My GPvR, 1.3 Turbo, yes you got it right ;)

[brccrx]

Thank You Kace, i apprieciate that!
Its called brake master cylinder servo i think that whats it called, you can see it on my later pics of engine bay but its red now

Slowly preparing the engine to be fitted and a couple of days ago painted the block and manifold:



Rust treating the block:











Cleaned the intake manifold:



Mivec 1.6 injectors and fuel pressure regulator:



Project is now suspended!!!!

literally haha





Need to do the oil return, quite small job but how important





To make work easier and to see what im doing ive turned the engine up side down and took the oil pan off:









Bolted the oil return pipe to get the bolts welded straight:





Lets have some fun so......







Haha.

more practice more fun





Viola!!!



Now the bigger hole, starting with smaller diameter........



And done.



Uber cool!





Need to fabricate some type of bracket supporting exhaust manifold and the turbo charger as its quite heavy with adapter plate and all:

[brccrx]

Looking carefully in to the sky all day i managed to calculate how much time i will get between the showers



and it worked out that taking in to the account distance measured between the clouds and the edge of clear blue sky looking at it at 49 deegree angle, considering the clouds level height of 2500m i got 21 minutes 39 seconds atill next one to fitt the engine so i had to do my moves!

Its in lol





Ive changed my mind on flywheel and clutch set up.....
So im running another hybrid set up, bigger diameter disc
and pressure plate from diffrent clutch kit.







Also primed the clutch fork and i'll paint it later when box is on.



This picture i call ghost fork



More bits getting painted:



But best thing about today is that ive the gearbox fitted





Good stuff!!!

A few pics from building the gearbox for the project;

From the very begining....







To the very end...



And finished product

[brccrx]

It getting changed to 1.3 Adam, part of the plan.

Gearbox mount, part of the intake system, windscreen washer bottle, intercooler, intercooler piping fitted.

Im using colt radiator so had to drop it about 20-25 mm lower as its taller than fto rad.

Some pics:

[Sebastian]

some work
fair play again

[brccrx]

And again thanks Sebastian

more of "Sebski mid coast customs"

As the turbo actuator no longer sits on turbo (it will be rather fitted to the gearbox mount bracket ) the rod controling wastegate has to be extended so i bought some hardware today to complete the job:



A few minutes later;



Obviously i need to cut the treaded bar to lenght tomorrow

Both ends now;





Also bought oil filter today, no pics for that as its fecking blueprint

Car on the wheels as mentioned:



Tomorrow i need to fit the crossmember, finish welding the inter cooler piping, fit turbo actuator (need to make some custom bracket for it) fit radiator brackets and other bits and pieces whatever time aloud for.
Also need to look in to front exit flat back box workz as i want the exhaust to be at the front of the car ( this will be fun )

Turbo to intercooler piping done, just need to derust it and paint. Tested to 0.4 bar so should take 0.6 no bother. Sebski customs in action again haha.

Some pics:















Was hoping i will have the turbo actuator bracket done too, but maybe tomorrow after work i will.

Sunday 02/11:

Crossmember fitted, as the rad is 20mm lower the crossmember needed to be dropped at the front by about that much too

Found best spot for the actuator and ive cut the treaded bar to the lenght.

Also ive start making the exhaust from scratch,



first off the nct version has to be done and then the extreme version that will have only one silencer on the front of the car.

[brccrx]

Update.

Turbo actuator fitted.
Oil return pipe sealed.
Exhaust manifold gasket fitted.
Oil and oil filter done.
Gearbox filled with fresh oil.
Reverse switch fitted.
Throttle body cleaned and fitted.
Fuel supply and return to fuel rail fitted, fuel rail bolts tightened, fuel supply line bolts tightened.
Cross member tightened.
Water hoses to matrix fitted.
Pipe from intake manifold-turbo actuator fitted.
Clutch slave cylinder fitted.
Second bracket holding turbo fitted.
Exhaust and intake manifolds tightened.
Distributor and H/T leads fitted, need to set the ignition timing.

Boost gauge ordered.
Boost controller ordered.

Still remaining to do:

Paint intercooler piping and fit it.
Fit all water hoses, fit radiator properly, fill the radiator with coolant.
Tighten odd bolts here and there.
Fit engine loom.
Fit boost gauge.
Finish making exhaust.

Will try to fit engine loom before work tomorrow and start the car, maybe do some fresh pics of the engine bay too.

[brccrx]

Right, site is back so a bit of an update.......

The biatch is finally barking as she should after about a week of fighting with immobilizer issue, wrong rom that ive flashed on my 2 ecus and other shate that has happen in the mean time.

Will post some movie tomorrow

[brccrx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WuzDFNcoOQ

[brccrx]

Radiator support brackets welded in.
Radiator and all coolant hoses fitted and tightened.
Boost controller came a few days ago.
Intercooler pipes primed and waiting for the top coat.
Intercooler supporting bolt welded in.
Also drilled a hole for bolt to hang the intercooler piping on it.
Clutch master cylinder and clutch pedal fitted.
Brake and accelerator pedal box fitted.
Engine loom redesigned for a bit of wire tuck, unwanted wires deleted, loom retaped and fitted.
Alternator belt fitted.

