Playing with the new cam

[Fuse]

I got a new digital camera.. Of course I hade to take some test shots. Engine (and the car also) is bit dusty and there's a rust hole in weird place in the engine compartment. Sunroof seals also needs to be replaced. Gotta fix those. I also took some shots of the rear suspension so I can compare the two. GL has those blocks in there but it might be hard to see because it is so dirty and full of dried mud.. GLT's roof and hood are not so shiny. I gotta use that stuff which restores the color someday. Normal Simoniz doesn't last so long by it self because the paint in the roof and hood is faded.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/GLT/2005
http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/GL/2005
http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/GLandGLT

56K warning. Big pics.

[jtbo]

Good pics

I noticed that GLT needs soon new part
Gearbox may get loose when rust eats that too badly, I have new one installed because of that problem

I see that GLT has also those extra leaf springs, are those standard or are those Koni parts?

[Fuse]

I am not sure about those extra leafs. Doesn't lower as much as the blocks in GL though. Yeah I might replace the beam which holds the gearbox in place when I'll replace the sealings in diff and gearbox. Some oil leaks there. Though the beam isn't as bad as it looks. Someone has put some anti-rust stuff and hasn't cleaned it properly before. So the beam itself isn't rusted, mainly some rust colored splinters of the top coat so It looks ugly but the metal it self is kinda OK. I didn't have time to sand/paint it at the last summer.

[petefarrell360]

Nice pics, very nice indeed. Like the body kit and snow cap on the GLT and those fogs.
Pete

[bodejodel]

I just LOVE that red GLT!

[Chris_C]

Any one else noticed Fuse's GLT aerial is at the back of his car?? (Havn't looked at the GL.... that pic took my phone line long enough )

Are they standard that way over there??

[5lab]

both like that. it was an option over here, i believe you can get an electric arial there too

[bodejodel]

Same here.

[MJ]

The red GLT is stunning. One of the best 300's I've seen. Congratulations on a brilliantly modded car

[foggyjames]

Very interesting setup on the red car. I'd love a picture of the exhaust manifold. It looks like a stock -89 manifold (for a T3), with a 90 degree bend at the collector. More detail definitely required!

Looking at it carefully, I think that is what we call a +T (eg: B200E+T) at Turbobricks. It's a B200E, with a turbo kit 'bodged on', rather than a complete original turbo engine. It means you have high compression engine, but turbocharged...a more modern approach (good for low lag, but bad for being able to run BIG boost, although with accurate tuning it's less of a problem). The giveaway is the retention of Renix ignition. Is that an additional injector in the bend before the throttle in the close-up photo?

Great stuff...I can't wait to get started on a 360 turbo project

cheers

James

[Fuse]

Yeah it is an older model turbo manifold with 90 degree bent bolted on. Not the best flowing construction I think but it works fine for my current power needs.. It is a B200E but I am not sure if it has a bottom end of R-Sport kit. (Didn't built the engine myself. It was already converted to turbo when I bought it.) GL has pistons etc.. from 240 R-Sport Turbo. But then again B200E has compression ratio of something like 9 so it could be turbocharged whereas B200K has something like 10 so wouldn't work without good engine managment system. The extra injector is that thingy before the TB where the other fuel line goes from the filter. Though the guy who renovated my turbo said that when he test drived the car he noticed that the extra injector might not even come in at boost levels as low as this (~0.4 bar) If that is the case I wonder if the LE-Jet has some bigger injectors fitted because it doesn't go lean or ping etc.. This same guy also changed the position of the extra injector because he said it wasn't in a good position before. Best place would have been in the intake manifold but that would have needed some fabrication and it would have cost more and it works fine where it is now. I'm going to hook in a multimeter so I can see if the extra ECU comes alive under boost. There's an adjustable pressure switch for the extra ECU but I don't remember where to it was adjusted. Well it works fine now and that's what I care about.

Some comparison.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/G ... 2_0358.JPG Engine pic from 2004 as it was when I bought the car.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/mtn/images/autot/G ... G_0070.JPG
Engine now.

I guess there's some diffrence... The car wasn't in a such a good shape when I bought it. Someone had only made the most essential repairs and hadn't cared much about anything else. Car looked like it hadn't been waxed in ages. Though now everything starts to be in order.

[bodejodel]

Yeah it is an older model turbo manifold with 90 degree bent bolted on. Not the best flowing construction I think but it works fine for my current power needs..

And what's the output at the moment?
If you install an aquamist sistem you could raise the boost a bit.

Can you tell what other modifications are made to make it run with a turbo?

[foggyjames]

Interesting stuff! I'd like to see pics of that bend bolted to the manifold if you can get them. How does it affect spool time?

There isn't a dedicated R-Sport bottom end (at least not according to my sources). The kit (like the 343 B19 kit) was designed as an add-on (easy bolt-on) to an existing B230A (for example). In other words, it was a high compression turbo setup, using a stock carb or injection block and head. If the GL has low compression pistons, they're presumably standard 240 turbo ones.

How's this for a suggestion...I think you've got a great deal to gain from going to an EMS setup like Megasquirt, especially if it does have the high compression bottom end, which requires more precise tuning to get the most out of it. The 'piggyback' systems like this are rather yesterday's technology.

Of course it depends on your priorities! I may well be inheriting a 240 at some point, and if I decide to keep it, I'll be seeking out the R-Sport turbo carb kit for it Waaay more ghetto than a piggyback system, but retro-cool too

cheers

James

[foggyjames]

Can you tell what other modifications are made to make it run with a turbo?

Take a read of this...

http://www.turbobricks.com/mods.php?content=art0024

cheers

James

[bodejodel]

Thanks, I already read that guide, I just wanted to know what Fuse did and how much power he gained by doing so...
For my own car I'm just planning on swapping the engine for a B230FT 8v engine and upping the boost a bit. Maybe a 16v one, if I can find it...