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    I played around with water injection on my triumph basically wound all carbs as lean as they'd go so it would lose power and ping then feed it water to stop the detonation. Was gutless but it did make it go much further on a tank, the clouds of water vapour coming out of it were quite comical as well.
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    Vtnz make shit up....sometimes. Told me I had rust in a chassis Rail and recommended me 2 shops for the repair. I went somewhere else sure enough no rust the panel shop guy buffed the underseal off clear coated the bare metal and drove it over there himself to get a please explain. Was a shady inspector sending his mates work basically.
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    OBD reader

    Muncie replied to crash's topic in Tech Talk

    $12 Bluetooth one off aliexpress then pay for the Torque app on playstore. It'll do all your basic diagnostic stuff and some more advanced things. There is specific leads/readers for VAG BMW GM FORD etc gets a bit brand specific if you want to dig deeper into what your doing.
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    Finally fixed the weak rear axle situation. Chopped the whole ass end out replaced it with a chunk of steam pipe and welded it in with everything straight this time, and chucked on a 5 litre fuel tank Me and my son beat the absolute shit out it for 2 hours with no let up and it spins the wheels endlessly lock to lock stable as. Does donuts like a mad thing to and just loves it!. Video below. I did roll it on its side doing some donuts was still running so flipped it over and did more. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CabHE6PAGW5/?utm_medium=copy_link
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    I've got a pre-mounted Flexco strain gauge you just superglue it anywhere you want deflection data from and log it.... I'll give it to you if you can use it stick to your bonnet skin connect to a channel on your Ecu and it'll tell you if you have more downforce aerospace shit!
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    Reminds me of this. Has anyone put a jelly bean in a wind tunnel before maybe you could scale up for the Echo? I would love to see this thing turbocharged on E85 with the 13:1 comp ratio.
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    Yeah pretty much.... got 850cc injectors and a big fuel pump so should have enough juice to feed it till the rods fall in to the sump. No shortage of turbo either will probably take it to 15psi and see what noises it makes, I might choose to let it live.
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    1 cylinder has seen some oil down the inlet valve, stem seals are pretty old so I'll give the heads a bit of a tidy up valve grind and get them back on and just send it. if it shits itself I'll build something better...... or bolt the turbo to a $400 K24 and slam that in
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    Well we all know nothing beats a modern day supercar like an echo. Moderately quick 5 seater couch is the goal here budget is pretty similar though.
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    Pulled the heads today glad I did as the bolts hardly put up a fight my boy who's 12 broke them loose without even grunting. Heads gaskets are possibly original heads just lifted off no need to pry at all. Thought I had a crack between valves on 1 cylinder but was just some flaky carbon that came off with a scratch of a screwdriver.
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    Just found my set of carbide burrs I lost 15 years ago so I have the gear to hog out the ports on the heads. I've been in 2 minds about doing the head gaskets because money, but this engine isn't new and it's going to see a bucket load of boost so I should probably throw some Cometic multi layer gaskets in it and ARP head studs. Who knows the sump is coming off to do the turbo drain I might throw some ARP bolts in down there too if I can get them. I went big with the turbo as I've always wanted to build a 4.2 stroker engine later down track. my uncle was running one in his offroader that was making 400hp naturally aspirated so I've got his brain to pick on what to use, that's the long game who knows maybe I just rebuild it stock stroke and rev it to the moon that also seems to work.
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    Also made up oil and water line fittings and got those fitted up for good to turbo all nice speedflow stuff. Oil supplied with an4 with 1mm Restrictor fitted drain will be an8 hopefully its big enough should only be a dribble being roller bearing. Water done in an6 just have to find somewhere to tap in for those I have to run water for the turbo warranty and keep it under 40psi...... can't see that being an issue.
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    Spent today chopping up what to some is a valuable engine loom, this was so I could build a bench test setup allowing me to connect and make changes to the ecu out of the car. I've found it sucks doing this in the car any change like a drop in voltage accidentally disconnecting the usb etc can potentially brick the ECU ive come close once or twice and got lucky. I can also take it away with me on work trips and sit undisturbed to make changes in a hotel room using a 12v power supply to run the ecu. Only 11 wires but I decided to de-pin all the connectors so I wasn't left with unused stubbs of wire poking out to potentially short 3/4 were pre handled by someone with dick fingers so took 2 hours to do this all.
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    Its Just a controlled leak if you have a maf sensor make sure you plumb the bled air back in behind the maf. I had a leak on my vw at this point and it would go into limp mode/check engine light till I sorted it.
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    Welding "stuff"....

