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

[Archbish]

12At cover - Nice!!  ((is it a bad reflection that I\'m really impressed by that?? *sigh*))
T04s - love it.  it\'s all quite hectic when it comes on song, and it\'s got the car up to 140mph on a private road, keeping up happily with a porsche caymen & Vauxhall VXR8.  Manifold bought from a guy on Ausrotary who stocks them - called Steve.  Very impressed with the quality of it.

[captainbizzaro]

I\'ve heard about this Steve bloke do you still have an email address for him? If you don\'t mind me asking-how much did the manifold set you back?

I\'d have said it\'s a good reflection on you being impressed by that although not something to bring up when at a dinner party with the wife!

[Archbish]

the guy seems to have his own website now, and at the time it was £190 delivered (although that was back when the exchange rate was about a million AUD to 1 GBP).

I\'ll let you know about the 12At front plate vs dinner party.  Better than bloody X-....tor anyhow.

[captainbizzaro]

Cheers Bish thats spot on, I\'ll have an OMP block off too for the sake of $10. You\'re right about the exchange rate though-that equates to £205+delivery at the current rate.

[Christopher]

I have the turbo and manifold from my last set up and the Microtec ecu up for sale if your interested Tim ?

Pete.

[captainbizzaro]

I have the turbo and manifold from my last set up and the Microtec ecu up for sale if your interested Tim ?

Pete.

Yeah might be mate-email me you\'re phone number to captainbizzaro at aol dot com so we can discuss.

[RamoNZ]

Did you get the front cover off?

As mentioned above, you will also need the pickup - the 12a one will be fine - Im sure the one I had was off a 12a as the FC on 13b ones are completely wrong - perhaps the 4 port old skool 13b units are the same? A lot harder to find though i bet.

See Tim, this is where it all starts - Quote "ill just run it standard" next thing you know, you are replying to someone offering an aftermarket turbo/manifold and Microtech without a moments hesitation...

[captainbizzaro]

Did you get the front cover off?

As mentioned above, you will also need the pickup - the 12a one will be fine - Im sure the one I had was off a 12a as the FC on 13b ones are completely wrong - perhaps the 4 port old skool 13b units are the same? A lot harder to find though i bet.

See Tim, this is where it all starts - Quote "ill just run it standard" next thing you know, you are replying to someone offering an aftermarket turbo/manifold and Microtech without a moments hesitation...

Yeah famous last words eh.....it\'s all your fault lol.

I didn\'t get a chance to get it off this evening as I had to do my VAT return :2Confused but will have a go tomorrow.....really worried about that bearing dropping out though so am gonna proceed with caution!

[captainbizzaro]

Bit of progress today, after a ridiculous amount of huffing and puffing I finally got the e-shaft pulley off allowing me to remove the front cover.
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Also removed the turbo and manifold, and gave the block a bit of a scrub. So now ready for the 12AT front cover and sump from Ramon. Nearly time to pull the 12A.....which reminds me, if anyone wants or knows someone who wants a sweet running 12A which can be seen running then point them in my direction!

[Ian65]

coming on nicely Tim, good stuff!

[captainbizzaro]

Cheers Ian, I\'m confident until it comes to fathoming out all the little VAC lines and other random pipework that is hanging about then it\'ll get interesting!

[Ian65]

I\'ve got that problem with the Elford setup as I didn\'t pull it from the car or buy the complete car, so I\'ve nothing to refer to.
Are you having new fuel lines made up to run the EFI? Do you know whether you can use the your existing tank to run fuel injection?

[captainbizzaro]

Yeah it\'s a right proper puzzle!!

Regarding the fuel situation I am running in brand new feed and return lines with a little help from a friend of mine who builds rally cars so he has the tools to do it so much quicker and neater than I would be able to achieve. I won\'t be using the OEM tank as it turns out mine isn\'t particularly good at holding fuel anything over three quarters full so have budgeted for a 6 (ish) gallon alloy tank with swirl pot set up and inline Bosch 044. I just want a fresh setup that will (hopefully) be reliable so I don\'t end up with a weak link as such.

[Ian65]

6 gallons will severely limit your range Tim running that smokey beast. Would it be feasable to import a GSL-SE tank from the states that\'s all set up to run injection?
Is it even possible to ship 2nd hand fuel tanks?

[captainbizzaro]

Not sure mate, I\'d have thought there is a fair bit of red tape in the way of that sort of thing.

I\'m not overly fussed about range to be honest-I rarely take it on proper long journeys and if I do I better get a Nectar card!