My twin turbo build...

[TheMinel]

Ask Nissan to put the order in as 'VOR' (Vehicle off Road); following that you could ask them to upgrade the order to 'VIP'.

Mike @ MJP is handling this, I believe he's put it in as VOR from the beginning too. Thanks for the suggestions though

 

[TheMinel]

ABOUT TIME! Last valve lifter needed to continue my build, too bad the shop won't get it till about Wednesday being a Bank Holiday weekend

 

[TheMinel]

UPDATE!!!

nearly there..... maybe end of next week??? Going to see the car at the shop on Saturday as I'm in London for work... can't wait!!

 

[Bantambunny]

That looks fantastic, great work there buddy and looking forward to the next instalment

 

[zedhead260]

It is looking very nice

 

[Wyn]

Excellent pics

Just a few questions re those V6 engines
How long does it take to remove/replace the o.e water pump ?
Can one head be removed without removing the frt cover and chain gear?

 

[130tc]

Im not certain, but i think theres an ally mounting bracket in the way.

 

[TheMinel]

Excellent pics

Just a few questions re those V6 engines
How long does it take to remove/replace the o.e water pump ?
Can one head be removed without removing the frt cover and chain gear?

don't think you can remove a haed withot taking off the timing gear mate, although you can remove the heads with the engine in the car although it's a pain

 

[QuickNick]

This build looks quality! What is the engine spec??

 

[TheMinel]

whole specs will be revealed once fully tuned

Mind you, now having issues with powdercoating parts..... GRRRRRRRRR

 

[TheMinel]

Powdercoating finished, now I'm getting delayed by this actuator springs issue, see my other thread, if you can help clicky

 

[QuickNick]

Looks the nuts!!! Following with interest...nothing beats a shiny new engine...merry Xmas!

 

[JakTheRuby]

I love powder-coat. Looks superb. Gives everything that 'I'm slightly bigger' feel! This build is getting sexier by the day. Keep it up-ski!

 

[TheMinel]

Nearly there.......have to say a lot of modifications were required to get decent clearances, in many many areas...it's tight in our engine bay!!!

 

[datsun dave]

A few quid going in to the engine bay.

Looks great well done.

 

[350Doc]

Coming together nicely!

 

[Rob Gaskin]

This is looking really good. As ever I'm amazed to what lengths some people will go to with their cars. Is this going to be a road car?

 

[TheMinel]

MOAR!!!! Start up tonight?

 

[TheMinel]

This is looking really good. As ever I'm amazed to what lengths some people will go to with their cars. Is this going to be a road car?

road car through and through. I could have gone with TT kits that would give you more HP, but for what? over a certain threshold (some say ~ 500whp) the power is unusable, so what fun is there to have a dyno queen? Choices I guess, I chose a kit that won't give me massive numbers, but the turbos will spool up very quickly and the power/torque will be on tap from very low down.

The 1 compromise I had to do (temporarily, most probably) was the actuator springs. The ones that come with the std PE kit will only be good for ~ 12PSI of boost, I wanted to upgrade those from day 1 but I was sent the wrong ones. So I decided to keep the std springs, and see what numbers it'll put down.

Once ready, I'll run it in for ~1k miles, by then who knows what month it'll be, but I should then have been able to remanufacture an intercooler pipe which was badly designed from the factory, and got hold of a Cosworth Intake manifold. Then the car will be driven to TDI once again for the power tuning, and I'll get them to do a before/after run with the plenum+ spacer and the Cosworth.

 

[Rob Gaskin]

500 bhp in a good 350 is going to be soooo frustrating on the road, please take it on a track a couple of times.

My 276 bhp car will do 70 quite easily . How bike riders go on I just don't know.