Project "Monty"

[DarrenF]

Great project this, been watching this for a while.

Looked great at PVS last year and looks like its gonna be even better this year if your going?

Keep up the good work!

[Dale]

Great project this, been watching this for a while.

Looked great at PVS last year and looks like its gonna be even better this year if your going?

Keep up the good work!

I will be indeed with Monty too he has been entered to Power N Style awards too...

Update time again...

Since reading Nic Barnes issues with mocal oil cooler sandwich plate, I have since taken it back and will run standard plate for now, If I suffer with high oil temps I will change for billet plate with remote stat and go from there like most things its trial and error

Rude not to put it through the parts washer



New filter as always



All fitted



Few bits to finish fuel system off



Inside



and underneath




Now was to sort oil return from turbo, fenny used rubber hose which IMO wasn't for me! I had some spare fluro silicone hose so i adapted that....

Old vs new



Measuring up



Then heat wrapped and used aluminum heat wrap tape to finish it off. I will also do coolant pipe the last thing I want is a thermal event

Heat wrap matting






Also did the breather to be safe



Location for EGT and wide band (Not fitted correctly yet.) I have a spare boss now as I will no longer be using a separate wideband as its built in the motec



Rebuilding




Next onto air filter location.....

Either normal place



Or looped around down the inner wing



Picked up couple for sensors (Air temp, post rad temp and Map sensor) Also machined the rail adapters and oil pressure to block adapter



Where i'm currently upto

[Nova_Tek]

Great progress.... quality build

Rude not to put it through the parts washer

^ I need a oil filter pick up thingy (the threaded bit that the oil filter screws on to) it's missing from my oil pump. Any idea where I can get one?

[Benn]

Any 8v or Vauxhall^

Looking big Dale and awesome.

[Dale]

As Ben said... You not tried Vauxhall?

[Dale]

Had a little more time this evening...

Sorted out my coolant feed and return and heat wrapped like the oil return






Also did my turbo outlet joiner to boost pipe as this is close to the downpipe



All fitted

[Kev_G]

looks fantastic so will this or vinnie be at Billing?

[Dale]

looks fantastic so will this or vinnie be at Billing?

THIS.... and PVS

although I might see if Harley can take Vinnie

[Kev_G]

Im available for taxi duty lol

[Dale]

haha bet you are

[Nova_Tek]

Any 8v or Vauxhall^

As Ben said... You not tried Vauxhall?

Asked Vauxhall they said 'No'

Whoever I've asked who is selling a pump etc has said it's missing lmao

[Spankee]

That turbo and manifold mega great attention to detail.....very nice ...

[Benn]

Asked Vauxhall they said 'No'

Whoever I've asked who is selling a pump etc has said it's missing lmao

Get a part number, they are lazy as funk in a dealer unless you find some one in the know... And they are very far between...

Part number,

7, Connector, Oil Filter 90144360

Found here...

[Benn]

That's from that online epc, which has worked every time for me.

[carnegstar]

good work on the turbo systems

[Nova_Tek]

If that's deffo the part number I can call up the dealer and get a price... that or AutoVaux.



EDIT just checked the number

[Dale]

Been busy again first off was to design a sump plug to take new oil pressure temp sensor, as the temp sensor uses M12x1.5 trying to find adapter to M14x1.5 (sump plug) was hard enough and one that had enough "meat" to drill and tap a thread was impossible! So popped to Steve's (GWR Motorsport) and we designed this....



Adapters next to standard sump plug



Together




Also bought post radiator temp sensor housing to help monitoring....



Next I got to work with the Motec CDL3 dash, I want it to look as standard as possible, so it was time to start cutting and grinding, this is only a mock...



Rough placement with all standard dials removed and lugs




Done some more work to mount the shift lights but no pictures will update with more progress on dash soon

Mounted battery box

[Benn]

Again, why dont you fit the oil temp sensor in to the oil pump? As that is the moving oil, not what's left in the sump doing nothing....

[Dale]

Again, why dont you fit the oil temp sensor in to the oil pump? As that is the moving oil, not what's left in the sump doing nothing....

Because its pressurized and it won't be as warm as the sump and the sump will tell me the temp of a large amount of the oil rather than a small amount... 90% use the sump to monitor oil temp just not the plug.... I could have had a boss welded on the sump but I didn't want to remove it as its currently not leaking (runs and touches wood)

[Benn]

Oh right.

[jonlem]

Looking good Dale, going to be a very well sorted car !

[GTE 16v]

Top work Dale, when is it going to be on the road?

[Dale]

Looking good Dale, going to be a very well sorted car !

Cheers James, hopefully so should be fun to drive!!!

Top work Dale, when is it going to be on the road?

Cheers Dave, as soon as it can, currently running abit behind but some time this month, I will prob be at PVS on a base map!!

[Dale]

Been doing a few more bits over the weekend

Carried on this the dash, heres whats left on inside



Trial fitting with shift lights/warning lights




Got my bracket back from powder coating



Started to rebuild and cut light panel to allow room for coolant hose



Also shortened by vac hose for master cylinder



On the rebuild



Got my intercooler pipes "bead rolled"




All on and mock fitting Tial BOF




Then got these from jonlem, rose jointed lower arms and track control arms (note the TCA are placed the wrong way around here)



Lower arm



All fitted, I have kept from spacer plates as it gives me clearance from intercooler piping. Lower ball joint spaces don't fit but this isn't an issue as the lower arms clear with F28 fitted due to different pick up points. The chassis was drilled for 1/2" bolts for lower arm which was fun with engine in. In the end I removed the engine mount and lifted either side to make sure the chassis was drill straight! Over all very happy with the kit and quality of welds!



Fitted post radiator coolant temp sensor



Fitted air temp sensor in the oil cooler housing



Getting there slowely



Coil fitted with leads



All for now

[fennyLET]

Top work as always mate