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thought i may as well do a project thread for my astra. I bought it as a standard mk3 gls in good nick for a car that had dun 92000 miles. It got locked away in me garage for a little while before i started on it. I started of by pulling the engine out and doing the clutch and cambelt and of course the obligatory fuel pump mods. I also fitted a n/a inlet manifold because they are much better flowing then the turbo ones, and make routing the boost pipes easier. When the engine was back in i set about making all custom made turbo pipes and also fitted a shortened focus st intercooler which fitted nicely behind the bumper. I also lowered the car 60mm on jamax springs. It was then i set about tuning her up, now it was on the road. This basically means i drove up and down a nice long bit of road turning up the fuel pressure and then balancing it out by turning up the boost, its now been running at around 25 psi of boost for over a year now with no problems:) ill be putting pics on soon.
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saloonwoody
08-05-10, 08:06 PM
think iv seen this in corby ?
think iv seen this in corby ?at asda? lol
burgo u cud have put a more recent one on, one wiv my new intercooler. yea i am in corby quite alot
looks sweet ive always fancyed a td monster
burgo u cud have put a more recent one on, one wiv my new intercooler. yea i am in corby quite alot
meh shut up, you can put your own up now
Count Vaux Alot
08-05-10, 08:33 PM
Sounds nice!
Boosted dervs are good fun, i miss my cav tbh :cry:
heres some build pics
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Count Vaux Alot
08-05-10, 10:59 PM
I think the cooler needs to be bigger lol
yea the intercooler fits really nice and its guna look great when i get me gsi front bumper :)
Looks tidy on those rims!!
yea the white ones looked fecking great, sadly i hit a massive pothole on the way to corby, it bent the inner and outer lips, tyre was flat in the morning :( not happy
Were they TSW big deeps by any chance, last time i saw it, was on the other alloys looked good on the second set, shouldve gone back and gotten pics and measurements of the pothole as you can claim from the council for damage caused by them!
saloonwoody
09-05-10, 04:25 PM
at asda? lol
no hah :)
on my way there lol
they are indeed tsw big deeps :) yea i thought about contacting the council but my mate sed he tried but got nowhere :( but im hoping to get them repaired and powder coated :)
Shoulda persevered mate, a lad i know killed his alloy on his cav turbo and claimed off the local council, he took detailed pictures of the hole, place in the road, measurements of width, depth, the lot and he got the tyre, wheel, bottom arm, fitment and four wheel alignment all paid for:thumb:
yea not bad then :). yea the thing was it was ok till i came out to it the next morning wen the tyre, i was really pissed of then :( i went down the same road a couple of days later and they had already filled the pot hole in :(
i take it your burgos brother, as your the spitting image of him lol
i should neg rep you for that. im quite clearly better looking
says the one with the girly hair lol
shut up you fat fecker!!!
Adaz_blud
10-05-10, 02:54 AM
love the alloys mate shame about the pot hole :(
looks tidy, my td nova is now running 25psi, goes well but I have a 1.7td to go in as I would like to run less boost+ more power ... 25psi just seems to much lol
MattBrown
10-05-10, 08:00 AM
i take it your burgos brother, as your the spitting image of him lol
Thought it was a bird:confused:
Thought it was a bird:confused:nice blue nova is an account my brother and his girlfriend use. this asta is my brothers car and the nova is hers
dj_wudgey
10-05-10, 04:04 PM
they are indeed tsw big deeps :) yea i thought about contacting the council but my mate sed he tried but got nowhere :( but im hoping to get them repaired and powder coated :)
my pal also sued the councill for a wheel a pot hole destroyed on his 5 turbo!! should try mate!!
MattBrown
10-05-10, 05:55 PM
nice blue nova is an account my brother and his girlfriend use. this asta is my brothers car and the nova is hers
She has nova, and boobies, therefore superiorlol
THought i recognised this Astra lol
balley77vaux- no 25 psi ent to much iv been running my astra at 25 for over a year now with no problems :), so wen u get the 1.7 in yours it should go like a fecking rocket :)
balley77vaux- no 25 psi ent to much iv been running my astra at 25 for over a year now with no problems :), so wen u get the 1.7 in yours it should go like a fecking rocket :)
Good, cant wait fella
oops look wot i did lol :)
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all better well sort of :)
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just gotta finnish of the welding tomorrow :)
bit more on the arch :)
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General Baxter
13-05-10, 07:31 PM
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hold the **** on
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Oh god do keep up, he is burgo's brother you plum lol
General Baxter
13-05-10, 07:32 PM
i know, i just felt left out lol
Looks more like burgo has dabbled in genetics and made a clone though lol
yea burgo is the evil one lol :)
wheel arch is dun :)
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all nice and painted :)
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Sprayed that with rattle cans??
