astra boosted derv

[ryansnova]

lol is yours ready for billing yorkie?

[Dervy]

it will be :)

[Dervy]

well i thought i had already put these videos on put just realised that i haven`t, so here they are.
both vid`s are from pod and got a crap start in both lol

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Picture745.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view&current=Picture745.mp4)
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/roperstun/th_SAM_0601.jpg (http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=59f7f097f8dd461b7daa388529a3d780&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mk3oc.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthrea d.php%3F65061-booooosted-derv%2Fpage8&v=1&libid=1313788770111&out=http%3A%2F%2Fs592.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft t1%2Froperstun%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DSAM_ 0601.mp4&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mk3oc.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthrea d.php%3F65061-booooosted-derv&title=booooosted%20derv%20-%20Page%208&txt=&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13137887807181)

[davidfox280585]

look good sam though the camera person could have got you all the way to the end and showing the timee boards though looked like it was oing well enough,what did you pull?

[Dervy]

lol yea my girlfreind (yorkie) did the first video and roperstun did the second one, the first run was 16.3 and the second run was 16.8, i had my girlfreind in the car for the second run. i got crap starts on both runs and the clutch was slipping a bit aswell, i think once iv got the clutch working right and iv tuned it up 30psi i should be in the low 15`s :) im going pod tomorrow so i`ll get some more video`s up.

[roperstun]

how did you do at pod?

[Dervy]

well afder about 6 months of neglect, my poor car actually got some attention today. it has slowly been loosing boost pressure, it used to be running at 28 psi, but its now running about 18 psi http://www.tdocuk.com/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif. i thought that maybe it was my actuator, so i set about finaly fitting my cossie 23psi actuator that iv had for about 2 years.

here`s the old set up using the standard actuator
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture381-1.jpg

here`s how the new one will fit, look how big it is lol
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture382-3.jpg

here`s the new bracket that i made
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture387-4.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture383-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture384-3.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture388-4.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture390-1.jpg

afder i fitted it, i took it out for a spin but the boost pressure was still down at 18psi, so i pulled over to have a look, i then found that i had a split in one of my boost pipe`s lol. never mind an easy fix and will soon be at full pressure again http://www.tdocuk.com/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif yay

[Balley]

Looking good Sam, Are you running a bleed valve? Tbh I guess there isn't a lot of point any more. Any way keep the updates coming pal.

[Dervy]

yea i probs will as its only 23psi lol, i need to get a decent one though as the last one i had was ****.

[roperstun]

Have you had this on the dyno yet?
Are you settling for 23psi or do you want more?

[Dervy]

not yet but its booked in with the tdoc dyno day on the 4th of feb up at rst, so thats why iv started sorting out the problems, next thing to sort out is the clutch. no im getting another bleed valve, so i can get it up to around 28psi :)

[Dervy]

well after i sorted out the actual reason for the low boost, i.e split boost pipe, i took it out for a play. took a little video to show how well it pulls, as you can see the boost peeks at 23psi then drops of to 20 and holds there. i think i need to adjust the actuator arm a little bit.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture001.jpg

show about the bumpy video the camera was on the steering wheel

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Picture007.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view&current=Picture007.mp4)

[Balley]

Looks pretty fast that.

[christurboo]

im sure you could last 30min on 32psi of boost....only 30mins tho lol

[farmertom]

that looks quality, im planning on putting a 1.7 td lump in my nova soon. should be good for a laugh :)

[Dervy]

that will be a test for on the dyno :) video`s will be taken :)

[Dervy]

been playing with the car again, had a go at changing the dash bulbs, because as with most vauxhalls the dash lights are crap. Not had the dials out before so i struggled getting the speedo cable of, i was trying to twist it of, when it needed a retainer moving and then it just slides of. after pulling the dash to pieces i found that i had the wrong bulbs lol, never mind.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture012.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture014-1.jpg

i then done something a bit more interesting, i decided to twist my fuel plunger round to the max fuel setting and turn up the boost. i gave it half a turn on my new boost controller which got me up to 25psi.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture022-2.jpg

the standard setting is at number one, iv turned it anti-clockwise by 90 degrees so its on its max fueling setting, this gave me another pound of boost so its holding at 26psi now, which is nice lol.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture023-2.jpg

