Home brew almost sheep boost bus build ect

[marinemackay2003]

Yeah its been a while will.

So just opened the head up for re-assembly

seems to be some bits missing .........f#%k sake

best be getting on the phone then

 

[dmallett]

Unsure what he was in, he just came over when I parked up and asked about the car. Nice bloke though with some cracking fiestas!

 

[VikkiB]

I have a spare Megane crank pulley if you still need one?

 

[marinemackay2003]

Pm me a price vikki

 

[marinemackay2003]

so today sorted out the fuel pump as it needed doing, done a very short guide in case any one needs a rough idea

first off removed the old pump ( this is for a ph 1 pump btw ph2 is slightly harder)

a little smaller than the walbro 225

trial fitted the new pump but because it is larger the bottom metal retainer would not fit, so had to modify the rubber retainer rings

putting a few cuts in them allows the ring to slide further down the pump

this helps it fit in perfect so that you can get the metal retainer and bottom rubber in

so now that it all fits in i tried to get the fuel pipes connected, i re used the one on the pump as the rubber one with the kit is gash, just be careful when removing it if you want to re use it as you can see i trashed it a bit, the cable is a direct fit to the pump so no need for the one supplied

once that was all fitted, i then reused the filter bag that came with the pump as the one that comes with the kit is too big and needed to be manipulated to fit in

make sure to squash the pump down to ensure everything fits when compressed with no chafing of cables / hoses ect

job done put it back in test it works

 

[Chi]

Less running more building, needs to be finished... SUBSCRIBED

 

[marinemackay2003]

today i finally got the car moved to my new camp, 242 miles and 100 liters of fuel lol
good job you all paid your taxes this month :rasp:

hopefully things will now speed up a bit

 

[incy-spider]

Go, go, go!!

 

[imprezaworks]

Over two years since post one Chris, this needs to be more epic the epicness itself.

 

[marinemackay2003]

meh been busy tbf and life in the forces ect

6 months in afghan
1 year on a course so no real area to work on car
and a wedding in there too

so yeah its been hard to finance and work on the car , however it will be fun once complete

 

[imprezaworks]

I'm sure mate, look forward to the updates.

 

[Nafoff]

meh been busy tbf
so yeah its been hard to finance and work on the car , however it will be fun once complete

your project sounds very much like mine...lol

 

[marinemackay2003]

Good things happen when we perciver Neil

 

[Nafoff]

Good things happen when we perciver Neil

knows, hopefully i will be cracking on this year too,

 

[marinemackay2003]

So due to the car being sat outside in the crap weather with all sorts of sand and general years of muck

i figured I should clean out the drains under the wipers as after a bit of rain I was getting a fair bit of water inside

so stripped it down a bit and done a few bits

wish I took a pic of how much crap I took out must have been 10+ years worth of grit in there

 

[incy-spider]

Looks like a sheep with its eye hanging out!! Baa

 

[Chi]

Looks good mate!

 

[marinemackay2003]

been a long time since i updated this, nothing major today

started labeling up my engine loom and figuring out whats what and what i do not need (big black c**k shape ) - fk me never again

+++ handy hint +++ label it up as you remove it

also got my 225 fuel pump fitted in place and sorted my crap attempt at aero catching my front bumper ala cable tied


quick one of the fuses so i remember when putting it back together

 

[Chi]

About time!

 

[marinemackay2003]

This week I decided to get rid of my power steering, going to keep the pump just will not be connected, will be a little bit harder to drive at below 15-20 mph but I can live with that

its also to help keep everything looking clean, will also help to have less fluids running around the bay, less things to go wrong

anyway started with this

pipes everywhere

Cut this lot out

Then used a little bit of pipe to seal the system up, added a little fluid to top up the pipe

Looks a fair bit cleaner with just a little bit of pipe hanging down behind heat shield

 

[marinemackay2003]

Got round to throwing my lightened flywheel on the scales

not to bad, standard is 5.5kg

 

[marinemackay2003]

decide i am going to keep the power steering pump (at least until i figure out a better idea ) saves messing about trying to find different size aux belts ect
so sealed it off to keep fluid inside to lubricate and cool the pump, as without it would destroy itself fairly quickly

not great but functional until i make something like the pure motorsport kit using the standard pulley

http://www.pure-motorsport.co.uk/details.php?itemid=168&model=-1

 

[marinemackay2003]

Got the block re bored and re honed this week

forged rods and cosworth pistons, heavy duty bearings so almost good to put it together

Off on paternity leave for next 3 weeks, so no doubt will take a while

 

[scotty2hotty81]

Off on paternity leave for next 3 weeks, so no doubt will take a while

Mine has been in the garage locked up for nearly 12 months since becoming a dad, it will take a long long time, will be awesome when complete though!

