Spearco 2-231

[4piknup]

Yea its a bit bodgy. But I wanted to get it up and running. Its sort of temparary till the 2.4 goes in. And then the pipes will need to be redone and probably the mounts too.
It come from the states. Cant remember where. I think its a 650hp core

 

[Benzo4gT]

Bodgy "Technical trial" :thumbsup: 2.4 should be awesome, when you can change lanes on the hwy with just the accelerator, you know it's putting out the torque, or is yours 4 paw?

 

[Benzo4gT]

I'd cut one of your tanks of and reverse it. Makes fitting a lot easier!

I'll try to fit it, but there is always that option.

 

[4piknup]

Not 4paw. Yet.... technical trials to begin soon...

 

[4piknup]

My boost tester is cool. It shows me the core mounting bolts leak above 10psi and using flanged bolts and loctite hydraulic sealer fixed them. But bad leak in tb shaft seals.
Not to upset as I can grind out tb flange on intake manifold while in there.

 

[Benzo4gT]

It is almost like a piece of steam punk art, cheap too. I will make one as well, seems like a handy little thing to have around, it's pretty hard to hear where a boost leak is with an engine running.

Are you running a 60mm TB? I have a std 51ish one that came in my scary parts box, need to find a TR magna TB, I don't see any point buying an intake mani and TB when I can make good power from a std one with a bit

of die grinding. My supercrap compressor packed it in today too while doing some head work grrrr, I looked at the electric die grinders but they don't look like they will get into the places I need to get to.

 

[Benzo4gT]

UPDATE:

I had a lot of this system sorted out, or so I thought. There have been a few adjustments, instead of mounting the diaphragm pump in the cavity beside the tank, I moved it to under the drivers seat. I did this because it was easier to

mount, I also put a tap on it to drain out the water mix through the floor when I need to make room for ice.

I mounted a shaped block of balsa wood to create a platform for the base of the pump to sit. The base plate has rubber grommets to isolate vibration, but I also mounted a soft sanding block to it to really knock back vibration.

The hoses help keep it in place, but I cut a piece of used valve cover gasket, put some bolts in the gasket holes to stop it tearing and screwed it across the motor to be safe.

I had a slight weeping issue with the tank due to taking out the wire stitching, so I gave it another lick of flowcoat and am doing a filled water test overnight to make sure it's all good.

I made a dash switch taking a spare demist switch and putting a hazard cover on it so I could fit it in the same place as the other switches and keep the OEM look.

The light from the demist switch works when switched on too. :thumbsup: It's wired in with accessories so it can be turned on with the engine off to help pump out the heatsoak if I've parked it for a bit.

It is not too bad as far as volume goes, diaphragm pumps are normally loud as, but this one's not much different to a fuel pump.

 

[Benzo4gT]

Here is an update, I have fitted the heat exchanger in the engine bay properly, moved the fuse box over and gave it a 90º turn, and fitted the window washer bottle as well.

I had to modify the washer bottle to allow for the 3" intake pipe which will be swapped for a black one.

I have tried to get as close to a stock look as possible. Everything is getting a coat of low gloss black, bling free zone :thumbsup:

 

[evo-gsr]

Good stuff man...should be interesting once you get it going!