Home brew almost sheep boost bus build ect

[marinemackay2003]

will be getting removed anyway and a return line will be connected on the the end of it

 

[bloke]

can possibly sort you with a return line.

 

[marinemackay2003]

drop me a pm Carl @bloke

 

[marinemackay2003]

so sorted my fuel return today

and the binned t piece

also fitted some plugs and leads, then painted the oil cooler lines as they were a bit shouty

 

[marinemackay2003]

epic job today decided that being a 15 year old clio meant that it will suffer from rust at some point, spurred on by the rust i found inside the rear arch the other day i decider to re-seal the whole underside of the car ( near enough anyway )
hopefully i wont be needing a re-shell anytime soon well not to rust anyway

only pic i took as it was a messy job

whilst doing the front arches i pulled some amount of mud out from the void where the skirts meet the arches must have been about 3kg lol ahh well 3kg lighter

now in the process of attempting to paint my cup spoiler, but that can wait till after silly season

 

[tom172cup]

I remember the shear amount of shite that came out from the arches on mine it's crazy.

 

[marinemackay2003]

so more parts arrived this week

core actually looks ok tbf, was worried as toyosport are not overly known for quality

came with enough pipes and hoses to make a good set up and air intake maybe all in 2.5'' bore

fitted up very well in the space with no gap top or bottom, also closed in with the tow eye bumper plastics, will make a guide to block off the other side too
hopefully creating max flow through the cooler

 

[NorthloopCup]

You need to completely shroud the intercooler mate for maximum efficiency. I did it on my Astra turbo intercooler and put a frame that followed the entire opening and contour of the bumper. Worked really well, hence why I've done something similar on the radiator for the cup.

 

[DannyR]

It's not too important with a supercharger as the air going through isn't being warmed up as much as a turbo would do to the air.

 

[marinemackay2003]

every little helps though

 

[marinemackay2003]

So having been away for 6 weeks on all sorts of courses hardly anything is getting done and now off to afghan in May for 4 months so need to crack on with this

Managed to get my exhaust fitted today

Bought a k tec super sport from a local lad a while ago, so should sound rather nice

Far from perfect but will do for now
Hopefully crack on this week and get as much as I can done

 

[incy-spider]

Nice mate! Good to see some more progress... I think there is only a couple people on this forum actually posting anything interesting, not sure why I'm bothering anymore no one seems interested unless they are talking about exterior mods, tyres or polish these days!

 

[marinemackay2003]

Thanks it's a slow process but it will get there

Detailed not driven -gaaaaaaayyy

 

[RMDavis]

Car looks awesome bud!

I love how you've fitted the oil cooler into that recess you've made.

Top work!

 

[The Beardo]

Awesome project, look forward to having a noise around it

 

[joytodrive25]

Just read it alllll, good efforts so far and hope it gets going soon(4 months away not inclusive).

 

[marinemackay2003]

Thanks guys, hopefully it all works well

So got a few bits done today, only trivial bits as my finances are wounded this month ( holiday booked for post afghan chill out )

My s/c oil temp gauge turned up from the states

Quite hard to find the range required tbh. charger oil inlet temps can not exceed 80.C so needed one that reads very low temps as most start from 50-60.C and are not very graduated. Also did not want to spend a lot of money the stack one I looked at is £94 + vat fk that .

So turned my attention today on filtration and location, I am going to go short on the intake side of things instead on the massive pipe reaching all the way across the bay ( not that there is anything wrong with that, I just preferred this way )

So the main problem faced here is space, it's very tight and places the filter directly behind the radiator not good for intake temps

So my plan was to move the radiator over slightly, hopefully allowing me a bit more space to locate the filter and get a bit of heat protection in too

Before

After

Not a massive amount of extra space, was about an extra 45mm of room but should allow for a decent size filter and hopefully a decent bit less heat soak from the outflow of the radiator

I could go smaller on the radiator but the standard one is rather good at its job ( will be a new one fitted as this one is scrap )

 

[NorthloopCup]

Could you not use a itg maxogen style air filter mate? Carbon fibre is very good at not soaking up the heat as well.

 

[marinemackay2003]

Looking at options at the moment

Thinking along the lines of a pug sport type intake or simota aero form style that will fit in the gap

 

[Mini182]

Not very practical for a road car running headlights but I put my S/C intake behind the drivers side headlight.

 

[marinemackay2003]

What were your inlet temps like ? @Mini182

 

[Mini182]

Inlet temps were good, it was coolant/oil temps I had problems with due to cylinder head issues.

 

[incy-spider]

Ceramic coatings on pipe work is also a 'cool' idea, thought about it on my inlet mani to stop so much heat attacking it from below!!

 

[marinemackay2003]

may have a look at it after i get all sorted, need to try get rid of some 90 degree bends in the boost pipes first

 

[DannyR]

Keep that intake pipe as short as possible as the longer you go the less boost it will make.

 

[marinemackay2003]

That is the plan tbh was reading you build thread and seen you lost a fair bit by extending the length

 

[RMDavis]

Intake temps is what I'm looking to resolve at the moment. Has anyone on here looked into water/methanol injection in the intake pipe? I'm quite tempted by it if I'm honest!

I wouldn't get the engine mapped to it, because if the tank went dry it would cause all sorts of issues, but more as a temperature and safety aid.

http://www.methanol-injection.co.uk/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=23

 

[marinemackay2003]

Imo I would be looking at other factors first, like filter location, you have your filter directly behind your radiator

Then maybe look at a more efficient / larger intercooler and a bit of shrouding to force air through it , your intercooler looks fairly narrow in your pics

May be worth looking at as the cheaper option

 

[RMDavis]

Imo I would be looking at other factors first, like filter location, you have your filter directly behind your radiator

Then maybe look at a more efficient / larger intercooler and a bit of shrouding to force air through it , your intercooler looks fairly narrow in your pics

May be worth looking at as the cheaper option

I will be definitely making up a new intake/air filter location and routing. It's currently sitting in a bloody hot area.

I'm pretty sure the intercooler is up to the job. Although some shrouding wouldn't be a bad idea!

 

[NorthloopCup]

It's a shame you can't still buy the original aquamist water injection system tbh. They were very much plug and play, but now they appear to be mappable and significantly more expensive!

 

[marinemackay2003]

so had a bad week this week

storm Katie had my pants down

decided to run a bike shelter down my door and mirror

does anyone know if a ph 2 door will fit on a ph 1 ?

managed to get the looms and ecu's fitted, but would like to fit them in the glove box are if possible so will maybe look at making that happen, probably after my afghan trip now though

lots of wires

 

[bloke]

need a door?

 

[incy-spider]

f**k you Katie, stupid b**ch!

 

[marinemackay2003]

need a door?

got a black one?

 

[bloke]

got a black one?

Yup, phase 1.

 

[marinemackay2003]

have dropped you a text carl

 

[marinemackay2003]

Got the car back to normal-ish today

At least that's sorted

Thanks to @bloke for his help sourcing a door

 

[bloke]

glad to help.

 

[imprezaworks]

This is gonna be goooooood

 

[marinemackay2003]

got some little bits done today, car is now oil'd

and hopefully this turns up this week too