 

[Chi]

Pull ur finger out..

 

[Sideways182]

Yeah Danny i won it, it was originally the K-tec Built project car for Performance French Car Magazine

Sent 5 text messages in to the competition they ran to win it = £ 5 = clio 172

yeah now in the process of fully forging, supercharging with a set of cams in there too for good measure

Mega looking build mate - bit of a cheeky question - do you know what are the white wheels on the silver car behind yours?

 

[marinemackay2003]

Lol on it chi

the silver one was also mine - they were Tecnomagnesio SPORT as far as I can remember

 

[welshname]

Coming along well now this. How is your brother getting on with the Mk5 ZS with the MPS engine? Did he ever get round to doing it?

 

[marinemackay2003]

Thanks it's taking far too long though

He is going a slightly different route as the direct injection on mps was a nightmare, he is now doing a 2.3 duratec turbo iirc

 

[Sideways182]

Lol on it chi

the silver one was also mine - they were Tecnomagnesio SPORT as far as I can remember

Thanks mate, lovely wheels.

 

[marinemackay2003]

so main effort for tonight was to get to the point of sump on

started off by checking the oil pump for gunge, and checking all teeth , i deburred the oil inlet slightly as it was not a great casting and do not want any of that breaking off

at least the pump looks clean, got all the seals done too so quite a productive night, hopefully the rear crank seal stays sealed

so left it for another night, really need to get it cleaned and painted looks rough as arse but tbh no one will see much of it

 

[Chi]

Needs finishing this now Chris. You been dragging your heels far too long...

 

[incy-spider]

Needs finishing this now Chris. You been dragging your heels far too long...

[emoji106][emoji106]

 

[marinemackay2003]

i am a busy guy Chi, with the 1 month year old

 

[welshname]

That is a lot of hair.

 

[marinemackay2003]

i know, was predicted to be a hairy baby, wife had epic heartburn almost every day

this is about 45 minutes after birth

 

[The Fatty]

f**k me your wife is really hairy!!

Congrats btw that is a lot of hair for a new born!

 

[marinemackay2003]

Thanks, i love a hairy one

today i gave it a good layer of VHT paint ( halfords own brand )

and got some pulleys back on the engine, bit of trial and error at the moment as unsure on what bracket/mounts i will be using for charger

now have 2 weeks at home with the boy so will be packed away till then

 

[marinemackay2003]

Today i had a go at building up my Omex supercharger brackets just to see the design lay out and tbh its rubbish, really shocked that they designed this way

as you can see this one has already cracked and been welded back up, this is how it looks all set up (DannyR's car iirc)
so alternator is only supported through the left hand lug, no wonder they kept breaking, hence the weld

so now looking at the K tec bracket design

phoned them today and they want ....£250 + vat lol so 300 for some ali brackets

off to make my own out of steel in next couple of weeks

 

[Cub.]

Today i had a go at building up my Omex supercharger brackets just to see the design lay out and tbh its rubbish, really shocked that they designed this way

as you can see this one has already cracked and been welded back up, this is how it looks all set up (DannyR's car iirc)
so alternator is only supported through the left hand lug, no wonder they kept breaking, hence the weld

so now looking at the K tec bracket design

phoned them today and they want ....£250 + vat lol so 300 for some ali brackets

off to make my own out of steel in next couple of weeks

Coming along nicely :smile:

The k-tec bracket wears badly on one of the countersunk bolts. The kit I bought, when it came off the car it was previously on it was close to snapping free which would have been more than a little problematic. If you're following that 'design' let me know, and I'll PM you a photo of the wear / weak point and you may wish to adjust it slightly :wink: