Toyota Starlet Gt Turbo

tdiplc · October 23, 2006

Good work Barrie :D

The stainless over braiding is quite abrasive and can "saw" through things, so it would be worth while considering spiral wrap for the hoses to protect peripheral components.

PLEASE tell me you have connected the remote oil filter pipes correctly. We saw an engine seizure a couple of weeks ago due to a garage installing one of these incorrectly by not realising that there is a one way valve inside the filter.

Monster-Mat · October 23, 2006

hopefully the filter head had the flow markings on it

Bazza · October 23, 2006

Good work Barrie :D
The stainless over braiding is quite abrasive and can "saw" through things, so it would be worth while considering spiral wrap for the hoses to protect peripheral components.

PLEASE tell me you have connected the remote oil filter pipes correctly. We saw an engine seizure a couple of weeks ago due to a garage installing one of these incorrectly by not realising that there is a one way valve inside the filter.

yep all flow and returns checked :D

will be double checked, then triple checked when the oil pressure meter is connected

the filter head, the divertor, the adaptor plate were all marked with arrows :)

the hoses will be secured and where necessary wrapped, youre not kidding about it being abrasive ! my hands are still sore

Very nice barry, have u got a catch tank ???

errr .....yes :D

Ellz · October 24, 2006

errr .....yes :D

Lol i couldnt see it in your photos could u send me a pm of where u got yours from, theres loads on eBay HKS and greddy copies dunno if there any good lol

Whens this beast going to be up and running then ???? think the next run wot u brung is early Nov :winky:

also just joined sussexjapclub forum there a few guy on there with starlet turbos (altho a tad younger hehehheh) you shud check it out

Adie · October 24, 2006

Great work Barrie :D

@Ellz. Nov.4th Run What Ya Brung. Day after the flame and thunder show. Also if you're getting a catch tank make sure the pipes etc are 15mm

Bazza · October 28, 2006

oil cooler all in

no leaks :o

all working, oil pressure fine

temperature running approximatly 20 degrees lower :D

looks to have done the trick

couple of pics

@ellz oil catch can, top right of bay, silver shiny thing

thermostatic divertor

all back together

:D

chips229 · October 28, 2006

Hi,

Keep up the good work Bazza,your cars really coming along nicely.

Chips.

peter026 · October 28, 2006

Talk about getting a quart into a pint pot :D ................Looks as if it's coming along nicely Barrie

Ellz · October 29, 2006

Very nice barry, me and doddy have got Apexi filters coming I LOVE em lol. doddys shud be finished next weekend, do u have a date as doddy needs to get his dyno'd he was thining TDI ?????? what do u think ????

johnboy · October 29, 2006

Coming on nice Barrie :D cant wait to see it in action, Poss. a little spin it too :winky:

I love these little rockets :)

MrADeveci · October 29, 2006

I love these little rockets :)

Is that what your wife says too ?

........... Barrie, the car looks scary ! Certainly must shock a few people at the lights .............. looking great !!

Bazza · January 16, 2007

and so the project continues :D

this little package arrived today

which contained this little lot

external wastegate and screamer pipe

new down pipe and manifold

and a few brackets, and a new radiator !

should keep me busy for a while :duh:

Adie · January 16, 2007

very nice mate. Are we going to see it at Santa Pod in March?

Bazza · January 16, 2007

very nice mate. Are we going to see it at Santa Pod in March?

I hope so

still a bit to do but should be ok..........famous last words !!!

Ellz · January 17, 2007

Looks good barry cant wait to see this little beast go.

Ill post some of doddys up as its pretty much done

Bazza · February 18, 2007

well the latest installments are now all fitted

easy peasy ............

looking up

managed to fit it all in :o .........with a little bit of work ;)

had to:

cut and realign the exhaust to mate with the new downpipe, this involved welding ...something i had never done before !!, but hey ho never to old to learn :D

then do it all again as i didnt measure enough times

realign turbo oil feed

realign turbo water feeds

fit new radiator and fabricate a housing for the fan

fabricate a bracket for the downpipe brace

fabricate brackets for the new radiator

realign turbo water feeds after finding the wastegate brace needed their space

cut and reweld intercooler pipework to meet new turbo position

scratch my head trying to work out where the filter was going to end up(eventually deciding on a temporary position straight below the turbo (this however turned out not such a great decision)

fabricate internal wastegate clamp

heat wrap screamer pipe

watch heat wrap fall off !!

finally top up oil, fill up with anti freeze

and guess what it started first time :D

took it for a test drive (private road of course)

the power is fantastic, slightly more laggy but as soon as it hits boost its like a rocket

stops dead on 0.95 bar, no creep at all

all was going fine

until ...a smell of burning !

and a little bit of smoke !

opened the bonnet to find oil sprayed everywhere

suspect there is a leak through the oil cooler pipework as it seems to originate from the front, hard to know where exactly as everythings covered in oil

oil pressure remained ok throughout

air filter is now covered with oil !!!

oil to the left of the engine bay

oil covering drivers side wheel

oh well another weekend working on it coming up