Morton's blue VN Executive

[Morton]

Ebs pictures, but got the transmission in tonight, upgraded the front swaybar and threw in a fresh fuel pump.

Sounds good out of the extractors at 6000rpm ^_^

More importantly the p/s delete bracket held up and ran straight, so one less thing to worry about

[Dirbatua]

lol morton's been slack with the updates (by slack i mean asleep due to the stupid amount of hours to put this thing together in 4 days for winton)

BUT



Had some fun here riding passenger with morton




What you can't tell on camera is that he is coming at 120kph just before the corner on both those runs and sliding smoothly out on the last corner.

I'll let him explain the car details when he cbf (wakes up )

EBS on a 1am start next time morton, even if we were the first 3 people there

[Bz Kn33z]

Looks Sweet man, looks like it handles pretty good aswell.

[padrickz88]

What size sway bars did you get? opinions?

[Bz Kn33z]

I got a Whiteline rear i will be fitting soon, atm getting my VX SS brakes on, cant wait to see this thing turboed same with mine

[Morticia]

did you really have to keep my commentary in the videos??? lol!

front sway bar was 30 mm, back was 22 mm

[Dirbatua]

did you really have to keep my commentary in the videos??? lol!

front sway bar was 30 mm, back was 22 mm

yea ebs on video editing

[Morton]

Just because I've been inactive in here, doesn't mean I'm not ferreting away in the background making preparations

This project is SO far from forgotten.

The last months have been spend doing frantic research into my options, and nagging suppliers for ideas and availability of things they've never heard of.

Don't ask, but after at least a hundred hours' hard work, I've been able to source ALL of the following for under $600:

[Morton]

Purely for the sake of anybody performing a similar job, and cataloguing my own parts, here's the necessary information:

From the bottom right in anti-clockwise order:

45 pound GENIV 6.0 Injector (x6) (INJ-094)
Bosch to USCAR adaptor harness (x6) (CPS-045)
1/2" barb to M12x1.5 male
2bar MAP sensor (MAP-003)
1/2" barb to 1/2 NPT male (x5)
1/2" barb to 3/8 BSP male
Turbo oil feed and drain flanges with assembled adaptors to bring both from various to 1/2" barb
-8 AN male to 7/8" O-Ring male (x2)
1/2" push-lok to -8 AN female (x2)
Derale 18x1.5 remote filter adaptor
Derale 3/4" -16 left/right remote filter mount
T3 collector pipe flange + gasket
T3 dump pipe flange + gasket
NGK BP6EFS (0.8mm) spark plug (x6)
Derale 10 row brazed aluminium -10 AN stacked-plate oil cooler
Ryco Z89A oil filter (fits 3/4" remote filter mount)
Alloy 2lt surge tank (1x 1/2" barb x1; 5/16" barb x3)
Loctite 567 high-temp thread sealant
Bosch 0580254953 fuel pump, 128 l/m @ 5bar (180 l/m @ 3bar)
Tridon T-Bolt 20-22mm clamps (x10)
Tridon T-Bolt 18-20mm clamps (x10)
Oil feed and drain gaskets 0.8mm paper

In the background:

4m 5/16" 500psi fuel and oil hose
4m 1/2" 500psi fuel and oil hose
4m 1/2" 250psi oil push-lok hose

[some_guy]

you always amaze me. always.

[Bz Kn33z]

How are you going about the oil drain into the sump? what size hose is it?

[Bz Kn33z]

Nevermind the size of the pipe missread.

[Morton]

Cheers some_guy It's not really all that amazing when you realise I have a small handfull of things after two months' work ^_^

Bz Kn33z, the return is 1/2" oil hose, flowing through a barbed fitting that threads in at 3/8" BSP to the top of the sump

[HoZy]

Tonight on backyard mechanic. Hozy takes photos, Morton fits in small places and Robbos is scared of sparks...


Ok so, I'm tired... But If I was to explain tonight in ONLY 4 images out of the 30'odd that I took. It would be these...









More will come later, But for tonight...

This is more than enough for you to know what is happening.

Cheers
Mat

[Blown V6 Hatch]

What's with all the little tacks on the pipe? Can't you guys weld straight around a brand new piece of exhaust tube?

[Morton]

How I've always done it. Even penetration, no slag on the inside, doesn't warp the tube, cleans up well.

MIG Welding Tips: Exhaust Tubing V8TV - YouTube

[Morton]

More work on the turbo manifold tonight. Almost finished, time to work out the turbo mount bracket tomorrow!

[Bz Kn33z]

Nice job mate, cant wait to see her boosted.

[Dirbatua]

is much prettier now been 6 hours since i left him working on it, who knows wtf has occurred in that time frame

[Morton]

Many more ghetto hours in the shed have resulted in a bit more progress. Turbo is now hard mounted, exhaust side has begun, cooler bracket in fabrication etc.

Once everything is 100% finalised, everything will be disassembled and given a second hotter going-over with the welder now that I'm confident I'm not going to leave any rubbish inside the pipe with my poor Mig skills.

Solution to lack of good intercooler brackets was to drill 2x holes in the top tank. Tap them with a thread, and insert two M12 bolts from the INSIDE, coated with a generous layer of JB Weld. Bolts were notched in the end of the thread with a groove for a screwdriver, then inserted through the cooler inlet pipe with a length of wire wrapped losely around the hex of the bolt with blu-tack. Force the bolt up against the tapped hole, and pull through with screwdriver. Then the exposed end was coated in more JB and tightened down with another nut. That sould hold it up with some nice brackets ^_^

ETA one month until running.

To do:

injectors, map sensor, oil relocation, oil cooler, oil feed lines, surge tank, external pump, battery relocation, intercooler piping, turbo oil return to sump, etc etc.


turbz



moar turbz



the ghettos cooler angle ^_^

[Pub247]

No wastegate??

[Dirbatua]

last i spoke about it he was still considering where to put it.

[Alloytec]

Z89A is larger then a Z154 right ?? Why have you chosen to run the larger oil filter ? Most high performance engines tend to run a smaller filter where possible, Ie AU Saloon cars usually run z9's standard but change to a z89a for racing etc..

[AirStrike]

Z89A is larger then a Z154 right ?? Why have you chosen to run the larger oil filter ? Most high performance engines tend to run a smaller filter where possible, Ie AU Saloon cars usually run z9's standard but change to a z89a for racing etc..

Why would you want to run something with a small surface area?

[Morton]

I'm actually going to be running a Z418, they're marginally smaller than a Z89a, but they're cheaper and the same thread. I have to run something with the same thread as a Z9 because that's what all the Derale relocation kits come supplied with. Z154 won't spin on. I'll be changing the filter after every session anyway, so element size doesn't matter.

People run smaller filters because they want the cars to get up to pressure faster on startup. This is a car that's going to be warmed up thoroughly every time it's driven, so there's no issue with low oil pressure for five-six seconds. Engine won't be loaded, and turbo will be at idle.