The Project Pad

PRY4SNO wrote:Not going to use a fibreglass sleeve on the turbo lines?

Yes... just haven't put it on yet!!

Damn looking good .
I have that Kool Tools thing. Nothing beats the feeling of little stainless wires in the finger .

Afterthought wrote:Damn looking good .
I have that Kool Tools thing. Nothing beats the feeling of little stainless wires in the finger .

My favourite is under fingernails

PRY4SNO wrote:

Afterthought wrote:Damn looking good .
I have that Kool Tools thing. Nothing beats the feeling of little stainless wires in the finger .

My favourite is under fingernails

Yes - I always donate blood when putting hoses together...

Working on more hoses, everything except for some coolant lines will stainless PTFE. The only reason I did the coolant lines for the turbo in rubber is I had enough fittings and hose lying around.

-8 supply lines from the duel 1 litre surge tanks with Bosch 044 pumps...

Injector Dynamics fuel filter with the pressure / temp sensor



TurboSmart pressure regulator.


Put silicone fibreglass sleeve over anything near heat. I use silicone taper to seal the ends.


Black fittings for fuel supply lines, red / blue lines for all of the return lines.





I’ll be changing out the blue fitting between the filter and regulator.





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If you didn’t know, you’d think I was drinking when I put this together... regulator and then filter, that way the ECU will see the proper pressure... moving stuff now.


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Need a new T fitting to adjust for revised path for fuel return... hate rework.





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Two things:

1) why not set the pressure after the filter, to account for any possible delta-p as the filter gets clogged?

2) where do you keep finding these pieces of carbon for mounting brackets (sorry, can't recall if I asked this previously)?

PRY4SNO wrote:Two things:

1) why not set the pressure after the filter, to account for any possible delta-p as the filter gets clogged?

2) where do you keep finding these pieces of carbon for mounting brackets (sorry, can't recall if I asked this previously)?

That was my original thinking as well, several things changed my mind during my initial planning, which I forgot when I assembled on Saturday...

I have a filter right after the tank before the surge tanks.

The filter has a p indicator as shown below and I purchased the optional pressure and fuel temp sensor (right side of filter). My ECU will be able to notify me if fuel pressure drops and can be reference to total pressure when on boost.



I get my carbon fibre bits from Dragon plate, Rock West Composites or Soller Composites for raw material. I use it for some stuff I make for helicopters and keep every scrap piece... I don’t have a lot of plate left and don’t use it anymore... my wife suggests I have some stuff that I never use, hah!

Interesting. Not sure I totally buy it, but I do understand your thinking. That filter pot has some really nice options.

With the CF, it reminds me of an old farmer's maxim. Never let the wife see all of your tractors in one place. Move them around from time to time. Have new ones delivered to the back. And, above all, keep at least one up by the gate with a for sale sign so you can always tell the wife you're trying to sell some!

PRY4SNO wrote:Interesting. Not sure I totally buy it, but I do understand your thinking. That filter pot has some really nice options.

With the CF, it reminds me of an old farmer's maxim. Never let the wife see all of your tractors in one place. Move them around from time to time. Have new ones delivered to the back. And, above all, keep at least one up by the gate with a for sale sign so you can always tell the wife you're trying to sell some!

I have heard the farmer one, so true.

As mentioned initially I agreed with you... then flip flopped back and forth.

I reached out to the manufacture and they also agree before is best, easier to see pressure drops... good news is that I can change it quickly now!

I'm really just basing my comment off of what I've observed in refineries. I could dig into my modules from trade school for the theory if you want. Or maybe one of them engineer types kicking around here could chime in...

Basic idea being the final point of entry before the fuel rail should be regulated as a steady pressure. The regulator can buffer any fluctuations coming in downstream and send out a stable supply of fuel upstream.

PRY4SNO wrote:I'm really just basing my comment off of what I've observed in refineries. I could dig into my modules from trade school for the theory if you want. Or maybe one of them engineer types kicking around here could chime in...

