Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 01:54 PM |
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Got my mate to tig up the exhaust last week, so fitted it this weekend. Fitted perfect first time, right slap bang centre of the cut out in the side
panel too. Really pleased how its turned out!
 
Exhaust
 
Exhaust
I'm also struggling to find a place for my airfilter, where am I going to get fresh air from ?
 
Air Filter
[Edited on 27/1/14 by Ben_Copeland]
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laptoprob
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 02:27 PM |
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quote:
I'm also struggling to find a place for my airfilter, where am I going to get fresh air from ?
Air Filter
[Edited on 27/1/14 by Ben_Copeland]
Scoop in the bonnet mate or maybe in the side panel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajlF4nWJtGA
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 02:30 PM |
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I have a scoop, which I thought maybe I could attach a funnel and flexy pipe too, but its the agro of disconnecting if I want to remove the bonnet.
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daveb666
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 02:32 PM |
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Won't it go where my old one was?
 
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but put it in a box/shield or something?
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 02:38 PM |
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Dave, that's a hideous place for an air filter lol sucking lovely hot air off the radiator 
In all seriousness I cant fit anything in the front, theres no space
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daveb666
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 02:44 PM |
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I agree Ben; that's why I added the scoop and put the filter in a sealed box so that only the air from the scoop got to the filter
 
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 03:19 PM |
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Good Lad
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laptoprob
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 07:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
I have a scoop, which I thought maybe I could attach a funnel and flexy pipe too, but its the agro of disconnecting if I want to remove the bonnet.
My mate finishhed the MAC1 with the LET engine(think i mentioned it) in and basically he made a 'box/pocket' near the scuttle which is
where the air sccop was and put the cone filter inside it so when are was pushed into the 'pocket' the only place it could go is down the
filter.
If i can get you a photo Ben ill send it over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajlF4nWJtGA
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 07:43 PM |
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Cheers rob
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yellowcab
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 11:25 PM |
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Looking good Ben, think it looks awesome when there is only a single pipe exiting the engine by, crys out dirty turbo 
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BangedupTiger
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| posted on 27/1/14 at 11:43 PM |
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excellent work mate, considered an LEH for mine, but decided to go down the Z16LER route instead.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 08:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BangedupTiger
excellent work mate, considered an LEH for mine, but decided to go down the Z16LER route instead.
I did think about it, but I wanted easy grunt
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laptoprob
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 04:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
Cheers rob
Email sent to your hotmail account with pictures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajlF4nWJtGA
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 05:10 PM |
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Yep, got them. I see what you mean. I could box a vent in and put the air feed into it.
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daveb666
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 05:15 PM |
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seen something similiar on a turbo zetec (although not boxed in):
but has an airfeed from the side:
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yellowcab
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 05:35 PM |
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Lovely oil cooler position lol
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 05:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by yellowcab
Lovely oil cooler position lol
Wow I missed that !
Crazy dutch
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 06:47 PM |
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Well, Huge update time !!
I filled the oil up, cranked it over for a bit till the light went out (with the coilpack and fuel pump unplugged).
Next came the startup. The first actual start was witnessed by yellowcab via facetime... soz
But this is the 2nd start up, not bad considering its still running the same map as the xe, I just upped the req_fuel.
SO here it is :
http://youtu.be/1Qoy9cHD1wQ
Think a belt is too tight, but apart from that. No nasty sounds heard
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yellowcab
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 06:52 PM |
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Awesome mate
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stevepj
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 08:12 PM |
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Nice work Ben, not long now til it's all done and spreading a smile all over your face.
Reminds me a lot of this, I don't know why!
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/1/14 at 08:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stevepj
Nice work Ben, not long now til it's all done and spreading a smile all over your face.
Reminds me a lot of this, I don't know why!
Thanks for all the help Steve. Life saver!!
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 31/1/14 at 08:27 AM |
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Few more bits done over the past couple of nights.
Boost Gauge, I was going to replace the oil pressure gauge to save drilling another hole but I might swap that for a oil temp gauge instead so I put
the boost gauge where I could see it
 
Boost Gauge 1
 
Boost Gauge 2
 
Boost Gauge 3
Next was some prop catchers, I originally planned to fit 2 sets of catchers inside the tunnel. One set at each end, but my prop is quite short and I
had nowhere to mount them other than in the middle.
I got these from FastDan, they don't seem wide enough for the Haynes Tunnel I'm guessing the locost tunnel is a little narrower so I had
to make some crude brackets up, while trying to work in a tunnel with the prop still attached. 
 
Prop Catchers
 
Prop Catchers
I then decided to tackle the air filter location problem... Somehow I just got it to sit infront of the engine, the 73mm flexy cold feed JUST squeezes
down between the radiator/intercooler and nosecone. That should hopefully be ok, just need to work out a way of mounting the air filter.
 
Filter
 
Air Feed
 
Air Feed
[Edited on 31/1/14 by Ben_Copeland]
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stevepj
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| posted on 31/1/14 at 01:19 PM |
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if you hadn't chopped that big horrible engine mount off the front you could have got a fixing on there somewhere
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 31/1/14 at 01:35 PM |
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Don't worry steve, i'll find somewhere to mount it. Theres no way that mount is coming back !
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 1/2/14 at 05:18 PM |
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Airfilter mounted
Enclosed Airfilter mounted using the bracket that came with it, slightly modified. I used the cambelt cover bolt to hold it all in place.
 
Tight
I'll have to turn the hose clamp around to stop it getting in the way.
 
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Mounting bracket
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