Almost there... NOW ON THE ROAD

[Ant]

As some will know, I have a long term project in the workshop, its Fowlers car and was taken on last sept( 13th) as a fill in job, the mission was as follows:

Build 2.7 all steel stroker bottom end around TD rods and internals with petrol suitable pistons- done

Fit Huuuge turbocherger- done

Fit VEMS standalone ECU setup and wasted spark with EGT and WB02 closed loop capability. - done

Today was the long awaited 1st run, the engine was completed in Nov last year, the rest was done in May and the VEMS parts were added between Friday and today( 16 hours total)

Pleased to report, its alive and kicking, needs mapping completed and running in ASAP but , at long last there's light @ the end of the tunnel for this one.

TBH, I've enjoyed every step, a "fill in" is just that, so can take a long time to complete but the upshot is the overall cost is reduced a little and the £Â£Ã‚£ is paid in stages upon completion, not ideal but for this one it suited the bill perfectly

I'll update this thread with some pix and stuff as and when

To all intents and purposes the engine is bombproof and then some, but if you've seen Fowler drive you'd understand why

[maxfield]

Haha, sounds great what power will it be running?

[ian332isport]

Good work Ant

[Toby_Unna]

sounds ace, love to see some pics

[ric325i]

that sounds like a great car!

taking time to do it just makes it more worth while.

sounds mean

[tylerma]

nice one Ant
cant wait to see/hear it

Ben must be chuffed to bits

[doughboy]

Cool, is that the tourer or am I getting confused?

[d1mmy]

And i thought Fowlers Car was a fixture in the Garage.

Cant wait to see it running - been along time, went in just after mine.

A true Sleeper setup and F****** HUGE brakes.

[d6dph]

Bombproof yes, But is it Fowler-proof!

In short...... Doubtfull, The guy is an animal.

[isTURBO]

Hey Congrats to Fowler and to you Ant for finally getting it done.
Sholud be some space in your place now , Ant.

I know he wants to take on the big guns.

Would love to see the car in action with the Mother Holset.

Cheers fowler for helping get the alloys on last week.

Cheers

Rivaaj

[blingsta]

Good work Ant... ive seen the engine when it was in pieces and slowly but surely everytime i paid a visit it looked like a full engine... finally saw the completion on my last visit and yes it is a Huuuge Turbz !!!!

[toby]

This car is going to be a monster and it's been in the background too long.








Tell Ben not to kill himself in it!

[Demlotcrew]

Did someone turbo?





Bring it on fowler

[dips346]

Did someone turbo?





Bring it on fowler

whats that small thing

[bmwe30mtech]

Glad to hear its done Ant, that thing is a beast. Your workshop wont be the same without it, it seems to blend into the background!

[mattG]

Who's driving for the mapping session

[oguz327]

Good work guys, the workshop wont look the same any more Ant

Look forward to seeing this in action

[1an]

Good work guys, the workshop wont look the same any more Ant

Look forward to seeing this in action

it wont last long Oz by the way Fowler drives.

[mybmw6]

I wish I had an "Ant" in Australia.. Sometime you just want to hand over a lot of money to have something cool.. Great work! Get those pics up

[cliffybabe]

ant its not been out of the shop has it

[exup]

Well done fellas
its nice when a project comes together, lets see the result when u get it really finished !
hope you fitted some blue flashing lights for speed testing/ mapping on the M25

[snoops]

[Herrity]

What is that monster turbo meant for ? Is it off a lorry or something ? That's huge

[e30_Turbo]

What is that monster turbo meant for ? Is it off a lorry or something ? That's huge

Not sure, but mine is It's brothers & sisters can be found attached to Cummins 6BTA deisel engines.

[Kos]

so what up with this car then ???

no updates for a while and fowler posting and discusing other engines.......................................

[Ant]

Needs MOT/Tax and insurance Kos, the MOT I can sort as there's nothing wrong with the car, We even managed to fit a screenwasher tank back in lol ( toyota Hi-lux )

Starts, runs, drives

everything is buttoned up on the hardware and ECU/wiring side

Cold start and hot start mapping is done, starts pukka no issues to report.

Will update this thread once a green ticket has been issued, then after its legally allowed to be oin the road, she'll go off the the RR for some tweaking, need to find an airfilter yet though, 4" next no longer than 100mm long and no wider then 180mm, any ideas ? BMC do a 100/150 for F3 cars but that wont fit in the space available.

[Ant]

Car now on the road, 150 ish miles covered, back with its owner, gawd help us all

enjoy it Ben, but remember the list.....

Gets hot - turn off
Makes funny noises - turn off
blows black smoke - lift off
cuts out under load - lift off( overboost)

Fowler proof ?? you betcha !

[oguz327]

Car now on the road, 150 ish miles covered, back with its owner, gawd help us all

enjoy it Ben, but remember the list.....

Gets hot - turn off
Makes funny noises - turn off
blows black smoke - lift off
cuts out under load - lift off( overboost)

Fowler proof ?? you betcha !

Awesome guys, that thing must be seriously rapido even in running in mode!

End of an era Ant


Look forward to seeing this at the meets, will we see it at Ace next week?

[fowler]

Car now on the road, 150 ish miles covered, back with its owner, gawd help us all

enjoy it Ben, but remember the list.....

Gets hot - turn off
Makes funny noises - turn off
blows black smoke - lift off
cuts out under load - lift off( overboost)

Fowler proof ?? you betcha !

Cheers buddy all good frella will have alot more miles by the end of 2morrow
yet again cheers to the mast of URBO Ant for my best birthday pressie
regards
now mobile fowler

[d6dph]

Nice work gents.

[fowler]

it now has 650 miles on it and i am loving every minute yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[toby]

What's the run in you have to do - 1000 miles?
Then what? Oil change - MS adjustment - more boost?

[fuzzy]

it now has 650 miles on it and i am loving every minute yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and i bet the first thing you did during its running in time was to blast it to see what it could do

[fowler]

and i bet the first thing you did during its running in time was to blast it to see what it could do

yep you guessed it its great

What's the run in you have to do - 1000 miles?
Then what? Oil change - MS adjustment - more boost?

yes 1000 miles then oil change then VEMS tuning and more boost and higher rev limit.
its all good.

[fuzzy]

they always tell you to run them in gently for the first 1000 miles or so but when youve been waiting for it a while there is no chance youll stick to it.
and they will know that themselves