    Muncie replied to sr2's topic in Tech Talk

    Just tidied up a little welder I bought 20 years ago had exact same symptoms I stopped using it because of it. Had wrong size tip fitted 1.0mm Instead of 0.8mm it would spit and fuck around blow holes etc as the wire would basically weld itself to the inside of the copper tip then break free, the other thing I found was a shit connection in the earth clamp all fixed its a good little machine. Just welding on clean bare steel does it misbehave? Oh and is your wire rusty??
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    Finally this is running pretty reliably it's pretty twitchy on tar seal but on grass it's absolutely magic. Got confident yesterday gave it wide open throttle in 3rd gear it had no issues spinning the wheels for 200 meters while probably going 90kph! And makes awesome doorts out the carb that's just under your chin. It also does drift but requires absolute commitment as it tries to both grip and wheel stand. Pretty handy fits in work ute perfectly and can be loaded by comfortably just on my own.
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    Decided I should do some QC on my wastegate seeing as it was reasonably priced and the turbo represents the most expensive car part I've ever bought actually more than the engine itself, seemed like good thing to do. Glad I checked as it had both springs loaded in it one of which can hold most of my body weight, enough spring to send my head gaskets to the moon. Only one small bit of swarf attached is all I found it's just above the seat so would of just burnt off but I took it off anyway all in all pretty happy with rest of the wastegate.
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    More overnight parts from Japan Sydney wastegate arrived its a whopper! shoebox size package My possibly knock off 850cc Siemens Deka injectors arrived, these are what all the cool kids with turbo commodores run, I also have a map to flash in the ecu that will run these with a LS1 maf swaying my decision a bit to get them. List of things to buy has pretty much been completed for the big ticket stuff. Time to start fabricating pipework and whip the sump off to weld in a drain for the turbo drain,parts are coming for that.
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    GIZ! so I can jam an ecotec in It.
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    Despite some of the above advice I ended up buying the bigger turbo the GTX3584RS GEN2 I did have 0.83 exhaust housing fitted so that should help it spool up over the 1.01 a bit better. I don't mind some lag so I can still get good economy and be able to keep it from arcing up at highway cruising speeds once I change the diff gears for some 3.4's or 3.7's, I should then be able chop it down a cog and land right into the power zone.
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    I've planned on going 3.5" exhaust front to back as I've got the room underneath car is 15-20mm higher than stock on the VF wheels (which I like) and will help later on not be a cop magnet. Sinco do these sweet bellows was going to to the crossover pipe in 2" with one in middle and heat wrap the shit out of it can imagine she'll grow a few mm on song. Will also put one on the wastegate between the outlet and where it plumbs back in.
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    Went with the 60mm wastegate in end turbo arrived and is pretty damned nice so ordered same brand. Will be using the old flipped manifold method as after flipping the passengers side over it sits right where I need it, Will be room to give the wastegate priority flow at the merge of 2 exhaust banks as well Plenty of room to fit a 3.5" downpipe between chassis and engine.
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    Yup, that's kinda sexual.
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    Just ordered a PULSAR 60mm wastegate to match the turbo direct from overseas 1/2 the price of the nz supplier. 60mm in my head sounds so fucking huge! Guess I'm not pissing around with a small engine though. If I can do a mid 13 second quarter with this combo I'll be over moon I'll be even happier if it does it without breaking the driveline immediately.
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