Looks a top job!!
Sprayed that with rattle cans??
Looks a top job!!
yes mate yea im well happy with how its come out :) took bloody ages to prep:tard:
just a bit of an update on the astra, some future plans :)
this is my f20 from an astra gsi with the 3.42 final drive
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this is the 5th gear from a f18c which gives me the 0.71 5th gear that i need to get the longer 5th that these diesel astras really need.
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heres where i got stuck, bloody gear is stuck solid :( any ideas how to get it of, i couldn`t get my puller underneath it :(
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this is the doner car with the engine that im guna rebuild :)
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3 and a half hour later with a break for dinna :) the engine was out
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this is the standard ihi rhf4 turbo on the the izusu
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and this is the turbo im guna be using, its from a daihatsu fortrak 2.8, its an ihi rhb5 witch is basically the model up from the standard rhf4, its compresser is about 25mm bigger diameter which i hoping will mean it holds the 25psi boost for alot long giveing me higher bhp then i got out of the standard lump which was 109 hp and 170 ftbl of torque:)
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hoping to get it all in soon :)
hmm i got one of them rhf4 tubbys...except my part number comes up as a nissan xtrail 2002 2.2 TD. random
yea they use these turbos on loads of cars
DW-Nova
21-08-10, 12:31 PM
Nice project mate, should get a fair bit of power and torque with that turbo on there, you say your rebuilding the engine, what are you changing or just wait till you open it up and see how it is ? Any ideas how much power you are going to be aiming for ?
Nice project mate, should get a fair bit of power and torque with that turbo on there, you say your rebuilding the engine, what are you changing or just wait till you open it up and see how it is ? Any ideas how much power you are going to be aiming for ?
yea cheers mate, doing the usual things headgasket cambelt water pump, but im guna be doing some work on the head and hoping to get some big end bearings. bit gutted i missed out on some +0.5 mm pistons which would have been nice. my target is atleast 200 ftbl of torque and around 130 bhp:d we shall see
Good skills man keep it up, your astra is awesome and is really one in the eye for the derv haters out there lol
saloonwoody
21-08-10, 03:33 PM
might see you about as ill be working in corby :)
might see you about as ill be working in corby :)where abouts woody? i work in corby now
stupot89
21-08-10, 04:43 PM
reading threads like yours and baily77vaux threads gives me a dilema should i put a 1.7td in my other van or just xe it it has got both mounts
reading threads like yours and baily77vaux threads gives me a dilema should i put a 1.7td in my other van or just xe it it has got both mounts
an xe would be quicker but if you give it the izusu lump and turn up the boost, it wont be far of the performance of the xe and you`ll hav the added benefit of great fuel economy, mine still gives me 35-40 mpg and thats with my lead foot :)
saloonwoody
21-08-10, 05:38 PM
where abouts woody? i work in corby now
south folds road m8 where are you m8
Stu, dont piss about with a Xe, be different mate and feel the benifits of diesel torque :)
another little update, getting it ready for mot which involved doing this :)
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and o dear look what i found :(
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and thats it :) took about 4 hours to do, but that did inclued making a new backbox :)
Well i decided to put in some work on the new engine, some of you will know what iv got planned for this, but heres some pics to show what i want to do
here the new one
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gearbox is on ebay
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selection of turbos standard one on the right, 2.8 fortrak one in the middle and sexy saab 95 garret ball bearing one on the left
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standard rh4f
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fortrak 2.8 rhb5
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sexy garret
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heres some pics of what im planning
standard position
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where its gunna be
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something like this just a bit lower
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sadley im not gunna be using the garret as its gunna be far easier to use the fortrak one as it very similer to the standard one, just bigger lol
this is the poor old tied one thats bin abused be me over the last year, but shes still working well , sort of lol
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more coming soon :)
chimp007_uk
21-09-10, 10:28 PM
I can't believe I've missed this... Derv power is where it's at! I used to love my old 306 Dturbo-s, had it running 1.2bar, adjusted the pump and compensator, along with 2.25 stright through powerflow exhaust and pipercross filter and had it on the rollers at a healthy 118hp. still did 50+MPG.
Will be interesting to see you're engine take shape! Keep the petrol heads at bay, and keep up the good work!
I can't believe I've missed this... Derv power is where it's at! I used to love my old 306 Dturbo-s, had it running 1.2bar, adjusted the pump and compensator, along with 2.25 stright through powerflow exhaust and pipercross filter and had it on the rollers at a healthy 118hp. still did 50+MPG.