[Dervy]

got my flywheel back today from the machine shop, not quite as mad as the other one, should have maybe had a bit more taken off but its 2.5 kilo`s lighter then a standard one, so not to bad. im going to try and fit 220mm clutch to the flywheel thats on the car now. hopefully i`ll be able to get it back on the car at some point, but for the time being im going back to a standard clutch.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture026-2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture025-1.jpg

managed to get a borg and beck clutch for £55 which is an absolute bargin. it looks really beefy, its got triple layer springs on it, which is good as the clutch that is on the car at the minute has only got double layer springs, so this one should be stronger.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture030-3.jpg

[Adam]

Looks like it goes well in the vid!
Liking the amount of boost you're running :cool: lol

[Dervy]

yea its not bad :) but thats with pretty bad clutch slip

[Balley]

Glad you have finally turned the plunger round, I did notice a bit of difference with mine too, best of all it cost nothing to do :)

[Dervy]

yea its good, not as smokey as i thought it would be, but its fueling realy well, and i can still turn the max fuel screw up more. :)

[Dervy]

well today was the day, it was new clutch and flywheel time, and what a day to do it on, i dont think it got above freezing today and there was snow in the air, but i had my thermal overals on so i was nice and warm http://www.mk3oc.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture037-2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture038-1.jpg

finally got the flywheel out, and there are a couple of blue spots, but the friction plate looks ok, i think the reason that it slipped was that the ''so could uprated pressure plate'' is actually crap and not very strong at all

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture039-1.jpg

i compared the new borg and beck pressure plate with the old ebc one.
as you can see in the pic that the ebc one on the right has a double layer spring but the borg and beck one on the left has a triple layer spring, so the new will be stronger, which is good http://www.mk3oc.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture040-1.jpg

i come up with a nice little flywheel locking device
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture041-1.jpg

flywheel and clutch in
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture042-3.jpg

this is how dark it was when i got finished
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture043-1.jpg

test results and video`s coming soon

[Balley]

Good work Sam, but why the ghey Zaust??? lmao

[Dervy]

had to for the mot :( the show exhaust is too noisey for ever day use anyway. the show exhaust is going on for this weekend for on the dyno :)

[Balley]

had to for the mot :( the show exhaust is too noisey for ever day use anyway. The show exhaust is going on for this weekend for on the dyno :)

like :)

[pie]

looking good buddy

[Dervy]

here you go peeps,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIKi...1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIKi1XUsgQ&list=UUPstKQbu_brZNyXzGlP00Tg&index=1&feature=plcp)

it made 154 hp and 240 ftbl

[Count Vaux Alot]

here you go peeps,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIKi...1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIKi1XUsgQ&list=UUPstKQbu_brZNyXzGlP00Tg&index=1&feature=plcp)

it made 154 hp and 240 ftbl

erm awesome!

[Balley]

Very impressive stuff Sam.

[Nobby]

here you go peeps,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIKi...1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIKi1XUsgQ&list=UUPstKQbu_brZNyXzGlP00Tg&index=1&feature=plcp)

it made 154 hp and 240 ftbl

xe killer!! + rep

[pie]

good power buddy :thumb:

[Spudly]

Bloody hell Sam that's good going, I bet the under bonnet temps are massive at full chat though lol

Very impressed, well done mate!

[Adam]

Now thats fcuking impressive.
Going suprise a few on the road.

[roperstun]

That's some awsome figures i bet your well chuffed

[burgo]

Bloody hell Sam that's good going, I bet the under bonnet temps are massive at full chat though lol

Very impressed, well done mate!

why would it?

[ocdstigy]

Awesome!!

