Jono\'s drift project..... Truckin sideways

Jono FD3 · December 21, 2010, 06:22:45 PM

mmmm now there\'s an idea.... not sure if the RX will be running then as the engine is on borrowed time at the mo

so if she isn\'t well enough to make an apearance, then the truck will show it\'s ugly face! LOL

Jono FD3 · January 13, 2011, 08:35:44 PM

Slight update from today.... nothing to mega, but got some done! LOL
1st, we now have wipers that work and don\'t squeek like a .....!! retro fitted a wiper system from a Isuzu trooper 3.1

and also mounted up the inter cooler

suprisingly I had to take the bumper off.... which was suprisingly heavy!!

which made the front end look very naked! LOL

Drilled a few holes and mounted the cooler up.... it\'s on the wonk slightly as the inlet & outlet pipes didn\'t quite sit where I needed them to

Bumper hanging in place and makes it look almost like a truck again!

also swapped the headlight duct to the other side as that is where the intake for the turbo is going, and as a result there was a nice hole driverside for the Oil cooler to sit in the headlight recess!

Inner wheel arche modified for clearance on the IC pipes (lump hammer & scaf tube LOL)
bloted the IC back in with the pipes attached, Mounted up the Oil cooler properly so that is all set, just need to get the oil lines made up with a take off for the turbo feed. Then we started to put it all back together making it look like a truck again!

And plumbed in the fuel pressure reg:

Proceeded with the pipe work today and managed to get the IC all sorted & plumbed in along with the air flow meter and what not!! desided not to run a blow off valve as I kind of like the turbo chirp you get with out

Some pice:

Turbo still not in the correct place as I am waiting for the flange to arrive, but it\'s not a million miles away.... boost pipe all ste to IC:

Turbo is going to drop about 2" from where it is in the pics:

Air Flow meter plumbed in too..... bit of a bodge with the pipe coming from the IC to the AFM as it goes from a 50mm pipe to a 65mm pipe, so I improvised! LOL

Then we desided to cut the bumper to allow air flow to the IC and made a black mesh to make it look good!!

The desaster struck

we were drilling the holes for the cable ties to mount the mesh when the drill bit broke and went straight through the IC

I\'ve been given some quick steel to try and fix it, so I hope to god it holds as I realy can\'t be arsed to try and find another IC like this! LOL
next job is to get the flanges for the turbo & exhaust so we can mount the blower & make the boost pipes up, fit the oil drain to the sump & then the exhorst!
Also got to change the bottom ball joints on both drivers & passenger side as they are totaly shot...... then we are good to skid another season!

Jono

rx7boy · January 13, 2011, 09:11:46 PM

Awesome work, shame about the IC but hey hopefully all will be well !!

Jono FD3 · January 14, 2011, 03:50:10 PM

well, got the oil cooler lines & cooler all mounted up this morning.... all that is left to do on the oil side is to drill and tap the sandwedge plate to fit the turbo oil feed and weld a return to the sump..... then we can get the other bits sorted:
Exhaust system
fuel pressure
rad
water lines

Aso got some heat wrap for Â£5 off the bay so will be wraping the down pipe & manifold to protect the wireing for the engine, then we can turn the key and go for a skid! LOL

Oil lines all set for the sandwedge plate:

How the new stealthy front end looks:

Jono

batman · January 14, 2011, 07:11:28 PM

its like red neck meets a team its brilliant hahahaha go lads ps if you want some drift tyres i have a set here with your name on them 18" tho

Jono FD3 · January 17, 2011, 06:08:02 PM

IC repaired by me tonight

Jono FD3 · January 19, 2011, 07:28:59 PM

did a bit of propper welding today

Exhaust manifold finished & turbo fits a dream (although we might need a bulge in the bonnet to clear the actuator! LOL) down pipe finished, looks like it grew there and the sump has been moded aswel with the oil return welded in place!

Oil sandwich plate is having a fitting tapped in to it for the oil feed for the turbo, so hopefuly all we need to do now once these bits are fitted is the rad, little mod on the boost pipes and the water feed for the turbo!

Pics of todays work:

and under the truck it fits like a glove

and the oil return pipe welded to the sump

I\'m now in work on the tug boats for 2 weeks so thought I\'d bring something along to relieve the down time we get...... slight hick up with that as I did it the first morning on the water LOL so now I have nothing to do for the rest of the 2 weeks I\'m here!

Anyway, what I did today:

Shocking how little 10 meters of 50 mm covers isn\'t it!!

so they are all finished & set to go on the truck

rock on 2 weeks, then I can get realy stuck in to it & hopefuly get it all up and running for the first event at Pembrey on the 13 Feb!

J

Jono FD3 · February 23, 2011, 02:20:44 PM

Pics:
Removed the Idle air controle valve as it was unplugged & doing nothing..... left a nice position for the BOV!

Home made oil feed adapter for the turbo feed:

Oil line fitted & with plenty of length too!

1/2 the mid section sorted ( ran out of light to get a decent pic of the completed 3 meter beast! LOL )

Oil sandwich plate fitted with oil temp sensor and oil cooler lines:

Turbo oil drain all fitted and looking good

Water lines to the turbo all done along with a daws device so we can adjust the boost pressure when we feel brave

..... wires thrown ontop of the engine so looks a bit of a mess! LOL

intake system all done, boost pipes all done, exhaust all sorted & cleaned out, all new gaskets fitted, cooling fans fitted (just need to sort the wireing out for them) coolant filled (with anti freeze! LOL) so all we need is the oil feed fitting for the turbo then we can fire her up!

Pics of how it looks now:

Here she be on test day... the only issue we had was blowing off of boost pipes, so going to sort that today, then up the boost to 0.8 bar from the 0.5 we have at the mo! Anyway, here\'s a vid not too good I\'m afraid, but it goves you the idea... need to mount the camera further out from the truck so you have a referance to see how sideways it is! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_go369o9wU

Jono

Grant Monkhouse · February 23, 2011, 05:23:20 PM

tsch tsch tsch, gota love that BOV!:chat:Thumbs-up:Thumbs-up Get the camera mounted further back on the bed, should give some great angle shots.

Turn that boost up aswell.

How many tires are you going to go through now with more power?? hmmm lots more i hope.

Great work, looks loads of fun!

Will66 · February 23, 2011, 07:30:16 PM

Niiice, love the soundtrack and it goes sideways nicely too!

Jono FD3 · February 23, 2011, 08:20:16 PM

last event we did 7 tyres with no turbo, so I can\'t see it being any les than 10.... probably shred them alot faster this year too as there is a longer corner at the top which is about 40mph when your in the turn, but wheels will be doing about 70

Going to be making some camera mounts to fit on to the cage next week, so there will be lots of odd angle footage looking back in to the bed, over the roof at the bonnet, inside the cab and under the truck too

Jono

Grant Monkhouse · February 23, 2011, 09:40:37 PM

Underneath shots sound good, can see what going on with the axle then, if it\'s tramping or anything like that. And also how much smoke you can chuck out.

Grant Monkhouse · February 23, 2011, 09:49:26 PM

7 tyres? I take it there\'s more of left turns or more of rights then?

Jono FD3 · February 24, 2011, 01:08:19 PM

yea, it was an anti clockwise track and due to lack of power we couldn\'t swing it down the straights very well.... and now the track has been aulterd a little and with more power we should spin 2 out at a time

Jono

m1tch · February 24, 2011, 01:21:51 PM

This is what it should look like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMDCVKVjUc