Owens G60 - Work in progress

[owen g60 10]

After having it for a couple of months i have decided to finally put up a thread on the G60.

 

A few exterior shots

 

 

Back end needs some work to remove the rusr behind the rear panel and at the bottom of the arches... other than that not a spec anywhere that i could find

[owen g60 10]

Late heated leather interior

 

 

DDI dials

 

 

Moved the boost gauge... was zip tied to the A pillar

 

 

A few trim peices need tidying/replacing but an gradually mounting them all up to do in one big hit

[owen g60 10]

Boost return mod fitted last night

 

 

Close up on the charger (stage 4 atm)

 

 

ISV BREATHER FILTER

 

 

 

 

After having terrible wheel wobble i had a look at my top mounts

 

OLD ONE

 

just slightly broken:bonk:

 

 

What it should look like

 

[chefg60 0]

Hi like the thread what do you attach to the throttle body?

 

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just noticed you clocks too... just bought the same. do yours light up?

[owen g60 10]

i didnt attach anything to the throttle body... just adjusted the butterfly so that it is open for less time

 

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yes my clocks do light up... both the dials and the digital parts

[chefg60 0]

i cant get mine to light up :-(

[owen g60 10]

have you spliced the inverter into the loom in the correct place??? ignition live is where mine has gone

[chefg60 0]

ah i was told to link it up too head light switch

[owen g60 10]

that should work too.... any switchable 12V line is good... all down to personal preference

[owen g60 10]

Just ordered 2 cans of Wurth fuel additive and 2 cans of Wurth injector cleaner... this has been long overdue as it feels a little tired some times on cold starts.

 

Also checked my boost reading using the MFA... 2390 on the MFA :thumbleft: so glad ive got red top injectors coming as i thought there was something not right... a remap can only do so much for it.

 

Its going to really fly when i get all the bits together (If JABBA sport ever get back to me about a chip for it :scratch:)

 

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thats about 19/20 psi by my estimates

[chefg60 0]

did yours come with little black box with three way switch? i got lots of red and black spaghetti bit lost ...?

[owen g60 10]

yeah that should be youre invertor

[owen g60 10]

next part of the project is a Front Mount Intercooler... have decided on a Cosworth one as it is small enough to fit infront of the radiator and behind the front grill with no modification... just need to make up the pipework for it... pics will follow as i do it

[owen g60 10]

Collected my cosworth front mount inter-cooler the other day... also got my pipe work to fit it. All for less than £80 was an absolute bargain.

 

when my cross-member comes back from being blasted and plated im going to fit it all in one go.

 

New 68mm pulley coming from Gwerks as mine went walkabouts when i had the belts and pulley changed (garage changed all of them and all the belts) thought they would have spotted the difference between the old and new

 

Also made up a headlight loom kit and mounted it in a sealed box so it cant get wet

 

Hopefully it can all be done this weekend

[owen g60 10]

New spec headlight switch in place now :)

 

Finally managed to fit the new cross member, was far easier than i thought it was going to be.

 

New 68mm pulley and belt fitted, feels so much more alive now ive done it (again)

 

FMIC was a fail as the slam panel gets in the way of it and i dont want to cut into it. Will have to re-think this one.

 

Managed to shear the banjo bolt for the charger whilst changing the copper washers due to it weeping :(, was lucky that it just unscrewed by hand... nowhere stocked one near me so it was into the shed to machine a replacement... all is good now so no down time for once :).

 

Recieved my old spec sunroof motor today after months of trying to get one relatively cheap.

 

First Aid kit should be here soon (old one got nicked at a car show).

 

Finally a full clean out and wax and polish to make me feel better about it. Off to the body shop on friday to repair the N/S arch after a numpty reversed into me

[owen g60 10]

Fitted my new sunroof motor... now have full back and forwards motion and tilt :)

 

First aid kit is now in the arm rest... thanks skinnyman9000 for that.

 

On a quick drive from the shops heard a loud pop and a near complete loss of boost.... feared my charger had blown up.

 

Turns out the boost pressure (about 1.4-1.5 bar) had blown the pipe from my throttle body to the intercooler clean off the inter cooler end... will go fit that back on once its cooled down a bit

[owen g60 10]

pipe now re-fitted, all others checked.

 

Thought something looked odd... turned out i have a BBM RSR outlet on the charger instead of the standard silencer box :D

[owen g60 10]

though i would add a couple of pics of the newest addition to the supercharged family :cheers:

 

Was bought as a bit of fun...Triumph Rocket III

 

 

and if you cant spot the charger yet :shrug:

 

 

and for the super blind :bonk:

 

 

im sure i saw a dyno print out in the box of reciepts for it

 

approx 280 bhp ant the wheel if what i have been told is correct:dance:

Edited October 21, 2011 by owen g60

[Redfox 10]

Close to me there is a dealership wh had a demo day, and there's one guy who all the time entertained the crowd by wheeling forth and back on this supercharged model ;)

 

Cheers,

Redfox.

[owen g60 10]

Big disaster last night...

 

stopped at some lights, my coolant light started flashing and my temperature spiked big time... before i could kill the engine the cabin was filled with steam and my feet with boiling water.

 

Heater matrix is goosed... turns out the fan had died on the same journey causing the high temperature and the weakest point obviously gave out.

 

have bypassed the matrix for now and as the journey to work is short i am running with out a fan until i can collect one tomorrow, ordered the heater matrix too.

 

Hope to get it all fitted tomorrow afternoon.

[owen g60 10]

Old and new heater matrix.

 

Turns out GSF do oem ones :)

 

 

Hole that water exited from

Edited October 25, 2011 by owen g60

[owen g60 10]

Have had an adaptor made to aid my pursuit for a complete refit of all the charger pipework.

It is going on the boost return side.

Just waiting on the isv re-route and oil breather adaptors to be made aswell.

Then should be able to fit a TD5 intercooler and full metal pipework set :)

[owen g60 10]

Only a small update.

 

All the silicone pipes I need have now arrived. Just waiting on my isv reroute and oil breather pipe to be fabricated... TD5 FMIC should be in when these are made.

Last of the silicone.

 

Have gone for something different with the rocker cover ... A big G one I chanced upon the other day. Will attempt to do it all at once.

 

Then just have the Audi 80 VDO dials to figure out

[G60 CS 0]

Ive got a wiring diag for those vdo's pm me if you get stuck

[owen g60 10]

Gauges now built and wiring harness made.

Removed the oil pressure and fitted a boost one instead

 

Wiring in place

 

Had to use a different connector due to having no original loom. Brown connector will go to oil temp sender

 

All in all a good afternoons work