NA engine build...

[marc GT Turbo]

my tax is up as well ! i need mine on the road though. if you have the option , i would taker her off road until next year. keeps the miles down and it will be a thrill to use her next year

[Dale_V]

Well the car is SORN and has been for a month, I went to the USA last month and picked up a few cheap goodies, an apexi auto timer and some ARP head studs

The Head studs were installed last week, which was a job that i didnt like doing just because its boring so I once it comes back on the road after winter i may up the nitrous a little more and see how that goes

The apexi auto timer is a great bit of kit, its not bulky like most timers and has some great features

[Leon.]

I'm a bit late to the party Dale but wow, fantastic work mate, I admire you're balls... I mean doing it all yourself

Look forward to seeing it one day

[Dale_V]

cheers leeroy.

A few bits have been tweaked over the past month, so a little update

Fitted an apexi Auto timer, ARP head studs and put a neat bracket to hold the maximiser in the glovebox



I also decided to adjust the layout of my pulsoids to avoid fuel dropout from the length of the pipes from the pulsoids to distribution block, So I fabricated another bracket and mounted them onto the the strut brace. This gives me less than half the length of original nos and fuel pipework to the distribution block




I had to buy a new boot carpet seeing as though I moved the pulsoids, so its just the bottle in the boot now...


To give me a bit more cooling, I cut the rain tray to pieces to let the 2 vents from the turbo engine lid to show in full.


And the exhaust is currently being changed, its just too damn loud, so it wont look like this for much longer

[craig]

Wanna modify that exhaust back to fit my turbo? And I'll swap you my Apexi and let you modify that to fit your NA

Top work Dale, car looks mint

[Dale_V]

i would need another flexi to get it back to turbo form, its not worth doing lol

cheers for the comments

[craig]

no probs then me ole' mukka

[BiGWiLlYsTyLe]

I would have that exhaust to fit my N/A if i had the money!
If sex was and exhaust it would be yours

Will

[Dale_V]

a little update.

I now have a new exhaust...its my old exhaust. I took the xs/motoria off as it was too loud, and decided to use my old exhaust which sounded subtle but purposeful.

However its been altered slightly, the exhaust was designed with 1.5" mild steel pipework from the flexi to the backbox, so out came the grinder and I cut it all out. I then fabricated new pipework from 2.5" stainless steel so it will definatly flow better and last alot longer from the elements

[BiGWiLlYsTyLe]

Good job mate,looking forward to seeing it.How much BHP can you get using the nitrous??

[Dale_V]

Good job mate,looking forward to seeing it.How much BHP can you get using the nitrous??

cheers mate. The amount of nos you can add in theory is as much as the engine will take. I will go upto an 150 shot, other people have gone that far on unmodded 3SGE's and its held together

[BiGWiLlYsTyLe]

Sounds good,think it would take alot of bottle to go any further!I wouldn't have the cojones to exceed that incase the engine couldnt handle it!

Whats next for your car bud?

[Dale_V]

Sounds good,think it would take alot of bottle to go any further!I wouldn't have the cojones to exceed that incase the engine couldnt handle it!

Whats next for your car bud?

The nitrous on my NA is progressively controlled, so it can be programmed to spray nitrous more safely and smoother that a one fix hit. For example I can have the nitrous to start at say 40 shot and progressively build upto 150 shot after 3 or so seconds!

The next plans are to fit an innovate wideband kit so I can see what the air/fuel ratio is upto, and also tax it so I can use the damn thing

[BiGWiLlYsTyLe]

That sounds a bit confusing to me but then again most things do about cars,i can tell you everything you need to know about anti-bodies or the body(Because of my Job) but have no clue with cars

Yeah bet your looking forward to using it especially in the Summer

[Dale_V]

Yeah bet your looking forward to using it especially in the Summer

cant wait buddy!

[Sweete]

Only just read this thread and hats off to you Dale, That is some seriously good work there looks amazing. You must really know your stuff would love to have the know how to do that to my N/A.

[Mike 'MR2' McHugh]

Dale that is absolutely mint !! Wouldnt mind having a look at your handy work in person. You doing the WRA ?

[Dale_V]

Sweete - cheers mate

Dale that is absolutely mint !! Wouldnt mind having a look at your handy work in person. You doing the WRA ?

ta Mike, ive not looked at any event dates as of yet, but im planning on having it on the road by march/april when the weather warms up, then I will try and get to as many meets/events as possible! Its been a few years since the car went to an event, so ive got making up to do

[Mike 'MR2' McHugh]

Sweete - cheers mate

Dale that is absolutely mint !! Wouldnt mind having a look at your handy work in person. You doing the WRA ?

ta Mike, ive not looked at any event dates as of yet, but im planning on having it on the road by march/april when the weather warms up, then I will try and get to as many meets/events as possible! Its been a few years since the car went to an event, so ive got making up to do

Cool mate, you should come to a Coventry meet again, get criag to come, it will be like a reunion lol.....Hey im picking my car up today, PM your phone number and il call you regarding the engine.

[Munnsy]

good work dale

Nice to see it all come together mate, top job

dave