Blitz twin turbo installation

[Ian C]

How did you clean the runners up that well?

-Ian

[Tricky-Ricky]

Looks like bead or sandblasting to me.

[Lucifer]

I'm puttin gmy money on Glass beads.

[TLicense]

Correct, sandblasted

[Lucifer]

Looking GREAT Tony. SHould be a real nice engine bay after.

[dandan]

Good choice in fuel rail too - same as me!

[TLicense]

Well it was a fantastic day, so I thought I'd do some more work out on the car, although didn't get much done as I kept going inside to get a drink and getting distracted by the racing on the tele.
Anyway, I basically spent some time today starting to tidy up a few odds and sods seeing as hopefully I should have the remaining bits I've been waiting for this week, and will be able to install them the coming weekend.

I removed the fuel regulator, which was attached solely by the return hose:-




Then I removed the fuel filter, there's the two bolts holding the filter on, the earth cable, and of-course the captive connector for the supply hose. Note the cross section of the supply. This is being replaced with a -8 line:-



I also removed the fuel filter mounting bracket, as I'm going to need to fasten the aeromotive filter that's replacing the stock filter somehow, so will need to fabricate some kind of bracket.

The keener eyed ones amongst you, would have noticed that I've not removed the catalytic convertor completely yet. This is because the temp probe's fixing bolts (Note, I don't think UK cars have this) were 9/10's of the way to being completely rounded off. I had to remove the temp probe anyway, so figured I'd disconnect the probe which goes into the cabin via a grommet in the floor, and remove the whole lot in one go.



To do this, first of all I removed the drivers foot rest:-


Then the kick panel and lower door trim:-

[TLicense]

Then if you pull the carpet back from the front of the centre consol, you'll see this connector:-



If you disconnect this, and then follow the loom down to the floor, you'll find this grommet:-


If you push this grommet through the bottom of the floor using a screwdriver, you should then be able to pull the loom through, and then completely remove the catalytic convertor:-

Here you can see the grommet. I'll need to find a standard one of these to block the hole back up:-

[TLicense]

WOHOOOO air filter has just arrived! Only took 5 weeks. I'll post some pics up when I get home.
Seeing as I'm 6 weeks into the 8 week deadline I gave myself, and I'm still waiting for gaskets/flanges/resistor packs/dry break couplings, it looks like it's going to take me well into Autumn before it's finished, and I don't fancy much learning to drive a car with the kind of power this is going to be making during the Winter, so it looks like it's not going to be making much of a debut before next Spring. Gutted.

[Ben-san®]

Good stuff Tony, it's been a really interesting read so far. Hopefully the summer will last through august for you to make the progress you need.

[michael]

What filter did you go for in the end Tony?

[TLicense]

It's a K&N off the shelf job.

[TLicense]

Parts all starting to roll in at last! Still waiting on Gaskets and Flanges though, although I shouldn't think they'll be long now.

Anyway here's the filter I bought, what's your thought's chaps?





And the last few parts for my fuel filter assembly came in today



No fuel leaking onto me when I have to strip it down and replace the filter :-



I also stripped the stock fuel lines and test fitted the -8 feed and -6 return lines on my day off yesterday. I then had to strip them back out to make the lines up, which I did tonight at work. They're being pressure tested at just over twice their maximum working pressure (150psi) tomorrow morning. When I get 5 minutes I'll post up pics.

[michael]

Filter looks like it's going to be up for the job

[TLicense]

It's mahooosive. The whole assembly is 17inches long.

It fit's like a peach into the existing bracket too.