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Monkey’s turbo whip round

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Post by Machine monkey » Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:06 pm

Thanks Byron that's great. Nice bit of kit that.
Yeah I don't have that breather out of the top. But great idea using the electric ECU box as a mounting point. So very useful thanks mate.
My little blue zed is in lots of bits. With lots of things started and not many finished! I may have found the limits of my time and ability!!

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Post by Machine monkey » Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:38 pm

So had a great day not all to plan!!
But the steering rack is all connected. Had to heat and bend the fitting into the pump.

Drilled a hole and welded in a bung for a very cool wide band gage and meter. Had to drill a hole in the body to get the cables through in to the car. So had to seal that up.
Got all the chassis support brackets back on aldo sorted the brakes and all bled.

So onto the bad bit! After my great mate StuartT came and helped finishing off the piggyback (he followed a wiring diagram from the supplier for my car) so not his fault at all. Well it won't start it's one of two things as I see it!.
1 we changed the crank position wire to the piggyback. So if it or the ECU cant now see that well it isn't ever gonna go!
2 we didn't have a laptop at the workshop. It might just be a case of plugging in and running the software (fingers crossed)
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Post by Beedub » Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:55 pm

Machine monkey wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:06 pm Thanks Byron that's great. Nice bit of kit that.
Yeah I don't have that breather out of the top. But great idea using the electric ECU box as a mounting point. So very useful thanks mate.
yeah its perfect, very sturdy and the bolts are that long that it can easily be accommodated and its totally reversible if need be....

also once i removed the cam cover it appears to already have some sort of separator built into the cam cover.

Can wait to see the developments keep em coming
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Post by Machine monkey » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:06 pm

Well that might be me for 2 weeks I have to have a week on and a week off cars. I am hoping the wife and chilled will let me play next weekend.
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Post by Machine monkey » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:27 pm

Well that might be me for 2 weeks I have to have a week on and a week off cars. I am hoping the wife and chilled will let me play next weekend.
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Post by GuidoK » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:54 pm

Machine monkey wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:06 pm Yeah I don't have that breather out of the top.
You can just use the stock breather out on the front side of the m54 valvecover.

This is my setup:

Catchcan (this model can be had on aliexpress for about 25 quid):
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setup:
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I use one of the diagonal strut brace mounting points as they are not used anymore because I have a 3 point strutbrace:
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Post by Machine monkey » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:15 am

Thanks guidok that's great and really helpful :thumbsup:
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Post by Machine monkey » Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:01 am

So i am very very close to being at the take it out and road tune and fault find stage....
Had a wicked fun productive day at the workshop yesterday. Jobs done.
DISA deleted
Catch can installed
Air filter fitted (i had to cut the battery box about a bit to get it in)
Holes drilled in rear bumper for oil cooler air flow.
Mesh grill made for the front bumper centre section.

The to do list is getting shorter and shorter
Cut a few mm off the wide band AFR exhaust bung
Wire in turbo oil feed pump switch led and relay
Wire in the AFR gauge
Final fit bumpers and a side skirt extension
Re install glove box
Tune
Fault find.

I am feeling excited and like the end could be near. Have not actually been so excited recently about it. I was worried I may never have the time or cash to finish it. But it’s looking rosy now.
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Post by GuidoK » Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:15 am

Are you going to use the wideband afr also for input for the ecu (maybe with a narrowband output from the controller) or only for monitoring purpose (the gauge)?
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Post by Machine monkey » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:19 am

At the moment just for monitoring. But later i might connect it up to ecu.
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Post by Machine monkey » Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:13 pm

So I drove my car today!! The steering the clutch the turbo build all amazing!! Well apart from the piggyback is and always has been the week link.

So as we started putting in boost and trying to control fuel it just did nothing ignition we had some control. But basically the perfect power smt8 and the support and the software is a load of dog turd!! It really is a bad product!

So now I am looking at a stand-alone ecu. That has it’s own problems. Cost but also getting it to work with the canbus. At the minute waiting to hear back from a few company’s. I may be running a chassis ecu for TC air con and the likes. Then the stand-alone running in parallel to monitor and control the engine and waste gate.
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Post by mac27040 » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:52 pm

great work so shall i save a place for you at the next ZEDfest !!!

this might be of interest http://www.tunerpro.net/

http://www.unichipeurope.co.uk/4/Unichip_features/ there is a dealer in Oxford http://www.owendevelopments.co.uk/
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Post by Machine monkey » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:54 am

mac27040 wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:52 pm great work so shall i save a place for you at the next ZEDfest !!!

this might be of interest http://www.tunerpro.net/

http://www.unichipeurope.co.uk/4/Unichip_features/ there is a dealer in Oxford http://www.owendevelopments.co.uk/
I wouldn’t bank on it :rofl:
Mi know and trust the guys at Owen developments but it’s a ££££ issue. I have contacted haltech (we have one of three ECUs on our toyota) and it’s amazing! I also have a friend of friend who is a retailer of mega squirt family of products. I also have a guy who I want to map the car. Just need to wait and see if can get a haltech as that’s what I want.

Just need to know if I can get a elite 750 for £900 ish or the elite 2500 at £1600!!!
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Post by Timmo478 » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:30 pm

Hi guys, looking to delete my ccv next month, using a catch can. M54 naturally asperated z4 2.5si. My question is, can I install a simple catch can system (1 inlet 1 outlet) without using an inline pcv valve? I see some people not using them, and some people saying u need to. I'm not planning on draining back to the sump so can does that mean I don't need to use 1.
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Post by Smartbear » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:46 pm

Timmo478 wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:30 pm Hi guys, looking to delete my ccv next month, using a catch can. M54 naturally asperated z4 2.5si. My question is, can I install a simple catch can system (1 inlet 1 outlet) without using an inline pcv valve? I see some people not using them, and some people saying u need to. I'm not planning on draining back to the sump so can does that mean I don't need to use 1.
Cheers....... Tim
Hi, if you have an M54 engine then you don’t have a 2.5si. Those models use N52 engines :thumbsup:
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