Oh nearly forgot ordered a Radius Fabrication snorkel and pod filter today.
but with ram head, if Pat ever goes paddling will simply turn it around first.
simple bolt on mods, may as well make good on the tuning potential.
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Oh nearly forgot ordered a Radius Fabrication snorkel and pod filter today.
but with ram head, if Pat ever goes paddling will simply turn it around first.
simple bolt on mods, may as well make good on the tuning potential.
It's turned up today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robo
To late, oh well these things happen
Should be fairly straight forward to fit, find somewhere to mt cylinder.
It looks like a fire extinguisher cyl to me.
They include alot if hardware for different mt options.
Think I'll ditch the rubber hose for stainless soon.
started to install this was the best/easiest place to install cyl.
m2c it looks crap there, but is secure and easily removed for whatever reason.
not plumbed yet,will in the morning
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The oil pressure light goes out Before the engine starts now.
If it was for looks then it's sure lacking, but function is what counts.
Arrrhh.
look at what I have to fix now!.
more bl##dy work.
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bring it on!!!
Snorkel 4" & pod from Radius Fab, all fitted up on sunday and off monday for a new inj pump and tune.
Sorry simply didn't have time for a pic's,will take & post later
Now in neutral engine rev's/responds almost comparable to a petrol mtr.
The lighter flywheel and a lot of other new bits would of also help and porting the exh manifold etc.
But "note", a vast improvement with new intake, since the previous work was carried out.
Ourimbah and Mooney hills are good long climbs, easily sat on 110, & accelerating in top gear.
Driven the car plenty in city traffic, much better now, can't wait for the final result.
Hit a small snag, tacho sensor leaking oil, needs fixing asap, oil over the belts etc making a mess.
waiting waiting waiting.
Firstly,
Those that have made direct input and the people that have made relevant threads,
Thanks again, for all the great advice.
Tune's done, ready to pick up.
150kw atbw,don't know any more yet.
get the skinny tomorrow.
Time to take some pics and post up end result etc.
Have to say again,
very impressed with how well it drove with 99% of new parts fitted.
Now with new dc3 pump and tune! can't wait to drive it home.
some big long hills on the way back,to get a feel for the gains made.
The drive home from sydney was brilliant, city traffic no probs, even for a 4x4 with manual stick.
In fact, felt a bit like the boy racer leaving em all behind at the lights!.
not really trying to, may be a little but more just trying it out.
The temp on the way hi 30 to 40 ish.
egts never went over 350 but I wasn't holding revs for long or laboring so to be expected but still some good hills on the way non the less.
the egt's mostly sat on about 230-275 and engine temp was very good.
I didn't rush around taking pics when I got back home , it was 47.8 deg c ,& 42 in the shade, and tired 4hrs sleep.
Car very drivable comes on boost way earlier.
so the assumption of larger turbo is slower to boost than a std unit isn't entirely true.
If ya went to large well that would be the case, but the GTX2863R solves that issue
pulls extremely well in 5th going up big dipper coming onto M1, if not careful gotta watch I don't get a ticket!
afr 17 and boost set at 23psi on dyno real world boost reaching 28psi.
couldn't see any exhaust in the mirrors.
The new Diesel Central pump DC3 & GTXR turbo work extremely well together.
Lag virtually gone compared to before, and the fuel and boost curve feels very smooth and positive under foot.
very happy chappy, now to hook the van on but very confident it will impress.
And if any one tells you don't lighten your flywheel, tell em to go jump, worth every penny.
well I recon in hindsight worth it with the correct turbo etc.
Pat wasn't intercooled before and it lost a great deal of engine breaking with the large I/C fitted, so the lighter flywheel has given a little of that back , but not all.
Shawn @ Diesel Central Qld, was a lot of help and answered all my questions without issue.
& Jason @ Total care, Seven Hills was also very helpful & happy to share some know how to.
Service from both business was prompt courteous and delivered the goods they said they could.
Thanks again gents
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Very nice rob. Good work.
The pic of exh manifold isn't a good one.
You may notice the lines etched, that was a guide for me to port em to the same size
the cast ports weren't even and the center divider was about, 5mm thick,
I trimmed, tapered that down evenly form both sides to about 2.5mm thick.
Also all the internal humps that are around the studs were trimmed down to reduce back pressure etc.
Pat wasn't ever fitted with egr system, but on the cast manifold the large knob of cast was still there, un-machined ready for the egr system.
I cut this off with my angle grinder and ground it back took about 1/2 hr.
It was about 40 x 40 x 60 mm, a good heat sink, directly under the collector area
Theroy was to reduce any stored heat in the manifold that could raise temps.
less heat stored & more straight out the exhaust instead.
One of those 1% things hopefully.
Ok, did a 200 k mostly free way test run towing the 23 ft caravan over the weekend.
verdict. *******AWESOME*******.
egr temps are now lower cruising, comparable to not towing.
actually bit lower than before all the work carried out.
Hills that used to slow me up in 4th pushing it, even then thinking of having to reaching for 3rd near the top,now pat "cruises" over in 4th without the need to push it.
fuel consumption improved, I wasn't trying to save , I was testing how well we tow just keeping revs on song.
also how well under full noise up hill from standing start etc.
egr temps came up pushing hard up hill, within acceptable limits, under 500 deg C, obviously I managed the peddle once I saw climbing to 500, but hill ran out first.
My Missus commented a few times how well Pat goes now.
Towing is much more relaxing now, to a point of just about no more driver input than not having a trailer,
almost giving you a false sense of security.
I had to remind my self to slow down for the various terrain etc given the load.
Any body who tows knows it's alot more work/stress towing, and the bigger the load more driver effort to stay on the ball.
Off the mark is a vast improvement getting the load moving.
The engine pulls so much better off the mark, it can push you back in your seat if ya want, with the load as mentioned.
Going through the gears trying to get up to speed was a bit embarrassing (for us larger loads), Not any more!.
I'd have to say anyone that's thinking of doing these up-grades to improve towing, would also be impressed.
reco injectors.
reco dc3 pump.
DTS GTX2863R.
large intercooler.
4" snorkel and pod filter.
ported exh manifold.
Tune on dyno.
there were alot more bits n pces,seals etc but these are the main bits.
Note the performance gains would not of been as good for each part without the other.