Not much more to update you with at the moment. Car is running fine. Not had much chance to 'drive' it to report back on spool/boost @rpm's etc but I have tweaked the boost a tad and she appears to be holding 1.7bar happily.
Things on the snagging/immediate list to do are:
* Turbo to block water pipe... this is 'seeping' so it will be removed and Bill's 'pipe guy' will be tasked with making a pukker crimped version.
* Driveshaft inner gaiter v DP issue... going to look at moving the DP about on the v-band connection to the turbo to give more clearance as an interim solution and see what the long term affects are with a mind to when I remove the DP for ceramic coating (at some point) to engineer some clearance in then.
* Change the prototype fuel pump fittings for production stainless steel ones but I do have a feint whiff of fuel coming from the back so I will look to get her on the ramp this weekend for a look to see if there is a leak anywhere first.
* Re-bleed the brakes running the ABS pump this time as I think I still have too long a pedal... they do work veeeeeeery well though and so glad I changed them.
* Change the boost gauge. My current boost gauge is 'ok' but 1.5bar and above is in red and not very readable at the moment.
I am thinking of getting a Stack boost gauge but also debating on going Liquid S3 (
http://racediagnostics.com/cms/index.php?page=liquids3). I have had a chat with Jim (freegeek) about potential issues using it on a car as modded as mine and things are looking good apart from the boost gauge part only reading up to the MAP sensor limit of 1.5bar which isn't much use to me. Jim is looking into this.
If anyone has got a Liquid setup (especially on a BT S3) then please let me know how you have got on with it as I am quite keen to get one
* Still getting a 'chirp' from the turbo when I change gear which is the onset of compressor stall, its not much and sounds cool but not gonna help performance much. It was less when the boost was 1.5bar but since tweaking it up a bit its more apparent so might mean DV relocation or just a bigger DV. Bill runs a huge DV on his Ibiza so maybe thats a solution but it does detract from my OEM look a bit.
I am busy helping Bill out in the workshop at the moment as its the least I can do for him letting me use the workshop now that my 'apprenticeship' is more or less complete so will be getting back onto mine once the backlog is cleared.
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