So heres a few images and videos from the day. In the video the plume of smoke that looks like a nitrous purge is a slight leak from the rocker cover gasket. It would drop a speck of oil onto the manifold and smoke up. This was the only issue apart from a v band clamp falling off the wastegate that we had. Pretty chuffed with that. The smaller images are videos, so just click on them:- Greg giving it a gentle run in and testing loads Full power runs A little lick of flame
Fuck me thats some mega power for the boost! Esp as it's stock internals and tbh quite a small turbo!
i didnt see this coming at ALL with 1.1 through a 3071!! i was thinking low 400's. Super awesome man. doesnt make any sense, but im so excited that this is just about done haha
I may have spoken to soon. Greg thinks the AFM might be faulty and reading too high a voltage so Miller are sending out a new one. I might get the car back just to road test it.
Replacement MAF en route from Miller. Thomas and Martin will be tying down any niggles so that it's ready to drive home after Greg's had it back
Possibly I'm hoping to do the rockingham event that flat out factory are putting on. If not then pod on the 12th for sure
Awesome man, nice to see it almost done! Fuckin mad cool exhaust manifold! Just a heads up for cooling, I think you'll have problems with a standard size, although alloy, radiator! I run a big SR20 one and it just about keeps the temps down, 110c in summer drifting. with oil cooler too. On a N/A engine Doesn't look like there's much space in there for a bigger radiator or something! What fan setup do you have? I haven't seen it edit you'll need a higher pressure cap than 1.1 bar as it will constantly overflow for a long time. I got a STANT higher pressure cap. BMW runs at 20-25psi You could also chuck in a thermostat from M30 engine, it's 80 degrees and should provide higher flow rate, effectively...
Clive, yep im booked in. Mo cheers for that i'm running 2 x Kenlowe fans. The problem is the space the wastegate is about 5 cm's from the rad so i doubt a bigger would fit unless we notch into the slam panel. We had one incident of temps running too high during mapping so i'll get Martin/Thomas to look into your suggestions. I just cant wait to drive it. Lets hope i remember how to drift after almost 3 years out.
Best things to do for cooling is improve the ducting for the fans as much as poss! Not that my ducting is the best it could be... next step would be as you said notch the slam panel and bigger rad be cool to see it go round Lydden Hill man
well the weekender is still a possibility to be honest im shitting it, driving it for the first time i expect it to act very differently. As an N/A i could drift it all day long anywhere but so much has changed now, including wheel size, ride height, power steering, boost, angle kit. Worst case scenario we could do a Zurawski favourite and relocate the rad to the rear
If you put the rad in the rear how would you go about cooling it, or is it naturally cooler due to the fact its not bolted infront of the engine. I suppose then you can also use any size rad...
usually with external fans and as you say the additional heat from the engine isnt there. They also duct in air from the side windows. Check out Thomas Zurawski's car and this S15 that he built - http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/134085-zurawski-motorsport-s15.html
Did you go for a larger MAF or are you running a stock 325 one??? Is there no way you could plumb in a MAP sensor instead?
