Got my engine and ancillaries !!!
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OK guys got some pics of my new engine and the ancillaries and was wondering if u could spot anything else i need, i know that i need a fuel pressure reg, and a fuel tank with a fuel return, but can u spot anything else? cheers

Time for the pics













and here is the car that the engine is going in..



The cars going to have a complete new front end before christmas, i was wondering how well turbos and flip fronts go together? I will also get the bulkhead box done then..

Also as for tuning i would like to keep the car very driveable, wot mods would you make and how much power roughly would that give, the engines getting a full rebuild so it should be quite solid

Cheers Nick

Fuel pipe

Fuel pump

Fuel regulator

and loads and loads of degreaser

Flip fronts work with turbos now problems at all. Are you DIYing?

alex

AlexF

Cheers Alex, any idea what sort of pump i will need? Yeah i will be DIY'ing and i got no idea what connects where yet so still got aload of homework to do... DOH

Need a few more blades for you fan... lol!

pump needs to be an injection "roller vane" pump that can supply say 5 psi over what boost your using. metro one is the best as we all know it works.

you can use spi or mpi tanks though with itergral pumps. im using an spi setup.

you will want a braided oil supply pipe to the turbo. the std one gets in the way of the mini engine steady bar.

i can do these if you want one. including all T pieces etc for £43. do lots more things like brand new pumps etc if you need.

ah yeah lol, the fan... obviously will have to get onto that 1, and i will be onto you iain for some parts as soon as i get the engine to play with... as for spi tank with internal pump where bouts other than ebay will be good to look? Nick

Can throw you a fan in with the bits you need mate if you like, got some spares.

Mine came from ebay, might be selling it soon as i want an alloy fuel cell.

well if its going let me know... cheers!! really cant wait to start playing :)

dont forget to strip it and check it all before
fitting,you know it makes sense,if you need an exhaust i have a proper maniflow system £45.00,

minisport advertised injection tanks with pumps sender etc for about 90ish quid i think not bad really as its brand new and youll probably pay close to that if you see any on ebay, mine cost 80 quid from mini scrappers

or hold out and buy iains

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

cheers for the advice guys, its deffo gonna get a full engine check and rebuild, and im thinking it will be a good idea to have the turbo unit rebuilt? astupid question but do these engines put out 90bhp on standard boost on a solid engine?

Nick

yes they do.. book says 94bhp..!

alex

AlexF

woah 94, hopefully can make a gain on that, is 1.3 roller rockers an avonbar phase 2 cam and an i/c a good way to go?

id say yes thats a good idea. should see a comfy 100bhp with a slight boost increase. dont forget to have the chambers opened up in the head to lower the compression ratio and you'll be laughing

Opening up the chambers in the head, where could i get this done and roughly how much would it cost? also what compression ratio would i be looking for??

Nick

Morspeed do it for about £50 just to drop the CR

While you have the head off get it full worked over to stage 3 for about 400 odd and see 120 bhp on 8 psi with no other mods!!

AlexF

that does sound interesting, but how driveable will it be at low revs?

also a thing im a little in the dark about is boost controller? where do i find that and how do i mod it to be in the car
Nick

More power will make it less friendly at low revs... but unless you spend all day in traffic then there isnt much point worrying about it!

Most people use a simple bleed valve as a boost controler.. this you mount in the car and to a point u can have any boost you desire. The limit is usually that your engine will only be setup to run so much boost and winding it up past that point will cause a problem!


alex

AlexF

cheers Alex.

have you got a distributor for it?

LOL, a bit late yeah i got the distributor. I also have a fuel pressure reg so its just the spi tank to go, we are looking at putting the engine in at the end of the month, so alot of posts will be going up then to make certain that what we are doing is right as we go along..

Nick

if i had to change anything on mine id fit an actuator and the bleed valve hoses as these are a pain in the arse to do with the engine in! i got my fuel pump from avonbar bit expensive but it works well and had no probs

wot actuator would u reccomend? thanks for th advice?