sharky_70 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 And other essential recommendations to consider?an uprated clutch, ARP rod bolts and headstuds, oil feed and return with modified sump, 'colder' sparkplugs, intercooler pipes and couplings, various gaskets and fittingsand like Kev said uprated pump. FYI i was looking into HRC pumps and they do an equivalent GS340 for half the price of walbro. good feedback about them too Link to post Share on other sites
golfrabbit33 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 i would phone c2, tell him your budget and what you intend to do and get some advice on what you need, they can sort you a spacer,mapping arp`s and prob more in one phone call.Kevs right though. 15psi is NICE i ran over 23 psi (1.6 bar) and look what happened , it went BANG. and i lost my whole engine,head,block,pistons,rods at a very big cost, cos i ran too much boooooost.15 psi is a nats over 1 bar, on c2 software,that will be perfik.enjoy the boost Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 250 will not cover the software, speak to c2 uk , if your seriously intresetd and tell them jim sent ya.rest of , is as said before . pay your money take your choice, ive done it the cheaper way, but have hjad to replace a few parts.if you keep it around 300 bhp, then arp's aint needed , nor is a head spacer.but the temptation will be to much , and you will turn the boost up. so over spec the motor and build from that. i.e you want 300, build it for 400. then it should all be stress free ( ish ) Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 the maps myslef and gary have will support around 1.3 bar . any more and you maxing out the injectors.. Link to post Share on other sites
sharky_70 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Jim you running the 36lb map? Link to post Share on other sites
golfrabbit33 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 both on 42lb mate Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 i ran over 23 psi (1.6 bar) and look what happened ' date=' it went BANG. and i lost my whole engine,head,block,pistons,rods at a very big cost, cos i ran too much boooooost.[/quote']Oh dear! Did it go lean?Surprised the gearbox didn't go first! Link to post Share on other sites
rob_skater 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 an uprated clutch' date=' ARP rod bolts and headstuds, oil feed and return with modified sump, 'colder' sparkplugs, intercooler pipes and couplings, various gaskets and fittingsand like Kev said uprated pump. FYI i was looking into HRC pumps and they do an equivalent GS340 for half the price of walbro. good feedback about them too[/quote']Yeah ive just ordered some ARP rod bots and im searching for some moderately cheap head studs atm.As for my oil lines i have seen a little sump plug adapter witch i think will do the job, but other than that i will just braze in a propper oil feed.As for spark plugs i dont really kno what too look for, i think this is a hurdle i will tackle when im getting it all setup properly.And if you are all recommending a new fuel pump i suppose i will have to look in too that too.What will the standard fuelpump and injectors max out at? (ive got a corrado fuel pump running atm) Link to post Share on other sites
golfrabbit33 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 i ran over 23 psi (1.6 bar) and look what happened ' date=' it went BANG. and i lost my whole engine,head,block,pistons,rods at a very big cost, cos i ran too much boooooost.[/quote']Oh dear! Did it go lean?Surprised the gearbox didn't go first!3rd box Kev, pmsl. this one is a real good un, peened internals and new peloquin.yep, leaned off bigtime, lost 4 plug heads,smashed new pistons to bits. game over! Link to post Share on other sites
AJmk2 2 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Good info on the thread, on one of my old cars i just tapped my sump and used a universal bit and some high temperature pipe for my oil drain.I just wouldnt give a china charger a go, I know jims having good success but id be too worried some impeller might find its way inside.Also depending on how confident you are with mapping and installation you can get a prebuilt megasquirt for about £370. Link to post Share on other sites
DaveyBoyRens 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 http://www.aptuning.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1022&category_id=645&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=14This caught my eye the other day thought you might be interested. Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 mines not a chine charger parts on the car are, but nothing critical.. mines all sourced mostly secondhand parts, main bits are spa racing, rest is all as i need , built for more than the power i wanted to run. Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 nt bad davey boy, but its a lhd manifold ( easy to overcome ) and the c2 stuff , wont work oer here without mods, the yanks run a load of nasty emissions stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
DaveyBoyRens 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 nt bad davey boy' date=' but its a lhd manifold ( easy to overcome ) and the c2 stuff , wont work oer here without mods, the yanks run a load of nasty emissions stuff.[/quote']Great! Another one of those 'i'm on to something here' dreams shattered Link to post Share on other sites
rob_skater 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Good info on the thread' date=' on one of my old cars i just tapped my sump and used a universal bit and some high temperature pipe for my oil drain.I just wouldnt give a china charger a go, I know jims having good success but id be too worried some impeller might find its way inside.Also depending on how confident you are with mapping and installation you can get a prebuilt megasquirt for about £370.[/quote']I briefly looked into megasquirt, its just the fact that the first map is going to cost alot too.Any1 used megasquirt on their VRT on here? pro's, con's? Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 i loked at it, but with soloution such as the c2 uk software i run, it just wasnt worth it. btw, base maps are freely avalible on the ms forums. Link to post Share on other sites
rob_skater 0 Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Cool cool. its always an option down the line i guess.In the meantime im just collecting together all the hardware for the build Link to post Share on other sites
AJmk2 2 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Im thinking of MS because id like to learn to map and im not going to try and go turbo straight away. If i was doing it just to drive the car so to speak id go with C2.You can also get launch control built into MS Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 you can with other software Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Traction control would be useful too! Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 yep it would i dont fancy the racelogic box though, the price puts me off Link to post Share on other sites
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