small update, huge turbo...

[Colonel Sanders]

just recievied my mls gasket today for my 325 turbo! only ordered it 5 days ago! from vacmotorsport.com, cost me around 150 with postage to me, also got aload of gaskets and such for the inlet ect off zimmerbimmer1, cheers! been messed around so much on ebay lately so just purchased a holset hx35w with 16cm housing, i want to do something different so im gonna take the exhaust strait out the front wing, although i might need some sort of small muffler fitted? idealy i would like to go out in front of the front wheel with the exhaust but not too sure if that will be an issue yet? also for you boost junkys, i want to go external wastegate would this work?
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its gonna push the turbo up quite abit so before you say the bonnet will be an issue im takin it off the hinges and using pins to keep it down plus cutting a hole so the turbo can poke out, given the turbo will prob poke out a good few inches but i can live with that, i would like to post some pics up but im pretty crap when it comes to computers but il take a load an see if my mrs can work it out, and il make sure il keep you posted on my progress cos now i have basicly every thing i need exept some small odds an sods im gonna get cracking!
parts i have and fitting:
280mm wilwood brake kit
full koni adjustables 60/40 springs
new wheel bearings
new head with turbo cam
mls stock thickness with 12.9 grade bolts
all new gaskets for inlet exhaust ect
megasquirt and wasted spark
tubular manifold
hx35 16cm
oil feed and return
some other odds and sods i cant remember
havent got an external wastegate as of yet

prob forgoten a load of stuff too, really want it done in time for santa pod to see what she will do as il be running 16 psi, but doubt il make it in time though!!!

[charlE30]

Sounds like an awsome build dude... 16psi and front exit exhuast

Wont you need an exhaust to get the car to the pod?

Good luck with it

[Colonel Sanders]

well i live in guernsey so there aint no mot or emmision laws over here, so if i get stopped they can suck my d!ick!

[Colonel Sanders]

oh yeah, what engine mounts are you turbo boys runnin?

[jar-la]

Hi.
Very nice project!
One thing: you will race only it, or use on streets? Couse in normal use i dont recommend the exhaust to go out in front of the front wheel. COOL at all, but exh. gases possible "take a journey to driver" due turbulence?
My buddy made it to come out before the rear wheels(E36 328 T). Brutal sound...

[Colonel Sanders]

its for road use. that did play on my mind a bit getting exhaust fumes in my face so il have to look into it a bit more then?

[Chris]

Pasenger side wing?

[Colonel Sanders]

hmmmmmm????
you could be on to something there! dont think it would route through though, il have to check!

[jmc330i]

its for road use. that did play on my mind a bit getting exhaust fumes in my face so il have to look into it a bit more then?

Doesnt sound much like fun

How about routing the downpipe as normal and having it exit just behind the real wheel, kind of like the Merc SLR.....



Maybe have a screamer pipe exit down there as well

[Colonel Sanders]

well the reason i want to go out the wing really is i want a BIG downpipe an heard its a right bitch to get a 3" past the steering let alone a 3.5 what i want mate! just worried it will be too loud!!!!

[jmc330i]

Assuming the turbo will have the exhaust side at the rear of the engine (as normal I think), routing the pipe back round the front to exit in front of the wheel wont be that easy will it???

[Colonel Sanders]

no, it wont! i could go behind the front wheel, but either way im in a bit of a pickle!!!

[jmc330i]

Just been thinking about this. How about running the downpipe out through the inner wing near the battery tray.

I dont know what space there is behind the wheel inside the wing, but you could maybe run it across the battery tray (or below it), through the inner wing, have a smaller silencer behind the wing and exit just in front of the door. I dont know what structural stuff there is there, but its maybe an option.

[Colonel Sanders]

yeah this is the way i was thinking, dont think it would harm it too muchas long as i didnt make the hole through any structual joins.. anyone got any ideas of a small but effective silencer? doesnt need to be too quiet but just to cut some of the noise out????

[jaistanley]

Supertrap type silencers are low profile..

Jai

[Colonel Sanders]

how big are they?

[Colonel Sanders]

how big are they?

[Colonel Sanders]

wohooo, got the head and injectors fitted tonite gonna wire it up tomorrow but unfortunately forgot to take pics of doin this! but il remember to take some tomorrow, still need to put the cam belt on though, although i did remember to set it to tdc...
feeling the boosted m20 is getting soooo close i can smell the burning rubber!!

[Colonel Sanders]

been out puttin all the belts back on tonight still got a long way to go, theres a hell of a lot of ms wiring to do but im that bit closer to being boosted!! just waiting on me intercooler, tial 44 wastegate and me big a$$ holset hx35. a few pics for you lot....

[jojoejoez]

How about your turbo manifold. Do you have any picture ?

[Colonel Sanders]

yep il take a couple tonite as im goin down there any way an il post them up. aint put it on yet as im still waitin for my mocal oil filter relocation kit as the manifold fouls it. still gotta take the old exhaust system otta the way too. use a sabre saw to make things quicker.........

[Colonel Sanders]

pics as requested. the manifold



and a couple of me brand new wilwood 280mm brake kit to stop me with. would have gone bigger but needed something to fit under 16" wheels. aint bought them yet but getting schmit modern line splitrims...

[oldroydsr4]

I belive you can fit 310mm under 16" and on some wheels you can fit 312mm kit from 300mm.de

[Colonel Sanders]

aint changin these now as they cos me almost 600 spondoolys!!

[oldroydsr4]

Fair enough mate

[bigbhpwannabe]

hi rossle nice manifold were did you get her from ? what size flage is it ??
gary]

[Colonel Sanders]

bought off a bloke on here for 150 quid, think its one from europe he said? its a t3 flange. nice manifold but had to move the oil filter to get it on!!!

[bigbhpwannabe]

oh ok i am haveing a bit of trouble findeing a t4 flange manifold with external gate think i may have to have one made keep meaning to mail ant to see if he can get one but this is a very slow moveing project and every time i seem to get some cash up to spend on it me cossie brakes f-ing ford

[Colonel Sanders]

i had a couple of them, and the trouble they bring... maybe my driving!! ants a good bloke, very helpful! john volk told me his 666fabrication manifolds work and they aint too pricey.
hopin to get mine runnin soon, just wired the ms up now still waitin for my turbo and wastegate..

[bigbhpwannabe]

oh no dont tell me that lol what sort of probs did you have ?? good luck startin her up

[Colonel Sanders]

with the cossies or the e30? only trouble i had with the e30 is, snapped starter moter tryin to get the wires off and snapped a head bolt fittin my mls gasket. with the cossies had all sorts from a crank sh!tting itself to the little boost solinoid not working.

[bigbhpwannabe]

oh ok i thought that you ment with external wate gates ,

[Colonel Sanders]

ah no aint got that yet but its gonna be trouble! gotta cut up the manifold to fit the wastegate yet!!

[jojoejoez]

With this turbo manifold do you have any problem with downpipe ?

[Colonel Sanders]

havent got as far as the downpipe yet but looks like it will be a bugger, but need 3 inch at least!