So, life is very slowly calming down a tad, and in the last few days I've managed to get 1 or 2 short trips out to the garage!
First up was sorting out the things I've sold recently. People have been incredibly patient with me waiting to get bits off, so that was first to get sorted out before doing any more work.
The AP brakes were removed, cleaned up, boxed up, and have now been sent to their new owner, who will hopefully be very happy with them
I'm also sad to say that I've sold my OZ SuperTourismo wheels. As much as I loved them, they're not going to fit over the new brakes, so they became of zero use to me overnight! These have been sold to fund the bells and brackets for the new brakes, so it's not all bad!
Not sure if I posted this before, but I really wasn't happy with how my gear cables sat in relation to the wastegate pipe:
Mark has modified the manifold previously to stop creep, but unfortunately this created more issues with gear cable placement. On his car they just about cleared as his cables come through lower with his shifter under the car, but despite moving the cables to different locations through the bulkhead I just couldn't make it clear.
With the manifold wrapped, and everything fitted and in the car, I wasn't about to pull the manifold to have it altered at this stage, so I decided so make up a short extension to move the wastegate across.
The only issue was, whilst the manifold flange is very easily bought for people making their own, getting hold of a flange that replicated the Tial gate to make the extension seemed impossible!
As pure luck had it, it turned out that the ebay 2" stainless v bands I already had wern't that far off!
Here's the one that's similar to the Tial:
And here's the other one on the Tial housing to show how it sits:
As you can see, the OD is slightly larger, and the angle on the back that clamps up is slightly different.
Thankfully, Andy has a lathe!
First up we took some material off the face of the female flange, to make sure the recessed seat was the same 1.5mm depth as my manifold, reduced from 2mm. This ensures that the Tial valve seat will be tensioned correctly when it's all tightened up.
Next up we reduced the OD on both flanges:
Then we recut the angle on the back of the flanges to match the Tial flanges and clamps:
First one done, offered up against an unmodified one to show the change:
And lastly, the protruding lip on the male flange needed reducing in both height and diameter:
This now replicates the wastegate and sits perfectly in the manifold fitting:
And the plan to put all this to use:
a short extension with a slight crank. this moves the gate well clear of the gear cables and positions the outlet nicely for it's exit into the tunnel