Will be interesting to see you're engine take shape! Keep the petrol heads at bay, and keep up the good work!
cool nice work mate, i love mine got 109hp and 170 ft/lbs of torque :) at pv yea keep watching im hoping its gunna be a bit of a monster lol
was a good read reminded me of the days of owning 2 cav td's :)
that engine that you have out of the blue astra with diesel wrote in black on the top is a gm engine not an isuzu, i hope ya dont have plans in rebuilding that and tuning it.
was a good read reminded me of the days of owning 2 cav td's :)
that engine that you have out of the blue astra with diesel wrote in black on the top is a gm engine not an isuzu, i hope ya dont have plans in rebuilding that and tuning it.
no its an isuzu trust me :)
No it is an isuzu engine for deffo. :P iv had alot of experince with these engines
was a good read reminded me of the days of owning 2 cav td's :)
that engine that you have out of the blue astra with diesel wrote in black on the top is a gm engine not an isuzu, i hope ya dont have plans in rebuilding that and tuning it.epic fail
danderv
23-09-10, 05:58 AM
!50 percent isuzu rebuilt hundreds of pumps from these.:thumb:
Very late isuzu engine thats why its says diesel and has a yellow cap, might be out of a MK4 astra or a Vectra B
Very late isuzu engine thats why its says diesel and has a yellow cap, might be out of a MK4 astra or a Vectra Bout of a mk3 astra tds
Count Vaux Alot
23-09-10, 12:48 PM
Nice progress - that saab 452204 isnt ball bearing btw its standard journal bearing.
late one then, i've had 2 out of tds now and they both say turbo and have a black cap
Nice progress - that saab 452204 isnt ball bearing btw its standard journal bearing.
thats a shame :( im not gunna be using that one now anyway, gunna stick with the ihi rhb5 :)
just a little somthing i did in the week, afder watching a couple of hundred videos on youtube (smd chevy tahoe) i decided i want some bass in my life, so i did this
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iv had the subs and the amp for about 3 years this is the first time iv used them properly
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it only just fits lol
Chav :P get a job lol, ha ha ha loves you xxx
well iv bin doing some more work on my engine, finaly got my manifold flanges back, so i did a little mock up so you lovely people can see what im doing :)
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cleaned up me manifold. not shore if im going to paint it yet
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this is what it looks like in the head, i was worried that the turbo was going to sit too high but as you can see in the pic, it sits about 2" lower then the top of the rocker cover.
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the bloke who did the machining did a really good job the holes match up perfectly
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a couple of hours with the dremel, and one very shiny actuator
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Count Vaux Alot
02-12-10, 07:32 PM
Dude if your planning on running the turbo like that it's got 'i'm going to snap and fall off written all over it' unless it's heavily braced to the engine but still even then I would be wary.
no offense count but i can`t see how its going to snap of, the turbo isn`t that big :/
Forgive my stupidity but how are the exhaust gasses going to get from the manifold into the turbo?
magic spudly lol im making up a u bend to go in there :)
I take it that the turbo wont sit below the manifold in the normal fashion then, and i have no doubt it will be made to work as im sure you will have Luke casting an opinion over it too lol
Dude if your planning on running the turbo like that it's got 'i'm going to snap and fall off written all over it' unless it's heavily braced to the engine but still even then I would be wary.what part exactly is going to snap?
I take it that the turbo wont sit below the manifold in the normal fashion then, and i have no doubt it will be made to work as im sure you will have Luke casting an opinion over it too lol
o yes spud it will work :) you`ll be seeing it next year :)
davidfox280585
02-12-10, 09:52 PM
looks good love watching this come on,curious as i can whack my boost right up and its the fuelling whats limiting the turbo so how are you planning on increasing fuelling to compensate more matey?
are you looking at the pump side of things?
no iv never had a problem with the fuelling, have turned your maximum fuel needle up, i found that when you are running around 25 psi, the turbo can`t hold the pressure up that high for long, mine starts dropping of around 3250rpm
Have you done the white ring then Sam, my old one is holding 20 psi without the white ring done, when it went on the rollers the operator said dont change a thing fuel and boost are fine (albeit it was only running 17 psi at the time) and that holds well till higher in the revs and it peters out a lil bit!
davidfox280585
02-12-10, 10:12 PM
i dont have a problem with my fuelling though a smuch as i try i cannot push more than 21 psi from mine,
im led to beleive that the pumps restrict these to further gain,also read somewhere that lucas did do larger injectors that fit these and larger pump internals
Count Vaux Alot
02-12-10, 10:17 PM
what part exactly is going to snap?
