The Dog, Doped

Kicked myself out of bed early this morning and got small progress done on the car. Small yet quite a milestone as today is the first day ever The Dog's intake manifold sees higher pressure than atmospheric level. Yes, today the turbocharger finally functioned properly.

First thing done was modifying the Megasquirt's VE and Spark table for forced induction. Here's my current VE table. Never take my table seriously as it's not dyno-tuned yet, not even on the non-turbo region.

Next thing done was replacing the stock MAP sensor with 4A-GZE one. Aside from a minor confusing problem, i had to increase all values on the Megasquirt VE Table by 30% which should be unnecessary if both MAP sensors are mapped correctly to Megasquirt, the work was done quickly and i managed to get The Dog running on decent AFR with the 4A-GZE MAP sensor. Megasquirt's now all ready for forced induction!

Next thing i got done was putting the Greddy Blow Off Valve on its place and hooking the vacuum line to the intake manifold. With the last hole on the charge pipe now covered by the BOV, there was no more boost leak source and all those air from the turbo has no where else to go but to the cylinders et Voila! Positive intake air pressure!

Yeah i know, i need tidy up the under hood wiring. Eventually i'll do it but not now.

Flicked the ignition key, hit the throttle a few times on neutral, checked for any leak and smoke and off to the street we go. Put in first gear, clutch off, engine rev steadily rising, and just above 3000 RPM she launches! Albeit difficult, I keep my ears open for any knocking and my eyes on the AFR reading which is somewhere on low 11s. Everything seems fine.. Took right foot off the throttle and there it is.. the most beautiful sound for turbo junkies, BOV scream! Shift second gear, repeat BOV scream. Damn it sounds sweet. I didn't dare to go to high RPMs just yet cause obviously it's not yet tuned properly and there is still one important step missing: replacing the injectors. I don't know if the stocks are sufficient for forced induction but i'm not willing to find out the hard way.

BFRD

Brunei Fire and Rescue Department or Best Firefighters Ride Daihatsu (Charmant)

Two Wheeler's Turn

It's that time of the year again where i am busy working and The Dog neglected. Shame actually since there isn't much left to do on the turbo conversion. Oh well, such is life. Anyway, some of you may have known that i have a motorbike. Lately the fuel tank is starting to leak again. Last time,some silicone glue fixed it but the rust has spread wider, i guess. So, i've been thinking, instead of just fixing the fuel tank again and again, why not go all the way and mod this bike? It's been with me since i graduated college 5-6 years ago, it's about time for it to get some remodeling.

With all the cool bike styling modifications found on the web, can't say it's easy to pick one that i really like. However, lately i found out it's all about cafe-racers or street-trackers for me. Here's some examples that i really like. I can't remember where i got these from so sorry for not citing the source.

and my favorite..

Can't wait to start this project. Gotta finish The Dog first though or i'll be left with no transportation means.

Bride and Groom

After a long time of hunting, found another red Bride seat. This time is the Ergo model. Albeit a replica, this will look sweet paired to the Bride Pro S already on the driver side. Can't wait to put this in. Finally i have a pair of red Brides.

This is the Bride Pro S already installed.

In other news, The Dog has finished her intercooler installation. Now i just gotta find some spare time to swap the injectors, put the BOV on, find a safe map to drive to Jakarta and dyno tune.

Intercooler & Fender Bar Part 3

Things move a bit slow since work is overwhelming lately. I managed to squeeze a bit time to finalize the intercooler piping and here it is.

Turbo to Intercooler Charge Pipe

Clamped and ready..

Bumper space. Also this shows that the vertical bar where the grill mounts which goes from the latch to lower front chassis can no longer be use.

I was lucky to be able to use the stock bumper brackets without any mod.

Intercooler & Fender Bar Part 2

Turbo --> 2 to 2.5 inch coupler (not included in the Ebay intercooler kit) --> L-knee pipe, shortened about 50mm on the turbo side --> straight coupler --> about 160mm section of straight pipe --> 2.5 inch 90 deg silicone elbow --> intercooler inlet

Intercooler outlet --> 2.5 inch 90 deg silicone elbow --> L-knee pipe with BOV flange prewelded --> 2.5 inch 90 deg silicone elbow (not yet delivered, kit only has two elbow hoses) --> TB inlet.

Intercooler and Fender Bar Installation

Just learned that the Ebay intercooler is too big. Just for the record, the intercooler is 31" in length (inlet to outlet, not core size), 11.5" wide and 3" inlet diameter. It's not impossible to be installed but it would take more effort to put in than smaller ones. I learned from d1davey's blog that the best size should be around 510mm in length but i believe this is core size, not inlet to outlet length. I bought one of 520 x 240mm core size with the actual total length being around 680mm and i believe it's a perfect fit. Tonight we'll start the actual installation. I'll update this post with how it goes.

Meanwhile, the Ultra Racing AE86 fender bars are in! They fit nicely with only minor modification required (enlarging the bolt holes a bit and some light hammering on the frame). For the front mount, the nuts had to be welded from the inside of the frame. Just be careful when installing the door hinge part, you don't want to have to realign the doors. This really confirms how similar AE86 frame to Charmant.

The workshop i got this done has some interesting line of cars there. Ford Capri coupe, VW Dakota bus and this stunning Holden Belmont Ute. Talk about slammed!