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The ecu has found a home squeezed into the dashboard The loom being for a 4 cylinder injected engine has so far been really easy to lay out and begin cutting to length, wrapping and fitting the multiplugs to So with a loom connecting the engine to the ecu mostly made up, it was simply hook some fuel lines up to the fuel rail and add power to the ecu Not bad for running straight off the settings and maps that came pre-installed, in fact really good! It is running very rich which explains the lumpiness, and I may have blown the exhaust manifold gasket again! The engine installation needs finishing off to suit the efi and the dashboard wiring sorting out properly next. It's a very promising start which will hopefully lead on to even more power being squeezed out of the little 2ltr lump
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A Dyno Day over the Weekend.sowen
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Jun 30, 2015 20:50:15 GMT
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Yay smokiest car again! , though adam73bgt's black plume at the limiter was impessive In my defense the wideband lambda failed a month ago and I've been only tuning the midrange by ear, got it to a point where it was running well enough to run up and down the motorway and left it alone until after it had been on the dyno . I also think the engine is breathing a bit heavy, so may bung a catch can in the main crankcase breather line to see what's going on there? I'm over the moon with the power output my SD1 made, spot on for the engine specs especially as the AFR's are off the scale! A replacement lambda sensor has been ordered and I plan to make another trip over to Jim at some point for a follow up run and tweak to get the AFR's in check Thanks again to ChasR for taking the time to organise the day
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Rover engine swapsowen
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Jun 30, 2015 14:29:57 GMT
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What do you want out of the car, what hands on experience do you have and do you have time/space/money available to throw at it?
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sowen
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Jun 29, 2015 11:33:17 GMT
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Jun 28, 2015 15:17:29 GMT
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Where is the show? Do you a link to the details thanks Sunday 5 July at the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon BMC & Leyland Show
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Jun 28, 2015 10:57:58 GMT
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I might be going, won't know until the end of the week what I'll be upto yet?
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sowen
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Jun 27, 2015 18:40:07 GMT
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A big thanks must go to ChasR for organising todays meet, and to all those who turned up and participated A big thanks must also go to Jim who gave us a tour round the workshop and took the time to explain what he was doing and how the equipment worked, a great day out in good company
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Jun 23, 2015 19:34:04 GMT
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I'm trying to persuade my brother to bring his supercharged Land Rover down, his answer was maybe?
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sowen
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Jun 23, 2015 13:50:36 GMT
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Haha, Jason said he was taking the Acty to this. Please can someone get a video of it! Hopefully, the brakes are in a fit state to run it Don't need brakes to do a dyno run , I think we need to peer pressure him to bringing the Acty regardless!
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Jun 20, 2015 21:24:39 GMT
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Leaving the welds as they are is my preferred option, as it's by far the easiest! I have thought at a minimum running the plenum through the work blast cabinet and giving it a coat of lacquer to stop the oxide fuzzing up? Also, it proves what can be done with a decent MIG welder, reel of aluminium wire and a bottle of pure Argon
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Jun 20, 2015 21:05:26 GMT
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The inlet manifold is now all welded up, still needs leak testing and the inside of the flange dressing out but that can wait until next week if I get any free time at work to use the big compressor and air tools One thing I can't decide upon is if I should dress out the external welds and make the plenum look pretty, or just leave as is and put all my effort into making it go.... I've angled it at about 45 degrees to the plenum, and need to make a spacer between the manifold and head to give clearance for the rocker cover breather. I may fit a spacer between the throttle body and the plenum to get it closer to the hose off the intercooler. I've ordered a 63mm-70mm blue silicone 45 degree elbow so it all now depends how that fits in the gap, and where I can fit the intake temperature probes so that they give realistic readings and not just under-bonnet temperatures! A Megasquirt 2 ecu has been ordered with a 38psi MAP sensor , just waiting on that to be delivered before real progress can begin
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sowen
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Jun 20, 2015 20:46:40 GMT
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I too want to see the Acty do a run
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What about itbs?! They'd look even better, and bike throttle bodies can be had quite reasonably 'Cos I already got the manifold that fits = free I think from my memory the M16 inlet manifold/plenum chamber that I have was sought after as an upgrade to the later T16 manifold because it's slightly larger, possibly flowing better and more air? At the moment I just want it driving again, so quickest and easiest comes first. Wait and see what the future holds...
