Major success!! After installing the new manifold, I was able to puzzle in all the ducting. A couple of hiccups along the way because there is so much pressure in the system that two t-bolt clamp connections popped off during test drives. But this last weekend I drove the Delica 5 hours with...
Now you are making me want to add thermocouples to the "pre-cooler" and water/air heat exchanger, and hook up a datalogger:) That probably would be better than trying to use an IR camera, in light of what you pointed out... the engine bay being very hot. Good news is, whatever I did is...
Wanted to test it so badly that I just kept working until done. Then drove it to work at 4PM. Everything takes so much longer than anticipated.
For the wiring, I installed 2 relays near the batteries. One fuse in line from the positive battery terminal to both relays. 2 switches, one for...
Here are the pictures of the water plumbing side of things. Zip tied and hose clamped the electric water pump to the metal part of the power steering hose.
The water reservoir/filler came with no sealant on any of the threads, and one of the barb fittings was super hard to take out, like it...
Today I finished installing the intercooler, and plumbed the water circuit. All that is left now is the electrical. Getting closer!
Milled slots into intake manifold adapter to allow it to rotate backwards 5 degrees. (not sure if this is necessary, more gains probably from trimming down the...
More progress today. Getting closer to done! More panel trimming.
This is the final amount of cutting to clear interfering parts. Panel ALMOST fits, but the mounting holes are still about 1/4 to 3/8 inch out of alignment. I don't want to cut all the way through the panel, so will attempt...
Thought I would get further on this project today. Thought I was going to do all the water circuit stuff. Ha ha. Spent my morning instead trying to get the driver side cover to fit.
First step, rotate interfering clamp and use Zip ties to pull down 45 degree bend reducing hose...
Today I installed all the Turbo intercooler parts (the air side, not the water side). Missed some items including enough T-bolt clamps, but improvised and made it work.
Started my air to water intercooler project today. Laid out parts that I had ordered (messed up when I sketched it out and made my parts list... somehow mistakenly didn't think about the direction of flow from the turbo to intake manifold, doh!). Looks like the parts will fit, but currently the...
Started my air to water intercooler project today. Laid out parts that I had ordered (messed up when I sketched it out and made my parts list... somehow mistakenly didn't think about the direction of flow from the turbo to intake manifold, doh!). Looks like the parts will fit, but currently...