[Dervy]

cheers chaps, yea im really happy with it, and theres still more to come, no spud the temp guage hardly moved while on the dyno.

[roperstun]

more still to come :o i'l have to keep my eyes on this

[NOV4_SPORT]

Impressive results buddy very nice

[Balley]

cheers chaps, yea im really happy with it, and theres still more to come, no spud the temp guage hardly moved while on the dyno.


What More? You want more Boy??? lol

[Spudly]

why would it?


cheers chaps, yea im really happy with it, and theres still more to come, no spud the temp guage hardly moved while on the dyno.



They temd to run really hot when you start flooring them with bigger boost through them, ive not spotted if you have fitted an external oil coller, but as standard the oil coolers are in the water jacket, so the hotter they get then the hotter the coolant gets and the temp guage goes nuts lol

Mine always used to get fairly hot under enthusiastic driving, but aslong as you calmed your passions before it got to the red and let it cool off a touch (which never took long) then all was good:thumb:

[Adam]

I remember on my old astra, give it full boost for a bit and the temps would hit the roof.
But that was 20+psi through the standard engine/ic etc lol

[John]

impressive!

[Spudly]

why would it?


I remember on my old astra, give it full boost for a bit and the temps would hit the roof.
But that was 20+psi through the standard engine/ic etc lol




Snap lol



So i can imagine what the temp guage wouldve been doing on Hendrix' cav when he upped the boost to about 35+psi and nailed it all the way home from Baxter's down the M1:eek:

And yes that was when he destroyed his turbo:thumb:

[Dervy]

balley- yea there is still loads i can do, i haven`t done any head work, so there alot to gain from that, its got a standard cam, the fuel pump is still relatively standard, and a better turbo would help.

as for the engine temps, its depends on how much fuel your putting through it, and if you drive any turbo car at full tilt then its going to get hot.

[Balley]

Diesels can not run lean (they will just rev less as the engine speed is determined from fuel), so despite what people say they don't get hot from running high boost levels. They get hot from running to much fuel (e.g. advanced fuel timing, which is what you get from turning the screw up) then like Sam says. That is why you shouldn't keep winding up the Max fuel screw as the EGT goes shy high and . Altering the angle and the timing on the fuel pump like me and Sam have is what you want to do ideally as you can limit the excessive fuel at low revs.

Running a Bigger turbo and I/c does also Lowers the engine temp as the turbo produces enough air for the amount of fuel going in.

Sam- I think you should do a bit of head work and try fitting a focus manifold like you said. Should see a nice gain there, then possibly try using another fuel pump. I have heard about using a transit fuel plunger as they are 11mm rather than 10mm IIRC. What ever you do I am sure it will be impressive.

[Adam]

Small turbo working its bollox off, dumping a load of heat into its oil cooling=heat transfer into the izuzu's coolant system?

[Spudly]

Was going to say, even in standard trim running 4psi (iirc) they get stupidly hot, and very very fast!

[Dervy]

cheers dan, yea i think next time i go scrappy im going to look for a focus manifold, as for the pump, i had a good chat to jammey who runs the tdoc website and he`s guna give me the benafit of his knowledge, which pretty extensive on the bosch pumps.

[Dervy]

i bought one of them little keyring camera`s of ebay for £10 and was quite impressed with the quility of the video, especially the sound, although i have looked in to getting one of the HD one`s as they are much better quility and are only around £25. anyway i went out in the car and got this video, i was just wondering if anybody thought my car is too smokey lol

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Picture140.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view&current=Picture140.mp4)

[Rickyb]

lol just a tad of smoke ehh lol.
them cameras do the job

[Mike]

Bloody hell Sam you need to stop using the chip fat lol

[Dervy]

lol no chip fat in there, i might turn the fuel down a bit lol

[Balley]

Looks good quality for a tenner!

