Sunny weekend means i got to start the 12a to 13bt swap

[RamoNZ]

Warning loads of RX pics!! :cool

Summer (Spring but close enough!) is here and taking a break from chasing birds and alcohol induced comas I thought it only right to pull the old girl from the garage and crack on. Riding shotgun in NEV also whet my appetitie to get this project underway.

Last couple of weekends have been fairly productive:

Driveshaft done and in, I got mine done at the same time as Tims - comapny in Middlesex London did a pretty good jod for a reasonable price.
Nyloc nuts and spring washers to be on the safe side.



Gearbox mount finished - ended up using the S3 mount and modifying it to fit. This is solid in anticipation of the expected power output.



3" Dump from the turbo fitted:

3" Turbo downpipe done:



Its fairly long so that is about a 3rd of the exhaust done.



Fitted up the external wastegate, its about 46mm and vents to the atmosphere - known as a \'screamer\' pipe. Fairly anti social, but we will see how it goes before deciding to plumb it in or not.

Wastegate done:

46mm SIGMA with obligatory screamer pipe:





Power steering pump bolted on, belt tensioned and plumbed into rack. Intercooler pipes will slide right past near the suspension turret.
Power steering done:





Oil cooler fitted and clamped properly. 2 inch exhaust clamps off the front brace bar and an angled bracket - similar to Timbo\'s.





Intercooler done: Braced off the top and and also the bottom by using more exhaust clamps.





Working out the intercooler pipes:

Now that the intercooler is in a fixed posi, I can work out the pipes:





Car has been without any form of steering since i dropped the FC subframe in, today was a good opportunity to finish this off. I took my time on this as the last thing I would want is to not have the abilty to steer whilst driving :Nono!



Looks like any other FB dash, but to me - this photo represents the final hurdle in the FC front subframe conversion - after this, its all plain sailing  


Exhaust was pretty close to the inlet manifold, so a dose of thermal wrap was in order. Good for 1100c or so they reckon - lets see...





I also got an adaptor to mate the FD UIM to the FC LIM so this is the next thing to tackle, not a straight swap, but this picture shows what it will look like - I prefer the cleaner look of the FD upper.





It also means that rather than running 8x550cc injectors, I will be running 4x1000cc injectors



Lastly, one little \'in progress\' shot!


Still a few bits to go, but getting very close :3gears-lh

[David Nock (RIP)]

Great Stuff; a lot of engineering gone into that Ramon.

As you say, getting very close now.

Dave

[Ian65]

This car\'s going to be one mean son of a b**tch!
That turbo looks about 3 times the size of mine.
Great work

[myatt1972]

Fantastic work, that car will be so much fun.
You got more faith than me in jubilee clips though, those oil cooler lines would worry me.
Keith.

[RamoNZ]

Turbo has an almost identical spec to the Garret GT3782 in terms of compressor inducer/exducer, turbine wheel and and exhaust housing A/R
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/catelog/Turbochargers/GT37/GT3782_452159_3.htm

No dyno queen numbers here - just very snappy response and enough push for the little 1000 odd kilo shoebox

[shaunwil]

Don\'t worry too much Matt about the cooler lines. My FB has run with that kind of clip for the past 2+ yrs without any issues.

Shaun