XR6T into GQ conversion

[BigRAWesty]

Nice. Any reason for the water to air?
I've heard its not as efficient as air to air? Unless you do what this old codger has done down here and stuck a 100L water tank On the Ute tray with separate pump. Sorta defeats the purpose of adding the turbo I thought.. Lol..

[nissannewby]

Nice. Any reason for the water to air?
I've heard its not as efficient as air to air? Unless you do what this old codger has done down here and stuck a 100L water tank On the Ute tray with separate pump. Sorta defeats the purpose of adding the turbo I thought.. Lol..

Water to air is very good. Temps will be a lot more stable than with a front mount, also your intake path is drastically shorter than that of a front mount setup. Where they lose is people don't put a big enough heat exchanger on or a intercooler core that is to small etc etc. All water to air setups should have their own pump and heat exchanger, with the heat exchanger being as large as possible.

[BigRAWesty]

Water to air is very good. Temps will be a lot more stable than with a front mount, also your intake path is drastically shorter than that of a front mount setup. Where they lose is people don't put a big enough heat exchanger on or a intercooler core that is to small etc etc. All water to air setups should have their own pump and heat exchanger, with the heat exchanger being as large as possible.

I guess when it's on its own system it'll be fine, but when it's run on the engine system.. But I guess that's all part n parcel of planning your build..

[twase]

As above, better intake routing mainly. I have front mounted two raptor ATV radiators and a ford v8 electric water pump to pump the coolant around so it should be efficient.

[Ben-e-boy]

I guess when it's on its own system it'll be fine, but when it's run on the engine system.. But I guess that's all part n parcel of planning your build..

All water to air setups are a seperate system.

[twase]

I am actually considering using the LPG converter circuit to add cooling to the intercooler.

[smoke]

i'd buy this instead - http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5378

[MAV50L]

A bit of a setback, the fresh motor is rebuilt and assembled but when I went to install it I found that I did not have clearance for the head temp sensor at the rear of the head.
This meant a rework of the engine mounts on the block to lower the motor a tad. That meant I no longer had enough clearance from the turbo to the steering coupler. So I have reverted to having the turbo manifold upside down and the turbo mounted backwards so the exhaust is pointing forward. I have removed the clutch servo to gain clearance. I think I have a better result flow wise than with the setup in the BA factory locations.

I have the Sub tank installed along with new fuel lines but I have some major work to do with the inter cooler plumbing once again. Long term it looks ideal for a WTA intercooler.

Im very impressed with this unit from the time I saw it at Liverpool.
With the sensor clearance issue on the back of the head , since I am running the 2" bodylift in mine do you think I would have enough clearance for it?
It would make me very happy in the pants if I could get away with running the standard BA turbo manifold in its normal orientation and still be able to clear everything.

[twase]

Im very impressed with this unit from the time I saw it at Liverpool.
With the sensor clearance issue on the back of the head , since I am running the 2" bodylift in mine do you think I would have enough clearance for it?
It would make me very happy in the pants if I could get away with running the standard BA turbo manifold in its normal orientation and still be able to clear everything.

If you make up a plate 15 - 20mm thick to space the steering box away from the chassis the clearance issue with the turbo goes away. The head temp sender is only an issue now if i need to replace it with the motor still in, the same issue is there when the motor is in a falcon. The original mounts did not take the sender into account, after a rework they allowed clearance. I will bring her out one Friday if you need another look see.

[twase]

Thinking of selling it as it is just sitting around. Not getting any time to get the van out for some leisure time. Just don't know what to ask for it, or where to advertise it.