[Mazz]

James Bond style smoke screen :p

[Dervy]

first update in a long time and not a very big one lol, i just want to share this though.
look at the little blue stickers, one very rare set of coilovers.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/KGrHqZh4EoKilHplBP7h7P3hl60_121.jpg

and just a couple of vids of it on its new wheels, i don`t like seeing it being driven away by my brother :(
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Video0011.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view&current=Video0011.mp4)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Video0012.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view&current=Video0012.mp4)

[davidfox280585]

you sold it or borrowed him it?

[Dervy]

he is using it while my foot is broken, iv got to drive a crappy rover 620 automatic :(

[Mazz]

What so special about the suspension?

[burgo]

It's very very expensive bilstein. Oh yes I it some gearbox oil in today finally and now 5th is hard to get again lol

[Dervy]

they are proper bilstein coilovers and are extreamly rare to find, because when there new they are around £1000. im guna be getting a new gearbox soon anyway luke :)

[burgo]

Good this one runs out at 120 lmfao

[Dervy]

lol an f40 should sort that out :)

[Dervy]

another little update, iv got my 5 stud hubs now, £40 bargin. and while i was the scrap yard i couldn't resist bringing home this little turbo lol

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture220.jpg

There is hardly any play in the bearings, it spins nice and free and there is no damage to any of the blades on the compressor, another bargin at £20. im guna clean it up, polish the compressor houseing then i might bung it on ebay or i might just keep it lol

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture221.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture222.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture223.jpg

[Dervy]

another little update, got some new wheels for when the 5 stud goes on, vectra phase one gsi wheels, not in great condition but they will be my every day wheels, im trying to find some merc wheels for at the show`s, so if anybody has some let me know.

im using 204 40s on them so they have a bit of a stretch on them, which is cool :)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture243.jpg

first two tyre`s are on, im doing the other two tomorrow

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture244.jpg

test fitting them on my billy coilovers

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture239.jpg

they are a bit close but i haven`t got the bearings in yet, so i`ll have a couple more millimeters clearance, but i might have to put some 2mm spacers on

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture241.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture242.jpg

thye next update will be a big one :) stay tuned

[_Jake]

Excellent choice of wheels sir!

[pie]

looking good

i got the same coilovers in my shed lol

[Dervy]

cheers pie, why haven`t you got your billy`s on the cav?

[pie]

atm my cav runs billy b8s all round just aint bother fitted the coilies yet dude (lazy more than any thing lol)

i do like the the rims phase one veccy ya?

[Dervy]

are cool fair play, b8s are awesome, i just hoping my coilovers are as good as i hope they are guna be :), yea they are veccy wheels.

[pie]

i know the billy coilover are rated high buddy :)

they look close to the tyres ? may have to check mine against my 18s hmmm lol

[Dervy]

heres the big update, these first few pics are from monday where i spent most of the day on the car

gazebo up for when it was going to rain, be prepared lol
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture246.jpg

found that my inner cv boot was split, so that was another ball ache that i wasn`t expecting
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture247.jpg

then did the gearbox gaskets to try and stop it leaking, but the t**ts on ebay sent me a gasket set for a f10 so the main one that i needed didn`t fit, so i had to make do with a load of instant gasket for now
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture251.jpg

then came the fun bit of fitting the billy`s and 5 stud, please excuse the red paint everywhere, i couldn`t find any black
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture252.jpg

so that was all on monday and the rest of these are from today

removing the old 4 stud 256mm rear discs/hubs
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Photo0215.jpg

on with the new 5 stud 288mm rear discs/hubs, new discs and pads are on order, i just wanted to get the new set up on asap
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Photo0214.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Photo0212.jpg

plenty on clearance on the rear arches thanks to the strech on the tyres
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Photo0219.jpg

just a perv shot of the sexy front top mounts :)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Photo0216.jpg

and the final shot for now, as you can see the front needs to come down more, but i need to put some spacers on the front to give me enough clearance for the wheels on the spring seats.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Photo0218.jpg

and iv also fitted new wishbones and track rod ends

[Spudly]

Standard exhaust, does not like :cry:

