Some goodies arrived today!!

nice! what heat exchanger did you get? Does your car have air con?

The car does have air con. We will be using the stock IC as the HE, running the existing water spray for it. We will also be running the water injection.

The stock IC is similar core size/volume as the HE for the 350hp kit, plus has end tanks for larger water capacity.

Didn't really want to go for front mount (it would be more ideal) due to the extra stuffing around trying to fit it all. Will see how this setup performs, can always try something different if its no good, but I believe it should work good for the power level we will have.

Cheers

Pulled the gearbox off on the weekend to check clutch. the starter was absolutely seized up in the bell housing. if the motor was in the car, i doubt it would be possible to remove it.

clutch looks fine with good meat left on it, so put it back in. i found a sophisticated clutch alignment tool looking through bits and pieces in the garage.

its a ....... ikea bathroom bench leg!! perfect fit!!



will mount the gearbox back on the motor then install in the car. need to fabricate some bits for the w2a IC. cant do too much with the motor out of the car as i need to make sure i clear the cross brace.

cheers

loving the sophisticated alignement tool.

Awesome ride mate, I wish I had that sort of set up to do my engine conversion.

How long till its all running again?

Cheers

Almost all of the stuff is makeshift created to get it done. Simple, sometimes crude, but it works, just like the high tech ikea clutch aligning tool!!

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How long till its all running again?

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hopefully during the christmas break, but depends on a few things, like if i have to work on the weekends. damn reality...

cheers

Well I was partially right in my post above, got it finally running during the Christmas break, just not that particular break....
 
Its been a long time between drinks but the beast is finally on the road.  Got it fired up a few days ago, a few niggling things to sort out but its going great!!
 
Will update thread in due course with info.  For now its running the stock IC, the Apexi intake and exhaust and the ebay SARD copy dump pipe/cat.  Its only running 0.6bar for some reason, but feels very strong, should be a real blast when the boost is sorted.
 
What a ripper Christmas present!!!!  Very happy!!!!
 
Cheers

Wow, that's a break and a half!
You must be stoked to be back in it, enjoy!