MR-S Tuned By Gibbons

[Essex2Visuvesi]

So I have one of these:-


A great car and is good fun but could do with a bit more oomph
1st idea was to fit one of these:-

But finding a suitable gearbox proved to be a fruitless exercise so I started thinking about a V6 swap.

Then this turned up on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182275138565
Some beverage tokens changed hands and its now in my shed

The manifold shows signs of a previous repairs by untrained marmosets


this has been handed to a tame fabricator who will either repair or make a new one.

The turbo has been tested and spins up nicely on compressed air with no leaks. No play in the shaft either.

The turbo is missing the actuator, but I have managed to source a replacement.

A beast of a dump valve

Not sure if I'll keep this as I do prefer the sound of wastegate chatter

I've ordered in a few extra bit to improve reliability.

• Mishimoto Radiator
  Oil cooler kit with auxilary oil pressure and temp gauges
  Boost gauge (tho I did realise that buying a mechanical one was foolish as I'll need to run a pipe through the cabin ops: )

Further mods will include a barrel type charge cooler to keep the pipework nice and short or water injection or possibly both as I have an AEM system over in Finland from the wife's old rally car

Next step will be to do a head leak check, and compression test before I start the fitting process

[MRHAPPY62]

Good luck and keep us posted !

[d-peg]

Should be fun! .. You're right on the manifold.... proper 'council' welding on that. May do for a bit but I'd plan on replacing at some stage.

I like the way you 'casually' dropped in 'the wife's old rally car...' So what's the crack there? What did she used to drive?

[Essex2Visuvesi]

She's Finnish, so like most Finns she has petrol & antifreeze in her veins

Her last rally car was a Celica GT4 about 4 years back.... we got it prepared but it was never actually raced by her as our priorities changed and it was sold on.

In her younger days its was Minis a Lancia Delta Integrale & Audi Quattro.
She wants to get back into it now the kids are older but wants to race in the classics class so it will be back to classic minis.





Oh and her Dad used to build these:-

So she didn't really stand a chance

[Torero]

Oh, if only my missus had any interest in cars. Make the most of it and get her back into rallying as soon as you can.

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Head gasket leak test was successful


after 15mins of Idle, no bubbles or colour change :bounce:

The same cannot be said for my Alfa 147 :( decided to test that as well and it seems I have gas in my coolant :evil:

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Parts arriving on a daily Basis

We now have:-

Manifold & Turbo wrap
Reading the articles there seems to be a lot of heat so decided these would be prudent

Oil Cooler Kit
Overkill? perhaps, but better to be safe than sorry and the sandwich plate gives me the feeds for my oil pressure & temp gauges

Apexi Air Filter
Genuine not a copy. The one in the kit was bent and well loved and I do like the Apexi filters

Braided Oil return line & Hose Finishers
Bit of bling never hurts, and the feed is braided so might as well make them match

New Sump
Makes the fitting of the oil drain easier and the old one will be retained so if it all goes Pete Tong I can go back to N/A

Timing chain tensioner
The seal on mine is leaking a bit so decided to replace the whole thing

Just waiting for the Turbo Manifold to be returned from the fabricator and I can get started

[oddshoes]

nice thread this will be to watch and shame about the Alfa.... but then again its an Alfa and they do have a rep dont they ;-)

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Shame about the Alfa.... but then again its an Alfa and they do have a rep dont they ;-)

I'm saying nothing.... last time I posted about the Alfa the RPM sensor died

[Essex2Visuvesi]

anyone seen these before?
Look like nice change from the usual Jubly clips
http://www.phase2motortrend.com/category-s/205.htm


Ordered a set for my turbo hoses

[pbmr2]

They look nice, not tried them.

A lot of people use mikalor clamps or copies.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/mikalor-clamp

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Now have the manifold in Hand so on Adam and I started pulling bits off :twisted:

Yes I know he's not a real man.... there's an instruction manual!


Crash bar and exhaust is next on the list for removal. But first a few days of plus gassing
Suprised at the size of the std exhaust, the CHE exhaust thats on the way from the US should be considerably lighter


If anyone wants the stock system (Manifold is sold and I'm keeping the sport cat) then its free to whoever wants to collect it once its off