What did you do in the garage yesterday?

[Pupp]

Finally finished mitring the wastegate link into the downpipe (Black and Decker powerfile proving invaluable, what a great little tool when paired with decent Zirconia butt jointed bands) - so that's all with the man with the TIG set right now. Added some hose retention dimple-beads to ally boost pipes, and to a stainless coolant pipe with 'Oyster' plumbers pliers. Got the 'right' settings into the ECU for the GM 3 bar map sensor I've installed.

[macdeb]

Was all ready to fit my new 'unbreakable' driveshafts only to find, they're too long!

£400

[QBee]

portzi said:

Cadwell is quite a tight track?. l have never been on it, but watched a TVRCC track day there. I suppose it evens out the contest abit to car set up quality and driver ability and not just raw power !!!

It's basically corners, with the odd short straight thrown in to catch your breath. Great track day circuit.
Were you there this summer, last autumn, or when?

[over_the_hill]

And today went from this



to this

[portzi]

QBee said:

portzi said:

Cadwell is quite a tight track?. l have never been on it, but watched a TVRCC track day there. I suppose it evens out the contest abit to car set up quality and driver ability and not just raw power !!!

It's basically corners, with the odd short straight thrown in to catch your breath. Great track day circuit.
Were you there this summer, last autumn, or when?

Its going back a few years. I think it was john case who was the RO. it must be 4 years as l lived in lincoln then.

[portzi]

macdeb said:

Was all ready to fit my new 'unbreakable' driveshafts only to find, they're too long!

£400

How much by Mac. Can they be machined down to fit?

Mark

[macdeb]

portzi said:

How much by Mac. Can they be machined down to fit?

Mark

Hi Mate, too long by 22mm. I'm going to ask the supplier today.

[ChimpOnGas]

Pupp said:

Finally finished mitring the wastegate link into the downpipe (Black and Decker powerfile proving invaluable, what a great little tool when paired with decent Zirconia butt jointed bands) - so that's all with the man with the TIG set right now. Added some hose retention dimple-beads to ally boost pipes, and to a stainless coolant pipe with 'Oyster' plumbers pliers. Got the 'right' settings into the ECU for the GM 3 bar map sensor I've installed.

Great progress, this one really deserves it's own post & more photos.

Keep up the good work Gary

[prideaux]

portzi said:

just looked at the picture advertising them. They look good and some shiny nitrons in the background. But they could have at least fitted them to a decent looking chassis .

mark

Edited by portzi on Sunday 20th July 23:36

Edited by portzi on Sunday 20th July 23:37

Thats marketing draws your eye to there product
A

[Pupp]

As literally just collected from the welder - the WG link pipe and down pipe being the final parts to be joined. That one joint took some hours to mitre.

About a 10 minute job to hang it all back on the car, then onto revising the cross-brace.

[caduceus]

Very nice Gary.
I have yet to HEAR/SEE a vid of a turbocharged RV8. Do you have any?

[Pupp]

Thanks - there are a couple in the usual place but nothing that illuminating that I have seen. Best was linked to from a thread on here; not of a Tiv but a rod of some sort built by a Scandinavian chap. That was going very well and sounding fruity

[neal1980]

Pupp said:

As literally just collected from the welder - the WG link pipe and down pipe being the final parts to be joined. That one joint took some hours to mitre.

About a 10 minute job to hang it all back on the car, then onto revising the cross-brace.

Looks great Gary, really looking forward to seeing this. Nice angles on the wastegate too, easy 450+bhp coming your way soon

[Sardonicus]

neal1980 said:

Looks great Gary, really looking forward to seeing this. Nice angles on the wastegate too, easy 450+bhp coming your way soon

[macdeb]

Pupp said:

Thanks - there are a couple in the usual place but nothing that illuminating that I have seen. Best was linked to from a thread on here; not of a Tiv but a rod of some sort built by a Scandinavian chap. That was going very well and sounding fruity

Looking great gary, and echo Neals comments on the thoughts about wastegate angles.
As for the sound, mine sounds like a de-catted car at tickover and still the lurvely V8 sound when driving. Turbo's don't mute the sound of a V8, think about Subaru's with flat four, they don't loose their distinctive sound, in fact more so as there is a bigger bang going on inside.
We need more turbo V8's turbo's are the future.

Edited by macdeb on Tuesday 22 July 16:48

[Pupp]

Thanks for the encouragement all... Just cleaned up the inside of the joint with new favourite toy, the power file, and bolted it together hopefully for the last time before start up. Anyone looked at the price of hose clips recently!!

[jojackson4]

Looks very good
Glad you have cleaned up the insides I was about to ask if your welder had purged the pipe before welding you don't whant
That nasty crusty ste in your nice shiny blower blades


More photos please

[portzi]

jojackson4 said:

Looks very good
Glad you have cleaned up the insides I was about to ask if your welder had purged the pipe before welding you don't whant
That nasty crusty ste in your nice shiny blower blades


More photos please

Yes, the tig welder should have fed argon into one end of the pipe and plugged the other end, just leaving a pin prick hole to allow argon to pass through. This would have stopped oxygen effecting the inside of the weld, leaving a soot finish inside, and would also helped with Penetration. YOU WOULD HAVE NOT NEEDED TO CLEAN THE INSIDE, AS YOUR TAKING ALL THE STRENGTH OF THE WELD AWAY BY GRINDING!!!!

[Pupp]

No need to shout; I wasn't grinding weld but the apron edges of the hole let into the down pipe. Don't want anything too prone to glowing. Most of the welds were back purged but that one wasn't; still pretty clean nonetheless. Fine for an exhaust

[jojackson4]

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