Some of you might be aware that an electrical problem has been causing me a few issues for the last 2-3 weeks. Many thanks to Geoff from Zedworld who pointed me in the right direction. Well today I narrowed it down to either the ECU or the switchable earth from the ECU to the coil relay. I found a cowboy job in the engine bay loom where someone had cut the wire and soldered in two other and they were both cut!!!!

 

So 30 seconds of solder and a day finishing the coolant system and oil cooler she was ready for the big moment, the freshly built engine with the single turbo was ready for a test start :bow::bow: Although the turbo has no down pipe of gasket on it I had to turn the key to see what happens :bow:

PLEASE! a video so i can hear it!:hyper:

 

dan.:)

show us then......

You cant come up with info like that, and not show us at a least a vid or pics, been keeping an eye on this thread, you cant just tell us about it........:nono:

Naughty!

So do you all think it started???

So do you all think it started???

 

NO! thats for teasing!:rofl:

 

dan.:D

Here you go guys, got the wife to start it but was worried I'd get the fingers caught if she hit the accelerator!!! Will get a proper video tomorrow with the MAF and boost hoses on properly and some gaskets.

 

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Sounds sweet :D What are the advantages over the twin turbo set up apart from it's easier to change the turbo ? will you have lag issues ?

:bow::cool::hyper::dance: enough said!:D

 

dan.:)

I am hoping the lag won't be to bad as I have kept the primaries smaller to kept the exhaust gas pressure up which will hopefully keep it spooling nicely. Not sure of other benefits yet but at least if I want more power it is easy to uprade the turbo. To be honest I like the challenge of these conversions as my previous one was a supercharged Mi16 engine which I did, although you think I would of learned by now!

Nice work, it will be interesting to see how it drives.

im lookin forward to this more than the v8 conversions, conversions will work no matter how good or bad, taking the chance on a single tub conversion is a no mans land conquest its a big leap of faith type of project and i love it

 

fingers crossed for your first drive mate

 

top work

im lookin forward to this more than the v8 conversions, conversions will work no matter how good or bad, taking the chance on a single tub conversion is a no mans land conquest its a big leap of faith type of project and i love it

 

fingers crossed for your first drive mate

 

top work

 

Cheers Stella for that, I've got the bit between my teeth now and can't wait to get her on the road. A few more pics to wet the appetite!

 

Tomorrow is finish the MAF intake, bleed the coolant system and clutch, get conzult on to do basic set up, then out of the garage for a wash and maybe some pictures. The only other job is is to joinn the turbo outlet to the exhaust centre section and back boxes.

 

 

 

looks a bit compleczted, but is probably easier to work on now lol

 

top work fella, maybe take the zed to new levels????

All those pipes look a bit complicated

In a small picture it does look a nightmare but in th eflesh it's not so bad. Honest!

I bet that has some funky exhaust manifolds!

my god, where the hells the radiator? looks easy to work on tho/ less heat soak around the sides but i guess the lack of front cooling will compensate :(

Keep an eye on the water temp.

Jimmy, it has 2 smaller rads in the nose behind the intercooler. I am fittning a slimline push/pull fan inbetween them. I'll see how I go with that but I think I have enough room to fit a secong one if needed.

Congrats on getting it sorted!

You could never tell you worked for SFS from the pics :D