Still love the colour of this :)
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Still love the colour of this :)
just thought id bring this thread up to date.
i now have a tubular manifold, t34 turbo, and bought a swedish inlet(just waiting for delivery)
Just picked up my 3" exhaust pipes to make to my system, bought 1 large silencer, 1 small silencer, 1 3.5" outwardly rolled tip, 1 axle bend, 1.5m of straight, 3 clamps, 4 90deg bends, cossie downpipe.
So hopefully will be making the exhaust system in a few days time...
The turbo is now bolted on, need to make a strengthening plate to mount from the turbo to the block tomorrow. Had the oil feed made up today, just waiting for a 10mm banjo bolt to be delivered for it.
The return is just a case of cut it down and retain the standard KKK pipe.
Air filter wise, im not sure, have to figure that out once the exhaust is on. It does however look as though it will stay in the same postion as it was with a bit of pipework fettling.
I am keeping my Evo VIII Intercooler, just need to order some new boost hoses for that.
I have bought 4x Micheline S9B slick's. On the way to the hydraulic shop today to get the oil lines made for my turbo and my mates car there is a metal re-cylcers (weighing in gaff). I got all the way there from my workshop (10miles) and realised I had forgotten the original line doh! So after going back and getting it, there was a flat bed throwing loads of alloys into a container ready to be scrapped. Timing couldnt have been better, he was literally just about to throw an alloy into the skip when I saw what it was out the corner of my eye. A Cesaro :):):):), I wrenched the handbrake up in the van, jumped out ran over shouting not to throw it (as it would have either cracked or dented). It happened to be the first out of a set of four, no buckles, cracks etc. £30 later and I have a fairly mint set of 4 cesaro's. Shame there were no centre caps though, can tiwn em all eh?
Anyway, as I've said, when I have all the new stuff with me, and its all I will be taking it back up to track n road to be mapped once again.
Sorry for the lack of pictures, but will get some of the various bits asap.
Paul
i might have 4 caps you can have for posage
sounds good paul , i do love this car , when is it in TV aswell ?
Sounds like some nice new parts are on route Paul.... looking forward to the tv read etc. :)
Nick.
Looks awesome mate!! What window seals did you use for the front poly carb windows??
looks very nice that matey looked nice in both coulers if you ask me!!
sorry to hijack your thread could you let me know on piping your turbo up as i have the same,just stuck on what bits to get :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
looks good mate, didnt realise as i took pictures of this car at PV08 that it was the blue one lol...wicked mate, in both forms...
Plans sound ace mate! And lol at the Cesaro's, good scavange!
Scott
What you after t34 turbo turbo setup or kkk setup?Quote:
Originally Posted by t`s novat
I am using a cav v6 TB t34 ad Evo IC.
Paul
sorry mate i read it wrong ive got a t3 setup on mine,but there more or less the same,just stuck with the pipes oil and water,also the oil drain one aswellQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul
go to a pipe place and have some made up?
Dont know whats round your way, but a hydraulic pipe place round here, blokes sound, all pipes etc good for like 200psi some even like 2000psi!
Nice find on the Cesaros :)
Is this turbo going make some decent boost this time? :cool:
Finally subscribed !
Got a turbo sorted then ?
On the Journal bearing Garrett turbos I wouldn't bother with the water fittings, they never run them on a Cosworth and I did check this with CR Turbos when my mate installed his.
If anything it stops super heated water returning the header tank and it also makes the install look tidier.
In a ideal world you could have a rad for the water system on the turbo but as this is a nova there is a little hope of fitting one anywhere where it would actually do anything.
Made the downpipe so far, now when I make mounts for it, one to the block and one to the chassis, am I right in thinking i can use solid metal to the engine from the downpipe, and to the chassis, i need a rubber mount?
Yes that should be fine Paul
Few pics, excuse my Iphone quality pics lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0040.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0032.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0031.jpg
Downpipe I've been making:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0034.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0036.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0037.jpg
And a random pic of my middle box:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0035.jpg
Paul
looks well mate really really nice nova, you have put some effort into it
Looking good Paul, any idea when it will be off for mapping ?