Basic idea being the final point of entry before the fuel rail should be regulated as a steady pressure. The regulator can buffer any fluctuations coming in downstream and send out a stable supply of fuel upstream.

I totally agree with you! Just was waffling because of looking at the available tech in the ECU, clearly I didn't really think through everything.

As always thanks for the input, it's always welcome!

Just trying to help, and fully expect the learned folk in the room to correct me!

My way of thinking is that software should act a safety net for hardware, which needs to be aligned in a congruent manner according to specific function. Reason being, back in the day, there was no software... which was implemented as a way to make things both easier and more complex at the same time.

I might be looking at the picture wrong , but it looks to me like it’s plumbed up funny. Correct me if I am wrong

You should have the fuel supply line coming from the pump going through the fuel rail first then to the regulator back to the tank . Right?

Then the regulator will hold the appropriate backpressure on the fuel rail.

The regulator should have two inlets in case you have dual rail like v6/v8 . So one I let on each side and a return out the bottom .

I don’t have a good pic of it but for example mine is :
Fuel Pump -> filter -> fuel rail -> in to side of regulator -> return to tank
Like this

Afterthought wrote:I might be looking at the picture wrong , but it looks to me like it’s plumbed up funny. Correct me if I am wrong

You should have the fuel supply line coming from the pump going through the fuel rail first then to the regulator back to the tank . Right?

Then the regulator will hold the appropriate backpressure on the fuel rail.

The regulator should have two inlets in case you have dual rail like v6/v8 . So one I let on each side and a return out the bottom .

I don’t have a good pic of it but for example mine is :
Fuel Pump -> filter -> fuel rail -> in to side of regulator -> return to tank
Like this

...OMG, you are 100% correct of course... I'll leave it at that, thick sometimes. Thanks for that!

Ok so I’m thick, not completely, but still thick sometimes... went out tonight and dug up the drawing that I did when I was actually thinking about it... thoughts on the check valve placement? Or is it necessary?

Also thoughts on check valve placement if I only have tank pump and 1 surge tank pump running when on pump gas, or will the 044 in the second tank act as a check valve?

Dropped the engine and tranny in so I can finish mocking everything up, it will have to come out one more time... pleased with the time, took around an hour without an engine hoist.







Down pipe is tight.








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Dropped the engine and tranny in so I can finish mocking everything up, it will have to come out one more time... pleased with the time, took around an hour without an engine hoist.







Down pipe is tight.








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Some more plumbing done, Need a couple of fittings. Planning on starting wiring harness mock up next...



Had to move the radiator forward to accommodate the fan.







Replaced all of the plumbing with PTFE hose.




034 Fuel rail, waiting to do the final install of injectors until engine goes in the last time.









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Installed the injectors and then wasted a bunch of time staring at the wiring / organizing thoughts on whether to do car first or engine... I’ll likely do a little of both.

ID2000 so I can run E85 with the bigger turbo as well...

It’s a good thing I’ve got people helping me via my pictures!!!

Huge thanks to Sayoda, he pointed out the incorrect hookup of the track rod. I thought that’s how they were installed but I just looked at some pictures... f@&$& me.

Any how, fixed, back to work...







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So I got a little sidetracked... went to install starter for running wire... the heat shield was falling apart so pulled it off and was installing the same heat shield I used under the car. I had run out of the DEI cool tape... have some duct tape laying around... aluminum foil tape for duct work.

The adhesive is very good on foil tape but I wasn’t sure how it does with high heat and wondered if the adhesive would catch fire.

Nozzle temp is around 650. Also put the gold reflector on to see how it did.

Left the torch run for around 10 minutes on both tapes. Neither of the foils had issues. Gold managed heat slightly better but the adhesive that didn’t have backing discoloured, the duct adhesive did not...







Starter bundled up






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what kind of heat shied did you use there and underneath?

jlw wrote:what kind of heat shied did you use there and underneath?

I used the DEI Floor and Tunnel Shields II 050503 - got it through Summit.


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