My car is waaaaay faster now
. On Sunday and Monday I drove an hour to Brett's (DVST8R) shop and the following was done to the formerly stock 1.6TD:
1) Boost pin washer/spacer mod.
2) Electronic boost control. It's currently set at 24 PSI with barely any boost spikes. We ran it at 25 for a while.
3) Fuel injection quantity maxxed out.
4) Fuel governor mod.
5) 2.5" no-cat custom mandrel-bent downpipe to 3" exhaust (starts at bottom of downpipe).
6) EGT probe drilled in pre-turbo.
... and a few more. Big props to Brett for the help. I've had the TD for only a little over a week so I learned a lot during the process.
On Sunday I had leak in the back of the fuel pump where the cold start lever attaches to. We fixed that Monday. Rebuilding the fuel pump is a little easier than it looks.
So far the power is great, a big improvement. A friend of mine commented that it accelerates a bit harder than his MK3 VR6, but different torque curves can play tricks on the mind. Regardless, I plan to get the following done soon:
1) 1.9L TD 3-hole metal headgasket.
2) Raceware or ARP head studs.
3) GTD injector nozzles (should be here Tuesday or Wednesday).
4) Advance fuel pump to 1.05mm.
5) (pending) a clutch.
6) A little weight reduction.
7) INTERCOOLER.
I want an intercooler real bad. Currently, I can reach 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of 3rd gear WOT after launching from a stop. Advancing the fuel pump and new nozzles may help improve the power/smoke ratio a bit.
Yes, my TD's smoky. DVST8R lives in a rural area so smoke doesn't matter much there... but I commute (45 min) to Vancouver that has very heavy traffic. One of my co-workers was unfortunate enough to be behind me on the way to work (we just bumped into each other). At 10% throttle while accelerating as gently as possible, my co-worker "couldn't see anything" (past my smoke) as he put it. I couldn't help but giggle.I probably raised Vancouver's smog level by 50% this morning
After work today I'm going to reduce the fueling a bit and keep it there until the next mods are done.
That's a quick summary for now. I have lots of pictures of the project. I'll try to post them later tonight.
I gotta get back to work now as I have lots of catching up to do.
Later,
Mark