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6th Aug, 2012 at 09:32:42pm

On 6th Aug, 2012 robert said:

On 4th Aug, 2012 matty said:
Nice work Colin. Another 16v for group D2 next year! *happy*

fixed that for you matt *happy*

lets not start that little debate again. Anyway, where would that put Nic these days?

On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be...
So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'...

On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........

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uranus

7th Aug, 2012 at 05:36:26am

you lost me colin *smiley*

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

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Preston On The Brook

16th Aug, 2012 at 08:19:08pm

Home!!!

On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........

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16th Aug, 2012 at 08:36:35pm

Looks cool dude!

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Doncaster, yorkshire

16th Aug, 2012 at 08:41:52pm

Clooks awesome, even the two tone subframe... Lol

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 15th Mar, 2012 wil_h said:

Yes, Carl says he gets requests for rimming all the time

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble *wink*

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Chester

16th Aug, 2012 at 08:47:09pm

Bling ... Colin did you train as a gynaecologist?

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

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16th Aug, 2012 at 08:59:20pm

Looks great Colin :)

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Worral Sheffield

16th Aug, 2012 at 09:50:53pm

looks very nice mate, with your water feed to the turbo is there there anything to encourage curculation? I was planning to take the hot side back up to the stat houseing hoping the hot water will go up. yours looks much neater but is there something I am missing?

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16th Aug, 2012 at 10:03:03pm

The turbo core is canted slightly towards the hot side. Cool water from the block rises up to the turbo water jacket inlet which is lower than the outlet. Th eoutlet is connected directly to the rad header tank. During engine shutdown and heat soak, the water in the turbo core gets heated. Hot water rises, heat travels from hot to cold, the rad is the coldest part of the system. This creates a thermo syphon as the hot water travels towards the rad, it draws cooler water from the block. That is how it works on the Saab. No need to complicate things installing pumps. I intend to install a delay off relay on the electric fan, that is energised on key off, to help kool the turbo during initial heat soak

On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........

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16th Aug, 2012 at 10:10:14pm

yea I intend to have a similar set up, not planned any fans yet, it was the two hoses on the back of the block that confused me...

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Preston On The Brook

16th Aug, 2012 at 10:12:07pm

On 16th Aug, 2012 maccamcvey said:
yea I intend to have a similar set up, not planned any fans yet, it was the two hoses on the back of the block that confused me...

Those are oil drains from the head *wink*

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Yep I agree with TD........

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Worral Sheffield

16th Aug, 2012 at 10:33:16pm

arrrr it all comes clear now... ish *wink*

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Somewhere around Swindon

22nd Dec, 2012 at 05:54:20pm

Colin where does the drain from the turbo go?

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Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead !

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Preston On The Brook

23rd Dec, 2012 at 06:20:19pm

It goes into one of the holes I drilled in the tappet chest in the same manor as the head drains. I did think about putting it in somewhere lower down, but it was too far from the turbo in my opinion

On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........

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24th Dec, 2012 at 05:34:50am

The car looks good

On 16th Aug, 2012 Sprocket said:
The turbo core is canted slightly towards the hot side. Cool water from the block rises up to the turbo water jacket inlet which is lower than the outlet. Th eoutlet is connected directly to the rad header tank. During engine shutdown and heat soak, the water in the turbo core gets heated. Hot water rises, heat travels from hot to cold, the rad is the coldest part of the system. This creates a thermo syphon as the hot water travels towards the rad, it draws cooler water from the block. That is how it works on the Saab. No need to complicate things installing pumps. I intend to install a delay off relay on the electric fan, that is energised on key off, to help kool the turbo during initial heat soak

That is freaking ingenious! I had never thought of applying that to a car

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Preston On The Brook

2nd Mar, 2013 at 07:56:52pm

OK so it has been a while, but things have been progressing, maybe not as fast as I'd have liked, but its slowly coming together. At least doing it this way I am totally concentrating on the jobs in hand rather than rushing it through and not bothering with some stuff just to get it on the road. I am pleased at how well its all going back together, thats mainly down to all the preperation, thought and 'design' over the last three years.

So here is the story so far picking up where i left off the last time.

Cleaning up and painting the engine bay. We were running out of time when we painted the body, so I said just leave the engine bay and I'll do it at a later date. Notice the hole in the inner wing for the intercooler *wink*

The new choke control. also known as 'boost control' *happy*

The engine in its home at ong last

Excellent bonnet and grille fit/ alignment :)

Not far off looking complete

Downpipe. The original idea as can be seen here was to have the downpipe in two pieces with a slip joint behind the engine, but after fitting it to the car, and seeing how much space i still had left behind the subframe, i reckoned i could get it in and out in one piece, so after a tried and succeeded, i bust out the welder and welded up that slip joint *happy*

ECU and engine wiring including the charging and power distribution circuits

Tunnel heat shield with added fibreglass over the Catalytic converter

Exhaust construction. some might recognise the back box, it was Benny's. Ive added an 18" mid section silencer and a 200 cell sports cat. Should be nice and quiet *happy*