The Superturbo REBIRTH
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fraz_micra_88
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hehe that would bring a smile to anyones face
paddymarsden
Iggy Iggy oooooooooo
nice !
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Tiolpx3
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What manifold are you using?
Alienfish360
Awesome Dawson
do not do it, lol, e-manage is much much better. Apexi SAFC won't handle a turbo conversion on the scale you're planning. And also has no timing control.
james betley
Ex. Club Member
nice turbo
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I have spent all day rebuilding my head, thats now done, and i am now inspecting the block. This seems fine except that one piston has signs of damage (right next to where the headgasket failed) so that needs to be changed. Fortunately I have a perfect piston of the same grade from my other engine, and so that is what I am going to use. That way I will know my engine is 100% again.
Ed
Ok so in the end I changed two pistons over, and the head is now on. Quite a large job done today. Im going to tidy up the engine bay tomorrow and get everything ready for when I have the inlet and exhaust gaskets..
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What was quite amusing (ish) was that I found one of my valves had cracked and lost a bit. I had to take the sump off for getting to the pistons so I took the opportunity to give the sump a wash and clean and I found the missing bit of valve stem as you can see in one of the images.
Ed
Ok so in the end I changed two pistons over, and the head is now on. Quite a large job done today. Im going to tidy up the engine bay tomorrow and get everything ready for when I have the inlet and exhaust gaskets..
Click here for images
What was quite amusing (ish) was that I found one of my valves had cracked and lost a bit. I had to take the sump off for getting to the pistons so I took the opportunity to give the sump a wash and clean and I found the missing bit of valve stem as you can see in one of the images.
paul_k10_Lx
Deactivated Account
what number was cast on the end of the head ed??
by the cam pulley
by the cam pulley
Retepetsir
King of Subsonic
Nice work Ed 
Not going with forged pistons, or are the standard pistons forged already? I'm not too hot on the ST internals.
Not going with forged pistons, or are the standard pistons forged already? I'm not too hot on the ST internals.
superls
K10 Tuner
it was this site that i was reading i found it very informative http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_2216/article.html
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Yes I moved the alternator I just welded it up. Its not hard!! get a lump of metal and DIY it hehe!
A similar system could also be done on a 1.4 K11 however not with the bosche ecu it would have to be another one. Also its alot of work to get it to work. Most probably not really worth the effort to be honest.
Ed
I just welded it up. Its not hard!! get a lump of metal and DIY it hehe!A similar system could also be done on a 1.4 K11 however not with the bosche ecu it would have to be another one. Also its alot of work to get it to work. Most probably not really worth the effort to be honest.
Ed
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Been having a play with the stock ST ECU and just been looking at the stock ignition map which I thought i would show as it looks pretty haha. I plan to rewrite the rom with a few changes in the next week to make life more simple with the e-manage. (infact I could make it redundant if i didnt want to keep it for other reasons).
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another pic
Its a shame really I didnt weld it with stainless wire. I didnt think it was going to work out as well as it did so it was a trial fit, but as it turns out its quite neat after all and had i done stainless welds it would all have stayed shiny. Doh!
Its a shame really I didnt weld it with stainless wire. I didnt think it was going to work out as well as it did so it was a trial fit, but as it turns out its quite neat after all and had i done stainless welds it would all have stayed shiny. Doh!
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128 is not throttle position. Thats just the load scaling. Its based on airflow not throttle position. That second pipe is for the wastegate. It was going to be a screamer pipe but its stupidly loud so im going to modify it this afternoon to go back into the main system.
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