darrenjlobb's Project M-TDI Twin Turbo Supercharged Derv Bus

[darrenjlobb]

Another update....

Been a **** of a week / weekend, but did manage to get some stuff done, been having issues with missing bits / bits not fitting as hoped / having to make stuff up etcetc, just loads of lame time consuming shabang that isnt worth talking about!

Anyway, sealed up the rear crank cover:



Also had to machine the lower cambelt pulley, as I need to run an XUD one to fit my uber charger pulley, but the hdi ones are a different style, and the oil pump retainer is also different, meaning you cant just run the complete DT setup with narrowing the pulley...another fail that I had to end up dropping a main bearing to get over which took time.


Then got around to finishing building the injector pump, the first pump ive built is a pretty mild / tame" pump, as just want it to run oemish / easy to setup to start with until I work the niggles out, but just doing that has caused to much grief, due to incompatibility between IDI housings and DI parts, etc.
Also tapped out the IPP gauge fitting: (please ignore the shear state of the bench, things were not going well this day lol....)



So then had to abandon the pump as was missing a bit I needed, so went ahead and mounted the motor in the car for the first time SO I could measure head to bulkhead clearances etc, and also check it fitted ok / mod the top engine mount to fit.





So then once that was sorted, pulled it back out again, and set about mounting up the pump, fixing up injectors into head, and making injector lines up to join the two things together, ended up bending a set up myself as buying ones made to a design is $$$, Will see how it goes, do the same on field cars all the time, and has always worked well, ive tried to keep them tidy on here though obviously, kinda oemISH




Also realised that some bolt holes I thought were the same arnt, so my supercharger brackets on left side / crazy idler system wont fit, so going to have to make a new one...think this must be going to be S/C belt setup mk6 by now!

Thanks for reading!