For give me if I'm wrong here ( bearing in mind I see many turbo and turbo installations daily) but when I see the weight of a turbo and you say it doesn't weight that much but trust me it's heavy enough(and exhaust) hangine from a plate whether it be 10 mm or not I see trouble. The exhaust manifold turbo and exhaust are subject to alot of vibration during opperation. IMO that will at the least crack something - be it the manifold studs the bolts for the flange plate or the flange plate it's self trough vibration. I would be happy for you to prove me wrong though. Most tubular manifolds suffer from cracks no matter how well they are made and you need the best support from turbo to engine that you can have to help this.
davidfox280585
02-12-10, 10:20 PM
the lifting eye looks a good place to make a bracket,i agree it could do with a bracket,big power cossies always run supports and i know of a focus zetec turbo that had to have one as it was cracking the manifolds due to not running one
well i don`t know whats wrong with yours davidfox, mines always run about 25 psi the hole time iv bin driving it. spud im assuming you mean the white ring in the fuel pump, then yes iv taken mine out, but if you watch my dyno video, mine was boosting up to 22psi then dropping of to 17psi, i think the reason for this is the tiny exhaust port on the manifold, which resticts it when it gets up in the higher revs :)
For give me if I'm wrong here ( bearing in mind I see many turbo and turbo installations daily) but when I see the weight of a turbo and you say it doesn't weight that much but trust me it's heavy enough(and exhaust) hangine from a plate whether it be 10 mm or not I see trouble. The exhaust manifold turbo and exhaust are subject to alot of vibration during opperation. IMO that will at the least crack something - be it the manifold studs the bolts for the flange plate or the flange plate it's self trough vibration. I would be happy for you to prove me wrong though. Most tubular manifolds suffer from cracks no matter how well they are made and you need the best support from turbo to engine that you can have to help this.
cheers for advise mate i will see about making a support bracket, i can see what you mean. i dont think the manifold im making will be the week point but like you say the casting around the bolts on the original manifold will probs be the week point. im gunna hav a play with it tomorrow, ill get some pics up so you can have a look :)
davidfox280585
02-12-10, 10:32 PM
unsure as ive had 4 corsa tds and a astra td and the cav and always seem to get the same response though they all had different characteristics
one corsa dumped itself sounded awesome,my cav whistles like mad,
one corsa was awesome just span wheels all the time,was the best out the lot had mega torque though all seem to run around same psi
well i don`t know whats wrong with yours davidfox, mines always run about 25 psi the hole time iv bin driving it. spud im assuming you mean the white ring in the fuel pump, then yes iv taken mine out, but if you watch my dyno video, mine was boosting up to 22psi then dropping of to 17psi, i think the reason for this is the tiny exhaust port on the manifold, which resticts it when it gets up in the higher revs :)which is also the reason to only 105bhp yet 160 lb ft of torque wasnt it sam?
davidfox280585
02-12-10, 10:52 PM
well im hooked good work so far look forward to future updates and respect for doing a turbo upgrade,a subject many people talk about but never do
My 1.7 held higher boost than the 1.5.. I touched 30psi once of twice and it held 27-28psi
That were running No actuator, No white ring and half a turn of the max fuel screw, oh and not much of an exhaust... She bloody flew in the of Nova!
yea mine ran without the actuator working when my boost controler fell of, but even then it only peaked at 26 psi, so i think the spring in my actuator is a bit soft
davidfox280585
04-12-10, 03:55 PM
never seen any figures that high not that im doubting just ahd a fair few and always seem to get around the same and my mates cav same mods and exactly thye same 18psi they run and hold
sorted out the new position of the actuator. I needed to move it because in its original position the actuator fouled the manifold, i had to move the lever arm around aswel
original position of the arm
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1793.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1794.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1799.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1800.jpg
new postion
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1802.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1805.jpg
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/SAM_1807.jpg
im guna run the standard actuator to start with then when im happy the engine is ok ill stick the big one on :)
just a couple of little things iv bin doing, first off i decided to change my turbo for my spare one, i got fed up of the high pitched wistle every morning
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture142-1.jpg
i had to move the rad underneath the front panel for when the big turbo is on
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture143-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture145-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture149-1.jpg
out with the old
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture147-1.jpg
new one
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture150-1.jpg
:d
pic of the engine looking sorry for its self
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture159.jpg
bit of cleaning dirty compressor
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture174.jpg
shiny clean compressor
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture175.jpg
head light modding
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture163.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture164.jpg
iv removed the original projector head light unit cus they is ****
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture176.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture177.jpg
im getting nice new projector hid kit to go in its place:)
not long till you get the projector kit now, santas on his way :) i didnt realise how much you had done with it already lol, looks nice :)
this is just some bits that iv bin doing not a massive amount but its progress:)
started rebuilding my turbo
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture362.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture363.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture364.jpg
had i bit of trouble with a couple of the screws
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture367.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture369.jpg
lots of bits
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture370-1.jpg
old and new bits
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture371.jpg
then some cleaning
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture374.jpg
did a bit more with the headlights :)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture180.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture179.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture178.jpg
today i did a bit more on the block
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture393.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture394-1.jpg
nice thing i didn`t know these engine had
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture395-1.jpg
finally got some nice new paint on the block, nice and shiny :d
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture396.jpg
more soon :)
Count Vaux Alot
18-01-11, 04:37 PM
What parts are you using to rebuild that turbo? And are you going to balance it one your done?
