Bear's White NB8B Turbo "Snowie"

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:12 pm

Progress at last H-Beam Carrillo rods and JE 84.5mm 9:1 pistons in situ
http://fab9tuning.com/engine/pistons/

IanR · Postby **IanR** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:48 am

Excellent! Hope its all smooth sailing from here....

Postby **NitroDann** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:13 pm

You should be at about 300rwkw by now, whats going on !!?? :mrgreen:

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:39 pm

NitroDann wrote:You should be at about 300rwkw by now, whats going on !!??

I will be happy with 200rwhp Dann. At least for a few weeks

Just waiting for some new studs for the turbo due tomorrow then hopefully sit it back in.
Hopefully catch can won't be needed but if we do I have prepared the sump and I have a cracker of a design for a square catch can

Postby **NitroDann** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:43 pm

PM me if you want a little eye dropper bottle full of Resbond for the inconel studs.

Dann

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:58 pm

Turbo now all mounted up.

Getting close now and David kindly relocated that friggin stupid brake line that used to run right next to the turbo.

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:38 pm

Starts and runs well. Will run on the dyno tomorrow to burn all the oil out of the exhaust.

speed · Postby **speed** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:17 am

Sweet. You didn't mess around there. Good work!

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:22 pm

Back safely with me now and no more smoke

Will take it easy for a while but first impressions are "holy crap its fast" I think too fast for a road car. I will turn it down to 10psi for a while until I get used to it a little.

This should help with the heat but still need a better heat shield. Thanks Daz.

Also got rid of the horrible SE gear surround and fascia and replaced it with the lovely Roadster polished one and matching fascia. Thanks Kev

The American · Postby **The American** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:33 pm

looks like you've got some hook fitting to do!

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:41 pm

bear2230 wrote:Also got rid of the horrible SE gear surround and fascia and replaced it with the lovely Roadster polished one and matching fascia. Thanks Kev

Looks great with the RX8 gear knob!!

Also notice the front strut brace made a return :wink:

Postby **Okibi** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:51 pm

Such a sexy bonnet :mrgreen:

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:04 pm

I have RX8 gear knobs on both cars now. Everyone loves rotors and the triangle shape feels good to me.

The strut brace is definitely pretty although I'm not 100% convinced it actually does anything and I have a set of blue hooks for the white car. The back Bear Hook is on but I'm having a bitch of a time getting the front standard hook off as some fool stuck a bloody big intercooler right where I need to undo the last bolt.

The American · Postby **The American** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:18 pm

bear2230 wrote:...but I'm having a bitch of a time getting the front standard hook off as some fool stuck a bloody big intercooler right where I need to undo the last bolt.

so said my knuckles earlier this evening!