Well, after months more work than anticipated, fitting the efi system, twin fuel pumps, Emerald K3 ecu, redesigning the exhaust, supercharger, water injection system, etc....... I'm almost there. Just got to bang a few numbers in the ecu and see if it'll start.

Decided to ditch the dizzy and go to coil packs which will be a first for me.

So many wires!!

 

The Emerald ecu can store 3 maps which can be switched whilst on the move, so I've set map no.1 to be a normal tootling around town map, and map 2 to have more ignition timing when under boost. The engine would probably melt running map 2 at full boost so I've fitted an Aquamist water injection system to prevent detonation.

 

The system includes a water flow meter which detects when water is actually flowing and then sends a signal to the ecu to switch to map 2. So in theory if it runs out of water, or the nozzle blocks etc. then it should revert back to non-blowup map 1.

It all works in the garage anyway, but not had the engine running yet. Might try later today if enough time.

 

 

 

that looks awesome, how much did it knock you back

So you managed the supercharger piping in the end... looks pukka.

 

some vids would be great once you get it started :D

Sluummpphh!:bow::bow::D

Looks superb...............but.......................

 

Will the bonnet shut?

Bloody hell! That looks sweet as :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

i presume your having some sort of air feed from the bonnet??

 

looks amazing bud well done, what sort of power do you imagine its going to run?

 

Mike

Not sure how much it cost. Have had some bits for a while going back to the first car this engine was in. I suppose if I bought all the bits today to do the conversion like this, including the digital dash, then it would be about 15k for the bits.

 

Am hoping the bonnet will shut! Not tried it yet. Will be a bit of a setback if it don't.

 

Not sure on bhp either but would be a bit dissapointed if it doesn't hit 500. Don't want to go mad tho' am more interested in torque and driveability.

Oh, and air feed to filter. Am going to try it without first and see what the air temps are. May end up boxing the filter in and getting cold air feed to it from somewhere. Be a shame to cut a big hole in the bonnet, and probably wouldn't get air to go in anyway without a great big scoop.

the thing that gets me is, it looks like it shold have been there from day one, looks absolutely amazing, hats off to ya bud

That looks so tidy :bow:

 

Could you not get a cold air feed from the wheel arch ???

the thing that gets me is, it looks like it shold have been there from day one, looks absolutely amazing, hats off to ya bud

 

Just what i thought :D

That looks so tidy :bow:

 

Could you not get a cold air feed from the wheel arch ???

 

i did that on my mk2 golf vr6, but it gets so much shit and damp air from the tyres kicking it up from the road that it fooked my maf,

i did that on my mk2 golf vr6, but it gets so much shit and damp air from the tyres kicking it up from the road that it fooked my maf,

 

 

You would have to put some sort of filter in the arch and one in the engine bay. ???

would be better to reverse the scoop and cause a low pressure area at the back of it rather than a forward facing one because iff air cant get out fast enough under the bonnet then it wont go in...its down to equal pressure;)

My first thought was to have an intake from the wheelarch but after taking the liner out and having a look I decided to try it without first. Maybe one way would be to have the intake on the side of the wing and pipe it thro the arch space, into the filter.

Would really prefer not to cut any holes anywhere at all really.

Looks superb...............but.......................

 

Will the bonnet shut?

 

Hmmmm.. looks like you were right. Bonnet about 1/2" open. Resting on supercharger pipe, at mid join, and top of the throttle body. There's a rib running across bonnet touching both. Going to try chopping some out of that.

 

Got engine running tonight. Won't idle below 3000 with guesstimate map in, but at least it started. Sounds blinkin' awesome!

Nice one bud :D :bow:

Hmmmm.. looks like you were right. Bonnet about 1/2" open. Resting on supercharger pipe, at mid join, and top of the throttle body. There's a rib running across bonnet touching both. Going to try chopping some out of that.

 

 

Damn, didnt mean to put a curse on you!

Looks fantastic!!! Awesome quality work, congratulations mate, you must be chuffed :duffer:

Thanks everyone. Yeah I am chuffed but more amazed that it actually started! When you think of all the potential pitfalls and room for errors along the way it could just as easily have blown up rather than started at all.

Left a plug out on the first start and ended up with half a gallon of mobil1 on the floor!

:O Amazing very well done