Body Off update

[darkcat]

Looking good, part of me thinks the turbos are a bit small forthe amount of flow.... back pressure issues??

[Meatball]

Nice job Neal what sort of power are you expecting? are you running the megasquirt with this set up?

[neal1980]

darkcat said:

Looking good, part of me thinks the turbos are a bit small forthe amount of flow.... back pressure issues??

There TD04L from subaru Impreza, these run out of puff at approx 275BHP so nobody wants them there pennies! So using 2 of them should be enough flow for a little boost :-P I thought they looked small when they turned up but they work on an impreza.

With all my pipework to suit there are aftermarket turbos that will flow alot more and will bolt straight up to the flanges so im not too worried, gonna try it and see.

Hi Meatball, Yes im using the megasquirt extra 1 to control it all.


Neal

[spend]

Oh my GOD!!! my worst nightmare 2 farting scoobies under the bonnet

[neal1980]

spend said:

Oh my GOD!!! my worst nightmare 2 farting scoobies under the bonnet

If I dont put the radiator & intercooler in there I can probably get 4 or 6 down there

[darkcat]

do you have any expectations on this vs a SC?

[dbv8]

darkcat said:

do you have any expectations on this vs a SC?

I guess more
Looking interesting

[neal1980]

darkcat said:

do you have any expectations on this vs a SC?

Well probably save about £3500 lol

I have no idea on power to be honest. Anything around 400hp in one of these is going to be fun

Ive always wanted to go this way for ages...hence the Megasquirt install a few years back.

Neal

[dbv8]

There are so many fantastic projects and modified cars out there now.
I would love to see an ultimate TVR shootout at Santa Pod or similar maybe next year.

LS v SC v Turbo v Nitrous v anything else thats out there...

[hiltonig]

Ill be up for the shoot out !!!!

[vapy]

think you have snail problems dont you ? look where they have parked there house! lookin good thought mate

[slideways]

Just a little taster of whats happening under my bonnet

[neal1980]

[quote=slideways]Just a little taster of whats happening under my bonnet

Cool, how you finding it so far?? seems lots of room to start with but with all the pipes Im losing space rapidly. Should be getting my rad and intercooler monday so will really start to come together then.


Moved the turbos closer last night loads of bonnet clearance now and pipes have a easy route to the intercooler.

[neal1980]

[slideways]

I must confess I'm not doing this stage of the works so i can't take any credit

[darkcat]

just a thought..
where are you going to get a vacuum from for your brake servo?

[spend]

They plumb into where the blower/turbo sucks from traditionally, or there are cars that use electric pumps (eg LR RV8's) and even integrated into alternators (typically diesel).

[peaktorque]

spend said:

They plumb into where the blower/turbo sucks from traditionally, or there are cars that use electric pumps (eg LR RV8's) and even integrated into alternators (typically diesel).

This was always a nice feature of older Transits, until the drivebelt snapped/fell off

[Simon says]

peaktorque said:

spend said:

They plumb into where the blower/turbo sucks from traditionally, or there are cars that use electric pumps (eg LR RV8's) and even integrated into alternators (typically diesel).

This was always a nice feature of older Transits, until the drivebelt snapped/fell off

Yes but the fact the charge light as come on and you will get at least three applications of the brake pedal before you exhaust the brake servo it should not be a problem personally if i was going to use one of those alternators with built in vacuum pump hanging off the back i would look for something of a japanese diesel motor i.e Toyota Hi-ace,Mitusishi Shogun/Pajero etc much more reliable can,t see why the Neal 1980 would need to run one of these pumps personally unless he is running a severe cam profile with a stty vacuum signal(i doubt it)Neal 1980 keep us all updated this project is awsome well done.

[peaktorque]

Simon says said:

peaktorque said:

spend said:

They plumb into where the blower/turbo sucks from traditionally, or there are cars that use electric pumps (eg LR RV8's) and even integrated into alternators (typically diesel).

This was always a nice feature of older Transits, until the drivebelt snapped/fell off

Yes but the fact the charge light as come on and you will get at least three applications of the brake pedal before you exhaust the brake servo it should not be a problem personally if i was going to use one of those alternators with built in vacuum pump hanging off the back i would look for something of a japanese diesel motor i.e Toyota Hi-ace,Mitusishi Shogun/Pajero etc much more reliable can,t see why the Neal 1980 would need to run one of these pumps personally unless he is running a severe cam profile with a stty vacuum signal(i doubt it)Neal 1980 keep us all updated this project is awsome well done.

You obviously don't remember our old 'scrap slag' Transit we used to run then Simon

The alternator just used to fall off (due to metal fatigue and was always bodged back on by our resident bodger) and the charge light had dropped off behind the dash anyway! She was only 'retired' a few years ago too