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Nice sums that little lot up quite well. :)

Had a nice poke round the force racing stand on sunday, and there is no question where my crank and rods will be going when the time comes.

about time

Not more poopy yellow paint! lol

Looking good though

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

good stuff brett wont be long now mate
managed to speak to carl- tom on sun at bingley
really top blokes sending him block and set of rods to do his thing on
keep up the progress fella

day 3 of the 3 week holiday, megasquirt is built and i enjoyed every second of it, extremely well layed out kit, but im sure we all know that by now, an order gone in with jean for the injector/ignition board and a couple spares
i built it up entirely, but some of that is coming back out now i have done alot more research and know exactly what i want left in, note the injection stuff is staying

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Looks a tidy job, well done.

That is something that I've never done. Sturgeo has done our last couple.

Are you going to leave in the hall/opto input circuits for the cam sensor?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Brett,

Very neat soldering.

I won't repeat what I think you already know that 1/2 of it isn't required if you use Jean's driver boards.......
BUT - make sure you physically remove the minimum amount of components listed on Jean's website or you will create a 12V to 5V link and destroy the CPU if you set it up in 2 channel mode.

What's the yellow wire (top middle/right) for ?

Sorry, being far too negative......

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

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one more welding job out the way

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busy busy

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well today after i managed to get some energy together i started on the manifold, intentionally this was going to be a full manifold finnished off and running and then remade in stainless but after realising the old tubes i had ( an old lcb) was actually 3 different diameters i have decided to call it a day on this one.
My longest 'runner' if thats the right word id almost half in more in diameter :(
first of all i am not going down the equal length runner route for 2 or 3 reasons although i have absolutely bags of room it seems there may be a v3 mani
anyway here are a couple of the the pics

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looks a good start. I have an old lcb if you want more tubing

hmm what diameter is it andy? dunno if its worth just pikie-ing up this till its finnished

i think on my next manifold will tuck the runner from cylinder 1 up higher, there is alot more room under the inlet manifold than i first thought.

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It's 2.5" all over apart from the branches of the Y which are 2.4".I've chopped one side of the Y of for my mock up.

2.5 inch? u sure?

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1.5" Need to do measuring before drinking beer...

well after calling a few favours, and to save time and money the GT20 has gone down the back of the block, tbh im surprised how easy it was apart from a couple pissed up manifold studs the job is a beauty, downpipe went well, just a dump tube to make now

its 2.25 to just above the pot joint then 2 inch for the second bend

[edit] its actually a deformed 3 inch bend for the first bend down

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I think that might blow a bit...

downpipe is done

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the clearance on the pot joint, well its tight
and the turbo hit the bulkheadbox and a big hammer did not sort it

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half a section of pipe sorted the clearance on the turbo compressor
a cheeky oil return pipe made from an oil pick up pipe

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all it needs now is 10 mins with a die grinder and one weld dressing back
i did have 2 inch ground clearance i now have 1 and 3/4 inch

and i think the best bit the whole lot can be fitted and removed without moving the engine

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Not long until the first fire up then??
That downpipe looks the nuts mate

2012 Avon class c 2nd place 13.8 @98mph

fit the rad and buy an oil feed pipe for the gt20 then it can turn over :)

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