RobDon's Leon -

[RobDon]

Will you be taking the car to anymore shows this year Rob? I wouldnt mind having a chat in person as im looking at the GT2860RS aswell for next summer

Once back on the road hopefully yes.

 

[Willie]

Will you be taking the car to anymore shows this year Rob? I wouldnt mind having a chat in person as im looking at the GT2860RS aswell for next summer

Once back on the road hopefully yes.

If Rob's track record is anything to go by he'll be looking to sell this set up on by then too, win win, lol

 

[RobDon]

If having the same turbo for 3 years + then NO, if this turbo isn't enough then I just send it to CR Turbos for the GT2871R upgrade, sitting on the same setup. This is the FINAL setup for my car.

 

[gb]

rob we've heard this before mate

 

[RobDon]

I made a start on installing the new hardware today as it was a nice day. Got the manifold on, the easiest manifold I've ever fitted, access to all the nuts is easy! Then after clocking the turbo and core into the correct positions I fitted the turbo and the oil and coolant lines, all went on dead easy.

That's as far as I got today. Next is the last of the big stuff, fit the new DP and CAT section under the car.

 

[tyrer]

before I go read all 115 pages just from those 3 pics Im drooling.

 

[Murdered LCR]

Why does you bay all ways look mint even half way through installing a turbo , what pisses me off is mk2 cupras make the power your going for just with a stage 2 map , we all no this won't be your "final" set up tho lol , looking good as usual

 

[Ibiza125]

Looking good Rob! Looking forward to some more updates!

 

[csd_19]

Good to see its underway Rob

Something tells me this will be another mint install once all completed

 

[RobDon]

Thanks! Today I cut the pipes for the intake and intercooler, got them finished up, so the intake is all done, as are the intercooler pipes, will get more pics soon. Looks almost complete now.

 

[MrBen2k7]

Do you have to have it mapped again? Or will it just run on your previous map?

 

[RobDon]

It will need to be mapped for the new hardware yes.

 

[PhilW]

Rob, where did you get the heatsheilding from for the coilpack wiring and the bulkhead? Is it adhesive backed? How thick is it?

Thanks.

 

[RobDon]

Ebay my friend, it is self-adhesive and quite thick. £18 for a 500 x 500m bit:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THERMAL-VELOC...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3caf744861

 

[RobDon]

I have managed to get the old DP off and the lambda sensors out, so all of the old stuff is off, once the new DP and CAT section are on ... it's finished bar the mapping and popping the new larger injectors in.

 

[PhilW]

Ebay my friend, it is self-adhesive and quite thick. £18 for a 500 x 500m bit:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THERMAL-VELOC...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3caf744861

Thanks for that rob.

And the heatsheild for the coilpack wiring is that OEM?

 

[RobDon]

No, same stuff, just cut a bit off and wrapped it round the coilpack wiring.

 

[RobDon]

I managed to get the downpipe on yesterday, what a 'mare it was! The only way to get it on was to remove everything including the manifold, drop the DP into where it sits then re-fit the manifold, there is no way of getting the DP down into the hole unless you remove the manifold! It's on now though so I just have to bolt everything back on and fit the CAT section and we're on the home straight!

More pics soon.

 

[RobDon]

Not sure which oil feed fitting to use on the turbo, I have 3 to choose from, 2 of them appear to be 0.8mm restrictors (one of which is a banjo-type) and one is a steel fitting which came with the 2nd-hand stuff from Backdraft.

I was going to use the orange alloy one - not sure now?

 

[RobDon]

Having searched and read this on the Garrett website:

"Oil pressure entering a ball-bearing turbocharger needs to be between 40 psi and 45 psi at the maximum engine operating speed. For many common passenger vehicle engines, this generally translates into a restrictor with a minimum of 0.040" diameter orifice upstream of the oil inlet on the turbocharger center section."

http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/tech_center/faqs.html#t16

0.040" is 1.016mm, so I measured these fittings and the centre one appears to be bang on at just a smidge over 1mm wide, so I'll use that one.