Chronicles of a 13BT swap......

[captainbizzaro]

Moving forward, my swirlpot and S3 fuel pickup assembly arrived and I collected some 10bar fuel hose and fuel line clamps from my motor factors so when I\'m feeling like battling my fuel tank again I can get on with that.

My order from Polevolt arrived too so I\'ve been able to make the injector loom...



Also wiring related I got lucky at Atomicrex as Jon helped sift through the remains of Pete\'s car and find the two missing Microtech Molex plugs..

CAS...


Power...


So that has saved me $$$ as I thought i\'d have to resort to getting a new loom from Aus.

Finally, finished prepping the throttle body so it\'s now nice and simple...


Removed the unwanted butterflys and chemical metalled up the holes left in the shafts absence.


Still have to do a bit of fettling with this for airflow (thanks for the tip you know who you are!) and it can go on.

[Steve-A]

On my EGI when I did the throttle body, I also put chemical metal in the centre hole where the 2nd butterflies went and then smoothed off the steps near the upper butterflies and rounded off the casting that separates the 3 air flow paths.

Injector loom looks neater than any I\'ve ever built!

[captainbizzaro]

Yeah eventually I\'ll swap it for one completely machined out but I\'ll have a bit of a play with it today.

Thanks for the comment on the loom-heat shrink is your friend! Oh and so is the wifes hairdryer.

[captainbizzaro]

Finished off messing about with the TB...


Reassembled top end, with fuel rails etc all done...


Mounted trailing ignitor...

[captainbizzaro]

Intercooler is back with brackets in the right place, he\'s done a lovely job of it. Second picture shows how it will sit on the chassis rail but with a rubber isolation mount sandwiched between.

[CHC (RIP)]

Very nice job Tim and very neat - is it made from stainless or aluminium?

[captainbizzaro]

It\'s alloy Cliff.:cool

[captainbizzaro]

Bit more on the loom tonight-this time water temp, air temp and TPS...

[captainbizzaro]

Got the loom fitted and the top end back together, fuel lines engine end of proceedings done. Last few nights been finishing the plumbing apart from the top hose that is on order. Intercooler is now in and bolted down on rubber isolation mounts.


Bottom hose was a nightmare...

Coilpacks mounted...

So although it looks fairly similar to earlier pictures, stuff is actually bolted down and plumbed in now. List getting shorter.

[CHC (RIP)]

So much for all that space in the engine compartment - definitely been shoehorned in but coming on great Tim

[captainbizzaro]

If it wasn\'t for how ridiculous my intercooler is I\'d have a lot more room but never mind!

Tonight I got the oil cooler mounted-the cooler itself won\'t win any beauty contests but as long as it holds oil I\'ll be happy as these are proven.

[CHC (RIP)]

As you say Tim it doesn\'t have to win beauty prizes as long as it fits in and the functionality is there - spot on.

Now that you have fitted this it actually looks as if it was meant to be that way - it\'s just like the 2nd Gen radiator fitment.

[captainbizzaro]

Cheers Cliff-yeah that spot is made for it.:cool

[captainbizzaro]

Rest of carpet out...

Centre console removed for access to hole in tunnel for shifter-first pic shows difference in length of boxes. It is possible to shorten the selector mechanism allowing stick to come up in the right place but because of the driving position I prefer, I\'m opting for the tunnel trimming method.

And after some trimming..

Completed final part of loom-this being the ignition section for the coil packs and as it\'s going that direction, the relay trigger for the cooling fans that will be controlled by the engine management too...

Talking of fans, went scrapyard scouring and got these for £10-bargain considering they are complete with shroud, about the right size (bit of grinding needed) and they are decent Valeo units...

They are off a Seat Ibiza, new shape.
Finally, GReddy shiny bit to allow the IC piping to be ordered...

[captainbizzaro]

They fit.