Opinions on inlet manifold and fuel system

[MikeLMR]

excellent, have you seen the megasquirt ECU info ? they are cheap as ECU\'s go but just depends on your budget

//www.msefi.com

[MikeLMR]

right progress has been made

Fuel rail is on order from Aus (being made to suit)

I have a set of 48mm trumpets but they don\'t fit quite right so they are going back and some 50mm ones are on order with the fuel rail.

Flanges are going to the machine shop tommorow for some work

I have some 1 7/8" 10 Gauge Aluminium tubing which is a near perfect match to the GSXR T/B\'s

Fuel pressure reg is also here, a nice compact unit from Shy Auto ... thanks Clive and Co.

Heat shield material is also on order from Rally Design (1/6th the cost of Demon-Tweeks!) I\'m going to use the aluminised cloth edged with aluminium tape and pop riveted to a home made alluminium heat shield ... would use stainless as aluminium is a very good conductor of heat but its a pig to work with and I have aluminium \'in stock\'
Just need to work out what size it is once the flanges are back and I can mock it all up with the air filter.

Fuel pump is on its way ... an ebay special and total overkill for what I need - Bosch 0580 254 910

Also sorting out a vacuum fitting for the manifold, whatever its tapped is nearly the same major diameter as an M10 bolt but the pitch is finer. Looking through Machinerys Handbook therefor leads me to believe its a 1/8th BSP tapping .... about 75p from the local hydraulic place

Got to sort a fuel filter now, thinking about using a Mazda one as I can buy all my service bits from the same place still. A turbo II or third gen uses a pretty generic design so I\'ll hit up the parts dept. and see whats cheap

Got to redrill my airfilter back plate too.

No piccies yet as my camera is on charge (pretty boring stuff anyway) hopefully some more interesting updates next week !

[travellinbob]

Nice one Mike, look forward to the final progress reports when it is up and running.


p.s. you have pm.

[MikeLMR]

Thanks Michael ... my PM notifications have been hit and miss lately.

This is the latest toy for the Last Minute Rallying workshop (well it looks similar) It would have been helpfull in this project but its not in the garage and running yet.

[travellinbob]

Oooooh Mike, that is the mutz nutz! Bet the team will be happy with that one!

[MikeLMR]

we sure are pleased its a fair size too which means its a lot cheaper than the smaller bench sized ones.

Hopefully in the next year or so we can find a mill too.

*edit* dropped the flanges and pipe off at a mates workshop for machining ... top bloke, he\'s retired and building himself a half scale traction engine from scratch

*edit*

[MikeLMR]

Locked thread for a bit so I can post piccies. Normal service will be resumed shortly

The flanges have now been machined, got them done by a mate as a favour and he did a top job. Some eagle eyed people may spot that the tubes aren\'t quite round (10thou out !) I\'m planning on skimming them after welding.

Piccy 1

[MikeLMR]

2

Flanges for ram pipes, got some 50mm Dia x 50mm ones arriving from Aus soon

[MikeLMR]

Flipped over to show counter bore

[MikeLMR]

All together ... need to work on the spacing

[MikeLMR]

GSXR - DCOE conversion flange

[MikeLMR]

with manifold

[MikeLMR]

another view ... looking a little more complete but lots still to do !

[MikeLMR]

last one

[Wav]

Looking good mike:cool, think you\'ll have it done for the rolling road day on the 5th March?:bandit

Kepp us upto date like I know you will:D

Cheers,

Paul