Turbo Engine Rebuild
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Dan944t
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tell me about it Martin! and i bloody forgot about £9500 on tuning parts and i’ve not even yet bought a maff or stand alone ecu yet [
]it soon ads up over the years ,…and there not joking it’s a very slippery slope. i am the same with my other hobbies but i can say proudly that i do all my own work or i honestly wouldn’t even entertain all of what i have set out to achieve.
if we all go electric one day (hopefully not! i will be converting my porsches myself when that time comes for sure . i love them too much!
]it soon ads up over the years ,…and there not joking it’s a very slippery slope. i am the same with my other hobbies but i can say proudly that i do all my own work or i honestly wouldn’t even entertain all of what i have set out to achieve. if we all go electric one day (hopefully not! i will be converting my porsches myself when that time comes for sure . i love them too much!
scam75
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Waylander said:
Yes It's a chunk of cash Martin, but the options were selling with a goosed engine or breaking the car. Neither appealed to me. I can't see me parting with her, so it should be money well spent in the long run to have a fresh, uprated engine, no leaks, new uprated clutch and lots of other new stuff. Plus the car is worth way more with a fresh engine than a goosed one, and if I sold now I'd likely recoup the outlay and more. But I'm not selling, it's all just for me!! Plus I've done well money wise for what's been done it would seem, so that will do for me.
Stuart
Dan944t
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i have zero motivation at the minute Blade ,…with these 3 young children zapping all my time , and this cold weather ,…i honestly don’t know how i’m gonna do it ,…
it’s gonna have to be a night thing few hours every night in the summer to build this twin scroll custom turbo back 3” jobie,…the ball ache is the twin scroll from manifold to turbo ,..especially in the turbo area is incredibly increadibly tight,…and will consist of multiple custom cut and welded pie cuts , which = a hell of allot of fabricating work . i’ve already had to relocate the dipstick and had to fabricate new bracket in correct position to fuction as it should , and modify all sorts to get the large turbo to just clear the manifold ect.
all very interesting but extremely labourious . i’m also fitting x2 waste gates so if i can pull it off it will be very interesting once complete but we all have so many different states of tune which is what’s very interesting about our cars.
i won’t see full benifits untill i lay out another large amount after this on stand alone and maff ect , but for now this will be enough to get over . it’s been laid up for few years now where i’ve just not had time , so would be amaizing to drive her this year fingers all crossed
it’s gonna have to be a night thing few hours every night in the summer to build this twin scroll custom turbo back 3” jobie,…the ball ache is the twin scroll from manifold to turbo ,..especially in the turbo area is incredibly increadibly tight,…and will consist of multiple custom cut and welded pie cuts , which = a hell of allot of fabricating work . i’ve already had to relocate the dipstick and had to fabricate new bracket in correct position to fuction as it should , and modify all sorts to get the large turbo to just clear the manifold ect.
all very interesting but extremely labourious . i’m also fitting x2 waste gates so if i can pull it off it will be very interesting once complete but we all have so many different states of tune which is what’s very interesting about our cars.
i won’t see full benifits untill i lay out another large amount after this on stand alone and maff ect , but for now this will be enough to get over . it’s been laid up for few years now where i’ve just not had time , so would be amaizing to drive her this year fingers all crossed
scam75
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Waylander said:
No offence taken Martin! I'm ultimately not really looking for any more performance (got more than enough already for my talents!), just reliability. I've ended up with some better than stock parts out of fortune and common sense more than anything and it's made sense for the build. I can assure you if this turns out a reliable engine there will no wicks being turned up!! I just want to drive the thing and see people admiring it as it passes! [8D]
Cheers
Stuart
blade7
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There was a time when I intended to build it up, and keep it on a stand. There was a 'situation' getting the pistons from the US though. I'd still need a clutch, and most likely liners fitted. So probably the thick end of another £3k to put it in the car, doesn't make sense to spend that unless I have to.Eldavo said:blade7 said:
If it was in my garage - it’d be getting built [
Dan944t
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i agree that 600 would be pointless in our cars ….i am aiming for 400-450 but tuned by gears to how i like it . when mine was around 300 and was doing 21 psi of boost it was sublime to drive and have to say shockingly fast and was beating cars with a good 100 bhp more as standard . for me it’s not about having a higher bhp then others,…it’s the drivability and how it puts it down
blade7
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Waylander said:
I can't see the point either, when Tubotim built his 3.0 16v turbo monster, I thought an awd 911 turbo would have made much more sense. IMO what the 944 turbo needs is 400bhp and less lag. Though there was a time when ropey 968's were £4-5k and I looked for one to build a 968 RS replica. Trouble was a certain breaker seemed to mop them all up.
scam75
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Small update, short motor and head have now arrived back at mates garage. Need to get over and get some pictures before we bolt the head on. Also need to drop the steam vent kit off at same time. Not sure when he has time to build it all back up and into the car. Hoping it will be completed this month.
My old pistons have been returned as well which are perfectly useable. If I get £7k for them on ebay that will cover the cost of the rebuild!
Stuart
My old pistons have been returned as well which are perfectly useable. If I get £7k for them on ebay that will cover the cost of the rebuild!
Stuart
You don't want high boost or even high RPM but you do want high load.. A heavy foot for both on and off the throttle is required when the engine is fresh to get those rings bed in as quick as possible, this is very important. You want mineral oil for this stage too, no synthetic, you can use running in oil but to be honest, some good old dinosaur oil is good enough. Also regular oil changes, a few hundred miles, not thousands to clear out any small particles leftover from the rebuild.
Pete
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