1982 Lada 2105 (Riva) total change + ...a dead thread

Wow, it's really a crowded engine compartment. you really have had your work cut out for you getting all the pipes, hoses, sensors etc in place.
Guess you are exited about starting it up!.
nice looking manifold! Hope your paint stick.

Hi,
I thought it'd be good to post the current progress, because other ways my posts became too big and too picture heavy. So, nothing special lately. I'm doing small and bigger steps forward to the first engine start. I have to say I could made first engine start attempt even right now, but my plan is to get the engine and all its sub systems fully functional and loaded, i.e 100% ready before the first start try. Then, except some possible leaks I'll have to deal only with the engine ECU settings and basic tuning.
But let me start with the pictures though, because my desperate English is not the thing I want to praise with :-)

So.... I wanted to reinforce the turbo header and to get few additional attachment points for the heavy turbocharger (10kg):


I wanted to hide the weld from behind the bracket so it would look much better imho:


The good old saying "A picture worth a 1000 words" helps me to save your nerves from my struggle with the language.
Here is the oil rad unveiled for the first time. Тhere are 2 kinds of oil rads on the market. The main difference is the fin size. My choice was an oil cooler with the wider fins because I think it'd flow/pass more air, i.e. better cooling effect:


I still plan to make some air duct for it, so it could get forced air from under the bumper when diving.


Then I had to connect the cyl head outlet coolant passage to the thermostat housing. In the OE system, the heat exchanger rad is connected in series to this link. I'll skip the exchanger and the inside heating at all for the first car release mainly due to the lack of time, funds and the planned summer/good weather only driving. Sometime later I'll add the heating.

A reducer connector was made for the purpose:


This is a view from inside the car over the gearbox tunnel. There was foreseen a special access for the thermostat housing and the engine cam sensor:



Later wen I receive my heat shield blanket, I'll cover all the hoses and wiring in the vicinity of the exhaust manifold and the down pipe.

I wanted to finish the turbo air pipe support bracket. I had also to clear the area around the first cyl. spark boot and plug for an easy access:


This is an important bracket because it holds the air pipe fixed and so the inlet part of the water intercooler suspended.


The BOV and turbo to bonnet clearance:


As it was said earlier in the thread , my turbo was cheap Chinese Garret T67/ T04R or sort of copy. Although I paid 250 Euro for it I wanted to do what I can to test its full capabilities and to delay the purchase of a new OE one as much as possible (lack of funds sake of). So, I took it to a local turbo service for balancing. I was surprised when the operator invited me inside the shop to watch the process. The second surprise was when the turbo showed almost zero vibrations up to 60K and lately up to 70K rpms, i.e. it has been balanced in China! It's a very good result for a relatively big frame turbo with cast compressor wheel. Now it remains only to withstand the "real life" in car beating :-)


Here is a look from the cold air box. The compr. wheel ID is 66.6mm:


The rad cooling taken seriously:


Then it was time to begin with the work on the wiring seal in the firewall area. This was a long time delayed task mainly because of the lack of ideas how exactly to do it. So, here is one way.

This is the OE seal behind the OE fuse and relay board/box:
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Still have to weld it and add some studs for attaching to the firewall , but this will happen sometime later.


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That's all for now. As usually, endless thanks for watching and for the supporting comments. Stay tuned for more...
Ivo

Find another picture hosting sevice that is all you can do as PB only give you so much band width for free and you have used it all.

As the posts above. I think its $2 per month for the next hosting level up.

Ops, I'm trying to switch to flickr, but have problem with the pics links. Sorry for the blank post

Hi,
It is strange. Some of the PB attached pictures are back, but not all. I just don't understand these PB BSs.
Anyway, I switched to Flickr somehow (thanks varelse). Now will wait when they will decide to block the links because of some bandwidth or sort of important violation.
Let me continue with the IC water circ. pump. I checked its brushes and bearings. Since nothing wrong or suspicious was found I installed it on its place the lowest point of the cooling system:








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Then I had to made an AL bracket for reinforcing and sealing  my fan shroud :
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At the end, here is  a video of the first EVER engine cranking:


I'm very happy for the moment because everything  was OK with the new wiring, the rearranged and blended to the new one existing wiring and the healthy cranking and engine sound.

Thanks for watching!

Good to see you've got flickr working, mostly.
I've never had any issues with bandwidth or anything else with flickr.

A lot of work went into that plumbing I bet.

I like that Provent, is it a standard item on some car?

Incredible work!
I think with your skills you should be able to find a job soon.