[Dervy]

its hardly standard spud :), its a full custom made 2" stainless exhaust, and that`s the screamer pipe you can see in the pic of the gearbox :) "standard" i don`t know that word lol

[Spudly]

So why is the exhaust cutout in the bumper, not filled with exhaust, and why can i spy a 'back box' at the back of the car, naughty Sam, put it back :p

[Dervy]

lol but its too loud and attracts old bill :)

[pie]

sod the old bill lol lol

looking good buddy :thumb:

[Spudly]

lol but its too loud and attracts old bill :)




Worst excuse, EVEERR lol

[Dervy]

little teaser

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture413.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture412.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture402-2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture401-2.jpg

[Mazz]

oooh shiney (and dirty!)

4 pots?

[Dervy]

update time

this is how the turbo would sit without modding the manifold

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture431.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture432.jpg

and that would never do because the turbo would be where the grill sits

so out with the grinder and welder, i chopped the wastgate flange off cus it wouldn`t fit on the left side

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture446.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture450.jpg

this is how it sits now

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture453-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture455.jpg

more shiny bits

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture457.jpg

this the new flange

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121215_111312_zpse25e4c04.jpg

here you can see how much i needed to mod the manifold to fit the flange

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121215_111322_zpseec76960.jpg

after lots of cutting, welding and heating it was done.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121215_133515_zpsf9bb1b01.jpg

bit of grindy grindy

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121215_133540_zps0d29bd04.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121215_133706_zps6dbbbea6.jpg

then on saturday my exhaust decided to crack and start blowing on the way to work, and then on the way back from work the bottom rad hose split. so i had to spend my long weekend that i had planned for getting other stuff done, getting the bloody thing all fixed again.

but with the exhaust out of the way it let me test fit the new turbo set up, which i think looks very comical

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121216_131018_zpsbab9fbc9.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121216_131027_zps2a932189.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121216_131037_zps24ff3007.jpg

[pie]

kool as dude :)

[scott.parker]

Lol ace!
So what's your plans?

[Dervy]

plans are to stick a bloody big turbo on it and see if it works lol

[BRoadGhost]

I run those calipers on mine Dervy

[Count Vaux Alot]

You won't suffer any boost delay with that! lol

[MK999]

You won't suffer any boost delay with that! lol

Is that because it won't ever actually boost? lol

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Tidy!

[burgo]

Is that because it won't ever actually boost? lol

It is a turbo off a 1.6 petrol that makes 130bhp going onto a 1.7 that makes 150. Why won't it work?

[MK999]

Looks a lot bigger than that in the pics! But it was just banter with James, hope it works out/performs as planned. :thumb:

[Dervy]

cheers for the comments lads, all read and appreciated. im expecting it to be more laggy then the turbo that iv got now, but we won`t know until i try :) theory`s are good but putting things into practice is more fun :).

[Spudly]

Erm, just out of interest, how are you going to shut the bonnet with the turbo sat up that far lol

[Balley]

Sam, my turbo works so much better now I have changed the governor. I would highly recommend it now! Especially with that! Good work on the manifold though!

[burgo]

I think we need to port one of you spare heads. That'll help with the spool up

[Balley]

I wanted to go down the big valve route but couldn't find a suitable inlet valve!

[Dervy]

yea spud i need to take a bit out of the manifold to get it sitting a bit lower, but the bonnet did actually shut :) what does it rev up to now dan?

[Hobbit]

Awesome stuff, picking my mk4 van up Thursday. Converted to 8v, na inlet, front mount, straight through Ashley 2.0 exhaust...

