The New Me - Pics of My Makeover - UPDATE 8.4.07!!

[Boags]

Looks great Boags. I think I'll still have to tell your Mum though.

Will you have it tuned and going for this Sunday's run?

I broke the news to the oldies last night actually. It was Mother's Day in Ireland yesterday, so the timing wasn't great!

It is possible that I will be there, yes. It is safe to drive as long as the needle stays beneath boost. I have retarded the timing to 6*BTDC, so pinging isn't really a concern until above 4Krpm and about 5 PSI (where the computer sh!ts itself and wonders where all the fuel it is putting in is going!).

Hopefully the issue is as easy to sort out as the US-forumites say...

Rhys: Thanks, and yes I have.

Broady - Thanks!

Boags

[Juffa]

Looking good Boags.......welcome to the Forced Induction Club

The club membership seems to growing on a daily basis, with Fatty lined up to be the next member.

J

[Garry]

mmmmmmmmmm boooooost

[kitkat]

Great stuff Boags!!!!! <<---- Im green with envy!!!

[Philip Lee]

Looks very neat. well done.

[jules]

Man, very covert. Great job. Congrats.
This is so cool. I'll never have to go this route, there's just so many options of loaners out there


Jules

[Sheck]

good work mate!!! gotta love the DIY turbo kits!!!!
Just make sure you keep the water topped up in the wiper resivour otherwise it'll melt faster than a fat kids icecream in the sun!!

You could try out one of the (many) maps i have for the EManage, they're all pretty damn safe, or just make sure you pull plenty of timing while in boost. I'm only pulling 1 deg per pound of boost, but seems to be pretty safe. And use a wideband or even your narrow band to check the AFR and just make sure its a tad rich - or even right on the \"proper\" AFR numbers of around 12.1-12.5 which will still be plenty safe with the minimal timing advance.

Tops effort mate!
Dave

[Cal]

Looks good mate. Looking at doing similar to BRG at some point.

Cal.

[Sean]

That's a massive hit of Nitrous sitting to teh passenger side

Looks like I have a manifold and dump pipe to sell soon for any other budding turbo DIYers

[Juffa]

Was just having another look at your install photos. If you find that the hose clamps slip on you give these a try.

http://www.breezeclamps.com/ct.htm

I believe these are the ones used on the SP. I was having problems with one or two of my clamps slipping, switched to these and have not had that problem since. They are about $12 each though.

J

[Boags]

Thanks guys!

I will be tuning the ECU to be in closed loop on boost, aiming at 12.5. At the moment I have my timing at 6*BTDC, which I will advance to 16-18 from idle to about 3.5 when not in boost. about 10-14 from 3.5-5 when not in boost, and 10 to redline when not in boost. On boost timing will start from 14at 2000rpm and pull 1* for every psi of boost. (that should leave me at 5-6*BTDC...

Juffa, thanks for that link, I'll replace with decent clamps when they start to die (which I'm sure they will). Great link, looks like a good product.

Sean - I'm going to get rid of the passenger seat and mount the NOS in the car next to me. Great idea huh!?

Still no news on tuning though, I had to go to UNI this week, after spending all last week on the car.

[Uncle Arthur]

Did you get those tunes come through on email?

[Boags]

Did you get those tunes come through on email?

Yes I did, thanks. Very helpful, and I learnt a lot about the mapping side of the eManage and have already altered the timing map for my needs.

I have no idea how I'm going to get those maps onto the Libretto though!

[PT]

Oh that bloody Libretto... are they too big to fit on Floppy disk?

[Boags]

Oh that bloody Libretto... are they too big to fit on Floppy disk?

The maps aren't, but the updated software is. I can't zip it either, cause the Libretto has an old version winzip which isn't compatible with new formats... I need Sab to hook me up again!