GAVBEY'S FD3S (picture heavy)
04-26-14, 09:08 PM
#101
ive tidied up my intercooler (hotside pipes)
and heres the car before i put it away for winter.
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i just bought an AC-DC tig welder so be prepared for some weird and wonderfull mods.....so like i say ive been driving it around and just enjoying it. love the rotary noise from the exhaust i made. not too loud untill wastegate opens then wwwwwaaaaahahahhaahahhhhh
:thumbsup::thumbsup:
04-26-14, 09:12 PM
#103
new oil in
some high temp nikel grease on my wastegate
this is one of my intake valves
hehehehe
turbo return keeps melting and thats with heat wrap!!!
ooollaaahh llaaa nice new plugs
and this is how she sits just now
more to come in the future
:p
some high temp nikel grease on my wastegate
this is one of my intake valves
hehehehe turbo return keeps melting and thats with heat wrap!!!
ooollaaahh llaaa nice new plugs
and this is how she sits just now
more to come in the future
:p
01-06-16, 11:58 PM
#114
as i said before im sorry for not being on here much. some recent pics
DYNO TIME
Car behaved well, I have a fuel pressure problem towards the end. the fuel pressure was dropping rapidly. I dont think its my FPR its pointing towards the fuel pump either being starved from the feed collector or the pump just at its max.
looking to get a new FPR from DM motorsport and another GST450
Ill also make a fuel cooler on the return line with a fan to cool the fuel as its getting bloody hot!
it made 491 RWHP however we lost the graph. gutted heres the next one down.
555.55BHP ******* chuffed
1.5BAR.. it wants much more. the car was happy at that boost. I think its to do with the larger hot side 1.10 AR
FLAMES
FLAMES CLICK
DYNO
DYNO RUN CLICK
all was well then the gearbox shat itself..
Locked in 4th. thinking ive snaped a selector fork.
Next step:
More fuel, Gearbox then dyno again. still runing seriously conservative timing ie 10's.
Massive thanks to everyone thats put up with my stupid questions etc. DM MOTORSPORT, Marco, Scott etc and a huge hug and lkisses to phil and the other FD wife beaters (You know who you are )
:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Got all that fixed and now ive covered about 1000 miles tearing its **** off and nothing has broken YET....
Thanks guys
DYNO TIME
Car behaved well, I have a fuel pressure problem towards the end. the fuel pressure was dropping rapidly. I dont think its my FPR its pointing towards the fuel pump either being starved from the feed collector or the pump just at its max.
looking to get a new FPR from DM motorsport and another GST450
Ill also make a fuel cooler on the return line with a fan to cool the fuel as its getting bloody hot!
it made 491 RWHP however we lost the graph. gutted heres the next one down.
555.55BHP ******* chuffed
1.5BAR.. it wants much more. the car was happy at that boost. I think its to do with the larger hot side 1.10 AR
FLAMES
FLAMES CLICK
DYNO
DYNO RUN CLICK
all was well then the gearbox shat itself..
Locked in 4th. thinking ive snaped a selector fork.
Next step:
More fuel, Gearbox then dyno again. still runing seriously conservative timing ie 10's.
Massive thanks to everyone thats put up with my stupid questions etc. DM MOTORSPORT, Marco, Scott etc and a huge hug and lkisses to phil and the other FD wife beaters (You know who you are )
:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Got all that fixed and now ive covered about 1000 miles tearing its **** off and nothing has broken YET....
Thanks guys
01-12-16, 04:47 PM
#120
The car has come an incredibly long way. We are all very proud of you
Few things I wanted to mention. It's been 2 or 3 years since I last posted in this thread
The problem with your fuel temp and pressure is the pump not being gravity fed. It takes max effort for it to suck it up and out of the tank. It's one of the biggest contributors to external pump issues. Also the in tank pumps have the benefit of being submerged and it helps for additional cooling but mostly it's the weight of the fuel above the pump keeps it from being over worked. Pump design somewhat dictates this.
Don't take just my word for it on the pump location; Research it yourself and also bring that fuel hose to someone's attention that can verify if its for low pressure.
I look forward to that 600hp dyne run when you sort it out. Thanks for keeping this thread alive.
The fuel line set up makes me very nervous and the line itself looks like low pressure fuel hose for cars that use Carburetors.
Mike
Few things I wanted to mention. It's been 2 or 3 years since I last posted in this thread
The problem with your fuel temp and pressure is the pump not being gravity fed. It takes max effort for it to suck it up and out of the tank. It's one of the biggest contributors to external pump issues. Also the in tank pumps have the benefit of being submerged and it helps for additional cooling but mostly it's the weight of the fuel above the pump keeps it from being over worked. Pump design somewhat dictates this.
Don't take just my word for it on the pump location; Research it yourself and also bring that fuel hose to someone's attention that can verify if its for low pressure.
I look forward to that 600hp dyne run when you sort it out. Thanks for keeping this thread alive.
The fuel line set up makes me very nervous and the line itself looks like low pressure fuel hose for cars that use Carburetors.
Mike
Last edited by ZoomZoom; 01-12-16 at 04:50 PM.
01-12-16, 08:59 PM
#121
The car has come an incredibly long way. We are all very proud of you
Few things I wanted to mention. It's been 2 or 3 years since I last posted in this thread
The problem with your fuel temp and pressure is the pump not being gravity fed. It takes max effort for it to suck it up and out of the tank. It's one of the biggest contributors to external pump issues. Also the in tank pumps have the benefit of being submerged and it helps for additional cooling but mostly it's the weight of the fuel above the pump keeps it from being over worked. Pump design somewhat dictates this.
Don't take just my word for it on the pump location; Research it yourself and also bring that fuel hose to someone's attention that can verify if its for low pressure.
I look forward to that 600hp dyne run when you sort it out. Thanks for keeping this thread alive.
The fuel line set up makes me very nervous and the line itself looks like low pressure fuel hose for cars that use Carburetors.
Mike
Few things I wanted to mention. It's been 2 or 3 years since I last posted in this thread
The problem with your fuel temp and pressure is the pump not being gravity fed. It takes max effort for it to suck it up and out of the tank. It's one of the biggest contributors to external pump issues. Also the in tank pumps have the benefit of being submerged and it helps for additional cooling but mostly it's the weight of the fuel above the pump keeps it from being over worked. Pump design somewhat dictates this.
Don't take just my word for it on the pump location; Research it yourself and also bring that fuel hose to someone's attention that can verify if its for low pressure.
I look forward to that 600hp dyne run when you sort it out. Thanks for keeping this thread alive.
The fuel line set up makes me very nervous and the line itself looks like low pressure fuel hose for cars that use Carburetors.
Mike
Thanks for the comments. Like i say iv emissed out so much of the thread.
Fuel line is now stainless braided AN8 .
fuel pump are x2 walbro gst450. (i got rid of the bosch 044 and wirlpot)
1650 asnu secondaries
750 asnu primaries
Turbosmart 1200 FRP (Aeromotive couldn't keep up with 900lt/hr)
haha i wont be near 600bhp. to be honest the car is pretty undrivable at 550.
Cheers for now