Can't wait! Boost! :d

[Dervy]

nice one mate, you will love it, get that boost cranked up :)

[Dervy]

there wasn't much to do at work today so i finished getting my turbo ready

tried taping a thread into the oil feed port so i can thread a banjo bolt in, but only managed to get about 5mm in because the port got narrower, so i welded a nut on top, and that seems like it will work fine
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121221_153612_zpsf11b997a.jpg

i wasn't happy with there being a hole where the wastgate used to be, as im using a external wastgate the port is not necessary so i decided to fill it up.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121221_152358_zpsfba98b53.jpg

welded a sump bung to the down pipe flange so it fills up the hole

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121221_152455_zps71eb4028.jpg

here's how it looks in place, should hopefully stop any turbulence occurring by the exhaust gasses rushing into the port and having no where to go.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121221_152606_zps09015f08.jpg

also got the manifold all done
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20121220_172603_zpsb0d91451.jpg

[meritlover]

I just wanted to say that I've read through all 35 pages of this thread and I really enjoyed your build. keep up the good work and look forward to seeing it running with the big turbo. There are a lot of turbo calculators online that will help you calculate the volume and P.R required and help you find a compressor map that suits your engine. this should keep your intake temperatures down and help with power. But you have had really good results with the trial and error approach.

ML

[Dervy]

cheers mate, yea the current turbo set up worked really well, but iv taken it as far as it will go, new set up will be on soon

[Dervy]

here you go boys and girls, i am crap at keeping this thread updated so this will be a big one. First off the t3 turbo set up didn't work so we will forget about that.

we will start with the bad news my head gasket decided to let go :(, you can see the far right cylinder looks shiny, thats the damp one lol.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130318_174837_zps48d2514d.jpg

but even worse when i took a closer look i found that the head is cracked between all of the valves, so that head is in the scrap pile.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130318_174949_zpsc06fbd2c.jpg

Right now on to the good stuff, this is the new turbo set up

its a ford focus exhaust manifold with the flanges changed

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130111_134916_zps6d192525.jpg

some minor tweeks to make it fit the isuzu flange
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130301_131910_zps6b49596e.jpg

here it is with the wastgate mounted and turbo in place on my spare head

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130316_151723_zpsce41b8b0.jpg

look it the compressor housing, this turbo was made for a JCB

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130316_151800_zps241ccb7a.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130316_151822_zps93254f34.jpg

trial fit to make shore it would clear everything

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130316_181857_zps8502150d.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130316_181935_zps6f57fdba.jpg

this was the only issue i had, the water outlet was far to close to the manifold, some modification would be needed

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130316_181843_zps46c19bbe.jpg

[Dervy]

now a bit more recent, a view of the inlet port after some attention with a die grinder

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130323_133244_zpscdaff67a.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130323_133315_zps6c13535a.jpg

now this was saturday after work, i got the head on and got all the pipe on at the back of the head

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130329_194558_zps610d88b4.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130329_194617_zpsace469d0.jpg

then this was sunday, from about 10:00 till around 17:00, this is the modified water outlet, i cut a slice out of it so that it came out straight instead of at an angle

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130331_104050_zpsb1d9a97a.jpg

and after 7 hours of re rooting water pipes and oil lines it was done

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130331_142744_zpsee5bf127.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130331_142752_zps56e4a34e.jpg

this is as much exhaust that i could be bothered to do before taking it for a test run
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130331_142802_1_zpsaae6b7d4.jpg

and just a little video to show that it runs

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_20130331_164512_zps8a9fb3a0.jpg (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130331_164512_zps8a9fb3a0.mp4)

typical the starter motor slips, more coming soon

[Hobbit]

Love this car, shame the engine isnt in a nova though. :p

[Balley]

Have you done anything to the governor?

[Dervy]

cheers matt, yea would make for a very fast nova, no dan i don't see the point in raising the rev limit really as i very rarely get it over 5000 anyway

[Balley]

cheers matt, yea would make for a very fast nova, no dan i don't see the point in raising the rev limit really as i very rarely get it over 5000 anyway

The engines governor will start would around 4400rpm and fully kick in around 5000rpm. My experience tells me that you need to raise it to get the turbo to boost any way near full in first and second gear. I found mine very laggy when I originally fitted my T25 set because the fuel was cutting off by the time the turbo was working. I say to this day the best modification on mine was to raise the max governed speed too about a 1000rpm higher than original. Still doesn't achieve 25psi in first but it does in second where I was lucky to get 15 before. You don't have to rev it higher either. You can still rev it to say 5k. Just means it will still be putting a proper amount of fuel through!

