Engine bay tidying
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mfp4073 said:
Where did you get the radiator hoses from, and are you replacing the heater hoses at the same time. Looking good though 
Just from rockauto, they're standard AC Delco jobbies. The rubber is weirdly chalky finished but I expect will clean up alright. I'm yet to decide what to do with the heater hoses, they're definitely ugly and as they have a habit of rubbing on the cylinder head I'll be pondering how to route them better if I made some fresh ones up that will also keep them a little more 'tidy' looking, as I don't have the ABS bracket and module there to hide them under!
There's also the matter of where to mount the coilpacks that looks 'neat'. I've seen people mount them underneath the headers but that seems a bit sketchy temperature wise, but Craig at DynoTorque has done it and he doesn't bodge things or leave them compromised so...
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Just from rockauto, they're standard AC Delco jobbies. The rubber is weirdly chalky finished but I expect will clean up alright.
I'm yet to decide what to do with the heater hoses, they're definitely ugly and as they have a habit of rubbing on the cylinder head I'll be pondering how to route them better if I made some fresh ones up that will also keep them a little more 'tidy' looking, as I don't have the ABS bracket and module there to hide them under.
OK thanks
Just from rockauto, they're standard AC Delco jobbies. The rubber is weirdly chalky finished but I expect will clean up alright.
I'm yet to decide what to do with the heater hoses, they're definitely ugly and as they have a habit of rubbing on the cylinder head I'll be pondering how to route them better if I made some fresh ones up that will also keep them a little more 'tidy' looking, as I don't have the ABS bracket and module there to hide them under.
OK thanks
Well whadduya know, I popped the intake manifold on and now that the fuel hard line and associated clip is gone, brake line is gone, brake vacuum boost hose gone, there's actually quite a lot of room behind the manifold against the firewall... Room enough perhaps for... 8 coilpacks 
That or I've got the motor slightly too far forward on the engine mounts, which is eminently plausible as the gearbox isn't there to properly locate it
Looks good anyway, must finish engine bay stuff and get on with actually finishing the top end!
That or I've got the motor slightly too far forward on the engine mounts, which is eminently plausible as the gearbox isn't there to properly locate it
Looks good anyway, must finish engine bay stuff and get on with actually finishing the top end!
Master cylinder lines are in, power steering lines in etc. basically complete in there aside from the motor and associated engine wiring, which I'll tidy up at some point.
All the brake lines / PS lines run along the chassis rail on top of each other in a stack of clamps, has worked well, the clamps look like this, just with a longer bolt.
All the brake lines / PS lines run along the chassis rail on top of each other in a stack of clamps, has worked well, the clamps look like this, just with a longer bolt.
SturdyHSV said:
Bit of a motivation dip for a few months, progress slowly beginning again, it's 'in' now at least...
It's not a stock manifold, it's a Tony Mamo ported FAST (and ported throttle body) that he has removed the FAST logo from and tidied to make it look stock
Amazing work James, looking forward to seeing it in the summer. It's not a stock manifold, it's a Tony Mamo ported FAST (and ported throttle body) that he has removed the FAST logo from and tidied to make it look stock
Richie Slow said:
Amazing work James, looking forward to seeing it in the summer.
Cheers Richie, me too hopefully Not 100% my wiring has been up to scratch but we shall see...Janosh said:
Looks amazing, almost a shame to spoil the cleanliness with the 78mm turbos…! 
Pah, I don't want those nasty noise suppressors on there 
It's also about 11.7:1 static compression and top rings are gapped to 0.018" so I don't fancy shoving much boost up it!Christmas present to myself (the radiator was a present for the car, honest) is a set of Quickjacks which will hopefully be on their way soon. Will lift the car to about 21 inches off the floor in 30 seconds
Jacking it up in the garage is a real faff and I need to get under it for various bits now, so they'll lift it higher than my jackstands could even reach and should be less sketchy than jacking each corner up in turn whilst pressed against the wall in the garage. £1100 well spent hopefully as they'll make jobs on the other cars much easier / quicker too, I've always disliked jacking cars up even after all these years
ringram said:
Heads look nice dude. Im guessing a decent cam as well!?
Do you think the OTR is restricting it at all? Whats MAP at WOT vs BARRO?
Good to see you post again mate!Do you think the OTR is restricting it at all? Whats MAP at WOT vs BARRO?
Dyno is booked for 14th May for running in and tuning, ( it's stroked to a 402 ) so will see then, I am a little suspicious it might do, the X-Air looks a bigger filter area and is a decent price so that'd be my next step if it looks like I'm not getting all the MAP at WOT
Cam is fairly spicey, 237/242 on a 113+2, lift around the 650s. Heads are a 235cc cathedral that flows about 350CFM at that sort of lift, all been hand finished as well, including the throttle body and intake manifold, the combustion chambers and the ports were a work of art.
Johnson short travel lifters (the ST2126LSRs), yella terra ultralites, 1.8 ratio with larger 10mm mounting hardware, shimmed to give a nice tight central sweep on the valve tip, and measured all the pushrods individually to get lifter preload right, ended up with 6 different lengths of pushrod once the lengths were grouped sensibly
naturally double valvesprings with Ti retainers. It's a fairly proper NA build anyway, 11.6:1 though so haven't gone insane on the compression!
I've got a build thread over in readers cars with lots of pics / details too
Allegedly the old stroker issues of them eating the skirts have been resolved in the last few years with better piston design, I chamfered the bottom of the liners a tiny bit too (in hindsight, maybe too little, we'll see!) just to try and help longevity.
Picking up a pair of tbe Holley 2 piece valve covers today to put on to finish it off visually as well
Very nice, that cam and overlap will drop dynamic compression in any case.
I went with a large cone filter to address the MAP at WOT issue. Didnt look as good, but the filter flow numbers were way higher.
Maybe one of my old threads covered it. But work out the filter area between the options.
Certainly an awsome build. I saw the startup video! Porn!
Should scare many FI setups...
I went with a large cone filter to address the MAP at WOT issue. Didnt look as good, but the filter flow numbers were way higher.
Maybe one of my old threads covered it. But work out the filter area between the options.
Certainly an awsome build. I saw the startup video! Porn!
Should scare many FI setups...
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