My internet connection is rubbish at the moment so I apoligise if its been asked (it takes AGES to load each window so I've not looked through the whole thread)
Looking good Paul, cant wait to see it finished, where did you get the centre section, custom made jobbie?
Erm looking to have it mapped my maybe end of March?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonlem
Looks good dude.
Right done a bit more to the exhaust tonight, and the fcuking rain was so bad its got into my garage, so i got a wet back :roll: Lol
Anyway, I completed the rest of the downpipe, made sure the front mount to the block I made bolts up well, and it does, then I made another mount from the rear of the gearbox to the back end of the downpipe.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0045.jpg
ignore the hole in the joint my gas gave up at a vital time, took me a while to realise :cry:
First non welded clamped joint will be from the downpipe to the middle box, as I'm a bit of an amateur at this whole exhaust making malarky can anyone see any problems with that?
Next question is the middle box is a big old boy, and fits in quite snug, the downpipe has no play whatsoever, 5mm if u shake it hard, and whatever the engine tilts when I boot it/let off. Now in some places I may have to ajust the body with my hammer :D , have to see.
Where the box is big, and is well up in the tunnel, there simply isn't enough room for a rubber and hanger with the box in the tunnel, and directly after the box the tunnel gets narrower:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0044.jpg
I cant see there being enough room there to get my hanger in either. So I've had a few suggeustions as to how to get a mount in. Any more anyone can think?
Few more pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0043.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0042.jpg
Cheers
Paul
What exhaust system is that btw????
Benns idea looks like it'll work.
A big exhaust clamp around that pipe, then bolted down through a bit of flat plate(the red bit), and then bolted through the car floor with some bolts/nuts, and rubber mounts?
OR dont bother with a mount there?
My exhaust system has no hangers until the middle box twin ones by the fuel tank....
But on your setup it might put a lot of stress on the downpipe joins....
Are you not going to need a flexible join in the system to stop it keep cracking under the engine moving. Like the bolts with the springs on on the standard system?
Just ordered a 6" Flexi from the bay, going to put that inbetween the downpipe and middle box.
Pics of new inlet: Is it ok to run the injector rail the other way round?
So the feed closest to driver, and return closest to passenger?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0047.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0046.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0049.jpg
Cav V6 TB going on it.
Noiceeee.
Cant see a problem with having the rail the other way round nope.
anyone got any pics of this inlet on another motor?
all you need to no lol
http://www.vauxhallsportforum.com/ph...520.html#89085
Where did that rail end up?
in my garage on my inlet lol
dam you! the standard one doesnt fit, but it does in reverse, would that ba ok?
yes mate, the one i have never fitted it was held down with jublie clips lol, can give you some details of you want one like one above ?
yes please...
I am fitting a calibra radiator, to aid with my ongoing cooling problems, to do this, it needs to go down, so had to cut a bit out of the cross member. Which is fine, as I orginally planned to reinforce it with a 4mm plate across the front.
After thinking for a while and realising just how crap the cross members actually are (split it three times now!) I decided I was going to knock up my own cross member from scratch. I am using 2" box section for the X-member and 4mm plate to mount it welded to the chassis legs.
I done a load of dainty fairy measurement's, before getting into the manly job of cutting and grinding lol. No rust either :thumb:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0050.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0051.jpg
Then the grinder decided to give up the ghost, so thats all for tonight folks :(
Finally pic of the rad, its approx. double the size of the Nova one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/IMG_0052.jpg
Paul
'Kin hell, that rad is the size of the front end! lol
Thad rad it quite large lol, a gsi one not good enough?
Indeed, but it will keep the bastid thing cool. Whatever else I have tried has failed so hopefully this will sort it out eh :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
No, is the short answer, never has been on my car, for others it works fine, but has never kept mine cool (well cool enough for me to be happy with). Even the brand new Valeo one last year didnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay