Puffwagon

Hooray it's only 25C today compared to the 42C tuning yesterday. That means turbos running on gate pressure make more boost. For my car this means the extra 2 psi is too much for the fuel pump so it'll be time to upgrade that. I literally filled up with fuel this morning but fortunately I have half a dozen jerry cans. Haha maybe I'll go out and do it this afternoon

A bit of tuning later and we're sorted. Power is probably only around 250awkw but it's enough for today. I'll get in there when the weather is cooler, it's 42c here and not ideal for road tuning. I'm using kpm 1500cc injectors that I had picked up a while ago, they dialled in very nicely, I was impressed.

So far I've installed coffee, vitamins, map sensor, injectors and 4 bar fuel reg. Gonna fit up the intercooler and intake then think about getting a tune sorted.

I suppose it is all car stuff, it only needed to be defined cos the sun was too much to stay outside all day... Even though I pretty much was anyway.

Rolled out of bed and just got the bonnets swapped over, time for a coffee now lol

I'd upgrade the tailshaft before anything, it'll break the first time it gets on the dyno.

Another good stint today although it was too farken hot. I've got it running now, no leaks which is a friggin miracle. Tomorrow I'm gonna swap the bonnet for a turbo bonnet so the top mount intercooler can get some air flow. I need to for the intercooler which is a 5 minute job, fit the intake pipe which is another 5 minutes, fit a 4 bar reg, also 5 minutes, swap the map sensor and flash a tune into it. I'll have to spend some time with the wideband and knock ears to dial it in but that generally only takes me a few hours with a simple tune like this. Haha no boost control to worry about, just 12psi gate pressure. For anyone wondering wtf I'm on about, I'm fitting turbo stuff to my na territory. The turbo is a billet wheel 3576, perfect for what I'm doing.

Shed stuff is clocking the turbo, setting preload, modding oil return, stuff like that. Car stuff is working on the actual car which is in the driveway.

Yep I'm just doing mainly shed stuff now. I'll go and do some car stuff later

Ok I'm gonna have a look in the shed but there's a good chance it's too hot

Haha well it's supposed to be 37 and sunny here today which will actually be more like 40 and sunny. It's already 37 at 10am lol. That's my excuse for not standing outside working on the car all day. Maybe I'll get some done but there's no hurry, Friday is low 20's and the weekend is cooler too. Plus I registered my VN yesterday so I can get around anyway.

Yeah this is a finished tomorrow thing. The oil drain I have must be for an FG cos it doesn't fit. Oh well, I got all the sh*t bits done, the rest is smooth sailing.

If you're in SA I can help you.

It's your fault lol. I've already for the stock exhaust off and the turbo exhaust on. Had to weld the exhaust back together, lucky I marked it before I cut it. I had to drop the cradle to get the rear section on but the hard work is done. Now just the million other little bits to do. Should be finished later today or perhaps tomorrow.

Come on man show some enthusiasm

Hey @k31th, I've got some pics, you wanna see them?

That's more than double you cup of day old goldfish water

Haha yeah only double

Famous last words

You know if you keep talking about boost I might end up boosting something

Eh your right, she doesn't care. Funnily enough she hates driving and I like driving, go figure

I did and it did

Haha yep, the missus will go I'll tell her after lol

It's a 50 min drive each way, that is too far for me. Perhaps the missus wont care as much

Not quite that far lol.