Tuesday 5 May 2015

Turbo Final Assembly

Fitted the plenum and connected to the throttle bodies with 50mm long silicone joining sections. Had connections fitted to the ends of the plenum to allow straps to be fitted to hold down the plenum under boost. 

I fitted the boost Pipework and used 3 inch aluminium tubing between the elbows. The charge cooler is 3 inch in and out and then the plenum is also 3 inch. Covered the charge cooler in reflective heat shield to try to keep the coil cool and to reduce heat soak from the engine bay. 

Fitted a second water pump and radiator for the cooling water system on the charge cooler. The  pump runs when the engine is running and circulates water between the rad and the charge cooler core.

The car is now off to RLM for mapping, so fingers crossed for a good result.