Sparkysparks

Surely bypassing still needs good wiring. If my wirings duff then it wont help. Can I get to it taking the plenum off. The egr is gone already

Yes, I had a look on Z1 and it said the same thing. Problem is I don't think I can get to the loom either haha. Id like to abandon the original (with its loom) and relocate a new one elsewhere.

Hi all, As title, can i use any knock sensor and splice into the original wiring, as they're very cheap on ebay at the moment. I plan to relocate at the same time. Thanks Mark

I do. Although it doesn't look like much has gone. Really need to finish it tidying wiring and piping up

Both aiv and egr are gone so they will be plugged. Thank alot. I have a rather large stash of brackets and pipes leftover now haha.

Ok 1 last question. Boost controller plumbed in how I think it should work. I've not tried it yet but will tomorrow. I have what looks like a signal vacuum on drivers side throttle body going to turbo intake. Can this be removed? What's its purpose? Thanks

All back together and it lives :D Injector was fine and it felt smoother with alot of pipework gone. Still feel like theres an air leak at the back somewhere though. Boost controller is not in yet and i need to figure out what i can cap off and what i can re-route. Thanks for the help guys.

These sentences make me cry, contradicting them selves within 5 words.

Yeah that's fine. Great. Thanks for the help. I will eventually get a project thread going for this car

http://www.turbosmartusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/article_bthookup2.png

Nice. Ordered some hose for the controller I already have. Pics online show the pressure side only needing to go to one I take not 2. Is this right?

OK. In theory then I don't need boost jets. Manual boost controller teed off to both with equal length pipework should work for equal boost. And don't floor it when it's cold

Its taken so much out of the bay though. Looks like I can do a plenum pull in about 10mins now. The less pipework the better in my mind. I don't know who's trying to reach full boost on a cold engine but that wont be a concern for me. And safety wise. Will it really get det bad enough through bad fuel? I think I will see how it goes with this setup and report back. Hopefully gaining no more than 14psi as I've already established its on standard injectors. Thanks

Yes that's what I've done. So the boost jet means nothing in the pipe for upping pressure?

So I have just removed them in an effort to simplify things further. Have I done this correct. Actuator to pressure side intake hose with boost jet in. Turbo intake nipple blanked off. Repeated both sides. Thanks. Mark

Great, these pictures are what ive been working with, the pipes still vanish behind covers though. I think i can get it sorted now.

Thanks, that does help alot. When i get my central gasket ill start to put it together. If and when i get stuck ill post a pic asking what goes where again. Ive got 3 blocked pipes off the heater core (that i assume went to the turbos) and lots of dead pipe left in the bay thats confusing me. Ill squirt some water down one pipes i dont know and see where it comes out.

Hang on ive confused myself. It was a coolant line from the turbo to the coolant port next to the pcv. I cant remember what i did with the pcv pipe now as ive removed and rerouted alot. Can i leave the valves in and they not leak outwards, Pressure should hold them shut surely

Excellent. I will leave them off. The pipe on the left was connected to my pcv valve. Was it supposed to be?

Yes but since its already been oil only for at least as long as I've had it, I shall leave it like this. - - - Updated - - - I have spare turbos if the worst happens :D

Seeing as the engine has a zedworld sticker on it im guessing you done this one then jeffTT As they have been disconnected anyway and i have had seemingly no problems i shall take them out entirely as that saves me alot of pipework and stress. I know early renaults had oil cooled once upon a time so it cant be that bad. The article to me seems like its for the masses that dont let the car cool down before they switch off.

Yep had a good looking over that and removed alot of pipework but these were left before I started. I'm wondering if they were left off cus of a cracked water way or something. If I re establish it I'm afraid it'll leak then I have to get the plenum off again. So its not supposed to have been done. Not popular

Pipe to the left had a pipe connecting to the underside of the plenum large pipe Pipe still visible is open and not connected. Pipe to the right is open - - - Updated - - - I blew down the left pipe and dust came from the right pipe.

Silly question really but is this advisable/ a common mod? Because it looks to me now I've got my plenum off that I've either been running coolant to my pcv valves or my turbo coolant lines have been bypassed. Can someone advise please CUs I'm a bit confused in this.

Theres a retro meet in MK every third friday if your into a mixed scene. I go, wont be in the zed this time though.