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What paint did you use for your inlet manifold?
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Its actually basic cheap black gloss spray paint, I was going to use some Hammerite but I am out at the moment. I wasn't sure if it would hold up but its not had any issues - the inlet manifold isn't really that hot and it has air flowing through it all the time.
I was going to look into polishing it up but due to the fairly rough casting it would take a fair amount of time as I only really have hand tools. The next thing on the list is researching into making a hybrid turbo using a spare turbo I have from a landcruiser which is running a larger compressor but still a small hotside.
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I have ordered a few more parts:
Aftermarket electric fan - 10" - to replace the 2 front fans which I will wire in on a switch Oil cooler - I have found that my oil cooler lines have been looped and the stock oil cooler disconnected, I have ordered an uprated larger cooler which will either go in the OEM position or up in front of the radiator where one of the OEM fans went. I am still in the process of working out how to remove some of the parts in the car, I have removed part of the boot seats, also attempting to remove the split rear seat backs which are very heavy.
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I have now removed the front twin fans (with the single motor) and will be replacing it with 1 high performance fan on one side and an uprated oil cooler on the other, routing the cooler lines down under the headlight to the stock lines.
I will hopefully be removing the stock non functioning oil cooler from the car this weekend if I can find where all of the brackets are etc. If not I will just leave it in there and run the new lines past it. I am also looking at turbo upgrades, initially planning on running a GT45 at lower boost, however will probably go with something like a GT35 at higher boost owing to the lower volumetric efficiency of this engine needing higher boost. The GT35 @ 2 bar of boost would be producing about the same amount of air as the GT45 at 1 bar of boost.
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The turbo I have ordered has arrived, going with a GT35 running slightly higher boost, I have also taken delivery of the oil cooler
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I have been checking out the routing of the oil cooler and have removed the OEM one from the front bumper, will be running a 19 row cooler with AN10 lines instead.
I have also unbolted a few more things from the car to save on weight: Seat back nearside - 24kgs Seat back offside - 6.5kg OEM Aux fan units - 5kg Adds up to removing another 35.5kgs giving a total of around 120kgs removed from the car so far.
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Should hopefully be fitting the electric fan this weekend, I need to get a slightly different adaptor for the oil cooler.
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Electric fan is now fitted, I now need to get an M22x1.5 female connector to join the stock oil lines to the AN-10 adaptor to be able to fit the oil cooler - might have to make one up as there seem to only be male/male adaptors!
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some people have more dollars then common cents-----wasted that car
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The ultimate sleeper! I love the project, look forward to seeing your results as the project progresses.
Scott in Brighton NY
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I have also now fitted a 12k Ohm resistor on the MAP wire, I can feel a bit of extra power mid range although nothing amazing but its still an improvement. I will post up some photos soon of the GT35 I have for it, might still fit a GT45 but will see how the GT35 turns out. I am also looking at options to replace the AC compressor with a supercharger but tempted to keep things simple. Next on the list is fitting the oil cooler, I need to get an M22x1.5 female/female adaptor made up as it seems an impossible part to find anywhere (can easily get a M22x1.5 Male/Male adaptor annoyingly!
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This is a great project and I'll be following it avidly. I like that you're keeping the exterior stock rather than going Barry on it. I think your rationale on the preservation/modification question is bang on. Are you aware of these guys? Www.dieselpumpuk.com
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Hi M1tch.
Where in the UK are you based? your project caught my eye - I have a 1997 E300TD Estate. Unmodified and used daily with 162k on the clock. I bought it as a project - did the fuel delivery valve seals, Injector shield/seals, and refurbished the injectors (done by a reputable injector specialist in the midlands) I did get rid of the PCV and routed pvc tubing to a catch tank which then routed to the turbo inlet to provide vacuum to the crankcase. I had excessive positive pressure in the crankcase - either worn rings or stuck rings on piston 1. Anyway i will cut to the case! If you ever want to do side by side runs against my car for base to modified comparisons - give me a shout! ps what sort of mpg were you getting (urban) on stock before and after your intercooler replaceemnt? |
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The exterior would be kept stock and I might add a few other touches that make someone think the car is slow, example is a national trust stick on the window, or an AA badge on the grill. The car was the fastest production diesel car when it came out and with a few tweaks you can definitely see how it was even when bone stock - mine also has 7 seats! Quote:
One of the things I would suggest that you do it remove that inlet elbow that leads into the stock airbox - it gives quite a bit of restriction and simply removing that will let the engine breath much better. I have fitted a basic pod filter which lets the engine breathe as much as it needs to and will be adding some heat shielding in as well. But for a stock engine I would recommend removing it as it does make a difference from stock. I will check what the MPG is at the moment, I think its at around 40mpg, although that's not really using cruise control (another reason I want to keep the ECU). I believe that the Diesepumpuk project car is also returning around the same. With a larger turbo it would also mean that the car is normally running around off boost and only going on boost when the car needs the power (although currently running the stock KKK K14 turbo at the moment). What I have found with MPG on other cars is that the better the throttle response is, the better the MPG you can get. My daily drive is actually a small Renaut Clio 1.5 DCI (80) - averaging around 79mpg although has been as high as 86mpg - the only mods on that car is removal of the restrictive inlet snorkel. I do a lot of miles each week to and from work mainly on the motorway so don't drive the E300 every day, but there is no reason why I couldn't.
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