if you are who i think you are, i must say speak for yourself, you where the one to do things that way, big turbo, used forged engine, and here we go... results speak for themselves.. Money is everyones problem, with unlimited resources even my mother could get someone to build a fast car for her... Carlos is learning slowly but he will get there, and his general idea in creating this topic is that, trying to gather as much information and opinions as possible, and i'm sorry to say, but I don't think you are an example of someone that can teach him, once again i say, results speak for themselves, i have never had an engine failure in one of my projects and the reason for that is that i take one step at a time, upgrading every part to match the performance of the car...

Finally i just want to say that is funny how my name always comes to the conversation, why do you guys always feel the need to compare everything someone does in Portugal to my project? Carlos has a different idea of what he wants from his car compared to what i want and I respect that, he wants to make a lot of power, i prefer a more driveable car, a car that i can take to track days, drag races but also one that I can drive on sundays, each to their own...

I have always helped Carlos in his Quest, and once again he asked for my help to build a fueling system to match the power he wants, i've learned a lot with my car build, with the help of a lot of people in this forum, wich i can only say thanks, specially flea, and i dont mind to share with anyone what i've learned during the last couple of years...

thanks mate,everything is true what you said...



yes I want to do something different, and for this I need all information possible,and I know that Portugal will not get anything about this project...





Once again, it's true what you said,and just want to thank all the help you gave me...

thanks ..chers for All

i dont have any engine probs in my coupe only lack of oil presure...

i dont say that you or pretender have money issues i just said that money is a problem in Portugal for info and parts thats why we came here, in quest of info and parts...
pretender you have what is needed to have a car like yours in the way he is...

sorry people bad comunication...

keep going the good work

Some fanatstic developments there Carlos, I'll catch up with you via email.

Carlos and Pretender keep up the good work i think all people in Portugal who loves the Coupé must be proud of your cars and project

Cheers.

thanks mate

cheers...

thanks Luis...

the pumps in the gsracing link i know nothing of though i suspect it may be a little more than the one i meant which is less than £140 deliverd i suspect it was less than that but i can't remember exactly so i have estimated high..anyway the main thing about the one i am using is its exactly the same size as the original and just fits straight in the original swirl pot so its simple ,cheap and can be done by you rather than having to pay

ktm,please try to remember where you bought and the price...if you want send pm ok..

cheers..

Carlos

more news guys ;-)...
my car is already working and has done 500km...is working very well,and everything is working including AC and other things!I make 1 video,the first few minutes that it worked...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY2HUhRIfPE

and pics:

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Now I feel more happy because everything went very well hihihihi...

cheers guys...

Carlos

Well done Carlos !! very tidy.

good going Carlos cant wait to see some vids of it going.

looks very tidy well done

thanks guys...
yes, a lot of work to put everything tidy!but I think it's almost perfect,I only do a few more little things and it's ready...

cheers...

Carlos

Carlos

I think I heard some strange noises coming from your cat at the beginning of the video.

Les

i think i heard his cat getting sucked in the turbo as well

well done mate it looks great i wish i could have afforded to replace all my under bonnet bits and make it look as new as yours does under there..

anyway you seem to have a good lay out with plenty of room

with the manifold design and where they put the wastegate pipe, along with the shear size of my turbo i am a lot more cramped and but for barbz fabrication work i could never have fitted mine in like you have with space for everything..i have had to remove my aircon rad for now until i can source another fan which will give me some space back..the slimline one i bought originally could not move enough air so had to move everything forward and squeeze originals back in

anyway i am looking forward to seeing what yours can do and good luck with it..

i have done 800+ miles in mine now and have just changed the oil for mobil one as it is going to have the ecu wired in today/tomorrow then mapping thursday and friday.. after that i will dump the mobil 1 and use motul from then on..
i have had a little play with it as i have a gtec 2 hi fuelling in for now so have let revs build off gentle throttle and once i get to 3500rpm and am off closed loop i have given it half throttle a few times and see .8 bar (actuater pressure) virtually instantly ..i cant really go over 4500 or so as i am sure with the standard injectors i am sailing close to the wind anyway but it's certainly picked up well in 4th and 5th considering its unmapped and underfuelled..it will be interesting to compare our set ups

hehe,this Cat is my mechanic hehehe he was joking

cheers

Carlos

for now I still do not know, because I just did a maximum 2.500rpm,and 40% throttle,nothing more...because it is too early for me
I lost many hours thinking about how I had to, to look like an all original engine,fortunately it is all there, and everything was tidy, with plenty of space..
I have std chip for now,I want put gtec 2,but I don"t have for now,and I have std injectors.. :D,and the car runing and work very very well...
and I"m realy realy happy..thanks for your help and barbz...

cheers my friend...

Carlos

Nice work for sure, so you are running an barbz manifold now?

Regards and keep it in one piece.

Remco

thanks..
no,I bought this manifold in another place..

cheers

Carlos

hi guys...

Today I did a clean space around the engine,now is ready to runing ;-)

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if anyone wants to see my whole project, here are the link to my Facebook page...



my page facebook

cheers


Carlos

Facebook link is not working.

By the way. Impressive work

Hi Guys..

10 seconds of my car to walk to the turbo GT35 at 5000rpm in 2º and 3º gear and have standard chip and injectors,I only did up to now 50% throttle and 0.5bar of boost...because he still has a few kilometers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGu_6sAj7fg&feature=player_embedded

cheers

Carlos

Looks great, just a couple of small questions.

What intercooler is that? Looks very well made.

What is the swirl type pot and two pipes that are where the old air box normally is on the front left hand side?

Seriously looking good though. Well done.

Its the oil filter...

hi carlos ..sounds and looks good ....i am still working on mine as i have a slight restriction on the hot side ..what internal diameter was your manifold?
i would think you will gain some on spool up when its mapped and in it's final configuration though you have gone big on the turbo!
barbz has done an excellent job on mine considering i have a 600bhp+ turbo i am on full boost by 3200 revs! i wouldn't have believed it possible before i got the car back
anyway good luck with the rest though..if you have not encountered any problems yet you have been very lucky already!

Hi mate,
until now has not had any problems...works very well and has torque in 1300miles mor or less ;-)!
I think he has 34mm internals,and also think it's very good for a rapidly rising rotation due to be 34mm,and as has long tubes, are all equal to 38cm,I think that is optimal for high speed!I try to join the business with pleasure kakakaka...at now I have full boost 1.0bar pressure at 4900rpm!but is standard chip and standard ecu! next month I will buy everything standalone ecu injectors fuel pump and other things..then I think I'll do full boost 4300rpm...

cheers Carlos

thanks mate,about your questions, my friend has already answered

cheers
Carlos

thanks mate...

i like this thread alot

carlos i cant wait to see a vid of it running full boost

yeah me too mate,I can wait to see...as I said before, next month I will buy everything, and in August, going to the dyno...

cheers

Carlos