My Widey

Vulpes · Post by **Vulpes** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:43 am

looks great shannon, all you need is a pair of TURBO door handles to set it off. PM me if you want some. Great job, I love the wheels.

www.18u · Post by **www.18u** » Mon May 16, 2011 11:56 am

So i haven't stopped driving this thing since it was rego'd :D I still have a exhaust leak around the turbo area, and i've had a injector issue causing my car to not start and fall on its ass above 3k. To top it all off my tps is crook :( and because of that my cruise control will not work at 110kmh, as it seems to sit where the dead spot is. The injector issue seems to be sorted now, but my mind is made up on a mpi conversion. So i'm not going to pull the car off the road just yet, but the research and parts collection shall begin.

On a side note last time i looked at my turbo we noticed the front cover had been polished on the inside. We just assumed it had been machined and a 14b wheel or something slightly larger had been fitted. Turns out after measuring it that it is still a 12a, however the front cover has been bellmouthed and polished :) Also the wastegate is cracking at 11psi and fully opened by 14psi, so my factory boost guage is telling fibs

no wonder it feels way faster than Charlies and Mals cars :P

For anyone who doesn't know a jdm widey should have a tdo512a front with a 8cm rear housing, which would be a great upgrade for a aussie car, as our td05s are only 6cm.

So plans are Magna head and intake, upgrage my current turbo to a 16g or 20g depending on cost and wastegate mounting issues. up the bost to 18-20 psi and see what the tractor can pull.

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:25 pm

It's interesting the extra boost made the turbo perform better rather than the bigger wheel we suspected.
Need to get me a 8cm housing :?

Will you change the cam profile with your mpi?

www.18u · Post by **www.18u** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:16 pm

I'm not sure yet Mal. I don't want to spend to much on the conversion as i still plan to do the twincam install. I have a magna head and i have a evo3 turbo with a 20g wheel installed, so i will most likely will steal parts from that. The ecu and fuel pump i have to install for the twincam anyway so thats not a drama. I just want to give the 2.6 a fair chance as the way it's going now i think there is some potential there. It is faster than my jb was and pulled like a train up bulli pass yesterday :D

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Mon May 16, 2011 2:16 pm

i reckon you should leave the boat anchor in there.. if the yanks can pull out 300 or 400 hp with no dramas, why would you go to the expense of a twink for the same outcome?

i see axes flying at me...

kiwi_EX · Post by **kiwi_EX** » Mon May 16, 2011 3:10 pm

www.18u wrote:so my factory boost guage is telling fibs

The 2.6 boost guages are notourious for being wrong, according to what I read in the past the computer puts out a signal for what it thinks the boost pressure is based on the air going through the air flow meter. (They work differently to the 2L)

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Mon May 16, 2011 3:33 pm

thrash wrote:i reckon you should leave the boat anchor in there.. if the yanks can pull out 300 or 400 hp with no dramas, why would you go to the expense of a twink for the same outcome?

i see axes flying at me...

I'm with this guy, there's a factory GH Turbo with a forged 2.6/Powerglide in it about somewhere on youtube spinning the rollers to the tune of 509.4rwhp

Edit:

www.18u · Post by **www.18u** » Mon May 16, 2011 4:01 pm

Ok ok... My reasons.

1: I already have a forged twincam sitting in my garage with a bunch of goodies (hypertune intake ect) Had it now for about 4 years and never turned a key.

2: Weight distribution (this motor sits futher forward than the 63 and is a little heavier)

3: I was going to put this motor into something else later on, or sell it as a complete setup. This is why i'm not keen on putting my 3076 on it, or using my bigger injectors.

4: I wish to track my car and do some drift events and the old 2.6 is chain driven and they don't seem to like that much :(

If i didn't have the tc setup already, and after driving the car i can honestly say i would have just built a serious 2.6 and had a seen what happens if you throw big boost at it.

Now all it makes me wnt to do is get more cubes in my tc... might be time to build a stoker.

1320ft · Post by **1320ft** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:29 pm

There is no substitute for cubic inches!

Why not go really different, twincam 2.6l!

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon May 16, 2011 6:51 pm

one thing i've found is that the 2.6's NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED a baffled sump if you're going to do ANY motorsport with it, i think the reason mine has had problems is due to the sump being stock. they dont cope well with g forces..

OLD FART · Post by **OLD FART** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:39 am

Shannon you may want to check out the 2.3 thread on the HI BOOST forums called "short BR 2.3 review" in the evo section :D

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:54 pm

1320ft wrote:There is no substitute for cubic inches!

Why not go really different, twincam 2.6l!

Sure, if he can find one of the 9 twincam Astron heads in existence, then come up with money to cover the 5-figure price tag attached :P

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Wed May 18, 2011 2:33 pm

2.6L 4 lyfe. Get a 4g64, stroke/bore it to 2.6L and drop a TC head on... haha.

87 and up boost gauges are ran by the ECU on airflow calculations. 86 and below used a MAP sensor for the gauge.

-Robert

www.18u · Post by **www.18u** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:32 pm

Ok so time for another update, seeing as i don't get on here much anymore.

I've been rather frustrated by the fact i couldn't lower the car in the front, as my rims touched the locking collar on the coilovers even with a 8mm spacer.

After much discussion with John, Aaron, Brett and Mal, i booked the car in to get the suspension sorted once and for all.
Whilst i was there, i purchased the Willwood brake upgrade kit from the states. I chose the smaller kit, as i wanted to keep my 16's for track events and i couldn't justify spending more money on a new set of rims.

My clutch had also started slipping under load in 4th and 5th gear :(
So it was upgraded with a 6 puck unit off Superscan, at a price i couldn't refuse.

After much stuffing around to make them fit (no they don't just bolt up like he says!) they are finally on.

I can't thank John and Aaron enough for their help with this. The car wouldn't be back up and running without them helping out.
As a bonus of the brake upgrade i now have more positive offset, meaning i don't require spacers anymore to clear my strut :D

I picked the car up yesterday, and found my new clutch was slipping just like my old one :x So i got under it and found the slave has given up the ghost.
I had also noticed the old clutch had no real signs of wear, except that 2 springs were loose.
I'm still glad i replaced it, as i'm doing some upgrades pretty soon and now know it will handle the task anyway.

The car handles heaps better than before, and rides better than most new cars.
I'm just lowering it a bit at a time until i scrape, then raising back up a touch for spoiler safety

Getting ready for the March cruise now :D

Post by **TOMSUN** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:12 pm

Great work.
Is there an "off the shelf" brake upgrade for the 4-stud narrow bodies?

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