Lovely project,coming along nicely. What is the intercooler from you have fitted on top of the engine?
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Lovely project,coming along nicely. What is the intercooler from you have fitted on top of the engine?
Cheers Pal, its a Astra TDS intercooler with the outlet modified to come straight out rather than at a 90degree angle!
Seems to work well any way..
Its on now lewi
the problem your going to have is, the 1.7 uses that intercooler as std, so a 1.7 with upped boost and fuel, its still going to get a little hot
its a 1.5 baxter
get a 1.7 in there then lol
oh and I Have retarded the pump which helps keep it cool
I wanted to but never did in the end
Cool,thanks.be off to my local scrappy monday then looking for a turbo diesel astra.What year one had this intercooler?
well think about it,Quote:
Originally Posted by Balley
is it worth the extra bhp and touque to the extra tax and insurance you would have to pay :d
no not really lol... it was already 1400 to insure declaring the wheels, exhaust, suspension, bonnet scoop and brakes
it was a 1996, there are loads of different intercoolers worth having.. focus diesels look pretty good too
you what:eek: i thought it was a 1.7 you put in it :( o well i spose i will definitely beat you at pv then lol, bigger intercooler is a must you will be surprised with the differance it makes.
you have another 250 kg on me mister!
Loving this build Balley, and for a derv it's making me want one lol
What a tidy engine bay, I wonder if I'm able to give you a splash of rep lol
EDIT: We have a winner lol
please Mr South, and thanks
Splashed my love lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Balley
cheers
Any way I have some pictures for you all
Alternator removed
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01543.jpg
Water Pump removed
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01544.jpg
£123 pounds worth of new alternator :(
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01545.jpg
New water pump fitted (btw the engine looks a mess as its been leaking around the RC)
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01547.jpg
Shes charging
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01548.jpg
Just to show how tight it is, was a right pain to remove!
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01549.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...DSC01550-1.jpg
I Have also done the RC gasket and washed the engine off.. looks very sexy now!
A quick pic of her in tesco car park
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01541.jpg
And with Lewis' SR
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01540.jpg
lookin good Dan :) when was that picture taken btw?
yea but i am hoping for around 130bhp 200ftbl :dQuote:
Originally Posted by Balley
I am hoping for 115bhp and 150ftlb :)
On tuesday night when you were in the houseQuote:
Originally Posted by Lewis.
Update
Adjusted my gear linkage at work! Plus fitted a different gear knob, Works a treat now!
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01566.jpg
I then came home and set about doing the CV boot I have been meening to do for two weeks lol, after that was done I started stripping!
Ripped the rear seats out
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01567.jpg
Every thing was very dirty,
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01568.jpg
..so I hoovered it all out and washed it down the best I could
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01569.jpg
I decided as everything would be on show I ort to paint the spare so I gave here a quick tidy up and spray..
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01570.jpg
As I didn't have time to mount my amp properly (as in make a bit of a boot build) I did this.. lol
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01577.jpg
Strapped some tools wrapped in a towel into the rear quater, put some jump leads on the spare and oil and water on the other side
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01578.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01585.jpg
Then set about deOpeling it, removed the badges and the No Smoke No Poke sticker!
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01573.jpg
Bit of polish
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01574.jpg
New Nova Badge :)http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01575.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01576.jpg
I then washed the rest of the car, plus hoovered her out and took some pics
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01589.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01588.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01586.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01580.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01572.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01583.jpg
Well done man jealous of your engine too, could do with that on mine if i wasn't selling it. Not so jealous of your duct taping things though lol
No hopefully by Monday I will have something sorted for that!
Sorted the amp problem!
Made a little box to hold it!
Started by making this..
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01600.jpg
Added some 2x2
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01601.jpg
And a side
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01602.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01603.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01604.jpg
Trial fit with no lid
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01605.jpg
Lid
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01606.jpg
Mounted
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01607.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01608.jpg
Amp bolts to the 2x2
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01610.jpg
Amp fitted, and wired
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01613.jpg
Was then wrapped in foam, then wrapped with the same material as my door cards
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01616.jpg
Fitted. looks pretty good tbh
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01619.jpg
That Looks Shocking Lol
And the wiring
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01621.jpg
I like it, its going have some surports made and a parcel shelf to, oh and rear seats when I collect them off connor!Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
Looks good mate, only thing i would say is i would keep an eye of the temperature of the amp, as it may overheat confined in a small space.
My sub and amp and speakers are coming out next week, cba with none it no more lol
looks good mate, it desparately needs some rear seats though :thumb:
Yeh I will do connor, it had no air before tho and never cut out.. it now has atleast 2 inchs all the way around :)
Cheers LewisQuote:
Originally Posted by Lewis.
opss
quad post
Finally fitted the new speedo cable.. started by removing my clocks so I could get to the old broken cable.
I tapped the new one to the old one and pulled it through from the engine bay side. Was a bit hard to get through as it kept catching on the dash supports but we got there in the end!
New cable pulled through, still attached to the old one..
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01632.jpg
While the clocks were out I touch up the dash as a small piece of paint had flaked off, I only assume I didn't prep it well enough as the rest is still fine two years on.
And I also reattached the Rev counter needle as it fell off when the alternator was making it read silly figures lol.. did this and went for a spin with the sat nav to check for speedo era.
Speedo was about bang on so am happy with that.. pic 30mph in 5th ftw
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01635.jpg
Once I was happy with all this I rebuilt the dash back up. I then set about fitting this
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01631.jpg
Basically its a Fuel adjuster to compensate for the boost. My local machinist has machined a mm off the total diameter of the eccentric cone! Thus allowing more fuel + more boost which = more power.
New on on the left
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/DSC01639.jpg
So I removed the inlet and I/c and fitted.
Went for a spin and she went up from 25psi to 34psi :)
but looked like this
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...2I5fA_ZYQnRdyo
Which is cool for drag racing but not for a daily lol ..
So turned the max fuel screw down half a turn and she now touches 27psi and there's only a bit of smoke :)
again..
so it was you crashing the site lol
yes sorry lol