i got a rebuild kit off ebay, im going to get turbo technics to balance it?
turbo rebuilt and ready to go :d
new bearings
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture398-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture397-1.jpg
all nice and clean :)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture399-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture400-1.jpg
Looking good :) but what are you rebuild the 1.7 turbo?
lol no its an ihi rhb5 of a daihatsu fourtrack :)
Arrh sorry does look just like a 1.7 one too lol
yea it does, but its bigger then the standard, aparently it should be good for around 150bhp :)
yea should be :) my target 200ftbl of torque and around 150 bhp :) hopefully
awsum lol be good to see it again :thumb:
"Edit just to let you know there is a meet in the eastern section at cams services on the 30th if your up for meeting?"
Put your name down!!
finally got something done towards getting my new engine and gearbox finished. Now because im having problems getting the last parts that i need to rebuild the bottom end of my engine i thought i would have another crack at my gearbox.
its been sitting in my garage for a few months afder my last atempted at changing the 5th gear on my f20.
this is what i did today.
this is the problem gear that i couldn`t get of
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture473.jpg
oops my grinder slipped lol
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture474.jpg
finally got it of
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture476.jpg
all nice and clean :)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture477.jpg
new longer 5th gear
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture478.jpg
also changed the dirve shaft seals and gaskets
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture479.jpg
General Baxter
17-03-11, 09:18 PM
bahahaha the gear from my nuked box :p
i like your make in pizza aswell ;)
AndyGTE95
17-03-11, 09:32 PM
thats a nice car mate
it looks a right wee sleeper :D
I wouldn't mind putting a F20 5th in mine.. let us know what she is like Sam.
the 5th gear is out of a f18c :)
Sorry, what were they fitted to then? 1.8 16v vectra or something?
my f20 came out of a mk3 astra gsi cus these have a 3.45 final drive, the 5th gear is out of a f18c which was fitted in a mk3 cavalier 1.7 td, this is going to give my the longest 5th possible. good for fuel econemy, also because iv used the the f20 with the longest final drive, it means the first four gears are closer the standard which means better acceleration :)
Oh I understand now, so your going to be running a F20 with the diesel with a F18 5th..
yea thats it, it should be perfect for the td :) with the first 4 gears being short and the 5th gear being nice and long :)
hmm I should of done that rather than fitting the F18
iv only really done mine for better fuel econemy, which is a bit sad but with fuel prices as they are it has to be done
F28 ftw. you get a simply massive 5th gear, its called 6th lol
MattBrown
19-03-11, 03:52 PM
Cherry FTW
£500 fine ftl lol
£500 fine ftl lol
I would never do it, my car means far to much to me :)
davidfox280585
19-03-11, 06:40 PM
cherry and oil 40p a litre at a 50 50 mix full tank for 24 quid
cherry and oil 40p a litre at a 50 50 mix full tank for 24 quid
Mr Fox that is naughty :cry:
F28 ftw. you get a simply massive 5th gear, its called 6th lol
no spud even with the extra gear on the f28, its still sorter gear ratio overall then my gearbox.
davidfox280585
19-03-11, 10:16 PM
Mr Fox that is naughty :cry:
not me honest:roll:
countrys ****ed anyway they tax everyone on tax on tax so stuff emlol
my f20 came out of a mk3 astra gsi cus these have a 3.45 final drive, the 5th gear is out of a f18c which was fitted in a mk3 cavalier 1.7 td, this is going to give my the longest 5th possible. good for fuel econemy, also because iv used the the f20 with the longest final drive, it means the first four gears are closer the standard which means better acceleration :)
made a mistake, the 5th gear is out of a f18w
no spud even with the extra gear on the f28, its still sorter gear ratio overall then my gearbox.
