What did you do in the garage yesterday?
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Pupp said:
Excellent stuff Neal; really enjoying seeing the updates but you are going to end up making me buy a bloody TIG set!!
Think we should bag a FI only corner at Burghley
Good idea...Think we should bag a FI only corner at Burghley
Congrats to Derek after his day today
(suppose he is forcing it in so to speak
)Its a great set its paid for its self many times over already...I've welded exhaust, header tank, radiator, intercooler, boost pipes the list goes on. Make sure its AC/DC with a foot pedal
neal1980 said:
Good idea...
Congrats to Derek after his day today (suppose he is forcing it in so to speak)
Its a great set its paid for its self many times over already...I've welded exhaust, header tank, radiator, intercooler, boost pipes the list goes on. Make sure its AC/DC with a foot pedal
They do call it chemical supercharging. Cheers Neal. Cant wait to see yours out there. You would love it on the mile mate.Congrats to Derek after his day today
(suppose he is forcing it in so to speak)Its a great set its paid for its self many times over already...I've welded exhaust, header tank, radiator, intercooler, boost pipes the list goes on. Make sure its AC/DC with a foot pedal
neal1980 said:
rigga said:
One thing i always wished I'd learned welding.
Me too....so just took the plunge and bought a tig. Been welding only a few months with it. You soon pick it up and the amount of help/forums etc you soon make good progress.Go for it
When I bought Neal's old motor I copied his install. Previously the two turbos were fed via 2 foam cylinder filters squeezed in front of the rad and behind the intercooler. This effectively blocked a portion of the rad and I am guessing would also not help with intake temps when not moving. The turbos were fed via 90 degree pipework coming through where the panel filter is in the photo directly into the turbos (I'll post a pic if I can find one).
This also means that to change/clean the filters it is necessary to remove the turbos and radiator.
Once finished two 60mm pipes will be fitted to the back wall of my new air box feeding straight into the turbos.
As part of this little project I am also upgrading the second fan (I already upgraded one) as on hot days the temps don't arrest after a blast then sat at tick over. I am hoping that the combination of 2 x higher airflow fan and removing the filters from in front of the rad will improve cooling.
My only slight concern is the limited size of the air box as despite a bit of googling I have no idea how important this is on a FI car….
There have been a few posts about this (Pupp was looking into it) so I took a leap of faith and bought a filter for a L322 SC Range Rover and started cutting… If it all works as planned I will post more details………...
This also means that to change/clean the filters it is necessary to remove the turbos and radiator.
Once finished two 60mm pipes will be fitted to the back wall of my new air box feeding straight into the turbos.
As part of this little project I am also upgrading the second fan (I already upgraded one) as on hot days the temps don't arrest after a blast then sat at tick over. I am hoping that the combination of 2 x higher airflow fan and removing the filters from in front of the rad will improve cooling.
My only slight concern is the limited size of the air box as despite a bit of googling I have no idea how important this is on a FI car….
There have been a few posts about this (Pupp was looking into it) so I took a leap of faith and bought a filter for a L322 SC Range Rover and started cutting… If it all works as planned I will post more details………...
mattrosersv said:
My only slight concern is the limited size of the air box as despite a bit of googling I have no idea how important this is on a FI car….
There have been a few posts about this (Pupp was looking into it) so I took a leap of faith and bought a filter for a L322 SC Range Rover and started cutting… If it all works as planned I will post more details………...
I have acquired a Sp6 Cerbera air box, which is generally the right shape and configuration for my set up but is slightly too high to get under the bonnet. It can be modified easily enough and there are K&N panel filters etc of the right sort of size to go in there so I'm definitely interested to see how this goes Matt. There have been a few posts about this (Pupp was looking into it) so I took a leap of faith and bought a filter for a L322 SC Range Rover and started cutting… If it all works as planned I will post more details………...
That said, my current filter in the bay, sitting half over the rad top is not (so far) showing any signs of struggling for air, nor are inlet temperatures suffering (generally a couple of degrees above ambient with the CC running). May change of course as I ramp the boost up but I think my next (maybe interim) move will be to let a NACA duct into that panel directly in front of the filter to encourage air up and over the rad - there's a good looking carbon one of just the right size I've identified and I doubt this will significantly compromise flow through the rad and CC heat exchanger.
Edited by Pupp on Saturday 25th October 07:47
After three and a half years in storage finally got the MGB back to my new gaff where she'll be keeping beastie company. Lots of little jobs outstanding on beastie and a nut and bolt resto for the MG, which is all part of my cunning master plan to spend less time in the boozer. It is only a plan though, and plans have been known to fail. But not this one..... Maybe.... 
Start changing the radiator at 4pm, can't be that hard can it so I'll be done before dark 
Does this gap between the radiator and the nose look too big? Thinking about cutting back the rubber washers, surely it's less efficient to have air escaping over the top of the radiator rather than going through it?
Does this gap between the radiator and the nose look too big? Thinking about cutting back the rubber washers, surely it's less efficient to have air escaping over the top of the radiator rather than going through it?
Edited by s p a c e m a n on Sunday 26th October 13:06
Pupp said:
mattrosersv said:
There have been a few posts about this (Pupp was looking into it) so I took a leap of faith and bought a filter for a L322 SC Range Rover and started cutting… If it all works as planned I will post more details………...
I have acquired a Sp6 Cerbera air box, which is generally the right shape and configuration for my set up but is slightly too high to get under the bonnet. It can be modified easily enough and there are K&N panel filters etc of the right sort of size to go in there so I'm definitely interested to see how this goes Matt. Edited by Pupp on Saturday 25th October 07:47
'Correct' battery fitted - Yuasa YBX 3069 - in lieu of the halfords 'I need a battery, it kind of fits' item that had been installed.
Removed the passenger seat ready for the Elise seats being fitted tomorrow.
Fitted some ali mesh over the two bonnet vents to stop the leaves filling the manifolds up.
Drilled out the loose pop rivets in the air box and fitted some a2 s/s bolts and nylocs (plus threadlock).
Did some tiling too.
Removed the passenger seat ready for the Elise seats being fitted tomorrow.
Fitted some ali mesh over the two bonnet vents to stop the leaves filling the manifolds up.
Drilled out the loose pop rivets in the air box and fitted some a2 s/s bolts and nylocs (plus threadlock).
Did some tiling too.
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