Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

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GreenV8S said:

magpies said:

Started to make the inlet


sits nice and low

Looks very neat. Are those silicon elbows going to see manifold vacuum? If so, they'll need some internal support. I faced the same issue on mine. I solved it with an internal spring to stop the hose collapsing under vacuum.

Yes - where did you get the springs?

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GreenV8S said:

I wound them from a piece of piano wire.

Cheers I'll have to

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Completed the main inlet system - just brake servo and breather vac lines (and Air Temp) to sort along with wire up the Throttle body to ecu and tidy the wiring

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spent over an hour trying to make a satisfactory spring but gave up and forced 50mm st st tube into the hose right up to the change in direction at the 90 - so only the small section of actual bend is unsupported.

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Penelope Stopit said:

Wonder what would happen if a piece of spring was sucked in

That was my worry and could not get a satisfactory looking coil after an hour of trying.

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v8s4me said:

Thant's coming along very nicely Mick. Will you be able to get away without a bonnet bulge?
Keep up the good work

That is something I will be looking at, I like the look of the S4 bonnet

But if I need the big bulge I may well put a light bar in the front of it as it is not there to feed air in.

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New ally coolant header tank in place and expansion hose fitted. New ally electrics coveadequate and fitted. This has a digital volt meter in it. See Facebook for photos as still can't upload to here.

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phillpot said:

Strange?

yep

I can go through all the usual procedure, browse and pick the photo, press upload and the circle of upload dots go round for 20 seconds then get the phrase 'No Photo Found' This happens on both my phone and laptop! I had already downgraded the camera to 2Meg pictures.

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shalmaneser said:

Upload to Imgur and copy the image links across. The photo hosting on this site has always been a joke.

Until a month ago I didn't have any problem in uploading photos - as this thread shows, then suddenly

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Working full time December and January isn't helping the build as only having Saturday mornings.

Anyway - a little headway - Spun the engine on the starter to see what oil pressure - a healthy 75psi

oil pressure switch not illuminating the oil light though

Also the ign warning light not illuminating - so some investigation reqd.

Filled the cooling system with a 50/50 antifreeze mix - no obvious leaks

Decided to tidy the wiring by running it in black 32mm plastic waste pipe

Photos are on the facebook page

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Cheers Terry

Yes theory is known but had no time to check

Mick

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Yahoo....... it fires up and runs.

Car at Jools place.

It wouldn't work because I had too small a fuse in the injector, coil and lambda circuit. Replaced with next size up. Sounds nice too.

Edited by magpies on Saturday 21st December 00:08

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Coskev said:

The VVT as standard comes on at 5200rpm and stays on until the rev limiter,this reduces the peak power!
Hence why mine now goes off at 5800rpm. TB has been bored out,
open air filter,tubular exhaust manifolds,no cats and an EWP all add up to extra power from the engine,combined with no aircon pump or PAS pump.
Without any VVT in use it made 264bhp,we then experimented with VVT on and off points to get it where it is now.

Hi Cos
what is your TB bored out to? mine is a 75mm Alpha unit

Mine also runs an electric water pump with a TinyCWP controller.

Edited by magpies on Friday 20th December 18:12

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magpies said:

Boosted LS1 said:

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Does it look any nicer from above?

It should do when finished

see post below for the 'Before'

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magpies said:

Engine and box out of the Jaguar
All ally gearbox casing makes for a light unit.

does look messy and complicated

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phillpot said:

Looks a little cleaner and less complicated

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magpies said:

phillpot said:

Looks a little cleaner and less complicated

unfortunately the 90deg blue hoses do collapse with vacuum

now going to purchase aluminium ones - assuming somewhere is open in the next 10 days or so

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phillpot said:

Supercharger will sort that

That is something we have looked at, but decided to try normally aspirated first

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DamianS3 said:

I guess you don't have the alfa ones then ... good progress non the less cant wait to see the dyno graph

Damian S3

I borrowed a set of Alpha inlet pipes and could not get them to fit. (they are a bit small on the diameter mind you)

I do think my inlet may compromise power a little with the different tract lengths, hoping to sort that eventually

when Emerald update the ecu to run 2 lambdas, I have already installed bosses in each manifold.

Merry Christmas to every one

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The S has been on the rolling road and the headline figure 265 bhp, but with some minor issues. VVT not working giving a dip in torque curve in mid range. But overall I'm satisfied.