30-09-2013, 03:33 PM
Sooooo, the car tipped over 236k the other day and shes still running (surprisingly)
Got a 100mm x 10mm steel disc and some M8 countersunk bolts off ebay
Found the center, drew a 39mm circle (as thats the size of the hole on the manifold then marked it up for a ring of 16 6.5mm holes then drew a double cross for 16 holes where the lines intersected the inner circle.
I then decided that this is a stupid idea and bought a 40mm hole saw as puggy had used one to reasonable effect.
I drilled a pilot hole
Then drained a drill battery making the hole, kept blasting it with WD40 to try and keep it cool but it is a mission of a job even with a decent drill, really glad my drill has a switchable gearbox so I could run it slow enough.
Then I cleaned it up and slapped it on the manifold. Got the first couple of 8mm holes drilled to bolt the plate to the turbo but no pics of that.
I took the turbo out and had a test fit and it is gonna be a bloody tight fit between the compressor housing and the plastic water rail. Hopefully I can get it screwed up high enough that it will give clearance but I need to get the plate mounted to the turbo properly and then holes drilled and tapped to attach it to the manifold.
Probably gonna have a day of decorating tomorrow before night shift as my room has been half painted for about a month.
Got a 100mm x 10mm steel disc and some M8 countersunk bolts off ebay
Found the center, drew a 39mm circle (as thats the size of the hole on the manifold then marked it up for a ring of 16 6.5mm holes then drew a double cross for 16 holes where the lines intersected the inner circle.
I then decided that this is a stupid idea and bought a 40mm hole saw as puggy had used one to reasonable effect.
I drilled a pilot hole
Then drained a drill battery making the hole, kept blasting it with WD40 to try and keep it cool but it is a mission of a job even with a decent drill, really glad my drill has a switchable gearbox so I could run it slow enough.
Then I cleaned it up and slapped it on the manifold. Got the first couple of 8mm holes drilled to bolt the plate to the turbo but no pics of that.
I took the turbo out and had a test fit and it is gonna be a bloody tight fit between the compressor housing and the plastic water rail. Hopefully I can get it screwed up high enough that it will give clearance but I need to get the plate mounted to the turbo properly and then holes drilled and tapped to attach it to the manifold.
Probably gonna have a day of decorating tomorrow before night shift as my room has been half painted for about a month.