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Dale

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26th Mar 12 at 21:41

quote:
Originally posted by BeetleGav
gutted its not going to be a stealth weapon now. but it will look good.

Yer but as stated its form over function....

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
That is truely epic Dale. The fuel system looks like a work of art, however I am just itching to take the sound deadening out!

Cheers G man, lol so am I but I haven't got time to get inside sprayed got so much more to do

quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
you need to change the -8 fittings from black to blue and red. Otherwise top notch as always

I will be now I know the route I didn't want to buy any more incase i needed a 45 or something....

quote:
Originally posted by M Sutton
Thats awesome,carnt wait to see it finished!!

Cheers fella, its getting there slowely

quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Looking good dale

Cheers Col

quote:
Originally posted by corsadonk
Have you desided on what to do in the boot. Carpet?

Carpet more than likely but things 100% yet you know me

TimC909

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26th Mar 12 at 22:12

Dale just noticed a fault (I think) with the swirlpot plumbing. The pipe on the very top of the pot should be the return back to the tank due to over fill, not the feed from the lift pump in the tank.

The two inlets on the side should be feeds into the pot, one from the lift pump in the tank, the second the return back from your FPR.

HTH

Dale

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26th Mar 12 at 22:30

quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
Dale just noticed a fault (I think) with the swirlpot plumbing. The pipe on the very top of the pot should be the return back to the tank due to over fill, not the feed from the lift pump in the tank.

The two inlets on the side should be feeds into the pot, one from the lift pump in the tank, the second the return back from your FPR.

HTH

Funny you should had that Tim as someone else said that and I spent to night double checking and even popped down to steve at GWR Motorsport to check and his reply to the above setup was...

The reason I have plumbed it this way is to ensure the tank doesn't get pressurize by allowing all of the excess fuel to return to the main tank correctly since the swirl pot is above the main tank, in fact all of the pipes should be at tangent to the main swirl pot tank, this would help reduce airated fuel by the incoming fuel "swirling" around the top of the tank and then the "neat" fuel filling the swirl pot up to the over flow, this results in an unpressurised reserve of fuel to supply the main fuel pump. The last thing you want to do is force fuel back into the swirl pot where fuel already is!! This desigin is used by all top touring car, tin top, single seater race teams, a proven system, Fit and forget.....

TimC909

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26th Mar 12 at 22:41

Fair play then. I never plan on having to run a swirl pot so i should be safe. If I suffer fuel surge ill change to a proper sumped tank and an 044

Dale

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1st Apr 12 at 21:49

Had abit more time on him again today...

First off was the tack weld plates to make front panel removable

Top intercooler brackets tacked on

Mounted FPR and ran lines, haven't plumbed in fuel pressure sensor yet

Feed to rail

At present I'm going to use those XE cam's on standard marks, so first off was to put inlet back to standard marks and swap exhaust cam.

Strip down...

Exhaust cam removed..

Cam with pick up and sensor

Then I started routing my intercooler piping

With correct silicone joiners

Where the header tank is going

Then onto oil pressure sensor

Old vs new

Adapter for block, M14 x1.5 to -4 and -4 to -3 adapter then -3 hose to mount sensor on the bulk head

Then I seem to have hit a small problem..... placement for oil cooler so at present the location will be here and ducting and vent for cooler to help air flow, it will be changed to a 19row aswell....

Rough location

Using one of these

I will also be changing oil sandwich plate to 1/2 bsp with thermostat

[Edited on 01-04-2012 by Dale]

[Edited on 02-04-2012 by Dale]

bigron1988

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1st Apr 12 at 21:55

looking good mate , any idea when first outing this year will be

Dale

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1st Apr 12 at 22:00

quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988
looking good mate , any idea when first outing this year will be

Its getting there slowely, hopefully out early May so busy month ahead, plan to get it mapped in may but if not it will be at PVS with base map....

Graham88

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1st Apr 12 at 23:16

Good work as usual

DansCorsaSXi

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1st Apr 12 at 23:28

Great work as usual Dale,done a decent job on the silicone joiners.

Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread

Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread

TimC909

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2nd Apr 12 at 12:50

Dale I think you will find the bottom outlet on the FPR goes back to the swirl pot, and the other side of the rail is the feed from your 044

Nice tidy job your doing though

[Edited on 02-04-2012 by TimC909]

Dale

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2nd Apr 12 at 13:08

Good spot Tim.. I did actually do that but failed on the dodgy write up was a long day yesterday lol!! I'll change it now!!

Kieran

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2nd Apr 12 at 15:04

Looking good big boy. Need to have a passenger ride in this when done!

TimC909

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2nd Apr 12 at 15:09

Sorry for nit-picking.

Going to be a cramped engine bay aint it. Instead of the air fed oil cooler, you thought about using a laminova inbetween the rad and the plastic pipe from behind the engine. It is what I was I planning on doing but my mate sold his laminova before I could raise the funds.

M Sutton

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2nd Apr 12 at 17:44

Awesome progress as usual Dale! Still my favourite Corsa B around!!

Col004

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2nd Apr 12 at 20:15

Looks fantastic dale... Well done.. Don't forget that schematic pleeaaasee

Dale

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2nd Apr 12 at 21:57

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Good work as usual

Cheers G haven't had anytime today I look at clearances tomorrow

quote:
Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
Great work as usual Dale,done a decent job on the silicone joiners.

Cheers, Yer its a pain to get the cuts straight on them

quote:
Originally posted by Kieran
Looking good big boy. Need to have a passenger ride in this when done!

Cheers lover boy, yer will do we will catch up once its built

quote:
Originally posted by TimC909
Sorry for nit-picking.

Going to be a cramped engine bay aint it. Instead of the air fed oil cooler, you thought about using a laminova inbetween the rad and the plastic pipe from behind the engine. It is what I was I planning on doing but my mate sold his laminova before I could raise the funds.

Its not nit picking.....

I'm going to try this cooler this way first but if it doesn't work I will look into it... with the motec I can monitor the oil temps alot more accurately than I could before! The plan is also to move the hot air out from the cooler too, I have a plan for that but I will have to have a play first....

quote:
Originally posted by M Sutton
Awesome progress as usual Dale! Still my favourite Corsa B around!!

Cheers fella

its getting there...

quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Looks fantastic dale... Well done.. Don't forget that schematic pleeaaasee

I haven't forgot don't worry I'm still playing around with the fuel system.... I will send you one once fully done

just waiting on last few bits

Col004

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2nd Apr 12 at 22:17

Graham88

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2nd Apr 12 at 23:03

It's ok mate wouldn't worry too much about it it'll have to wait until I'm back now anyway

TimC909

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3rd Apr 12 at 15:15

What schematic is this? Im being nosey.

Col004

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3rd Apr 12 at 16:07

You are nosey Tim

[Edited on 03-04-2012 by Col004]

TimC909

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3rd Apr 12 at 16:12

I know, im like Pinocchio

Dale

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8th Apr 12 at 00:14

Update time again

Old oil temp vs new oil temp

Modified a coil pack bracket to take x20xev coil pack, currently have early head fitted on no threads on side for bracket

Few more goodies have turned up

New oil cooler 19row x 235mm vs old item 13row x 235mm

New hoses from Roose Motorsport, 2 way water pipe as I no longer use the 3rd connection for the inlet manifold, 10deg bend for intercooler pipe to trottle body and some other hose

Mocking oil cooler and cold feed to this

Currently using my old oil cooler lines to check for clearance....

All for brackets made top two go to front panel and bottom two go to battery tray

Then time to pull apart

For my reference the part number of the studs I used (BMW part number)

Studs fitted

Removed inlet

old 3 way pipe to be replaced

Next was to make adapter for the air temp sensor for the inlet, I used previous adapter which i cut the end off, drilled and tapped the m10 x 1.25 thread for air temp sensor....