Onemanshow /Astra Z20LET .

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Sneak peak :























That"s all for now
I have to finish up the wiring , the radiators and A/C on the engine bay , the intercooler , battery , and all others little details that need to be take care of .

 

[Acki]

Great! How do you earn all this money? I think I have the wrong job...

 

[Onemanshow]

Great! How do you earn all this money? I think I have the wrong job...

Thanks for the comm Acki

No money , no big deal , it takes a lot of efforts , sacrifices and ... time , i f i had the money , this car would be on the streets already since ages ..
i like to learn and get some stuffs done myself when i have the chance , that's the best way of getting at least some satisfaction at some points ( like the cleaning aspect ) it looks like some people get more HP by getting dirtier cars ...

Thanks again , i hope the outcome will be great as well .

 

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Last part of the brakes fitting yesterday afternoon :





I started with the left side first :


Pads and sensors on :


Facial :

 

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Passenger side stuffs

 

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By null at 2012-04-01

By null at 2012-04-01

By null at 2012-04-01

By null at 2012-04-01

 

[Onemanshow]

Hi there

A few updates

Everything was checking out fine except for some space i lost in the hood by making adjustments on the down pipe
I lost the small available space between the slim fan and the water radiator , i am working on it tonight to get this resolved

Regardless of the choices i have to move around my A/C hoses

Option 1 : Place the small Fan on the Water radiator ( in front of the A/C ) but i am afraid the cooling won't be enough but i will have greater space between the down pipe and the fan , i can add a heat shield also .

Option 2 : Keep the large fan in the back in front of the A/C compressor after moving the A/C hoses , but the larger fan will be closer to the down pipe as well .

Other than this , a few other minor adjustments , i should be ready to start the engine pretty soon .


I picked this for the solenoid ( amalvalve connector)



Top view:




Side






Really tight space available

 

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THe fan around the middle ( small fan)




Waste gate


Without Fan

 

[Acki]

I like your pictures with intake and exhaust manifold I made them for Stephan.
But your intake pipe to the TC I would change - or is the picture showing it not 100% correct?
http://www.klasen-motors.com/upload...c45d93e79fc8a8a2aab9d1a15f_dat1322465030.jpeg
There is the inner dia the same from pipe and TC inlet.

 

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I like your pictures with intake and exhaust manifold I made them for Stephan.
But your intake pipe to the TC I would change - or is the picture showing it not 100% correct?
http://www.klasen-motors.com/upload...c45d93e79fc8a8a2aab9d1a15f_dat1322465030.jpeg
There is the inner dia the same from pipe and TC inlet.

Thank you for your comment Acki

All i can say is well done and great job on the parts , i am not sure i get the point and understand what you mean by "intake pipe to the TC" i am a bit confused
can you circle or point the part so i can tell you if it was just a try out to see how it fits , thanks for your feedback .

 

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i had some organization , moving things around to try to gain some space under the hood :



The A/C pipes have been heated with caution to be able to bent them and make some room for the fan


I have a bit more room

 

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A guy on another forum tested the heat wrapping on his Z20LET , and it seems to have reduce the temperature going to the intake manifold , reason i decided to heat wrapped the whole piping , in case it also helps reducing heat .

THis is his test :

He had access to some very expensive device at his work to mesure the heat :




39 degres observed after driving at 120Km/h by 14degres celcius outside temperature .
Then he stopped , parked the car in his garage and opened the hood ( all in 3mns time) heat wrapped 3X the sensor on the intake .



After about a minute , engine running , bonnet closed , the temperature went to 42 degrees celcius

 

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Once this test done , he wrapped up the whole piping
the bandage


dismounting all clamps to gain access


Right pipping side :




Once done , almost dark






Next day ( Same conditions , 120 km/h same road , same external weather and temp conditions ) 3mns parking time a stick the sensor to check :





Same place , same length with 13.5 degree celcius

result

 

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Finally , he dropped about 10 / 11 degree celcius by wrapping and protecting the whole complete pipping .
i will see what it does on mine once finished .

Prior , on my previous set up , i had my Klasen exhaust manifold ceramic threated , it was pretty amasing :





Then later i used the FTT wrap bands to cover the manifold , but i haven't tested it , i sold the GT2871, my new GT30 also and upgraded to the GTX and the new KLasen stuffs .

 

[Acki]

The pipe looks smaller than the inlet of the tc.
Or is the hose only bigger than on the picture?

 

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Hi Acki
Thanks once again for your feedback

Are you talking about the Hose reducer between the Turbo inlet section and the pipe that goes towards the MAF sensor ?
If yes , i have a Silicon hose joiner that is a Reducer from 90mm( Maf side) to 110mm (turbo side) , i don't know if you was talking about this pipe or something else ?

 

[Acki]

So there is no edge or smaller pipe dia than the inlet has.

 

[Onemanshow]

Yes Acki , there is no reduction or no more restriction , maybe the bandage gave you that impression , because i used some heat wrapped on it .

But thanks Acki for bringing that attention .

 

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Acki , it looks more like this ( with the heat wrapped in addition )