RX4 BridgePort Turbo

Grant Monkhouse · May 18, 2012, 02:05:19 PM

Thanks for the encouragement people, hopefully my car will give others ideas on how to build there own car if they do in the future.

Most of the 13,000 views are from me checking the thread to see if anyone has posted on it

Casey · May 18, 2012, 02:33:14 PM

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;823701Most of the 13,000 views are from me checking the thread to see if anyone has posted on it

:Giggle:Giggle:Giggle

Mir · May 18, 2012, 02:55:35 PM

We love your car Grant

and I do check the progress time to time but I don\'t like to spam the thread so I keep everything to the minimal.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product mate

Mir

Dragun · May 18, 2012, 08:55:35 PM

Nice to see it coming along bud, a world away from when I last saw it locked up

can\'t wait to see it on the strip.

C J R · May 31, 2012, 12:13:23 PM

Grant,
Don\'t think we are not interested. I\'m like Malcolm, interested but cannot offer any direct advice.

Keep up the good work. At least I\'m local and can bob over for a view when its finished.

Chris

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 01:00:33 PM

Thanks for the kind words.

I currently haven\'t been able to anything on the car as I\'m working nights and have been doing for the last 2 months I think. I am just waiting on getting my turbo manifold modified so the turbo clear the LIM then I can get the 4" piping done. Then I will sort the radiator piping, then oil coolers.

Biggest job to do is making my custom front hubs for the FD brake discs I\'m using and make caliper mounting brackets. I have drawn up all the designs for these bits but just need to get to a lathe with my dad and make them.

I will get a picture up today of where I have mounted the CC rad, the positioning of it should see that I never get heat soak.

Currently I am also debating purchasing a Haltech ECU, Steve has go one but can\'t let it go unless someone buys the 20B seperate from him. But if I sell my apexi and data logging I will have most of the money for the Haltech. And work is currently giving me cash to spend on nice things. The reason for wanting a different ecu is that it comes with its own wiring harness, which means I\'m not using an old FD harness like I currently have, even though I have stripped it down and removed and repaired any broken wires. All I have to do with the Haltech is solder on the plugs I need, of which I may be able to get new ones instead of some of the ones I have on the look which are a bit brittoe.

steve garbutt · May 31, 2012, 02:46:46 PM

Just a bit more encouragement Grant, i visit this thread often as it makes me wanna get on with mine :Thumbsup!

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 03:39:39 PM

Quote from: steve garbutt;824924Just a bit more encouragement Grant, i visit this thread often as it makes me wanna get on with mine :Thumbsup!

cheers mate, i think im getting a little frustarted with the fact i have got to drive around a boring ford focus, i havent been in or driven a fast car for some time now and its really getting to me:Grrr:mad::reallymad:2Mad but once this car is done im sure i will be satisfied, if not i will turn the boost up!!:Giggle:eek

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 03:53:02 PM

right, so i went and took some pictures of the under car radiator for the charge cooler, i kind of stole this idea from a guy building an rx4 on ausrotary, but my design is better and his radiator is too big to cool the water temps down properly.

Basically a CC radiator doesnt see the same kind of temps that a normal engine radiator sees eg 90*C. A CC radiators water will be around 30-40*C so a thinner radiator is necesary to cool the water but a large volume of water in the overall system will keep the air temp passing through the CC nice and cool.

also from emailing the guys at PWR they have told me that if i were to build a header tank for the rad and fill it with dry ice or norml rice to cool the water to close to 0*C wich will give sub ambient air temps, which means more POWWWWAAAAHHH!!!

the water flow through the CC unit is in the opposite direction to the air flow, i cant remember why but this is what PWR say to do to gain best cooling results.

heres a few pics of where the rad is,

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 03:57:17 PM

i will be monting a large slime line fan or 2 small ones on the rad to cool the water when im stationary (read sat in the pits waiting to nail it up the 1/4 mile at pod) i have now realised how low my car is at the back at the moment, but this may be down to it only having the leef springs on there as i havent purchased new adjustable shockers. but still its low even with the 16" rear FD wheels.

steve garbutt · May 31, 2012, 03:58:14 PM

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;824935cheers mate, i think im getting a little frustarted with the fact i have got to drive around a boring ford focus, i havent been in or driven a fast car for some time now and its really getting to me:Grrr:mad::reallymad:2Mad but once this car is done im sure i will be satisfied, if not i will turn the boost up!!:Giggle:eek

Well with me having the RX7 the RX3 and the RX8 all being prepped all i had left was the ford ranger, so i purchased myself a Merc SL55 AMG to have a play in :Thumbs-up

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 04:04:47 PM

this is the kind of hoes i will be running through the inside of the car http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLEAR-BRAIDED-PVC-WATER-AIR-HOSE-PIPE-HEAVY-DUTY-/120878341878?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item61ce166a85 in the passenger side footwell front to rear, i am running it inside the car so it doesnt get damaged and i can keep an eye on the water colour for debris and if its frozen in the winter. I was going to use aluminium piping under the car but it maens using joiners and more clamps, with the braided hose i can do the flow and return in one piece with minimum clamps and joiners

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 04:06:40 PM

Quote from: steve garbutt;824941Well with me having the RX7 the RX3 and the RX8 all being prepped all i had left was the ford ranger, so i purchased myself a Merc SL55 AMG to have a play in :Thumbs-up

an RX8 too? your just greedy steve;) what are you having done too it?

steve garbutt · May 31, 2012, 04:29:16 PM

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;824944an RX8 too? your just greedy steve;) what are you having done too it?

Its just a stock blue RX8 that iv put some black paint on and stripped it for oulton and snetterton

Some good pads installed and removing tones of stuff should make for some fun i think

ill have to get some piccys up as its going to be a buget tracker, iv only got 5 hrs prep invested into it

Grant Monkhouse · May 31, 2012, 04:34:04 PM

oulton and snetterton, couldnt have picked 2 tracks further apart. lol.