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Jun 16, 2015 18:02:09 GMT
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Alloy wheels on backwards?sowen
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A mate used to run around in an old Land Rover with Discovery steels bolted on backwards, never had any issues even with rough offroading. Be interested to see your photos of what they are
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1984 Rover SD1 Turbo V8 sowen
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Jun 14, 2015 15:23:56 GMT
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For the planned gearbox ratio change I've picked up a spare R380 from an LDV Pilot van, now in the pile of spares ready and waiting I've even found the old air filter box I had on my Land Rover and dropped that into place, just need some 3" flexible hose for a cold air intake Also done a little on the cosmetics recently, making a change from all the oily stuff! The plan with the alloys was to only have black centres and a polished lip. Impatience meant that they were just blacked all over, but I've made a start un-blacking the outer rim of the wheels, looks so so much better too Fiddling about with the Megasquirt tuning over the past few weeks I've found that some of the cylinders are running richer than others. Regular checking of the plugs and tweaking of the fuel map are beginning to give good results, but it still doesn't feel quite right yet. I've been suspicious of some of the injectors being at fault for a while, either over or under fueling? Simple answer was pull them out and put my spare set in I've taken a few photos of the spark plugs for reference as I've been working on the Megasquirt fuel map. There is a consistent trend of 2 and 6 being clean, 1 and 5 sooty, 3,4 and 7 inbetween with 8 oily! I can put up with the oily cylinder, but not the variation of the other 7 After a few days driving I should be able to get an idea of whether the injector swap has worked or not...
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Mk1 rover v8 sowen
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^ I knew I'd seen the drawings somewhere. There are more modern alternatives that some people are looking into using off the shelf Wilwood type calipers and discs with adapters from hub to disc. I don't have any more details as I was lucky to source a complete Jaguar setup for mine to refurbish and fit so never had any reason to consider anything else.
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Mk1 rover v8 sowen
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SU's are dead easy, at least take the bottom cover off to have a look inside and clean out any old gunge. You'll need a few new seals to put it back together again, the piston should just need cleaning and refilling with oil. I found the standard brakes buttock clenching at anything over 60mph! The Jaguar's just inspire confidence and show up the rubbish budget tyres the previous owner fitted. The discs and calipers are standard Jaguar 4 pot vented, except the caliper mounting lugs are re-machined to suit the Rover caliper bolt spacing and an adapter bolted between the disc and hub. The adapters are rare to find but you could get a set machined up by any good metalworking company for possibly about £100, drawings are available on the internet. That just leaves either welding up, plugging or sleeving the caliper bolt holes and re-drilling to fit the Rover leg. This modification will only fit 15" wheels but a very worthwhile investment if you plan to really use your SD1. Apparently the SD1 viscous fan is meant to be pretty good, mine seems to work well enough, only had one incident of overheating where I could have done with something better. I don't have any ducting between my fan and the radiator and that could've been the issue. Maybe removing it for a pair of electrics would be worthwhile, upto you? I had a ride in a 4.6 powered SD1 a few weeks back, only mods being the engine and -30mm springs, absolute hoot, a complete drivers car . I believe they are very good straight from the factory, just need a little fettling to make even better. Plenty of aftermarket stuff available that doesn't detract from the value either.
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Mk1 rover v8 sowen
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Looks good Probably a bit late as you've had the rear brakes apart already but I was advised after I got mine to knock all the rust out of the handbrake levers coming out of the drums so they are really loose, and make sure the ratcheting mechanism ratchets easily. Once I got mine sorted I've got a brilliant feeling brake pedal, no sponginess, just applies hard as my foot touches it at the top (does help with the Jaguar brakes upfront ). It's a Rover V8, pretty simple stuff really, change the oil, maybe plugs and leads too? May well be worth pulling the SU's off and giving them a wash out in the fuel bowl underneath and making sure the pistons are free as it's been sitting for a long time. I could well be wrong but the viscous fan looks like it's on wrong way round? Do you know why the paint has fallen off the wing like that? Seems odd as it's localised to just the one spot, and it would be well worth pumping as much anti-corrosive stuff into all the cavities as you can, preserve the inner metalwork as well as possible.
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Oil feed and return for turbosowen
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When I turbo'd my Rover P6 I tried a restrictor in the oil feed line as the engine runs about 50psi oil pressure. I think it may have contributed to finishing off the bearings in the old scrapyard turbo, and I ended up removing the restrictor and just using regular American size AN3 hose.
The main issues I was having was the oil return and crankcase breathing, once those were eventually sorted I didn't have any noticeable smoke out of the exhaust. The oil return must be as large as possible, and be as vertical and straight as you can get it to return the oil back the sump fast. Turbo's can flow a lot of oil through them, as a quick experiment when messing about with the oil return line I started my engine with it over an open bucket, I was suprised by how fast it was coming out!
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