Cheers Kev. I got some 'hours' for christmas off the wife today so while she took #1 son out for a walk round the park thats 3 miles away I did this....



The clutch disc actually looked ok but it Looks like someone was mining for gold all round the flywheel.


Down to the rivets for some time at one point I would say.


The new 1.8 clutch and flywheel on the left and the weedy 1.6 clutch and flywheel on the right.

Made a makeshift center tool on the lathe and got it all back together.



Took about 4 hours all together. The bite is crisper already but as its raining I just took it back to the garage for the night. Hoping for some boxing day sun...

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Stot

You lucky git i'v got so much to do on my that I want to get on with and your wife let you play on Christmas Day. well jealous

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124541083@N02/

I'm lucky that she has family visiting from Slovakia so I cant really sit and join in the banter so I get a bit of a pass. :D

Went out for a little drizzly spin today, just into the power band really. I had taken a before log run in 3rd gear and took a short 3rd gear run today.



Looks about 50% up across the board so far. :cool: Cant wait for a nice dry sunny day to get a 4th gear pull.

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Stot

Got to be happy with that. And only an extra £30 odd for insurance a year.

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Stot

I got my Microsquirt working via bluetooth last night. All internal to my microsquirt so im a happy bunny as I can log with GPS speed and G sensor output now too and it should even be able to give me instant torque, power, MPG etc readings too. :cool:



Come on spring!!!

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Stot

Got my first spring drive in today and got to test my new carcam at the same time.



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Stot

what kind of camera is it and whats the squiggly line in the display?

no excuse not to put a video out now so we can see what she goes like

Its one of these from ebuyer, they did a special half price on it so for £40 I thought it was worth a look.

GPS and G sensor on board. the squiggly is my route by GPS. I used Dashware which is now free to put the data ontop of the video. Didnt work as I expected so only the first 5 mins has the correct data being used. :rolleyes:

It is a video if you click it Matt. ;)

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Stot

I knew that :eek:

Another play with DashWare

Took a Megasquirt log this time so I can show boost,rpm etc.

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Stot

Nice morning drive can't wait to get mine on the road. Iv now got my engine running this week and that put a big cheesy smile on my face :D

I like the telemetry setup. How reliable do you find the megasquirt ECU.

I haven't had any issues with the Megasquirt. The one I have is a microSquirt SMD cased version so there is little to go wrong with it really and it controls all I need it to at the moment.

I find it pretty easy to navigate Tunerstudio and that log there was actually taken with my Android phone and ShadowDash. Gotta love it.

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Stot

Good to here, might try getting my engine running on an aftermarket ecu as NA before possibly turbo charging.

I'm playing around with this 1.8 engine I have while I wait for the wheels of bureaucracy to turn and I'd like to fit a lighter flywheel now while the engine is apart. How did you find out about the lighter mk2.5 flywheel and did you weigh it when it arrived? Was it lighter?

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Chris

I read on here about it being 7.6kg as standard. I didnt set out to buy a specifically lighter one so I didnt bother weighing it when it got here, I just wanted one that didnt slip like greased up deaf guy.

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Stot

Theres never any room for luggage in these cars...



And yes I drove 20 miles home with him...

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Stot

That is awesome

As if it doesn't attract enough attention! :eek:

Made some people smile, me included. :p

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Stot

I have been trying to get a grip on my fuel usage over the last couple of weeks as I fixed my fuel guage recently.

Running 8psi of boost on a 1.6 engine I'm getting 150miles a tank, or 25.5mpg. Same as my DD so I'm happy enough with that!

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Stot

Can't complain at that.....not like the roadster is a super slippery shape! :eek:

Where's your drain plug from? And what's the spec? Trying to find something on ebay but failing.

Thanks

I recycled the original drain plug. Chopped it out with an angle grinder and turned it down on the lathe.

The guy that welded mine up hated it and said never again.

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Stot

Added some bonnet vents. With the turbo my normal running temps are 103-110c even with a full mx5 reroute out the back so hopefully these will help a bit.



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Stot

So THATS what that rattle was....



