The Big Sad Diesel Breaking Thread

[darrenjlobb]

Dont worry, im not going anywhere, met 90% of my friends on here, so certainly dont intend on loosing them! Id love to see the motor go into a car as a whole...

My plans were to port out the head, big valve it, convert to solid lifters, and then remove the VE and run aftermarket CR management, with the intentions of achievning 300-400hp, but the money required to do that, after thinking long and hard, isnt something I can justify, it bugs the crap out of me because 90% of the hard work is done, and its really just a money thing, but its just a 306 at the end of the day, and I cant bring myself to spend any more on it, its been off the road all winter, and ive not had the chance to get near it, and although the days are getting longer, ive made the decision and thats that, but as said, It would be great to see the complete motor end up in something.

Also to note, the big turbo is fitted into a td05 housing, so uses scooby flanges, so if people are thinking the secondary is to big, it can be swaped out for something smaller, which with the current primary, if you look at flow charts, is needed really as it runs out of flow way before the 35 is maxed, hence i was upgrading the primary, but this was for BIG power, and given the 35 is near brand new, it could reduce the cost of the package by a little, as could removing some trick bits from the pump which cost a bit...just trying to find ways to make the total package cheaper / to suit more people, because if someone opens this thing up it will be a monster, but WILL constantly tear things apart, and not everyone wants that, so maybe reducing the blowing capacity wouldnt be a bad idea for the more "daily" driven car...

I will start taking photos of all the bits people are wanting so far / pm'ing them hopefully before the weekend, but if not it will be during the weekend, so people can see what there buying.

Darren