04' mk2 BA ute 554rwkw

[arronm]

Very SHINY....  

[DC-Auto]

On 24/07/2018 at 11:50 PM, k31th said:

looks more like oil starvation, rather than a BOV failure. No BOV doesn't cause damage or wear

it is my own fault really, I have experienced this in the past with a customers 600hp SR20 (huge power for an SR back in 2005). he also wasnt running a BOV, and the same thing happened to him (lost compressor nut). as the compressor wheel is spinning at 180,000rpm and comes to an almost dead stop, the inertia of the nut wants to continue on. My nut was sitting loose on the bottom of the compressor cover inlet.

 

in other news, my 1500hp tailshaft has been installed, turbo has turned up and installed

still representing for the low mounts

fuel line fitting broke on the fuel pump module, resulting in a fuel leak. off with the tub, cleaning up and redoing all of the surge tank plumbing. Solid state relay is on it's way, time the pulse width modulate the fuel pump, and controlled via the haltech.

 

so once im happy with the PWM fuel pump setup and have the tub back on, she'll be back on the dyno for hopefully a 1000+rwhp, 36psi tune

Edited 08/08/18 09:55 AM by DC-Auto
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[k31th]

beautiful work, matey

[DC-Auto]

we had the car back on the dyno a couple of weeks ago, turns out the internal 3bar map sensor was struggling with any boost over 28psi, so I have picked up a haltech 4bar sensor but yet to be installed. still at 27psi but inlet temps have dropped significantly and we are making solid power without too much timing. 

took the car to one of those torque time sunday morning events at qld raceway, bit of a nightmare morning. arrived, and bolted the radials on, pulled out onto the tracked and put a little heat into the tyres through first from about 40kph, selected 2nd and felt a little slip, straight to top gear (3rd) and popped an intercooler pipe off.. no biggi.

pulled back into the pits, refitted cooler pipe, back out on track.. 1st, selected 2nd.. no gear. I suspected I'd spun the sprag. transmission is now out, will be pulled down this week and sorted..

Edited 19/11/18 09:08 AM by k31th
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[DC-Auto]

ok, transmission is back together, another full build, same specs as before but now with a 6pack forward clutch arangement, 36 element pro-mod sprag and drum, billet alloy intermediate shaft and a freshen up of the converter. good for 1800+rwhp and 1500ft lbs. 

I still havent turned it up, and still havent installed the 4bar map sensor. I figured I should try and put down the power I have without blazing the tyre before putting more into it.

In other news I figure if im planning on running 150+mph it would be good idea to stop at the other end.. the 2 piston calipers and 322mm rotors are a disgrace, so im introducing the 380mm and 6pot Brembo front conversion im in the process of

[DC-Auto]

I finally have the brakes all bolted on and bled, stopping on a dime. but unfortunately the Work Emotiion 18" rims didn't leave more than 0.25mm clearance, so they had to go. I fitted up 19x9's, and 19x9.5 mustang rims, offset is way off being +52.5mm for the rear and +45 on the front, so for the moment im running 35mm bolt on spacers on the rear, and 20mm's on the front till I have a more permanent fix. 

[DC-Auto]

***Money pit update***

All new alloy 3" v-banded intercooler piping, cost a fortune but no more intercooler piping blowing off

being a ute, traction is non existent on the street even with radials on, trying to get used to the acceleration at the track is an awesome learning curve. Willowbank had the hot rod and nostalgia reunion on that weekend, so in the 5.5hrs I was there, only got 4 runs. 1st run - 132mph (red lit with a transbrake fault), 2nd run - 11.0@140mph (left off the foot brake without boost), 3rd run - 10.3@139mph (3000rpm launch, short shifting through the gears), 4th run - 12.2@141mph (3750rpm launch, blazed the tyres,, pedaled 5 times).