1990 Coupe - 'budget' turbo kit

[Chas_svo]

Awesome Brooks!

[jason07]

Those custom mounts and crank trigger are awesome!

[034V]

simply badass!

MacGyver of all fabricators.. A+++

[turbostang]

What all is the mega squrt doing fir you Brooks? Just timing and spark delivery?

For now, it's spark control and a LOT of data logging. It's pulling MAP, TP, IAT, CLT, fuel pressure, co2 pressure, turbine back pressure etc.

[Baron Von Crowder]

What all is the mega squrt doing fir you Brooks? Just timing and spark delivery?

[dville_gt]

incredible work brooks

[KBScobravert]

Congrats on getting it running. Even if it is just wired for a test. At least now you are confident that in theory it should work again once you finalize it all.

[turbostang]

LOL, thanks guys!

Here's the paydirt video.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPO5UCEnwm0[/ame]

[FRANCISCO308]

Amazing work Brooks! You need Apprentice ? lol

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Bout time you updated this!

Nice work!

[turbostang]

Here's the whole setup mounted. Note the Morose crank trigger bracket... more on that later.



Know what this is?




what about now?



Starting to make sense?







Up close. The top is still secured by the stainless UPR hold down.



The crank trigger bracket again. I re-did the mounting for a few different reasons. Mainly, I didn't want to alter the crank trigger bracket or sensor, just in case I had to revert to it. It's a different kind of sensor, a hall effect sensor. Now uses a 36-1 wheel instead of the old 4 magnet wheel. Much better.



Last but not least, the hall sensor mounted up in it's new home.

[turbostang]

There's plenty to talk about this time around. I've been busy with other projects, so it's been tough to get anything accomplished that took any serious thinking. Now, I've had some time.

First, the boost controller and ARC switch panel that mounts up in the old HVAC/Radio mounting locations. It's hand formed on a metal bench, as I dont have a brake. It still turned out pretty good. I may get it coated before final install. Not sure yet.



Panel with switch panel and boost controller mounted.



This part took some thinking. I needed a way to make the one-size-fits-all trigger wheel that megasquirt sells to PROPERLY fit my balancer. The only way was to bore the center of the wheel, but alas, that was the problem. HOW to bore the wheel. It's much too thin to chuck up on, spin and hope that it doesn't come out like a 800RPM chinese throwing star. This is how I did it.










Now that part is all done, I needed a way to center the trigger wheel, the pulley and make it all run very true to the balancer. So, next I machined a sleeve to do just that. Unfortunately, I only got pics of the first lathe operation.

[turbostang]

Thanks Derek!


I have a bunch of updates to post, but I have to upload the pics.

I hope to fire the car up this weekend. I'm going to do some minimalist wiring to make sure that it runs properly with the megasquirt setup. If it give me any problems, it's coming off and getting a MSD Digi7

[jason07]

Post some pics of the fuel cell mounted!

[582nova]

Looks good Brooks!