Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:23 pm
kiz wrote:vipfto wrote:could be worse and want a snow plough haha
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Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:55 pm
well after spending all morning with tuner discovered that now dam wastgate is sticking and boost would only creep to 7psi at around 7000 RPM 
So took her home removed turbo and dump pipe to find that the flapper was catching om dump pipe slightly so have ground out a little and put back together only to find that still not much better (its not sticking now) so little bit stumped as to why not boosting hard till way to late
Going to swap out with another new actuator next week hoping this will solve issue and also have no boost leaks at all
Worse thing is cant get her back on dyno till early next year as they shut down for xmas early
but at least tuner gave it safe tune so if I can up boost she wont blow on me 
As for figures we made 144kw and just over 250nm @3500rpm early this morning before started having issues still on low boost
Had another issue pop up too now gear selector is very stiff and hard to slot into gear not sure why yet? disconnected from selector on gearobx but still same issue but will address that later as with some force can still get gears ok
So took her home removed turbo and dump pipe to find that the flapper was catching om dump pipe slightly so have ground out a little and put back together only to find that still not much better (its not sticking now) so little bit stumped as to why not boosting hard till way to late
Going to swap out with another new actuator next week hoping this will solve issue and also have no boost leaks at all
Worse thing is cant get her back on dyno till early next year as they shut down for xmas early
but at least tuner gave it safe tune so if I can up boost she wont blow on me As for figures we made 144kw and just over 250nm @3500rpm early this morning before started having issues still on low boost
Had another issue pop up too now gear selector is very stiff and hard to slot into gear not sure why yet? disconnected from selector on gearobx but still same issue but will address that later as with some force can still get gears ok
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:12 am
For a low boost setting that's nice Im looking forward to mine more and morevipfto wrote:
As for figures we made 144kw and just over 250nm @3500rpm
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:38 am
Cooked the grease in the tubevipfto wrote:Had another issue pop up too now gear selector is very stiff and hard to slot into gear not sure why yet? disconnected from selector on gearobx but still same issue but will address that later as with some force can still get gears ok
Been there, had it running too close to something hot, I had to replace then heat wrap.Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:50 am
Yeah thought was heat related
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:08 pm
Now the build has begun!vipfto wrote:well after spending all morning with tuner discovered that now dam wastgate is sticking and boost would only creep to 7psi at around 7000 RPM
So took her home removed turbo and dump pipe to find that the flapper was catching om dump pipe slightly so have ground out a little and put back together only to find that still not much better (its not sticking now) so little bit stumped as to why not boosting hard till way to late
Going to swap out with another new actuator next week hoping this will solve issue and also have no boost leaks at all
Worse thing is cant get her back on dyno till early next year as they shut down for xmas early
As for figures we made 144kw and just over 250nm @3500rpm early this morning before started having issues still on low boost
Had another issue pop up too now gear selector is very stiff and hard to slot into gear not sure why yet? disconnected from selector on gearobx but still same issue but will address that later as with some force can still get gears ok
Took a while, but we got there.
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:10 pm
Haha so true lol
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:16 pm
Could get a cable luber?
Also your not missing any of the rubber grommets where it the bracket attaches to the gearbox?
Also your not missing any of the rubber grommets where it the bracket attaches to the gearbox?
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:16 pm
na definatly grease melted haha
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:22 pm
interesting worth noting too is once wastgate failed did a run whilst basically N/A and still run up 121kw not too bad me thinks. Tuner still says 160 should be very acheivable
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:42 pm
Sounds good to me tim! Good work man!
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:13 pm
well after much f**king round all boosting sweet again and dam hard too. hoping to get back to tuner next week if he can squeeze me in otherwise will have to wait till new year before final tune. Now hitting 5 psi @ 2500 rpm and climbing . Worst thing is now gear changes rather hard till can swap out cables
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:06 am
Sounds like you have a weapon now 
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Great work.
.Great work.
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:59 am
Is this you Tim?
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:32 am
Haha that me alright
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:02 pm
All booked in next week hoping new actuator arrives before she goes in basically not sure how high it will boost atm so not driving again till been on dyno again. Did take vid of last time but wasn't power run. Will try get down there again next week for last runs
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:52 pm
Been a while since update but got final tune done before xmas and hit 160 @ wheels have scaled back to 158 for safe tune currently running @9psi its f**king awesome. Get a little torque steer but to be expected, Had issues getting the timing right as was knocking round 4.5-5k mark but all sorted was just some bad connections.
Tuner has also now reccomended to go to standalone motec or haltec unit but I dont reall y wanna spend that kind of money now although he said there is much more potential there just being held back by ECU. Only prob is that also means having to decomp and forge internals which also means more $
So will park her up for now till heat goes and then be driving again after summer seeing as have no A/C etc
But sh*t does it give a great feeling esp being able to fry up the rubber just by boosting hard in 2nd with cold tyres
Tuner has also now reccomended to go to standalone motec or haltec unit but I dont reall y wanna spend that kind of money now although he said there is much more potential there just being held back by ECU. Only prob is that also means having to decomp and forge internals which also means more $
So will park her up for now till heat goes and then be driving again after summer seeing as have no A/C etc
But sh*t does it give a great feeling esp being able to fry up the rubber just by boosting hard in 2nd with cold tyres
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:59 pm
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:46 am
Result!
Re: Vipfto's turbo project
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:13 am
Well done mate.
Sorry to go over old ground but you're at 9psi with standard compression and standard internals right?
I bet you have a huge grin every time you drive her.
Sorry to go over old ground but you're at 9psi with standard compression and standard internals right?
I bet you have a huge grin every time you drive her.