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Ordered a 2L surge tank today. Local tuner guy says I can use my stock engine mounted fuel pump to fill the surge tank and feed the 044 from that. Be more reliable as a gravity feed than trying to draw the fuel from the stock lines in tank. Should see the carby swapped over in about two weeks time.
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This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by
klampykixx. Reason: Strange coding from copy n paste
Somehow I completely forgot to mention it’s getting turbocharged…
I have a tb25 off a 2.8 diesel patrol and will be running 10psi to start with. That’s what the 044 pump is for.
Be running a water to air intercooler. And a 3″ turbo back exhaust.
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this is still progressing. for anyone who cares, heres some pics
bosch 044 pump…
carby adapter to suit a weber 5200
current setup is just a 3″ cold air intake, well insulated and draws air from the side vent only.
decided not to do the v6 conversion. a few priorities have changed and focus has returned to my DJ business, needing money to grow.
if all goes to plan, ill be updating the van down the line to a larger one which makes the v6 conversion a slight waste of cash.
if anyone wants a Gold VT commodore Berlina for parts/project car, im selling the one I have. PM me for details.
Will be adding some extractors and a complete new exhaust pipe, along with a rebuilt carby and some additions to the sound system in the coming month or two.
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This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by klampykixx.
regarding oil, im contemplating a 15w40 diesel oil like penrite in the emotec seeing as it has the extra detergent additives and higher temp ratings than normal oil.
is that a bad idea or be ok?so basically ill have to make up some sort of container to sit under the turbo and then feed that to an external oil pump. would it be worth using that pump to push through a filter at all before it goes back to the engine? i saw comments regarding ash/burt oil particles causing issues if reintroduced after the spin on filter.
mostly asking as i like to be informed before i make choices, some better than others lol….
ok, thanks for that quick reply
im still trying to sort out whether or not im even going to have the budget to do the conversion, let alone the turbocharging…. work has changed, right as i was preparing to start saving and then took my sundays off me which is my main income…. yay me….
no update really, but put a few kays on the motor since the build and getting a pretty constant 15L/100km consumption, thats combination highway, city, bush and flogging it and being really nice to it.
i cant get it lower, but before the rebuild im sure it was closer to the 10-12/100km.
fresh fuel pump is the only change to the fuel system other than a deletion of some filter thing on #2+#3 cylinder vacuum line. i feel like its a leak somewhere inside the carb or something to do with the float level.. ive played with the mixture screw and its as good as its gonna get to drive, and way leaner than it was at the stock setting, but still using too much fuel….any help on that matter?
Can buy them for about $60 each unless they’ve gone up.
After a week of troubleshooting I finally found two problems that were stopping it running properly.
Leaky egr system was making number 2 and 3 run lean. And exhaust valve on number 3 wasn’t closing. Which I believe had been like that ever since the head was replaced.
Not really understanding how it became so badly adjusted but it’s 100% better.
So weekend just gone my dad and I just tore apart the 4cylinder and put new rings n honed the block but it’s still only running on three cylinders. Ordered a new dizzy cap n rotor and I’ll put some upper engine cleaner thru it this pay n see if it’s any better.
nah they went with the car Aj. Grabbed a few bits from it though, like my 840cc injectors….. Be interesting to see how much boost I can wind into the van once the forged v6 goes in ey?? Lol
Yeh i wish I could have kept it but it was too old for the van and to be legal. It’s a 99model so the 97 vt is just a scrape thru as it applies to the correct adr for emissions. The VR had no hope Being 94.
You’d be the first to suggest to keep it quiet.
But im super tempted.
got my new wheels and tires fitted today. pretty stoked with them
next plan is to freshen up the engine and hope it runs a little better than it does currently. its horrible at the moment. barely runs on two cylinders… :(
Aj yes to black paint. It’s actually duplicate colour bedliner.
@ejdude I’d say I’m somewhere in the middle of your conundrum sorta liking what I’m doing but mostly just winging it and if it works cool
I regret letting it go, but the VR was just taking up space that I didn’t have so had to move it on. And for way less than I’d ever hoped to get for it. $400. :(
I’m torn between having an audible sports exhaust or keep it super quiet for max stealth. What do u guys think? Just a single 2.5 dogleg muff or add a silencer as well?
Frontal shot isn’t coming up in first post so I’ll try a different one. Stupid Facebook
Trying to attach images. Not sure if it’s working…
As for highway cruise, maths says 2500 rpm at 100km/hour and about 2700-2800 at 110.. Yeh real fuel sucking range but it’s gotta be better than 16L/100km I get with the clapped out four banger….
Yep Aj hit the nail on the head. Wish I never got rid of it…
As for balancing, wasnt going to bother as it’s not a huge rpm machine, just building for super mild Street manners, ie stock. Maybe some basic port clean up/matching, but essentially stock but strong.
I don’t intend on ramping up the boost massive, but just want to ensure its capable of handling it if I ever want to.
Thinkn just a budget T70 turbo stock headers, custom Ypipe and then stealth muffled 3″ dump to keep police off it and also coz it’s a planned to be a portable PA system when out and about, like at a car show. I still do mobile dj work so I wanna just plug n play.
This is primarily for ensuring it has enough grunt to pull up to 2tonne in the form of a second van made into a trailer full of PA system.
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