Monkey mans power adder

The ECU is in and working!!
I fault the TC isn’t working. I am sure that’s due to the HPS conversion. I will need to look into that.
My turbo still has a bloody oil leak. Going to have to bit the built and strip and send it away for new seals and rebalancing.
And the WG spring is a 1 bar spring. And that’s too much my new one didn’t arrive in time.

So I have a decision to make. I have asked a load of questions waiting on answers now.
But dose it go on the dyno, or doesn’t it?
 
Mister T said:
What wastegate is it (Tial MVS?)? They might be able to get one locally
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It’s a Tial copy. That I have made right. I think it’s more the time for them as they are busy.
I will chat to them later as Matthew (the guy i am talking too) had another car on the dyno earlier.
I might just drive there swap it watch them tune it and bring it home. Nice day out.
 
Machine monkey said:
The ECU is in and working!!
I fault the TC isn’t working. I am sure that’s due to the HPS conversion. I will need to look into that.
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Thats awesome. Keen on seeing some results after tuning, especially an AFR curve.
I presume you now run a default map and not a proper dynoed map?
And do you run with wideband o2 sensors (bosch lsu4.9)?

And do you now run the stock MAF (5 pin), an e46 MAF (3 pin) or a MAP system? (I know you had MAF issues in the past but I wonder if SCS made a new implementation of that)
 
As much as a lot of this is way over my head, I'm as excited as everyone else to see it up and running! Do you think you'll make it to Beaulieu in July?
 
GuidoK said:
Machine monkey said:
The ECU is in and working!!
I fault the TC isn’t working. I am sure that’s due to the HPS conversion. I will need to look into that.
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Thats awesome. Keen on seeing some results after tuning, especially an AFR curve.
I presume you now run a default map and not a proper dynoed map?
And do you run with wideband o2 sensors (bosch lsu4.9)?

And do you now run the stock MAF (5 pin), an e46 MAF (3 pin) or a MAP system? (I know you had MAF issues in the past but I wonder if SCS made a new implementation of that)
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Me too
I will have a full dyno map i havent heard from them since Thursday. I was hopping for somthing today.
Yes it runs a boschwide band and in car gauge.
Its runing a MAP set up now no maf in the system.
 
bmwaddict said:
As much as a lot of this is way over my head, I'm as excited as everyone else to see it up and running! Do you think you'll make it to Beaulieu in July?
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I would love to be there. But i have said that many times over the last two years!!
 
Ok not updated for a while. Mostly due to not the best news.
The car wasn't ready i knew it but i hopped it would be ok. It wasn't! Its not awful news it didn't blow up. But my 2 main problems are still present. A boost leak and a iffy turbo oil seal. I will be fixing these in the next few weeks then back on a dyno.

The ecu is in and all seems to work well. I got the car back fitly dirty and looking sorry for its self yesterday. I hadn't washed the car for over 20 months. And my thinking was this is bad car karma!! So first thing was to give her a bath. Now hopefully things will now go better!

out with the old in with the new.
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And washed off. Lover her so much even without her face on!!
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Smartbear said:
Can you pressurise the intake plumbing with a compressor to help with finding the boost leak mat?
Rob
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I have done this. And i had all the leaks sorted upto the intake. I then made a blanking plate for that and tested it! It was all ok!!
Maybe its the turbo? But i did change some bits. a 90degree bend for a hard bend. I am hopping those new joints are the issue. I have new connectors and clamps and will be fitting them tonight. I am waiting to hear back from Compressor racing about wither a rebuild kit or sending them my turbo core. Once thats done it should be about done.

I have a friend of a friend of a friend!! Who has a really cool bit of kit i am hopping to borrow. It connects to the charge system then presurises it but with smoky air! So you can see and hear the leeks. I am hopping to talk him in to letting me use it!!
 
Is this loss of boost a constant thing? Just thinking at start up the air has a long way to travel, way more than intended. Just thinking once the whole system is up to temperature the loss may drop off a but.

Have to admire your dedication to this. I'm on the verge of burning mine and doing a naked voodoo dance around it.
 
Monkeydonkeyratmagic said:
Is this loss of boost a constant thing? Just thinking at start up the air has a long way to travel, way more than intended. Just thinking once the whole system is up to temperature the loss may drop off a but.

No mate its 100% not that. Pree intercooler pipe lengths are much less important than the internet says!!

Have to admire your dedication to this. I'm on the verge of burning mine and doing a naked voodoo dance around it.
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I wont lie been thinking this a lot recently!!
 
Machine monkey said:
Monkeydonkeyratmagic said:
Is this loss of boost a constant thing? Just thinking at start up the air has a long way to travel, way more than intended. Just thinking once the whole system is up to temperature the loss may drop off a but.

No mate its 100% not that. Pree intercooler pipe lengths are much less important than the internet says!!

Have to admire your dedication to this. I'm on the verge of burning mine and doing a naked voodoo dance around it.
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I wont lie been thinking this a lot recently!!
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Have you managed to pin down any leak yet Mat?
Rob
 
In other news my mega cheap fiberglas over fenders turned up today.
Bloody impressed considering how cheap they where.
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Smartbear said:
Machine monkey said:
Monkeydonkeyratmagic said:
Is this loss of boost a constant thing? Just thinking at start up the air has a long way to travel, way more than intended. Just thinking once the whole system is up to temperature the loss may drop off a but.

No mate its 100% not that. Pree intercooler pipe lengths are much less important than the internet says!!

Have to admire your dedication to this. I'm on the verge of burning mine and doing a naked voodoo dance around it.
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I wont lie been thinking this a lot recently!!
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Have you managed to pin down any leak yet Mat?
Rob
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No not yet. But I also haven’t had time to look. Work and family have been taking up all of my time.
But I hope to have a play this weekend. I am ditching the stand alone oil system. As I can’t get that to work right. Hopefully re building my turbo. And then hunting this leak!
 
To help me understand, how do you know that you have a boost leak? It sounds like you've been thorough if you've pressure tested everything from the compressor outlet up to the cylinder head.
 
wonkydonkey said:
To help me understand, how do you know that you have a boost leak? It sounds like you've been thorough if you've pressure tested everything from the compressor outlet up to the cylinder head.
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Well the turbo is spinning up very nicely. But its not making boost. So i must have a leek. There have also been a few changes since i last checked it.
 
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