VS Manta #218

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

So harness is done and will be in the post this week

 

both sets of pipes are all welded up, no. 7 and 8 cyilenders pulled a bit so had to cut and re weld them to get them to line up

 

welded on 2 by O2 sensors to drivers side collector, 1 for PCM and wid band O2 and also welded on 1/8 NPT onto each cyilender 1 inch from head  so EGT can go into any cyilender

 

got to weld all them onto passenger side as well then they are goin in for HPC coating next week

 

also split the fuel line and went into back of both rails and Y them back together before reg as I’m starting to push to much power for a looped fuel rail set up

 

also got inside plastics finished off the other week, crappy pic as its dirty but you get the gist of it

 

just need a igniter from EFI hard ware to convert positive low voltage spark trigger to a negative high voltage trigger fitted up and 2  plugs to fit before I fit glove box again

 

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

So I have been flat out with work lately and haven’t had time to even touch the car

 

I finally got to it today and fitted my pipes that have been sitting in the shed for a week and got the harness 90% in so it will be ready when the PCM turns up, here is a pic of when I got it out of box

and I know some of my welds around EGT sensors are crap lol you don’t need to tell me lol

 

 

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Hi mate,  I have been away a while, first chance I have had to read through the exhaust work, bloody beautiful work mate.  Have to be happy with that, awesome!!

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Cheers Gary, it was a huge job, and a massive step above making a exhaust, exhaust systems is now a simply job to me compared to extractors lol

 

haven’t posted much for a while, but it’s all together, wiring is all done, I run a 3 pin igniter, that takes the positive spark trigger and converts it to a negative trigger witch I can run my existing MSD system from

 

Iv got efi live and a lap top now, Iv found a kick ass 5l tuner witch is actually the guy my orgional tuner called in to help get my car goin back when I first got it goin

 

So we got a base tune and fired it up, it was good and I’m learning so much on how tuning works, my cheap oil pressure gauge has shat it’s self so we decided to stop there,  Iv got a mechanical autometre gauge now witch I have to install now my hoist is working again

 

My stupid hoist rams blow out there seals and cost me $600 to rebuild them after one spat oil all over my shed floor  :cry:

and also e85 just become available last week in my area so tank will be getting drained

 

so bit of road tuning first up and get it driving nicely, then on the dyno for some WOT runs then back to the road and track for final check over

 

also after smashing cv cages in under 1000km I now have billet axels and 2 piece billet axel stubs from diff techniques

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Nice work mate. Keep the posts coming, hats off to you for tackling it yourself. Just coz people arent posting dont think we aent following he build 

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Don’t worrie I know people are following waiting for results

you will know of updates and probley fottage on road tuning on my FB page as well as here in the coming weeks when we get time

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Is that your regular fb page or do have one for the car too?

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Just my regular

 

don’t have one for car just my self

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

No worries, i only did one for mine so my other friends who arent into cars didnt get bored with all the car  posts ha ha

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

I just make all my other friends put up with it lol

[benkParticipant Sydney View build HERE Member since: August 23, 2015 Posts: 85]

where did you get that bit of trim around the hole where the intake pipe goes through the body?

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Just off eBay, problem some dodgie Chinese seller more then likely knowing eBay these days

 

it’s called pinch weld

 

just google that and you will find heaps of different sizes and colours

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Bit bored waiting for some paint to dry on a shelf I’m making, so reread your exhaust build (which is aweome) so thought I would clean up the crappy characters in your post for ya (benefit of having admin rights  )

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

So Pete whats the idea of the EGT in each cylinder?  Is the ECU able to read all them and adjust each cylinder individually or is it so you can choose which pipe you measure?

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Cheers for the fix up

 

no real plan with EGT in each cyilendars , ECU can not read all, my Efi live can read 2 cyilenders and put that with data on lap top

 

i needed at least 2 as I have 1 now and second will be soon when I get second part to create dual wide band instead of single wide band like I have now with my zietronix set up, them same K type sensors can be wired to the EFI live if I want to

It was more of a why not put 1 in ever cyilendar over a why would I put 1 in every cyilendar

 

I just can not see a reason why not to, that way if I ever have any issues or doubts when I have 2 egt it’s a matter of 4 drives and 1 minute on each sensor change to see if 1 cyilendar is running hotter then the other (leaner) or colder

 

also so when drag racing I can see if there is a difference between say cyilendar 1 and 7

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Also fired up today and all seams good

 

next Friday is play time

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

EGT’s have a huge amount of Lag excluding the Ethernet ones so pretty useless for anything but steady state monitoring…

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

What are the Ethernet ones ?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

vs manta 218 wrote:

What are the Ethernet ones ?

MoTeC do em, they read pretty much in real time, I’ve ran the old style sensors in the past and they’re so laggy..

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Never new that Lj

cheers

 

motec sounds und a a little expensive already

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