Only said it for the lol factor silly :p
just a bit more on the engine, i now have all the parts i need to rebuild it, piston rings, big end and main bearings, new crank seals, headgasket set and headbolts.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture510.jpg
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im putting the bottom end back together this weekend.
lol yea i know but i didn`t want to start it until i had all the parts needed to rebuild it, there will another update at the weekend :)
yea :) im doing some colour coded bit aswell
ok here it is as promised, i got the bottom end rebuilt today:)
first of, i went srcappy this morning to get a few things and look what i found just sitting on the floor :) the one on the left is a ihi rhb5 which is the same as the one im using on the new engine, the one on the right is the one i got today its a ihi rhb6 and its rather large :d
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture612.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture614.jpg
then i got on with the rebuild
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture617.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture618.jpg
only the best
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture619.jpg
shiny bits
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture616.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture620.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture621.jpg
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture623.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture624.jpg
stay tuned im hoping to get the head on this week :)
Looking good Burgo (don't shoot me for that)
I like the color code bits, oh and btw that turbo is huge, the difference between the rhb4- 5 is a lot. its got to be twice the size of the Rhb3 lol
yea the rhb5 is an inch bigger diameter then the rhb4 and this rhb6 is an inch bigger then the b5, so yea its got some potential, i think when i get the new engine in and iv got me currant one out, im going to use it to make a sexy tubular manifold for the new massive rhb6 :)
Lagtastic lol. btw I dont need the down pipe any more pal
Is the manifold adapter done now?
ok mate no worry`s, yea that was done age`s ago
Spot on Can't wait to see this!
Looking good Sam, looks like mad skills run in the family with you guys then lol
just a little teeser got the head and the flywheel back today:)
the flywheel was 12.5 kg and now it is 7kg:d
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture626.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture627.jpg
i had to drill and tap holes for the uprated clutch
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture628.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture629.jpg
heads bin skimmed
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture625.jpg
another update tomorrow
davidfox280585
13-05-11, 10:50 PM
how much did they take off the head as when i had mine done i had to have the valve seats recut and shim it back up du to the valves sitting proud?
it only needed 0.2mm taking off, so it should be ok as daniel ball (balley) took 0.4mm off his and it was ok :)
davidfox280585
13-05-11, 11:31 PM
no worries dude i presume your shimming the valve clearances while its in bits common practice really,
builds coming on well dude looking forward to seeing it together
yes mate, i dont want it rattling its **** of when its up and running, cheers
yeah get the clearances right other rise they will be to tight on the inlet and it will start on 2-3 cylinders in winter lol
I want a light wait flywheel
I want a light wait flywheel
http://www.freefoto.com/images/21/31/21_31_64---Pedestrian-Crossing-Button_web.jpg?&k=Pedestrian+Crossing+Button?
lol
nice project mate :) that turbo is huge! will it be done in time for nats?
I want a light wait flywheel
No you don't, you want your engine to idle and drive round town nicely lol Diesels + light fly's = bad times :p
cheers lewis, no im hoping it will be done for pv :)
this engine update is a bit late because i couldn`t find my camera lead but never mind.
first of afder my head was skimmed my valves were sitting flush with the head which worried me, so i attacked them with a drill and a grinder lol.
this is the work bench
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture630.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture632.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture640.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture643.jpg
now they look like this
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture639.jpg
super shiny
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture636.jpg
mirror polish
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture645.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture654.jpg
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now the flywheel needed a little bit more taking of, so the clutch would fit properly
so 20mins and £10 later
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture647.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture646.jpg
right now here`s my super cheap sexy new inlet pipe, i paid £2.20 for this with £9 postage, its designed for a honda s2000 but it fits my astra perfectly
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture648.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture649.jpg
i won`t be keeping the air filter so if anybody wants it, it will be going cheap
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture650.jpg
stay tuned
Whats the neck diameter on that filter?
