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Post by howardb66 on Dec 8, 2020 12:29:29 GMT
Interesting that you have an oil feed at the back - the mk1 blocks had it, but afaik the mk2s / 2.5s didn't have it as it was blanked off from the factory - the flat is there but not drilled and tapped and bunged during the block manufacture. Most mk2.5 owners end up taking an oil feed from the filter or pressure sensor... Here’s the port I used. Oil pretty much poured out of it when I removed the bung so hope that it works. Pic not of my head.  [/url] |
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Post by jon on Dec 8, 2020 13:07:03 GMT
in theory, the oilpump's pressure-relief valve should ballance this  obviously that is in an ideal world  Rich. Yep - it will do, but when the solenoid goes from full closed (pressurised oil with nowhere to go) to open and the oil starts flowing there's a drop in the pressure of that part of the system. With a mk1 'real' oil pressure sender and a VVT head you can see the needle twitch for a split second on the oil pressure gauge when the VVT operates sharply.. |
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 11, 2020 17:25:56 GMT
A little more progress. The oil & water lines are plumbed in, the turbo is mounted & the down pipe is attached at both ends. Just waiting for some pipes to arrive to link it to the IC.  |
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Post by atlex on Dec 11, 2020 21:03:03 GMT
and turbo clocky time :-)
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 12, 2020 10:18:14 GMT
and turbo clocky time :-) Don’t think I need to? Just 1 90deg bend & then it goes straight into the Skuzzle IC pipe work. Happy to take any advice though🙂 What is proving a little headscratching is what to do about an airfilter. Either mount direct onto the turbo, pipe it away from the turbo or one of those shrouded ones with a cold air supply tube. Any ideas? |
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Post by atlex on Dec 12, 2020 10:46:06 GMT
and turbo clocky time :-) Don’t think I need to? Just 1 90deg bend & then it goes straight into the Skuzzle IC pipe work. Happy to take any advice though🙂 What is proving a little headscratching is what to do about an airfilter. Either mount direct onto the turbo, pipe it away from the turbo or one of those shrouded ones with a cold air supply tube. Any ideas? Re: Clocking It's hard to tell exactly from that perspective but it looks to me like the outlet is too close to the chassis. Maybe you'll be fine ? As for air filter location, well there are two directions of thought. 1) you already have an intercooler so why bother trying to position the air filter anywhere special. 2) you have space to position the air filter so it might gain you a tiny improvement, perhaps as a tradeoff of flow for lower intake temps. maybe a 90 degree bend either to behind the headlight or somewhere else considered 'airflowing'. |
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Post by jon on Dec 12, 2020 11:06:58 GMT
You might want to reroute your engine breather as well - looks like it goes very close to the manifold at the moment...
Ref. air intake, I'd look for something like a 45deg bend and get it tucked in behind the headlight, and try and stop it from drawing hot air from the engine bay via a heatshield or similar...
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 13, 2020 19:21:05 GMT
and turbo clocky time :-) After much deliberation, you’re right. Clocking is the way fwd- can’t clear the PAS reservoir without it. |
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 23, 2020 20:00:38 GMT
Hmmmm, the complete lack of support by ME is shocking. I really would have to think seriously before ever entertaining one of their ECUs again.
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Post by thruxton on Dec 23, 2020 21:19:23 GMT
Oh I can second that.
Bloody awful get back to you skills, in fact almost non existent in my experience with them.
Regards.
Rich
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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Dec 24, 2020 17:19:16 GMT
Sadly I've experienced that as well, I ended up selling my ME and going another way.
Russell
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Post by jon on Dec 24, 2020 17:46:19 GMT
But didn't they make a big fuss on Nutz about how amazing their support was, compared to an 'inferior' solution like megasquirt with no proper after sales support?  |
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Post by Zed. on Dec 24, 2020 18:00:36 GMT
Here’s the port I used. Oil pretty much poured out of it when I removed the bung so hope that it works. Pic not of my head. [/url] [/quote] thought about a possible issue with taking a feed from the head (NOT the vvt solenoid) the oil feed in the cylinderblock to the cylinderhead has a restrictor, taking turbo oil feed after the restrictor may not be a great idea? Rich. |
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 27, 2020 13:03:03 GMT
Here’s the port I used. Oil pretty much poured out of it when I removed the bung so hope that it works. Pic not of my head. [/url] [/quote] thought about a possible issue with taking a feed from the head (NOT the vvt solenoid) the oil feed in the cylinderblock to the cylinderhead has a restrictor, taking turbo oil feed after the restrictor may not be a great idea? Rich.[/quote] Good spot Zed.. Maybe the reason oil poured out of the port was the angle that I had the front of the car jacked up at. I can just swap the bungs from the back of the head to the VVT solenoid. Have also given thought to what jon said earlier about the brief pressure ‘trough’ when the VVT operates, I think there will still be positive pressure compared to a much lower overall flow from the port on the back that I’m currently using. |
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Post by howardb66 on Jan 2, 2021 16:53:27 GMT
Not far off now. Because I decided to swap the turbo oil supply to the one on the VVT take off, I have to wait until the motor factors open tomorrow to get a straight adaptor. There are a few clips required here & there too, next stage is to fit the boost control & get it mapped properly.  |
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le sigh