[Count Vaux Alot]

Interesting stuff :)

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Loved this read.

[Dervy]

The engines governor will start would around 4400rpm and fully kick in around 5000rpm. My experience tells me that you need to raise it to get the turbo to boost any way near full in first and second gear. I found mine very laggy when I originally fitted my T25 set because the fuel was cutting off by the time the turbo was working. I say to this day the best modification on mine was to raise the max governed speed too about a 1000rpm higher than original. Still doesn't achieve 25psi in first but it does in second where I was lucky to get 15 before. You don't have to rev it higher either. You can still rev it to say 5k. Just means it will still be putting a proper amount of fuel through!

how many shims did you put in when you did your governor?

[Dervy]

first of i will apologize this is going to be fairly wordy.

ok peeps there is a reason there has been no updates. unfortunately the new head gasket did not sort it out, and after a couple of weeks of driving it with it boiling up on nearly every journey i got fed up and decided to take it of the road so i could do the job properly.

when i told my brother i was taking it off the road he said i should try and do the modification that i'v been bin researching for the past couple of years.

so here is project 16v

went scrappy and got a 16v valve head and pistons from a y17dt engine and started the long and disgusting job of cleaning the head up, as you can see its bloody filthy.
here you can see the awful design of the standard inlet manifold.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130430_095425_zpsae5185fc.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130430_095425_zpsae5185fc.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130430_095404_zps13e32810.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130430_095404_zps13e32810.jpg.html)

for soom reason four of the inlet ports are blocked of almost completely, by a restrictor plate
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130430_095356_zps31e5040f.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130430_095356_zps31e5040f.jpg.html)

here it is with the plate removed

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130430_095337_zps91ab7a2e.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130430_095337_zps91ab7a2e.jpg.html)

here you can see the rather poor inlet port design

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130503_200112_zpscd2c88b8.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130503_200112_zpscd2c88b8.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130503_200117_zpsf8e603ac.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130503_200117_zpsf8e603ac.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130503_200142_zps2d4bbe59.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130503_200142_zps2d4bbe59.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130503_200351_zps63ebe20a.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130503_200351_zps63ebe20a.jpg.html)

nothing a bit of grinding can't sort, didn't go to mad, just smoothed it out a bit

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130514_184059_zps13ff2a48.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130514_184059_zps13ff2a48.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130514_184105_zps7ef224d4.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130514_184105_zps7ef224d4.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130514_184121_zps527abab7.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130514_184121_zps527abab7.jpg.html)

[Balley]

This was my next step. So glad you are trying it. Take it you are using the VE pump with the 16v injectors and pipes rather than the VR pump?

[Dervy]

right now back to the cylinder block, i decided to have it skimmed. so i stripped and sent it of, turns out it was not flat but the bloke did a cracking job of skimming it. only problem is i didn't check the cylinder bores before sending it off, and they turned out to be so badly pitted that i had to scrap the block.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130502_201609_zps018b785d.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130502_201609_zps018b785d.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130502_201627_zps1186ea65.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130502_201627_zps1186ea65.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130502_203350_zpsf1124821.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130502_203350_zpsf1124821.jpg.html)

sorry no pics of the pitted cylinder bores, i was not in the mood for taking photo's when i found

instead of wasting time trying to find and remove another block, i had the nice chaps at the scrappy do it for me £150 later this is what i got.
complete engine with turbo, fuel pump and even the aircon pump, all lovely bits that i can sell on, as i won't be using them.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130516_105226_zpse09c1724.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130516_105226_zpse09c1724.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130516_105231_zps48a48ee7.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130516_105231_zps48a48ee7.jpg.html)

these make stripping engines very easy and quick

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130516_110851_zps5107c053.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130516_110851_zps5107c053.jpg.html)