Dude be careful with your valves I have heard of them melting before.. looks very good though.
mk999 its 3" and balley yea that is my only worry with the valves but if that happens i`ll just build up another head :)
astra makes it look smaller than it is thenlol
yea i know thats why iv bought a bigger one of ebay :)
flywheel looks good and told you i didnt have your lead knobhead
i was going to put this up last night but i was to nackered, this is what i did yesturday.
these pictures are from earlier this week, i mocked up the turbo
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture670.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture668.jpg
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i got my big air filter
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture664.jpg
now yesturday
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture672.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture673.jpg
3 hours later
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture675.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture676.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture677.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture678.jpg
old and new
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture679.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture682.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture683.jpg
stay tuned more updates later
Why havent i looked at this more often ? Love this :thumb: Great work engine looks the bee's knee's
Looking good Sam, you going to be at PV or Billing in this lil beasty, please say PV as i want to see it on the strip if youve managed to run it in, in time:d
cheers cle, yes spudly all being well it will be at pv :) ready for its first dyno run, what day are you going spud?
Err full weekend, monies permitting lol
Minty mint!... cant wait to see this goe :)
ok as promised here what i did today. i was intending to clean the engine bay up and reroute alot of the wireing but i just wanted to get the engine in cus iv got alot of work still to do with plumbing the turbo in.
first of heres the new bigger front anti role bar its 8mm bigger diameter then the standard one
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture685.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture686.jpg
and the engine is in with alot of swearing, throwing things and help from amanda :)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture687.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture689.jpg
trial fit of the turbo, its alot closer to the rad then i hoped but sh*t happens
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture690.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture691.jpg
stay tuned more tomorrow
im buying some of this for the bonnet
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300549837126&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
More updates please Sam :d
Im sure he will, he has been working non stop on this all weekend and today is the same, just gotta pop to lukes for something then its back to work bless him :)
Looks good Sammy :) im impressed :D
Looking good.
Its weird seeing a clean and new looking diesel engine, its kinda wrong lol
They always seem to be dirty as fook,Lol.
well here it is folks the one you`ve bin waiting for :)
im sorry if this takes age`s to load up the camera was on hd
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Picture701.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view¤t=Picture701.mp4)
heres just some pics of the turbo plumbing
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture693.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture695.jpg
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture698.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture699.jpg
and now the sexy exhaust
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture702.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture705.jpg
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture704.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture707.jpg
and the mess at the end of the day
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture709.jpg
did the video load up ok?
Yea vid works fine for me Sam, I have a good connection & net speed tho lol
That's the healthiest derv I ever heard lol
what the ****!!! you cant run the exhaust like that
na it will alright :) lol
should be fine tbh, diesels are pretty quiet due to the low exhaust temps, even lower after a turbo, mine is basically a straight through due to the diesel smoke blocking silencers, and it's quiet than my 1.6 used to be with the silencers working.
yea mk but you heard my car last yea at pv, it was quite load lol
I didn't tbh, maybe the 1.7 is a lot worse lol
i await to be proved right :d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XKueTNMnrg
you will have to turn your speekers up to 11 to get the full affect :)
i await to be proved right :d
yea luke you will be right :) but it will take a while before i get bored of it lol
I have run mine with no boxes, its fine :)
yea mk but you heard my car last yea at pv, it was quite load lol
And you complain about my spelling when i text! Check what you have typed sam! :d
And you complain about my spelling when i text! Check what you have typed sam! :d
Do you text like our text typing rule though? Mine have capitals and punctuation lol
no manda use`s predictive and dosen`t read what she is about to send, it can get very confusing lol and manda yes i no i can`t spell :) loud not load :)
no manda use`s predictive and dosen`t read what she is about to send, it can get very confusing lol and manda yes i no i can`t spell :) loud not load :)
Its also year not yea :) loves you! :d
ok yea its all done but there is a problem :(
watch this, sorry about it being really dark, the sound f**cked up on the video we did earlier but you can see what the problem is
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/th_Picture716.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/?action=view¤t=Picture716.mp4)
just a couple of pics
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture711.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture712.jpg
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You seem to be running on 3 under load for some reason?
yea its strange it ticks over fine :/
Injectors all go in the correct way round etc? Might have a bad one, letting too much fuel through as soon as the pressure comes up a bit? Tried turning the fuel down a tad see if that makes it any better?
Injectors all go in the correct way round etc? Might have a bad one, letting too much fuel through as soon as the pressure comes up a bit? Tried turning the fuel down a tad see if that makes it any better?
they only go in one way round :wtf:. we also changed all the injectors and the return rail, plus we turned the fuel down that much it wouldnt actually rev u any more and yet it still smoked. also its not burning oil or water its definitely fuel.
the return rail was changed as we figured it could be blocked and excess fuel being dumped into the engine. however that wasnt the case.
then i figured maybe the N/A cam ran alot of valve overlap. this also is not the case
now going to try advancing the fuel pump
davidfox280585
30-05-11, 11:31 PM
looks good sam but why have you two pipes exiting?
looks good sam but why have you two pipes exiting?
