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

Grant Monkhouse · May 01, 2011, 11:19:57 AM

This keeps getting better and better!!

How much did you fork out for the clutch? I know a clutch company local that can take your current friction plate and make it into a ceramic one, they bite very strong and eat into flywheels fairly quickly over normal friction plates but for Â£95 you can\'t go wrong!

Jono FD3 · May 02, 2011, 12:51:36 AM

complete clutch kit was 260 deliverd

and all goint well I shall have it all bedded in and some 4th gear skids next weekend! LOL

Grant Monkhouse · May 02, 2011, 03:25:23 PM

Quote from: Jono FD3;759408complete clutch kit was 260 deliverd and all goint well I shall have it all bedded in and some 4th gear skids next weekend! LOL

very good indeed, amazing how cheap stuff can be got for, especially when you look at the price of stuff for an FD!!

when are you going to go the full hog and drop this beast so low that its knuckles will scrape the ground??

:D

Jono FD3 · May 02, 2011, 08:38:21 PM

lol, funny you should say that...... I measured it the other day and the cross member sits about 70mm off the floor and that was with out the engine in!! It\'s just cos it\'s got the 4x4 wheel arches for the big tyres it looks high, but the chassie is as low as I would like to take it as I don\'t want to end up beached on a pebble! LOL

Jono FD3 · May 08, 2011, 09:07:53 PM

Well, time for the final update till I get her on track with some vids (29th at pembrey)
Cross member is a lottle lower than it looks! LOL

that\'s a 2 pint milk carten on it\'s side by the way and without the weight of the engine!!!

engine going in.... but there is something wrong with this picture... the engine just want\'s to be gay wheel drive! LOL

And finaly fitted:

Next is to sort out the water injection this week then its away to go with more go!!
tied up a few loose ends today, got the powersteering back up and running, wired up the rest of the sensors for the wondergauge and everything seems to be working as it should.... at the mo! also finished the el-cheepo Water Injection and all is working by the looks of it, although we do have a dodgey relay, so got to sort that out tomorrow, then tuck her up till the ODC round at pembrey at the end of the month!

The workings of the WI, sensor, relay and injector:

And the water bottle for the WI

Jono

Grant Monkhouse · May 08, 2011, 09:46:14 PM

Holy crap you were kidding when you said it was low!!

Where exactly is the WI? Preturbo? And is it mounted on the first bend in that picture?

Hopefully you feel a difference in the midrange torque with the WI even if it is just a small amount.

Jono FD3 · May 08, 2011, 10:05:39 PM

Haha, yea, alot lower than it actualy loos from the outside! LOL
WI is preturbo and on the 90 degree bend pointing at the turbo...... basicaly some sites said to mount it as close as possible to the compressor wheel, and others said to mount a distance away, so I thought I\'d compramise! LOL The nozzle tip is about20cm away from the turbo, so should be all good.... I hope, eather that or it will be a rebuild alot sooner than I planned! LOL

Grant Monkhouse · May 08, 2011, 10:35:27 PM

Well this is a good way to learn about WI. I will putting WI on my rx4 but I want to stick a cheap turbo on a mini engine with a good ignition system and see how far I can take power levels with WI on it.

Theo my damage you may cause will be to the blades if your spray isn\'t fine enough. But you will discover that prety quickly

Speedworks · May 09, 2011, 08:31:34 AM

That\'s a Vauxhall C20NE engine, right?

Jono FD3 · May 09, 2011, 09:03:32 AM

yep matey, bang on

out of a Mk3 Cav!

Speedworks · May 09, 2011, 12:42:31 PM

Cool,Great thing about these engines is that the bottom end of the C20NE, C20XE and C20LET are thesame. Cilinder heads can be exchanged. Motormaounts are all thesame so plenty of upgrade choices

re japi · May 10, 2011, 03:46:45 AM

Correct me if im wrong, but you can change/swap internals too, lots of options... And its quite good engine too. (easy +200bhp) And thereÂ´s lots of options where you can find that engine. (calibra, astra, kadet, vectra, omega...)

Jono FD3 · May 10, 2011, 01:49:01 PM

yep, the pistons from the 20xe & let fit it along with rods, the XE pistons are forged aswell which is a bonus, but they need machining to drop the CR, so this will happen if a rebuild of the bottom end is needed or we melt a piston! prety sure the 16v head fits too, but you can get over 400bhp through the 8v unit, so it\'s going to stay! haha!

Jono FD3 · May 31, 2011, 11:17:00 PM

well, sad day... the truck engine is dead.... blew the hell out of it at the last event and didn\'t even have a chance to do my ODC run

so it\'s being pulled apart, all the turbo & Vauxhall parts are being sold (if anyone want\'s anything?) and going to drop a 3.5 V8 in to it running a big holly carb, tubular manifolds and a crane 286 cam through an SD1 gearbox for a reliable 200bhp!!

Jono

Grant Monkhouse · June 01, 2011, 01:10:28 AM

No way!!!!!!!! WTF happened???

I think you need to find a bigger v8 than that old boy. Find yourself a knackered old trans am. 400ci 6.5 litres, take all the emmissions and antismog off it and you have yourself 360hp really easy. And you could run open headers or even through some cherry bombs?! Lmao!!!

I got a complete running car for Â£500!!