Lunacy's Targa Car Build

WANTSOM · Post by **WANTSOM** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:47 am

Nice looking thermostat adaptor. LOL

Just some advice though. Test fit the inlet manifold before you go any further and check the clearance on the outlet pipe of the adaptor against the flange of the inlet manifold.

You will find, like I did that,you will have to make a choice of either grinding a bit off the inlet manifold flange or cut the outlet pipe at an angle and have it re tig'd to steer it away from the back of the head to give you some clearance. Not much is needed but the flange sits further out than the head which I wasnt savvy to when I had these made. There is plenty of meat on the neck so dont be worried about welding it.

Nice work btw. Lot of effort going into this build. You and JAS have some pretty tasty Starions between you :beer

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:45 am

WANTSOM wrote:Nice looking thermostat adaptor. LOL

no kidding.. that doesn't even look like it's a custom made part eh?

WANTSOM wrote:Nice work btw. Lot of effort going into this build. You and JAS have some pretty tasty Starions between you :beer

bloody kiwis..

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:15 pm

WANTSOM wrote:Nice looking thermostat adaptor. LOL

Just some advice though. Test fit the inlet manifold before you go any further and check the clearance on the outlet pipe of the adaptor against the flange of the inlet manifold.

You will find, like I did that,you will have to make a choice of either grinding a bit off the inlet manifold flange or cut the outlet pipe at an angle and have it re tig'd to steer it away from the back of the head to give you some clearance. Not much is needed but the flange sits further out than the head which I wasnt savvy to when I had these made. There is plenty of meat on the neck so dont be worried about welding it.

Nice work btw. Lot of effort going into this build. You and JAS have some pretty tasty Starions between you :beer

Thanks for that info :) Il hopefully be finished degreasing, cleaning and painting my inlet manifold in the next day or 2 so will check it then.
No drama if i need to get it welded, as have a nice pile of jobs for my welding guy at the mo :)

Im lucky that i have alot of spare time to work on the car, but have pretty much changed what was gonna be a nice tidy up to a do it once do it right build leaving nothing untouched. Have discovered a pedantic side i never knew i had haha!!!

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:00 pm

Lunacy wrote: pretty much changed what was gonna be a nice tidy up to a do it once do it right build leaving nothing untouched. Have discovered a pedantic side i never knew i had haha!!!

I can relate to that!!! Things can get out of hand very easily

But in the best kind of way :)

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:31 am

Well the last few days have been alot of spending - have been buying up all the fittings for the fuel system.
So far have bought a bosch 044 pump, inline filter, heaps of speedflow fittings and braided hose.
Need to get under the car now and measure up the length of lines from rear to front of the car, then run and attach them, as well as plumbimg up the surge tank.
That should all be done by xmas at least.
Tomorrow im also picking up a spare block to use as a mock up, so i can make up brackets in engine bay for fuel reg, coil packs etc.
All the old brackets have been cut off too so starting fresh with minimal clutter hopefully in the bay when its done.
If i can get that done before new years, then engine bay can get painted while im away at work in January :)
Couple more pics

The bosch 044 is a HUGE unit compared to the Walbro!

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:02 am

Dont forget to use the Loctite sealer (577) on the surge tank fittings and make sure the tank is clean inside :)

That inlet manifold looks great :beer

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:02 am

Engine and manifold look bloody beautiful!!

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:40 am

JAS wrote:Dont forget to use the Loctite sealer (577) on the surge tank fittings and make sure the tank is clean inside :)

That inlet manifold looks great :beer

Yeah have got same stuff branded under ENZED as that sealer was nearly 60 bucks and only came in big bottle!!!
Surge tank has had major clean out as ive re-tapped all the threads on it which put more crap in there that i def didnt want going thru the pump.

Was pretty stoked with how inlet came out, amazing what a gd clean and a coat of paint does :)

Bitza · Post by **Bitza** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:03 pm

No offense........but why did you go with the XF throttle body?

The El one is larger and you can utilise the air bypass to control everything.

Worked a treat on the cordia.

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:44 pm

Bitza wrote:No offense........but why did you go with the XF throttle body?

The El one is larger and you can utilise the air bypass to control everything.

Worked a treat on the cordia.

It was what i had available at the time :) It will be well big enough for what i need anyway, and shouldnt be an issue to hook up.

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:58 pm

Started mocking stuff up today :)

Looks like it was supposed to be there if u ask me :)

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:16 am

nice progress mate! did you see my last post on MMC? I found that last plug in the loom

Entaran · Post by **Entaran** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:30 am

Looking great mate.

Couple of things you might want to consider for bling...

Fidanza adjustable cam gears x2 can be had for around $250US a set.

www.sparktechignitions.com plug and play coil on plug with awesome looking spark plug coverplate that you can get laser etched with anything you like (Lunacy) for instance :)

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:42 am

dirtygalant wrote:nice progress mate! did you see my last post on MMC? I found that last plug in the loom

Cheers man :) Yeah saw that post just now well :) made my life infinitely easier having someeone who has a vr4 identify them haha

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:52 am

Entaran wrote:Looking great mate.

Couple of things you might want to consider for bling...

Fidanza adjustable cam gears x2 can be had for around $250US a set.

www.sparktechignitions.com plug and play coil on plug with awesome looking spark plug coverplate that you can get laser etched with anything you like (Lunacy) for instance :)

Cheers :) This head is just to get her up and running initially as its just a rebuilt standard vr4 one. Eventually when ive racked up a few hours in the seat and got used to how the car handles with that power etc, il be building up an evo head with all the goodies like port and polish, O/S valves, double springs,titanium retainers, new lifters, cams and cam gears.
Guess thats like the stage 2 package :)

Have actually been looking at COP setups recently, those ones on that site are very nice!

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