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture702.jpg
davidfox280585
30-05-11, 11:49 PM
i see now burgo,had to skip back a few pages too,one from the exhaust wheel and one from the wastegate,
loving the twin screamer style setup,awesome,
is the n/a cam a higher lift?
yea i thought it would be fun to have a sreamer pipe on a diesel :) lol no the cams looked the same to me
not a clue, the reason for the change is i thought maybe the valve overlap utilised in N/A engines may have been causing the antilag effect
davidfox280585
30-05-11, 11:59 PM
whats it pull like?
all im going to say is please watch and enjoy this video, o yea and turn your speeker up :), its much louder in the flesh
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You sorted the running issue then Sam?
Edit, it seems so, and properly LOL @ you two, excited burgo is excited lol
yea its running sweet, its only on 8 psi of boost at the minute but it holds it right the way through the rev range :)
Youve done well there then Sam as they usually lose boost higher in the rev range, what was the problem then, pump timing like you thought?
yea the pump needed advancing by a tooth :)
Bang on, glad it was just something seemple then, full steam ahead for PVS then i take it, you going to get her RR'd whilst there to see what youve created?
hell yea :) iv gotta see if all that effort was worth it :), it pulls really hard on 8 psi so i can`t wait to see what its like on 25+
Take it up the strip then, has to be done, with lots of people filming from both sides of the strip to catch the 'epic smokes' from many angles lol
yea im spose to be having a race with balley :)
Hahaha, mint, let me know when you do and ill volunteer to be part of the film crew:thumb:
yea will do im coming over on saturday
roperstun
31-05-11, 08:59 PM
that turbo is huge :o is there much lag or not?
i think ill be hunting you down at pv to have a gander at this top work :thumb:
Sounds pretty cool in the vid. Liking the noise on gear change :cool:
Going sound well at 25psi! :eek:
roperstun- obviously it spools up a bit later then with the standard turbo but its only spooling up about 200-300 rpm later, but the with the bigger turbo it holds boost all the way through the rev range so my bhp figures should be much higher then the old engine. cheers adam yea its guna be pretty crazy at 25 psi :)
roperstun
31-05-11, 10:09 PM
thats not bad tbh 200-300 later mine spools up at 2300 ish now if pussey footing it around. think ill be investing in a bigger turbo at some point then put the frights up the XE boys
the last engine was 170lbft of torque which should get the xe's twitching. hopefully the bigger turbo will get the bhp up there a bit. took a fair bit of head scratching but got there in the end, it did pull well for "standard" boost pressure
Awesome, she does go well for only 8psi
yea i can`t wait to start cranking it up :)
roperstun
02-06-11, 08:47 PM
i don't spose you fancy selling me the dipstick out the old lump?
mines got an aftermarket one on and i don't really trust it
lol yea if you want are you going pv?
roperstun
02-06-11, 09:14 PM
yes i am mate bring one along for me?
will do mate see you there :thumb:
roperstun
02-06-11, 09:21 PM
message me your number? i havnt got a nova only on here to follow your's and dan's dervs
roperstun
02-06-11, 09:41 PM
a corsavan. il be over on the corsasport stand all weekend
ok so iv been having some problems with the clutch slipping since the new engine has been tuned up, so iv had to strip it all out.
bloody rain lol
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/amandayork_photo/Picture782.jpg
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and there it is, im having the flywheel machined down a little bit so the pressure is putting more pressure on the friction plate
Told my boss about this issue and he made the same mistake when he were younger, he had to re-machine a recess for the clutch to fit in to duplicate the original! but atleast it will be good when done! :)
yea it was bound to happen, im mean i was just guessing how much needed to be machined out of the middle and to be fair it dosen`t slip that bad :)
Yeah shame you don't have the matching flywheel for the clutch because you could use that for guidance for making the isuzu flywheel work.
yea well i looked at the x16xe`s flywheel thats in the garden lol, and that was recessed 2mm so that why i went with 2mm on mine :)
Lol typical of the burgo clan, its all together and shiny, and looking ace, so lets pull it to bits and fiddle some more lol
lol yea but it needs to be done :)
when will it be back together?
its guna be monday now cus the place that is machining the flywheel closed early today, so they were shut when i went to pick it up :(
ryansnova
25-06-11, 12:29 AM
im sure you can find something to do till then ;)
im sure you can find something to do till then ;)
My car :d joke, we doing tanyas this weekend
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