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Old 04-19-2004   #101 (permalink)
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Question Image annotation colors

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Finished header flange detail. Welded in and out at the flange, and steel washers were added to get to the correct flange thickness, within .002" anyway...
Hey, Bob. Could I suggest lettering your annotations in white (or other background contrast color), so the rest of us could read them . . . please?
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You state that you need to get your F.I./Turbo set-up "show quality", LOL, you can leave all the welds as-is, along with all the dirty finger prints (if there is any ) and still blow us all out of the water!
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Originally Posted by tekenaar
Hey, Bob. Could I suggest lettering your annotations in white (or other background contrast color), so the rest of us could read them . . . please?
I should have used lime-green, that contrasts better. But I also made the font a lot smaller than usual so it would fit within the panel size.

All it says, Otto, is '.375" ' at the lower flange, and '.095" ' at the washer I welded in place. That works out to .470" thick. The stock flange thickness is 12mm, or .4724". Close enough for government work....
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Header merge welded and ground down....

Getting close!
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The collector cone and flange welded in place. Yes, the manifold is finally done!
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An overview of the turbo manifold, turbocharger, and intake manifold. Yes, the turbo is close to the intake, however I'd rather have it mounted near the side of the intake rather than under the intake. Heat rises after all...
I will be making a physical heat shield, and also the Swain-tech thermal barrier will reduce the radiated turbo temps by about 300 degrees.
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A different view....

Got the fuel injection ECU today, so that's the last of the components I'm waiting for. There's still hope for Carlisle.
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Hey Bob - I'm not in that big a rush. It doesn't have to be ready for Carlisle...but please let me know where I can place my order for a duplicate version of what you've got there!!??? -Scott D.
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Question Which TB?

Originally Posted by RallyBob
A different view....

Got the fuel injection ECU today, so that's the last of the components I'm waiting for. There's still hope for Carlisle.
Which throttle body are you using?
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The throttle body is from a 1996 Nissan SR20DE. It's 60mm, and has twin TPS'. I just made an adapter to fit it from 1/2" aluminum. I had it laying around the shop, so it was free.

PS, I altered the photo of the header flange for you Otto, I hope it's more visible now. Gotta be sensitive to the needs of our elders.....

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Bob, I see from your pic that you are using a Polish Turbo,...LOL

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Originally Posted by Paul
Bob, I see from your pic that you are using a Polish Turbo,...LOL

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Damn, my secret's out.....

Actually I just had so many things going in so many directions I've been relegated to labeling all my parts as they are worked on so they go to the appropriate vendors....heat barrier coatings, chrome plating, powder coating, polishing, etc. Tough to keep them all straight in my head, especially considering my aspirations to get this thing to a certain degree of fit and finish within the time-frame given me.

As much as I would have liked to have thought I was done with the turbo manifold yesterday, I really wanted to finish a few other details such as welding stainless steel nuts to the turbo flange, and performing a bit more porting/cleanup work to the runners and the collector. So those things got completed today.
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The fuel injection components that arrived yesterday....
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My alternator of choice for this project, a GM one-wire 80 amp unit. Powdercoated red to compliment the other red powdercoated components that will soon adorn the engine compartment.
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O. K. Bob, now the obvious question is: When do you start it up and dial it in? Curious minds would just love to be there for that.

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I started with a GM universal upper alternator bracket, which was then cut down and welded to a cut-down stock Opel bracket. I needed to use the curved bracket to keep the GM alternator from hitting the distributor. The stock Opel lower bracket is used, but I have to grind a little bit of the bracket for clearance, and I have my own lower bushings custom made from delrin with a 3/8" ID hole and with the corrected offset for proper pulley alignment.
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alt?

Bob;
What is the part # of that alt?
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Originally Posted by namba209
O. K. Bob, now the obvious question is: When do you start it up and dial it in? Curious minds would just love to be there for that.

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The target date for the car owner to get the car to me is two weeks before Carlisle. I will then drop the engine in, wire the EFI harness, plumb the coolant and intercooler piping, make the exhaust downpipe, get it running and tune it for road use, then bring it to my friend's dyno and get it safe to run full boost plus get some hard numbers....

Although originally we had hopes of caravaning a pair of Opels to Carlisle (the turbo Manta and my Ascona wagon), the reality is I will have no time to work on my wagon to prepare it for Carlisle because of the turbo project, and the turbo project is so new I thought it prudent to trailer the Manta just in case there are still bugs to be worked out. In fact, there's always the possibility the car won't even be running for Carlisle, in which case we'll just clean 'er up throw it on a trailer and bring it anyway. But I prefer to hope it will drive onto the showfield under it's own power....
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Originally Posted by BQS4
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What is the part # of that alt?
In red, it's MGM-7127RSW, it cost $99.95 from Summit Racing. They also have blue, black, orange, purple (Wayne are you listening?), and yellow. The part numbers change accordingly with the color.
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Bob, Which car is this going into? Greg's silver one?
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Yup, this is the one.....
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