Pinky's build thread
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looks really good.... im watching carefully, im also doing this, im about as far along as you are making pulleys etc, and ive got my cambelt all on and running, but now seem to have stalled for about the past 10 months due to lack of time......

looking forward to seeing your progress, it may inspire me!!

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

Bought some ali plate and did some good old drilling and filling.

Im surprise how nicely it turned out and its so much lighter that the std steel one.
It was then fitted to the mock up engine and the bottom pulley was installed and the holes marked for the oil seal holder. No pic as i was to busy concentrating, sorry.


Im thinking of changing the counter sunk holes to counter bored, that was each holder will have a slight amount of play and will allow the oil seals to centralise on there respective runners and hopefully reduce the chance of oil leaks.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

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

of course we do..

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

And I hope that you wont prove wrong too....

Well picked up this little thing today.......

Cheers Wolfie !

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Would anybody hazard a guess at which one it is ? First person to get it right gets a 100 scene points !

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

It's a GT17???

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

GT 154? off a diesel ?

Rusty by nature

I'm with Rodderick

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=342909

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

I tried earlier, but my searching skills where not quite up to it this morning...

Hmm, whats that off? rather different to our 2056.

Welldone Rod ! I'm not sure which car its off of but I do quite like the funky snorkel on the comp side !

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

looking a good build, i have a similar problem with the head bolts, so just deciding what to do.
On you head you have three small water holes that need welding, otherwise it will not be a complete dry deck, i missed these and had to have them done.

Cheers philc, I did notice that they havent been welded. Ill sort it out at some other stage.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Tiny update.
Top plate has oil seal holes in it now.

Waiting for my crank damper to arrive from the UK and then the final balancing can be done, once thats sorted I can check if my plates and pullies fitand line up.......

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Another small update.

Jackshaft oil seal holder with its o-ring in place.



And then I had a play with the macro setting on the camera



One of the valve covers bobins with its o-ring.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Took the top plate to a friends place to cut out on his bandsaw.......

Dont think the bandsaw is going to be the same ever again.

Next was to sort out a timing belt, which proved rather difficult as I measured it incorrectly but a quik search on the net provided me with the correct number of teeth. So....

All the pulleys line up except the crank pulley which needs some shiming but I did expect that.
The next step is to get a mock-up engine and gearbox in the car so I can start working out where the plenum, intercooler, exhaust manifold and turbo will go.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Well late last night i got the mock-up engine and gearbox in the car.


The car is still super dirty but I really wanted to see what it looked like.



Not much space for the turbo. Im going to mount the turbo facing up, similar to Joe's 7 port and the Don.

Apart form that Ive started to realise that there is very little space to play with but Ill get more stuck in this evening. Maybe give it a wash......

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

you need to brake out the T-cut

Cheers Andy. The car has been standing for about four years so its alittle dusty.

Anyway here is my first attemp at a CAD version of the plenum. Looks cool but its ti high and will need a massive bulge in the bonnet.


So I moved on to the exhaust mani and the positioning of the turbo.







Like it was made to fit.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

looking good;

I approve of this thread!! Nice work guy!

I like the sound of a narrow six!