Show us your car's HEART !!!!!!!!!
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restoman said:
witko999 said:
Not in the car yet unfortunately. Hillman Avenger Turbo project.
That sounds like my sort of project - tell me more please..........It's a 1600 with machined pistons to reduce the compression ratio to 8.5:1. The bottom end has then been lightened and meticulously balanced before being dynamically balanced.
The turbo is a Cosworth spec (50 trim) T3 mounted on a modified (minnowfish I think) manifold. The inlet manifold is made from scratch in aluminium and took disgracefully long to make. It mates a set of Lotus esprit throttle bodies to the big valve head, and also has bosses to mount fuel injectors. A fuel rail was also fabricated. Ignition and fuelling will be controlled with a megasquirt ecu.
It's currently waiting for a couple of bits and pieces to be done, and for the car to get an MOT.
Here's a few more pictures.
Manifold, from this:
To this:
Via a lot of this:
(oops, where's my glasses?)
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