.
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tbh i don't think there's any gas in it atm, clearly doesn't work anyway lol.
btw, i am and energy consultant, spending most of my time doing air-con inspections right now due to recent regulation changes and so i know a fair bit about AC
Incidently, R134A which is used globally as the refrigerant for AC systems in cars, trucks etc is soon to be banned. Can't remember the dates but think its all brand new cars (completely new models) aren't allowed it from this year and all remaining new cars (cars that exist already or facelift models etc) have until 2017 to change refrigerants.
But i digress and sure no one really cares. but yes venting r134a is bad, very bad indeed and i wouldn't do it knowing what i know about refrigereants..
btw, i am and energy consultant, spending most of my time doing air-con inspections right now due to recent regulation changes and so i know a fair bit about AC
Incidently, R134A which is used globally as the refrigerant for AC systems in cars, trucks etc is soon to be banned. Can't remember the dates but think its all brand new cars (completely new models) aren't allowed it from this year and all remaining new cars (cars that exist already or facelift models etc) have until 2017 to change refrigerants.
But i digress and sure no one really cares. but yes venting r134a is bad, very bad indeed and i wouldn't do it knowing what i know about refrigereants..
When the engine will start and we will see if the pistons will weld with the block, explode in pieces, or run well for all life? Welding them looked scary to me too, but sometimes the "engineer critic eye" must be send to the hell If not, where's the experimenting fun?
Welding them looked scary to me too, but sometimes the "engineer critic eye" must be send to the hell If not, where's the experimenting fun?
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lol thanks for that... every one of them have crossed my mind. (wake up at 4am with cold sweats after having a dream of pistons exploding... ok maybe not )
but really thinking simply about it there should be nothing wrong with them... but we will see.
at the end of the day these are cheap engines and its worth the risk (at least for me where i have the tooling and stuff to do it for free) if it works ive saved a LOT of money and can say what ive done and that it works and that my car/engine is truely built 100% by me
if not ill have to fork out the money for a custom set of pistons
experimenting is fun! and if no one did it then we would still be living in caves.
)but really thinking simply about it there should be nothing wrong with them... but we will see.
at the end of the day these are cheap engines and its worth the risk (at least for me where i have the tooling and stuff to do it for free) if it works ive saved a LOT of money and can say what ive done and that it works and that my car/engine is truely built 100% by me
if not ill have to fork out the money for a custom set of pistons
experimenting is fun! and if no one did it then we would still be living in caves.
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well the manifold is complete (just need to pressure test it for leaks) and ive been thinking...
the intercooler is going where the radiator is and so with the standard intake manifold the boost pipes need to go across the engine bay. meaning at least two 90s and one 180 which cant be good.
plus tubing will be twice as long as it could be and running an a cramped hot engine bay
sooo... sitting in my garage is a a large sheet of 2mm stainless and a couple of smallish sheets of 1mm stainless. nearly 1 full bottle of argon and about half a kilo of stainless wire left...... oh and a perfectly sized and shaped 54mm throttle body
Time to do some research
go figure...
the intercooler is going where the radiator is and so with the standard intake manifold the boost pipes need to go across the engine bay. meaning at least two 90s and one 180 which cant be good.
plus tubing will be twice as long as it could be and running an a cramped hot engine bay
sooo... sitting in my garage is a a large sheet of 2mm stainless and a couple of smallish sheets of 1mm stainless. nearly 1 full bottle of argon and about half a kilo of stainless wire left...... oh and a perfectly sized and shaped 54mm throttle body
Time to do some research
go figure...
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What intercooler are you fitting?
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woj... read back... thats what im doing... the radiator is going on the gear box side and the intercooler where the radiator is...
on the 16valve the throttle body is pointing to the gearbox side which makes it a pain when the intercooler is on the opposite side.
thats why im going to make my own intake manifold (well a turbo plenum that will bolt onto the standard runners which means i keep the original injector positioning) and will reposition throttle body on the other side
on the 16valve the throttle body is pointing to the gearbox side which makes it a pain when the intercooler is on the opposite side.
thats why im going to make my own intake manifold (well a turbo plenum that will bolt onto the standard runners which means i keep the original injector positioning) and will reposition throttle body on the other side
where's that pic from woj? looks epic