heres my stage 2 uprated clutch

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130516_110856_zps072fd3f0.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130516_110856_zps072fd3f0.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130516_110948_zps314ea637.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130516_110948_zps314ea637.jpg.html)

old pump on new engine

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130516_122652_zpsfc39e9d0.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130516_122652_zpsfc39e9d0.jpg.html)

bottom end in, i didn't use the oil filter/ oil cooler housing from the y17dt as it got in the way of the custom inlet manifold that i was making.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130517_164907_zpsb68108a1.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130517_164907_zpsb68108a1.jpg.html)

mocking up the turbo

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130518_200354_zps944f70ac.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130518_200354_zps944f70ac.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130518_200412_zps79600a3f.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130518_200412_zps79600a3f.jpg.html)

heres that custom inlet that i was talking about

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130519_164205_zps3150b7bc.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130519_164205_zps3150b7bc.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130519_164213_zps77a23ebd.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130519_164213_zps77a23ebd.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130519_164220_zps23c935de.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130519_164220_zps23c935de.jpg.html)

[Dervy]

messed up a bit and had to make the runners longer

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130519_180403_zps93df4160.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130519_180403_zps93df4160.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130519_185919_zpsd2a7b9d2.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130519_185919_zpsd2a7b9d2.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130522_133202_zps0be08fee.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130522_133202_zps0be08fee.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130522_145804_zps440a9782.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130522_145804_zps440a9782.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130522_172300_zpsdeb8ab94.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130522_172300_zpsdeb8ab94.jpg.html)

no pics of the head going on cus i just wanted to get it done, but here is some pics of the sexy down pipe

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_133905_zpsfefb29c8.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_133905_zpsfefb29c8.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_133916_zps6b8141d2.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_133916_zps6b8141d2.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_133932_zpsc15b1b0e.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_133932_zpsc15b1b0e.jpg.html)

[Dervy]

here it is all together

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_133922_zpsb3469981.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_133922_zpsb3469981.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_155426_zps4a95c04e.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_155426_zps4a95c04e.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_155435_zps7aca3aa8.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_155435_zps7aca3aa8.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_155447_zpse54eb4d7.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130525_155447_zpse54eb4d7.jpg.html)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_20130525_165911_zpsd7e0df11.jpg (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130525_165911_zpsd7e0df11.mp4)

[Balley]

Awesome!

[burgo]

Yes your welcome ;)

[Dervy]

lol i paid you beer

[pie]

sweet as dude :thumb:

[Novaload_Nick]

That's pretty cool!

[Adam]

Very interesting thread! Interesting see what kind of figures this engine will make.

[nova_niek]

Very interesting indeed! Wonder what the hybrid Y17DT you're building will do. Subscribed!

[Dervy]

right i'll start of just by saying that iv had to get rid of the 16v head, the bosch pump could not supply enough pressure to keep the injectors happy, so its back to an 8v but it is running better then it ever has before and the garrett t25 turbo is working brilliantly.

right now on to better things, we shall start with the cooling issue. as most of you know as soon as you turn up the boost and fuel on these things you start getting high engine temps and you can't really boot it for too long before the coolant temp guage goes up.
i have finally gotten round to sorting this out on my car, with this.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130811_154859_zpsfe659fcf.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130811_154859_zpsfe659fcf.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130811_154910_zpsa2606342.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130811_154910_zpsa2606342.jpg.html)

it only just fits but it is in there with plenty of clearance for everthing. it now does not go above 90 degrees no matter how much i boot it, so im well happy.

now to the new bigger brakes

old and new, 288 on the left 300 on the right

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130805_151504_zpsc9ac7274.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130805_151504_zpsc9ac7274.jpg.html)

before and after

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130805_150326_zps141daded.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130805_150326_zps141daded.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130805_161833_zps0c4d00cb.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130805_161833_zps0c4d00cb.jpg.html)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/20130805_165744_zps1467f856.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/amandayork_photo/media/20130805_165744_zps1467f856.jpg.html)

stay tuned

[Count Vaux Alot]

Cool.