So, a bit of progress, and in the right direction.......
So after several procurement hurdles, I finally landed a suitable turbo for the car.
This was not easy, and took several weeks to resolve.
The first turbo I bought turned out to be countereit (Holset HX30W), fortunately I got my money back.
The second turbo I ordered turned out to not actually be in stock and was on back order for several weeks (Holset HX 30), fortunately I got my money back.
The third turbo (Garrett G25-550) ended out being the same scenario as the second one and was not actually in stock. And my was it pricey.
Finally I ordered something that arrived in good time. I found a company that sells high quality Garrett clones. It is a Pulsar G25-550. Full ceramic ball bearing, billett wheels, water cooled and better yet you can get rebuild kits and some UK companies happily work on them.
A shot of it fitted in the bay as a test:
I did some air con stuff in preperation for much later too.
I removed the evaporator, gave it a good clean, swapped all of the seals for new ones and replaced the brass thing (whatever it is!).
Off the car:
Full of crap:
Cleaned:
And ready for the car:
It's now refitted in preperation for the full air con system when the time is right.
I say when the time is right as it looks like that with the log manifold I currently have that the air con compressor cannot be accomodated. In fact, I have decided that I am going to make my own over the winter, so the current setup is going to be a bit of a stop gap.
As I am using a different manifold than before, the entire setup changes in the engine bay, with the intake and exhaust now effectvely swapped around. Of course this means that the down pipe I have is no longer any good to me. With that in mind I also have to cut the top 2-3 inches off the exhaust where it comes up into the engine bay.
So I set at it with a grinder and welded a new v band adapter in a location that would work.
And refitted ready for a downpipe:
So on to fabricating said downpipe, with some 90 degree bends and some 22 degree pie cuts, tack welded into place:
Ready for full welding:
Halfway there:
There:
And wrapped for good measure:
Several more hours work later:
Downpipe in place, also showing the alternator that I have had to relocate where the air con compressor normally sits.
This shows how its not really possible for a decent flowing downpipe and the stock alternator position:
Several more hours later after chasing a fuel leak near the tank, another at the fuel pressure sensor and then another at the fuel regulator, a key was turned and the following happened:
The last photo show the car really needs a clean, I've not done anything to the interior since the fire, well apart from some other upgrades...
I never really liked the gauge pods that sit in the radio location, and whilst looking for alternatives on the web, I came across this:
https://www.reveltronics.com/en/product ... ter-utcomp
Looks made for the lude.
To get this thing integrated into the dash cluster meant making room, so I did a bit of rewiring in the standard display cluster, effectively moving some of the warning lights to where the TCS light normally would reside (I don't have TCS anyway).
After a lot of work obtaining sensors, fitting them in the right places and then wiring it all up, I was left with this:
On start up:
I don't have a shot, but I have programmed it to show Fuel pressure, oil pressure, coolant temperature, boost pressure and air/fuel ratio all on one screen.
I have made a switch for the center console and can switch different windows, showing anything from fuel economy, miles remaining on the tank, engine RPM, vehicle speed, and so on and so on.