Time for the weekly update.
The whole ECU is now wired into the car and the dash is now starting to show signs of life
After getting creative with an old jam jar and a hot air gun and a thermometer, I calibrated the majority of the temperature sensors on the car over a range of temperatures as the water gradually cooled from 98degC to room temperature. Just in case you were wondering, no I didn't have a kettle on hand.
The radiator was put in and all the fans were wired up and tested. So I now have the ECU independently controlling fans on:
Engine oil cooler
Transmission oil cooler
Intercooler
Radiator
95% of the coolant lines were completed. I've decided to install an electric water pump to pump coolant through the turbos in parallel to the engine. There was no way of doing this with the mechanical water pump. So the pump draws from the line connected to the expansion tank and the hot water from the turbos discharges into the outlet pipe on the engine (after the thermostat). The only thing that is pending is for me to weld up a T piece to put in the radiator hose which has a 16mm fitting.
The vast majority of the rubber hose in the engine is temporary. When I go to put in the new engine, the rubber hose will be replaced with hard line and I will also put in an uprated radiator to handle the heat generated from the extra power the engine will produce.
A lot of cable ties, and hose clamps, so not very pretty. Oh and the boost control solenoid was all hooked up to the turbo waste gate actuators.
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