Jons Wagon Thread. Questions will be asked (a lot)

[Lego Jon]

Yes you can...

[Lego Jon]

Does anybody have a full set up for a hdi?

[Jonny81191]

http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-16887.html

It's an epic setup there, might not be ideal for you though..

[Lego Jon]

It'd be ideal but alas that's too expensive. I guess im punting in the region of £250 & im happy to accumulate bits. :-)

[Jonny81191]

hmm, what are you actually looking for then? reliable 140BHP?

[silverzx]

To be fair depending on price Jonny's setup is all you can really wish for. All the hard works done too..

[Lego Jon]

Yeah not pushing massive figures, 205k on the clock remember, so I dont want to go crazy. I'd just like to be able to suprise a few people and myself tbh.

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Yeah, Jonnys would be great, no question I just dont have 500 sheets kicking about.

[silverzx]

Yeah not pushing massive figures, 205k on the clock remember, so I dont want to go crazy. I'd just like to be able to suprise a few people and myself tbh.

Yeah, Jonnys would be great, no question I just dont have 500 sheets kicking about.

Who said he wants £500, he asked what its worth.

If I had a HDi I'd have a rock on for that setup.

It'll cost you a lot more to get a exhaust, FMIC and turbo sourced/fabricated.

And it's one of the most raved about turbos going.

If you just want simplicity then get a FMIC setup, decent clutch and a remap.

Either way you'll need to get mapping sorted regardless of stage 1/2/3.

[Lego Jon]

Well if Jonny wants to pm me a price, maybe we can sort something out.

[Lego Jon]

Ok. Another question. Why does the inlet manifold need to be changed for a xantia manifold? Is the current manifold not suited to higher pressure?

[vlj]

You don't change the entire inlet manifold, just the inlet elbow. The standard one on a hdi points straight down as the pipe feeds straight into the turbo, the new one points into the engine bay.

[Lego Jon]

Ahh. Excellent.

[Lego Jon]

Right folks. A small update.
Spent a few hours on the old girl yesterday, sorted out the boost leak and blanked the egr.
The boost leak seemed to be coming from the egr actuator.
I think with the remap next year I'll get the egr delete.
Spoke to Jonny too. Bloody lovely bloke.

[jamie23]

sounds like your cracking on with it dude

[Lego Jon]

Well the hiss was driving me mad and having it apart seemed to make sense to block the egr.

[Lego Jon]

Why doesn't the HDi have an intercooler when the DT does?
Its just out of curiosity more than any other reason.

[Ricky]

In standard form they didn't really need one.

[Lego Jon]

Fair enough. Seems a shame that they didn't and had a competitor to the more powerful VAGS.

[Lego Jon]

Ok. Just purchased a boost gauge. Where do you tap into to get it to work?
Any pictures/links to useful guides are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

[Lego Jon]

Having looked into this a bit, I've seen that people are making a blanking plate for the EGR, tapping that into the manifold elbow.
This should work on the HDi right?

[Poodle]

Sounds like you're talking about the way its done on an hdi, yeah. Can tap into that for your boost gauge if you like, save modifying any oem parts. Really you can take your boost gauge feed from any pipes that hold boost, but ideally you want to be as close to the manifold as possible, makes it neater to install if nothing else. Iirc theres a guide for this too, probably in the fmic or hdi stage 2 threads.

[Lego Jon]

Like this...

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Sounds like you're talking about the way its done on an hdi, yeah. Can tap into that for your boost gauge if you like, save modifying any oem parts. Really you can take your boost gauge feed from any pipes that hold boost, but ideally you want to be as close to the manifold as possible, makes it neater to install if nothing else. Iirc theres a guide for this too, probably in the fmic or hdi stage 2 threads.

It is a hdi. :Lol:
Thanks for the advice buddy, much appreciated.

[Poodle]

Exactly like that.

No probs. Sorry for the constant "theres a guide", but i'm on my phone at work so by the time i've found it and linked it, the chances are you'll have had time to find it, read it and do it all anyway.

[Lego Jon]

It's the only way I have to view the forum (via Tapatalk) and the search function on it is a bit hit and miss lol.

[Poodle]

Oh really? Gash. Will try and dredge up some relevant threads for you later then.

[Lego Jon]

Fantastic, that'd be really useful bud. Thank you.

[Poodle]

FMIC Theory
FMIC FAQ
Stage 1 HDi (partly irrelevant, but some useful info in here)
HDi wiring diagrams
Stage 2 HDi
And for when the inevitable happens...

A few to get you going.

[Lego Jon]

Thats brilliant.
Thank you very much for these.

[Lego Jon]

Woo hoo. Got my hockey stick today. Where can I find the paint code on my car so I get the "right" white?

[vlj]

Open the bonnet, on the strut tops there will (or should be) a white sticker with the 4 letter code on it. Failing that think there's a stamp on the inside of the drivers door???