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[Mangham54]

Great read you was updating it so quick couldn't keep up lol
Lots of goodies and great work gone into project well done .
Makes me want to buy a Dax and do something similar. ;-) top job keep up the good work

The Rush is a corker, but if I could afford it a Tojiero with obligatory V8 would have to be the way forward.

[Thealastair34]

Great read you was updating it so quick couldn't keep up lol
Lots of goodies and great work gone into project well done .
Makes me want to buy a Dax and do something similar. ;-) top job keep up the good work

The Rush is a corker, but if I could afford it a Tojiero with obligatory V8 would have to be the way forward.

i like the rush the suspension is great that they run

would love a nice caterham with around 230bhp perfect little car IMO

[Thealastair34]

update time,

inlet trial fit, the eagle eyed will notice there is no way on earth that is going to fit under the bodywork

[Thealastair34]

linkage





fuel lines fitted



started with the bodywork, which was hard as most of it was missing from having the air filter there before!







started to mock up boost pipes





needed to rotate the turbo so cold side came off

[Thealastair34]

started to collect tyres, gong to need them i think



boost pipes and rad pipes being fitted









nose cone trial fit





more wiring

[Thealastair34]

turbo side pipes mocked up





laptop hooked up to the omex to check wiring so far



swaged the cooler pipes



then washed them in the bath hehe


got fitings for dry sump breathers



making a oil pressure adaptor for dash 2 oil pressure and turbo feed

[Thealastair34]

test in place


- 4 fittings welded on



restrictor for oil turbo feed



exhaust test fit





wastegate on



random shots

[Thealastair34]

dash test





manual boost gauge fitted



heat protection



re bodied





bath time!

[Thealastair34]

inlet of to have take off tapped



new injector blanks machined



oil feed modded and refitted



wideband gauge



wiring


2 bosses welded in



started running oil lines



issue with this one though!



had to cut down and remake the fitting to the pump



which lead to the pipe running like this instead

[Ormes]

"DEATH ---->" As said above... I wish I even had 1/10th of your skills.

[Thealastair34]

dash displays setup, it also does gear, revs speed, shift lights, and warnings high and low for everything great bit of kits and i interface it with the omex to pull most of the reading with no additional sensors!







wideband fitted also dispays in dash to can log min and max



air filter 4x4 style


decided to get a matching EBC, cam eup cheap and easy to work




out side







no problem setting off! race clutch is hard work!

[Thealastair34]

engine out again







twin engined xc60 anyone?!

[Arno]

update time,

inlet trial fit, the eagle eyed will notice there is no way on earth that is going to fit under the bodywork

Ummm.. Couldn't you disassemble the plenum cover and 'flip it over' so to speak so the intake is located at the bottom instead of the top? Or does it then foul on the chassis rail?

If it doesn't foul then it won't stick out as far upward and you'd save some 90-degree bends in the air patch from the intercooler to the intake too...

Bye, Arno.

[Thealastair34]

hi arno, its fouls the chassis any other way im afriad!

[Thealastair34]

afew vids of engine running and dash setup and turbo spooling down

[Thealastair34]

engine dyno time

down to sunny London from Yorkshire to bluesprint engine dyno

they normally do big power YB engines and the odd F1 engines some great stuff and a proper setup they have going on!



engine was run in on the dyno n/a







main man from shawspeed





ferrari stuff!

[Thealastair34]

plenum on and charge cooled being used





one rather hot bannana!!!!




we had issues regulating boost due to me fitting the takes off before the throttle body meaning we were unsure how much boost the engine was getting!
this was an annoying oversight but the engine was run in and had some boost run through it, here is the dyno sheet, it does spool faster at the bottom end but we were opening the wastgate with a compressor haha

all in all i was happy, the engine held together and didnt really have any issues apart from the pickup for the sensor being in the wrong place



vid of it running

[VXBONE]

wow,im loving this build thread,what a machine!! i dont think my fiancee would like me washing carparts in our bath,....then again it is an advacardo suite!

[Taz6622]

Hi what a fantastic build.used to run a mk indy with a R1 turbo giving 240 BHP in a car that was 460 kilos. MENTAL Keep up the good work cheers sean

[Thealastair34]

got wheels refurbed and wider at the rear now the 7x15 up front 8x15 at the rear





i like wheels, then purcahsed a set of caterham csr wheels



massive



new set of 6 point harnesses



then i got sidetracked any purchased a vx!