Isuzu I-Mark diesel

[R.O.R-2.0]

i like the vac pump idea also..

hydro-boost sounds like alot of installing..

[maxfax]

Not to mention, most vehicles with hyrdo boost are heavy..  A light touch of the brakes with a hyrdo boost equipped I-mark may stand it on it's nose...

[theman53]

Not to mention, most vehicles with hyrdo boost are heavy..  A light touch of the brakes with a hyrdo boost equipped I-mark may stand it on it's nose...

Yeah, when they worked it was awesome. Sorry to throw a wrench in the mix, I just figured I would let you in on another option if you hadn't thought of it already.

[truckinwagen]

well, master and leaking rear cylinder replaced.
bled the brakes nice and good to flush out all the old fluid.

brakes are back to awesome! much better than when I bought the car.
still no vacuum boost yet, but I can easily lock up all four tires on pavement so that is no rush. more just to make pushing the pedal easier.

still gonna go with the electric vac pump to maintain the stock booster setup, and allow for vac accessories.

still have to replace the other rear cylinder and shoes at some point(time was tight and the right side was still in working order so put it off for a bit) and replace the emergency brake cable(only the right side works, the left is frozen) but all that can wait for a bit.

feeling good that I have a car that will stop when asked to.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

also took a look at the drivetrain while the car was up in the air, all good.
u-joints in good shape, rear end lube full and in good shape, bearings feel good.
the spider gears in the diff have a little slop, but not enough to warrant concern yet.

I drove out to the shop that I borrowed(50 miles one way) and back nice and slow.
stayed under 55 the whole way, and kept myself from flooring it so much(no drifting through the corners like I have been doing latley)

filled back up at the end of the day and guess what? thats right 34MPG!

so my mileage problem was not a mechanical issue, but just me being a yahoo too much.

funny, with my other diesels driving like an idiot would lose a couple MPG, maybe up to 15%, but 30% I thought there had to be a problem with the car.

must be the transmission, only three speeds, and always wanting to downshift when the throttle is down must consume more fuel than a manual car does.

-Owen

[R.O.R-2.0]

also took a look at the drivetrain while the car was up in the air, all good.
u-joints in good shape, rear end lube full and in good shape, bearings feel good.
the spider gears in the diff have a little slop, but not enough to warrant concern yet.

I drove out to the shop that I borrowed(50 miles one way) and back nice and slow.
stayed under 55 the whole way, and kept myself from flooring it so much(no drifting through the corners like I have been doing latley)

filled back up at the end of the day and guess what? thats right 34MPG!

so my mileage problem was not a mechanical issue, but just me being a yahoo too much.

funny, with my other diesels driving like an idiot would lose a couple MPG, maybe up to 15%, but 30% I thought there had to be a problem with the car.

must be the transmission, only three speeds, and always wanting to downshift when the throttle is down must consume more fuel than a manual car does.

-Owen

my black rabbit would get about 35 mpg with the pedal down, and a black cloud behind it.. my beige rabbit gets BAD mileage if you have the pedal down, and it doesnt hardly smoke at all.. but it does have quite a bit more power..

[truckinwagen]

Yeah, well, I got 34mpg driving like a granny.
Having a bit of fun got me 22.

I can only imagine how bad it would be if I was on it hard all the time!

[R.O.R-2.0]

if i drive like a granny, my rabbit gets great mileage. but i can burn thru diesel faster with this rabbit, than i could burn thru gas in my gti..

[truckinwagen]

well, I just bought a vac pump and control switch, so we will see how that turns out!

also just bought a boost gauge from Auber along with some more water/meth valves(so I can control the different stages I want to run) and some Hobbs switches.

gonna try to get the manifold for the supercharger welded up this weekend, and install it ASAP

getting tired of driving such a pig!

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

well, parts started rolling in today, just waiting on the Hobbs switches now.

oh, and the control switch for the vac pump turned out to be sold out, back to the drawing board.

got the serp pulley on today, had to shorten the adapter a bit, but was able to do that with my angle grinder no problem.

got the manifold pattern onto the steel plate, and started cutting it out.
but had to stop as it was "making too much noise" in the parking lot.

I am off to a buddies house to work on our car clubs project(turning a mk2 golf into an enclosed trailer) and am hoping to get a chance to work on the manifold sometime while I am there.

still not sure what I am going to do about hood clearance, I dont really want to cut the hood up as there are not any lying around for extras(like there are for VW's)

gonna wait until the charger is installed to worry too much about it, one thing at a time...

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

well, got the EGT and boost gauges wired up and installed today.


EGT on left Boost on right.

here is the thermocouple


not the best spot, but it will do until the turbo is installed.
since the turbo will require a new manifold to be fabbed, I can move it then


boost is in PSI measured relative to ambient pressure at 40*(which is why it is reading below 0.0, its really cold out)

gotta figure out the damn manifold now...
(and I know I have said that before, but...)

-Owen

[R.O.R-2.0]

not going with the s/c anymore? 

[truckinwagen]

yep, the SC is still going on.

the turbo is a down the road thing, to add to the SC.

having trouble getting much progress on the SC manifold done though...

gotta find some damn time, this weekend I have the office christmas party to go to, so not much will happen(probably)

might see if I can borrow some garage space from someone on sunday, its just really hard to get much done in the damn cold.

-Owen

[8v-of-fury]

Owen, I feel you man.. I have zero time and work in my driveway as well..

Its -26c here no work will be done for a while.. However my work is not fabbing manifolds! Only a tdi swap lol

[truckinwagen]

yeah, between school, work, the damn cold weather and my landlord, I have very little time to do much.

I might be able to do some cutting in my works warehouse, but not welding(the warehouse is full of high end furniture...)

gotta find some time to do the exhaust on my car, finish a brake job, and fix some leaky oil cooler hoses too.

-Owen