Pics.
Loom in the making:







Boost controller:





Updated engine bay look:



Was considering these 2 options for bov:





Decided to stick with set up from pic no. 1.
Forgot to do intercooler piping pics, next time :>)

[gazmcg89]

May be a silly question but why setup 1 ? Looks better yes but no 2 looks way less restrictive intake wise ??

[brccrx]

May be a silly question but why setup 1 ? Looks better yes but no 2 looks way less restrictive intake wise ??

Define restrictive in terms of small engine tiny throttle body bore and intake manifold runners and small turbo..... haha
Its turbo set up Gary, not our usual mivec world where less restriction mean better.
Hard piping much better for this application, it will help a lot as theres a lot of piping and intercooler to fill with air before it will reach intake manifold

[gazmcg89]

I was just wondering ! Nice job as ever will this be on the road for tunnel run ??

[brccrx]

It should be ready but im not bringing it to the meet unless she has enginer report done and be taxed as 1.3
Shes driveable yet, just need to bleed the brakes finish the intercooler piping and interior, exhaust etc.

[Kace]

It should be ready but im not bringing it to the meet unless she has enginer report done and be taxed as 1.3
Shes driveable yet, just need to bleed the brakes finish the intercooler piping and interior, exhaust etc.

So hold on - am I correct in saying that you have removed a 2.0 Mivec engine from this car originally and you are planning to install a 1.3l Turbocharged unit in there now ?

[brccrx]

Yes, only one thing you wasnt right, that the 1.3 turbo engine is already in it and running

[Kace]

Nice one - so how will the performance of the 1.3 Turbo compare to the original engine in terms of horsepower, torque and 0-60 times ?
Also I presume that you won't have Mivec on this one - or am I wrong here. Sounds like a really interesting setup.

[brccrx]

Hard to say what the performance will be.
Round 110-130 hp is what im expecting, but im also hoping for some good torque gains, yes there will be no mivec on this engine.
Compare to the orginal engine it will be slow i think but should still be fun to drive as it weights less now (round or under a tone) has gearbox with 4.6 final drive, bigger clutch set up, should be fun

Update:

Intercooler piping now fitted.

[Danny Kierans]

dont see why you didnt just go with the 2.5 twin turbo engine from the leggy. when you were going all the work. you had 200bhp std engine in mivec and the 2.5 v6 twin would give you 280bhp std and can go way up from there.

but have to say loving the amount of work and time going into it. started 2.5 v6 turbo mod myself but , things went bad and had to stop.

what turbo are you using ? might be able to make it bigger for you if you wanted .

[brccrx]

Im not power greedy to be honest. Ive still.my red version r fto with v6 and im more than happy with it.....

Wanted something different to what ive seen so far also if i ever decide to go v6 turbo it will be 6a12 mivec single turbo set up.

Im using one of legnum vr4 turbos

Thanks

[Danny Kierans]

Im not power greedy to be honest. Ive still.my red version r fto with v6 and im more than happy with it.....

Wanted something different to what ive seen so far also if i ever decide to go v6 turbo it will be 6a12 mivec single turbo set up.

Im using one of legnum vr4 turbos

Thanks

ah. understand. best of luck with it.

yes i have 2 vr4 turbos here.. if you ever want to hybird the turbo for it. let me know. im sure i have done them before

[brccrx]

What specs your hybrid turbo would be compare to td03 as its what im using at the moment?

More complete front, nearly ready for the front bumper.....

[Danny Kierans]

What specs your hybrid turbo would be compare to td03 as its what im using at the moment?

the 2 turbos i have there 49131-04100 and other are already hybird for some that never came back.

as for what spec. i can make any td03 compressor wheel that as the same Exducer Diameter to suit your seal plate fit. we would just mod the compressor cover to take a bigger Inducer Diameter to increase air pressure .

exducer is bottom dia
inducer is top dia

[brccrx]

I see what you mean now, what would i gain from upgrading the compressor wheel and what are the down sides considering i will be running 0.4-0.6 bar on the stock 1.3 12v 4g13 with stock lancer gsr intercooler?
All that in comparation to one stock td03 from legnum vr4.

[Danny Kierans]

I see what you mean now, what would i gain from upgrading the compressor wheel and what are the down sides considering i will be running 0.4-0.6 bar on the stock 1.3 12v 4g13 with stock lancer gsr intercooler?
All that in comparation to one stock td03 from legnum vr4.

sorry. if your using a non turbo engine. best not to fit hybrid. to much pressure for the engine .

[brccrx]

New arrivals thanks to Gary:



To get the exhaust done ive put the dirty biatch to the garage, since 4 years there was no full car in this garage





Pics from fabricating the exhaust:









Down pipe, flexi, cat done.....





eee not exactly













Testing for leaks.





Now the rest of the exhaust:



As i go less pieces remain



Expanded the holes in cat back.



Need to weld in one more hanger: