InsaneSwede's Astra MKI

[wkd astra van]

by the way this is mty email chrisazz01@gmail.com

[InsaneSwede]

Patrick,i've told you again,your job is amazing.I really love it.

You do well with the o-ring at the cylinder.
Have you any problems with the gasket?
Cometic is much more better than the Z20LET.
I think you have to use ARP head studs and you have to tight them more than 120nm.

I also had troubles with the inlet manifold,it was cracked from engine vibrations.
So we've made new steerings.

Hello Kontraman.

I use cometic gasket with o-rings. it seems to work very very well
And i´m using 12.9 M12 bolts(uprated from M11)
finally i torque them 140Nm

yes my inlet cracked due to engine vibrations, but i have made some strengthening so i hope it´s ok now.

Rgds

[InsaneSwede]

Amazing project mate, some real nice fabrication going on there.

especially like the celica gearbox, do you have any pics of the adapter plate fitted sounds interesting.

few questions:

how did you get that textured look on your inlet manifold after it was finished, almost looks cast, did you shot blast it or similar?

how did you learn to weld, iam looking at doing a tig course and would be interested to know how long it took you to become competant enough to do these sort of jobs?

Hello les.
The text on manifold as we speak is gone, but it´s an ordinary custommade sticker from a local sign-shop.

and how i learned to weld.. well.. i´m not the best, but i think i have a gift.
I have never studied welding at all

Rgds
Patrick

[kontraman]

Hello Kontraman.

I use cometic gasket with o-rings. it seems to work very very well
And i´m using 12.9 M12 bolts(uprated from M11)
finally i torque them 140Nm

yes my inlet cracked due to engine vibrations, but i have made some strengthening so i hope it´s ok now.

Rgds

Hi Patrick.
A friend of mine torque the ARP bolts at 110nm.
I told him that he will face problems with the gasket,but he didn't listen me.
Of course at the dyno,he had problems.

[les3002]

thanks mate, your welding looks good to me

on the inlet i meant the surface finish what we would call texture, looks like it has been blasted or similar?

[InsaneSwede]

ohh.. misunderstood..

yes the inlet in this thread is sandblasted.

Rgds
Patrick

[InsaneSwede]

by the way this is mty email chrisazz01@gmail.com

I havan´t got any full map to the engine yet.
Maybe you can wait or you´ll settle with the uncomplete map?

[beasty cav]

absolutly stunning buddy realy good work

[les3002]

thought it was, looks very good, car is a credit to you

[InsaneSwede]

Thanks guys.

Today i felt like cruising for a while, Time ran away so i took the car to work(evening-pass)
and i tried my cellphone camera with the car outfront my work =)


Driving home from work in rain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZNJuvivBjA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxath-BWDyQ

Car is feeling very stable and sharp as a knife.
Almost boost at once when i press the throttle a few millimetres

[scooby]

top project and top car. Some great engineering gone on and wish i had the time and resources to take on such a project

[InsaneSwede]

listen.... just listen.

makes me almost wet my pants *lol*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCkl9gR4hWA

[InsaneSwede]

and one more..

just out cruising.
testing some temps and oilpressure for stability before tuning on tuesday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYS4u0e8efM

[-Rocky-]

well you certainly live up to your name mate....

[InsaneSwede]

No dynosession tomorrow.

I wrecked front differential today *lol*

[Rs1]

No dynosession tomorrow.

I wrecked front differential today *lol*

Oh bugger

Come back f28 and dodgy txb, all is forgivenlmao

[InsaneSwede]

I can only blame myself.

I didn´t listen..

I disconnected the rear wheels with the lever on the transferbox, the smart people says it is possible BUT!!,, you should only use it with caution.
The dyno i would have dynoed in could only take 2wd.

I know now that i should only use it with EXTREME caution.
It didn´t even made a 'pling' noise.. just went empty when turbo spooled on third gear.

A friend of mine has some spareparts, and i can repair it quite quickly. but it means i have to dyno it on 4wd rollers/dyno.
And the nearest is about 186miles from here.(30 swedish miles)

[Nobbie]

EEk!

At least it'll be well run in when it gets there!

[InsaneSwede]

Hello guys..

A little progress... well a very good one.
As i have spoken about before is that an GT3582R is capable of ~730 when set up correctly.

I have been mapping a couple of hours now. and everything pointing upwards against 700+hp

a little info why:
at 6000rpm i run my 1600cc injectors at 80% dutycycle already at 1.55bar of boost.
this is insane to describe it when at 90% duty is about 740-750hp on E85.

This means i probable will runt turbo through the wall even before 1,8bar.

and to calculate a little bit downwards it means the engine produces around 250hp with no boost..
250+1bar= 500
500+1bar = (500+250) 750hp

this is almost really fecked up.. an insane tune for a redneck so to speak *lol*

Videos are coming later on.

Rgds
Patrick

[Jack]

And the nearest is about 186miles from here.(30 swedish miles)

lmaolmaolmao

Nutter!

[Olsrey]

Brillaint read Patrick. Best of luck with the car!

[Rs1]

Holy **** Patrick thats some serious ****ing horse power dude, you need bigger injectorslmao
I'm hoping my 35R will nudge 600, thats enough for my 2000cc

Hope the transmission is gonna hold out, thats a hellish amount of power to be putting through anything.

[astragsi]

cool, totally insane, i carnt wait for the vids.

im sure the transmission will hold out, im sure they run similar power and more in some audi's

[Rick Draper]

cool, totally insane, i carnt wait for the vids.

im sure the transmission will hold out, im sure they run similar power and more in some audi's

Which would be ok but its a toyota transmission iirc lmao

[Jamie_F]

if you already use a 185 gearbox, why not go to the 205 box which has been proven good for 600 bhp in stock form, they use the same clutch arrangemnet and mate up in the same way as a 185 box