Ricco\'s Ride

[Ricco_04]

Phew, what a day. :rolleyes:

Long story short all above issues are sorted and I now have an MOT! :wiggle :yes

Would just like to say thanks to Andy (aka Chopper) for helping me out over the phone for my idle issue (and keeping me that little bit calmer! :Giggle)  Also thanks for you guys for the help and keeping me going :Thumbs-up

So I can relax for the rest of the day - I am seriously doing nothing more except to go meet a friend for a drink later :cheers

I do have issues left such as put scilenced center back on but the only other one is that I am getting a large amount of localised boiling around the turbos.  I have purpousley given the car no stick (0.12 peak boost on commander) and water levels are fine so just worried about that now.

Rad gets hot, thermostat is good and fans cut in just right so am a little confused! :3Confused

Almost done! :yes

[logicalChimp]

Hmm - time for some armchair speculation?

Are you using water-cooled turbos?  (if not, the following is probably completely irrelevant )

locallised boiling would imply either insufficient pressure or insufficient flow, right? (and theyre sorta related)

The radiator getting hot etc shows you do have some flow, but if you have a restriction somewhere it might be slowing it down enough for the turbos to start cooking...

Alternatively, where are the turbos plumbed in - if they are being fed water straight from the engine block, then it may already be close to boiling.  

On a different scale, i\'ve seen/read about similar probs with water cooling in PCs - when the water cooler is used for both CPU and top-end graphics, one or the other gets fed hot water, and doesn\'t get sufficient cooling - the usual fix is to add an extra radiator between the two hot parts, or to use a split loop system

perhaps if you split the water pipe in two after the pump - one to feed the engine, the other to feed the turbo - recombine the two flows just before the radiator?  might be tricky to ensure appropriate flow levels (e.g. might need 2:1 split between engine and turbo, or something)

p.s. Congrats on getting the car ready - just don\'t touch it between now and saturday

[Ricco_04]

lol thanks mate - best not to touch it, agreed!

Armchair speculation is good, more brains together the better! :cool

Makes sence what you are saying, agreed.  Confuses me though as  I am running the exact same setup as before and I didnt have these issues then! :confused:

[logicalChimp]

hmmm - that would imply then that there is a flow restriction of some sort - you may be getting enough hot water to the rad to keep it hot, but maybe not flowing enough to get the heat away from the turbos in time...

I take it you have checked for kinked / twisted pipes etc?

[Ricco_04]

Agreed

I have checked and couldnt find any.  Will double check in a bit to make sure.  I have also to jack the car up again anyway so I will get underneath for a different angle too!

Fingers crossed I missed one

[Ricco_04]

Updated for new pictures  

Just thinking that a few days before rotorstock, the car had no MOT and looked like this........!



Made Rotorstock in the end and I loved it!  Few pictures of it nearly complete for what parts I currently have for it.....

[karl_tate]

sweet where are they engine bay pics?? :p

[rextreme]

That came out very nice indeed!

Looks awesome.

Great you don\'t have mental ride height either.

Smooth.

Russ

[C J R]

Ricco,
Saw your car at Rotostock, very nice.
 
Who made or supplied the lower carbon lip to the front spoiler ?
 
Thanks
Chris

[logicalChimp]

Yup - car looked very nice indeed...  \'especially with those retro-style wing mirrors (which were truly on the wings! )

one question tho - how do you find those mirrors, in comparison to standard FD mirrors?  do they have the same field of view, etc?  do you have to squint to see stuff (esp. bikers etc) in them?

[Ricco_04]

Thanks guys, appreaciate the comments  :cheers

Engine bay shot, you telling me the one with nothing in is no good? :Laugh  Good point, I just been through my photo\'s and cant find any!  I will put some up.  I have tried to tone the bay down and almost like a stock but uprated feel.  There where a few things which could have been polished or powdercoated but they are satin black now

Carbon undersweep is ReAmemiya, brought through Newera  I also have the canards which I desperately  wanted to fit before Rotorstock but can\'t for the moment

Thanks Russ  I should be seeing yours/macers in the flesh soon, looking forward to seeing that :cool

Yeah the mirrors are actually not too bad, can see quite well and they are electric too (but I would be kidding to say they where as good as the stock ones as they are smaller)  Dont have to squint as I have a perscription windscreen :rollin

It\'s a well poor photo but played on the way to Rotorstock, not so bad view :chat

[pdtaylor18]

Your car looks fabulous and its a look that is different and so tastefully done.  You must have worked your backside off to get that all done in time for RS, well done though because out of all the FD\'s yours got my attention, think the mirrors made me have a closer look.

[Ricco_04]

Thanks Pete, very nice of you to say

I tried to pick you out at Rotorstock to say thank you for the items you sent me, was never quite sure or brave to ask! :o :spank

[pdtaylor18]

hey I\'m very approachable mate and next time I am going to Tenbury Wells I will make sure I pop in on the way.  Trouble is with RS5 everyone has there own agendas watching the strip.......keeping dry!!......or just socialising somewhere.  Are you doingthe London Run? not looked properly at the list.

[Ricco_04]

Yeah no worries - afraid im not going on the London run :wiggle