Glad it only took 45 mins to change.

If you get a china manifold, get a good quality pressed stainless gasket for it. The China one was aluminum is seems.

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Stot

I'll have to buy a fitting then, I wish I had a lathe.

What car is the rad and intercooler from? They look a neat solution.

190E?

"The Mercedes 190E radiator that many of the Haynes Roadster guys use has an oil cooler built in.

eBay Item

Its upside down in those ebay pictures, the red caps are on the oil filter in/out.

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Stot"

Have you thought about waterless coolant or maybe removing the thermostat? These are things I'm considering.

Yeah the rad is a 190E radiator. The core is exactly the same size as the intercooler. I have ducting in the nose too so that air cant go around the intercooler.

My temps still run at upto 110c. I have a full reroute in place and the fan switch is at the thermostat. In traffic the fan will come on and bring it back down to 102. It seems my fan switch actually comes on at 110 and off at 102 rather than 97/92 as its supposed to. Its new too.

Im going to try running the fan off the ECU for a while at a lower temp to see if that helps but It will probably just end up with the fan on permanently. If not ill try without the thermostat to see if it overcools then but really its when im going 70-80mph on the motorway im getting the most heat into the engine, its sitting at 4000 rpm so whenever you apply some throttle its into boost.

I think the radiator just isnt removing enough heat so I have a spare 190 radiator with a hole in it and Im thinking of sending that off to have an aluminium twin or tripple core copy made up if nothing else helps.

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Stot

Hmmm quite glad I didn't go for a 190E radiator now, though I'm not sure the Clio one I've got will be up to the job either!
Would it be possible to create a gap around the rear or sides of the bonnet to let the hot air out a bit more? Other than that is there any mileage in exhaust wrapping or coating the system?

Louvre things in rear of side panel would suck air out if you faced them in the right direction and possibly in the front to duct air in.

To be fair without the turbo and the intercooler in front of it I imagine it would do a decent job. I think ducting in the nose cone is essential also. When air hits a rad it will go around it rather than through it if it can.

Those louvres at the back of the bonnet will be dragging air out now so I dont think under bonnet temps is the issue any more. Also when im pootling in traffic the temps stay on the low side. When the fan comes on they do drop.

I see some aluminium double and triple core rads on ebay for £115-£150 so something like that should provide much better cooling.

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Stot

I priced up a new full 2.5" stainless exhaust system the other week as my down pipe is 2.25" and silencer is a little less than 2" so I think its stifling the turbo somewhat.

Unfortunately my megasquirt died last weekend so that money has now gone so I thought I would cobble together something out of what I already have in the mean time.

Spent £30 on a cherry bomb copy and made this up with bits I already had. 2.25" all the way through. Just needs to be painted black or silver now.



I'm sure it will be louder that what I have already but the turbo silences pretty well and I angled the outlet down so it should be OK for now.

I made it dimensionally how I would want the stainless one made so I may be able to send the pieces off to someone to copy it a bit cheaper

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Stot

hi what went wrong with the ms? as was just looking at them this morning
Gary

I have a microsquirt and some poor solder work on a mod I did on it a while ago finally gave in. My own fault not the unit which I think is brilliant.

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Stot

That exhaust should sound nice. :)

Got my MS sorted again today. The exhaust is... loud... :o I don't think its unacceptable considering the times I will be using the car.

Just need to weld a hangar on the tailpipe and I can take it for a drive and see just how loud it is at full chat.

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Stot

The car actually isnt that bad at speed. It seems louder at slow speeds. you can hear the turbo spool pretty well now too.

I recon I have an idea on my heat issues too. The 190E radiator I ordered from ebay arrived as a round bar and fin radiator rather than a flat bar and fin radiator. I imagine much cheaper to make but not as efficient as flat bar and fin and its not really up to the job of keeping the engine properly cooled. The pic on ebay was of a flat bar radiator as it happens.

I might try again and get a descent OEM radiator and make sure Its a flat bar and fin version. Aluminium custom made would be £300+. Thought I had finished this car...

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Stot

Good info :thumb up: