3.3 type r

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JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Enginebay still empty but cleaner

Started fitting new bonnet today was as it comes out of the mould so I now smell of fibreglass and have dust everywhere lol

Bye bye heavy ally bonnet wink

Summit club spec 4S fitted

Engine build in full flow at TFS



Simon

Hol

8,364 posts

199 months

Saturday 23rd March 2013
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Do you ever look back 15 years when staying at the leading edge of tuning was far simpler and 350bhp was still viewed as awesome??

I'm not saying that the development into this car is not the evolution of the craft, I'm just wondering if you got the same buzz back then?

Edited by Hol on Saturday 23 March 07:40

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Saturday 23rd March 2013
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Yes.

Just your excitment level needs more to keep it there lol

Lefty

16,132 posts

201 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Two GT30's is crazy! Who built the turbos?

And...got any dyno plots you'd like to share? I can imagine the boost threshold is quite high?

Cheers,
Lefty

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Full boost is around 3900rpm., redline is currently 8300rpm. It is a 3.3 and the manifolds are very short.

Turbos were supplied by lateral performance and built by turbo dynamics.

p1doc

3,111 posts

183 months

Tuesday 26th March 2013
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looking good,wonder if flat six would fit in my murtaya lol
martin

Lefty

16,132 posts

201 months

Tuesday 26th March 2013
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JollyGrnMonster said:
Full boost is around 3900rpm., redline is currently 8300rpm. It is a 3.3 and the manifolds are very short.

Turbos were supplied by lateral performance and built by turbo dynamics.
Wow, full boost by 3900 is impressive. Is it quite driveable?

What an awesome build. +50 man points.

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Tuesday 26th March 2013
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Its not keen on cruising on light throttle at 3000rpm. So you tend to cruise around 3500rpm. Which does then mean when you put your foot down it gets very interesting very quick.

Simon

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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About time I updated this.
Had not planned to do more to the car this year other than drive it on the new box and gt30s.

Plans are meant for changing?!

Engine pulled for cdb insert - all built back up and waiting on parts* before refitting, thanks to Smg and tfs racing.
  • dailey engineering drysump another change of plan thanks to Mattys group buy, can't wait to get my hands on the piece of art


Also bought a syvecs s8 at the start of the year as twin widebands, twin egt, extra inputs all would be very nice

John Stevenson troubled again for a loom - wish I had the time to do my own but John does too good a job smile

New bonnet, boot, sideskirts all awaiting collection from bodyshop.

Itching to get back out in it.

Simon

JollyGrnMonster

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Thursday 30th May 2013
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frayz

2,629 posts

158 months

Friday 31st May 2013
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Still loving that flat 6 Si smile

p1doc

3,111 posts

183 months

Friday 31st May 2013
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mmm looks good!
martin

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Saturday 8th June 2013
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Been a long while since I have had time to work on the car and a lot longer since I last drove it, its been in some ways a nice break as I have come back to it today with renewed enfusiasm. I was meant to be flying out of gatwick today but the mapping job has been postponed to next month so took advantage and spent the day at tfs racing with stew and craig "wiggle it a bit" taylor (massive thanks to them both for help today)

First up was to start emptying some of the many shelves I take up in the engine build room! And fit the manifold, alternator, water cross pipe and new plugs and coilpacks and crank pulley!

Whilst waiting for new plugs to arrive we removed a bit more weight from the car lol
One brake stew power


Then added the clutch and dropped the engine back in



We then fitted the gearbox, prop.

Then the exhaust headers and turbos


Also altered the wastegate sprint rates and plugged the engine loom in and plumbed most of the engine bay up.

Pretty much just the dry sump plumbing and tank to install


Although cdf racing has the new fuel rails near completion

So will be swapping the rails and injectors before first fire up

Simon

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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Seems like an age since this was last running and stew @ tfs (thanks mate) has been as keen as me to see it running again and whilst I have been busy has fitted the oil tank and made up the oil lines etc

So today was the day
http://youtu.be/9dBql7tSIts

It lives again





Some tidying up and a tank vent to sort and vac regulator left to do.

Simon

kin quick

207 posts

210 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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Awesome car Simon bow

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Thanks wink

p1doc

3,111 posts

183 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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looks great!
martin

paulmoonraker

2,850 posts

162 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Bonkers car. Love it.

markCSC

2,987 posts

214 months

Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Can't wait to see what this beast does smile

What has happened to the arch extension? Also why did you decide to have arch extensions rather than a 22B kit?

JollyGrnMonster

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887 posts

196 months

Friday 21st June 2013
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Well that was a busy day!

Got up early and got to tfs racing to collect the car for 8.
Over to surrey rr and did a few runs at low boost to run it in.
I wonder if the passenger footwell was most sensible place for oil tank lol
Just have to map it in winter from now on


Load car back on trailer and off to collect panels from paint shop which unfortunately are still not right!
Over to stews again and as the Wastegate springs had gone much weaker than expected so we changed the wastegate springs also which is always fun when they are in place, changed the oil and fitted the arches, boot and bonnet.

Back to surrey rr and a quick run on vpower to check that map is okay and then onto meth.

Got to 1.2bar and whilst idling as I was altering the map and basically pausing to keep it cool the engine stalls, strange, it wont restart and no cam sensor signal - quick check of wiring all okay, spend an hour searching for my spare sensor and find it and fit and it fires straight up - guess the sensor must be 20years old and objected to sitting 6inches from a hot gt30.
Very hot and himid evening and now 9:30pm so knocked it on the head at that.

Massive thanks to stew at tfs and charlie at surrey rr for today
Simon