FE3 Turbo in a 1989 Ford Courier (cross post of sorts)

[fredio54]

considering the lack of action around here, i thought i'd repost this for those who havent seen it because they dont troll and post whore ;-)

i know i hate it when i miss something in a forum section i never check and find it later...

If I go all quiet on you or get banned, you can find me here :
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some pics with little captions....

my customised megasquirt with 4cyl coil on plug and a few other little tricks

the back of it with the fuel/batt box clearly visible behind the hinged number plate

front view nearly ready to go with my mate mops standing working on something

four stock fe3 coils, four stock fe3 ignitors, chinese fpr, modified fuel rail, 550cc rx7 injectors (maxxed out for approx 385bench crank hp)

rivetted intercooler plumbing with a pair of nissan skyline gtr blow off valves in a stock housing with 50mm inlet and twin 38mm outlets

intake side of the engine bay

custom plenum with 1uzfe 70mm throttle body from the lexus/toyota 4l 280hp v8

one of the biggest simota air filters you can get with 6" to 4" toilet plumbing to the turbo

the inside of that plenum showing the totally smooth path that the air has to flow through to get into the engine

where 3" end of downpipe meets 3" exhaust

exhaust side from above with manifold, turbo, wastegate, downpipe and coolant plumbing all visible

and from its prettiest angle

hand crafted 4" to 3" downpipe with hand turned on lathe vband flange for turbo and flexi for the wastegate


the nearly perfectly straight 3" exhaust with two straight through mufflers, also showing the 130 s/s m8 csk screws holding down the 17mm plywood deck

where the battery lives with 4 fused 5ag outlets and one 100ampere circuit breaker with 50mmsq cable going to block and starter and 8ga going to ms and another to alternator and a speperate vref to alternator and a sperate fuse for lighting and the last one for the pumps. also 2 8ga local grounds to the ally panels.

the rear ally panel from inside showing the two relays for the two fuel pumps, the brake,tail,reverse light relays, and the ground lift all rear lights off the cops are coming relay

044 910 raycar and surge tank. all happy to supply 400+hp of fuel, and peak of about 700-800 through the 3/8 line straight from the 044 to the rail.

ex mani on the Persian rug in the lounge just after completion.

just after painting

holset just fits, mounted with begginings of beautiful hand made merger above.

36-1 crank trigger with bracket and sensor

winged lidded sump for zero oil surge under extreme driving (i'm crazy incase you are wondering and pull a G daily everywhere)

f2t flywheel with fe smaller ring gear and ligtened and smoothed and shrunk to fit the 240mm clutch in the small 225mm bell housing.

about to go in. you can see the coolant plumbing. the periscope one got changed twice after that. type 3/r box visible in background


sorry about the sorta cross post, but i'm bored as....

the whole story is in the link in the sig... enjoy.

fred.

[fredio54]

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2 pack laquer paint job on diff housing looking sweet on a warm summers day.


theres heaps more too... 800 pics in the photobucket account.

fred.

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[Redmx_tx5]

sorry if its a stupid question but what does it drive like RWD? much difference?
Also, Lovely CAI

[jesiotrot]

Awesome work Fred, cant wait to see some dyno figures and quarter mile times.

[fredio54]

Originally Posted by Redmx_tx5

sorry if its a stupid question but what does it drive like RWD? much difference?
Also, Lovely CAI

it was always rwd, i've only owned one fwd car, and i hated it, killed it, and dumped it for 20 bucks at the local yard. at the moment the power is not linear enough to be fun on windy roads. it spins the wheels at any speed in any gear in the wet. tested upto 140kph in 5th, but above that speed there would be even more torque...

its not really CAI yet, as its exposed, but the iat temps are barely different under boost and just puttering, so i'd assume that its sucking pretty cold air through all the holes around the headlights etc.

i will put a cold air box in there along with a BUNCH of other changes and additions etc. there is a lot of work left to do.

dyno figures and 1/4 times will have to wait about another 22 months plus legalising time... i'm in england now :-(

it should run 12.5 - 13.5 at the strip and make 300whp - 350whp on a dyno. the real figures wont be outside those ranges. if you want me to guess closer, i'd say the slow end of the 1/4 time, and the high end of the power scale. but i'm only guessing. it certainly faster than an s14k silvia :-) and those do a 14flat with a few light mods, and make about 250whp

fred.

[Turk]

Looks frieken ace!! The FE3's are almost straight swap mount wise with the 1st gen mx6's yer? Is this ute going to be street driven as well? Guessing from back number plate?

[fredio54]

thanks :-) mount wise, yes, they are a straight swap to a 1g or ute or van (that had an F series stock), but depending on what you want from it, there is somewhere between quite a bit and a huge amount of work to make it all go and go well.

yeah, definitely street, i need something reliable and fast to haul around my nissan and toyota parts ;-)

for me the track is a testing ground of my skill, and the vehicles performance for its real application : road use.

fred.

[Turk]

Originally Posted by fredio54

for me the track is a testing ground of my skill, and the vehicles performance for its real application : road use.

Did you just come up with that. Best practical quote ive heard all year. And that battery box with the fuses looks like big work..

[fredio54]

yeah, i just came up with that, and yeah, i mean it (...alludes to police chases...)

[mazdaspeedF2]

holy crap. i love it. you mean business......good on you : )

[fredio54]

cheers :-)

[fredio54]

bump for a new pic taken by a friend of mine that i only got a day or two ago. its the only full engine bay pic i have



fred.

[CraZyOne]

Looks freakin awesome.

Would the toilet plumbing be a concern in such close proximity to the exhaust manifold? PVC has a melting point of somewhere around 200°C

[Selva]

looks fn nice dude, shame you got all that metal fabricating done and then went for PVC for the intake, but still nice work! i suggest you heat tape the manifold up or make a pretty heat shield for it as yes it probably would melt the pvc if it's as close as it looks to be from the pictures.

[fredio54]

i typed this massive response, and somehow it got lost into the ether... weird.

summary :

thanks for your comments

its not as close as it looks (8 inches or so)
its only close to one runner
the bonnet is close (less than one inch) (and close to two)
was expecting paint to peel there (it hasnt)
large turbine = not as hot as usual
massive airflow both through and past the pvc to cool it
static burnouts done and no ill effects

pcv is light (when the joints are shortened), strong, flows well (when the edges are radiused) and i just dont see what other functions it needs to perform.

nothing is on the car to look good, and it should flow to 800hp or more easily. i only wanna make 500 or so. at the moment its less than 400 (though more than 300 for sure) my guess is around 385crank hp.

fred.