http://www.oddunit.com/feed/? Latest topics Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:08:27 GMT 10 http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/mrbeige/cooltext403300291.jpg http://www.oddunit.com/feed/? http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/gooney-being-reborn-t6.htm mrbeige Well, thought I start a fresh thread for the new motor! Meet Gooney, son of Badcrumble! Picked this 166k 1.8 valver up from Gav and Nikki, for the princely sum of 300 squid. To say I'm pleased is an understatement! Engine sounds sweet as a nut and the interior is mint. First job is to get it MOT'd then we'll see what changes take place.... Updated 06-04-2010 Modifications:: ============ Chassis:: Koni T/A's and Koni 40/50mm Springs 280mm VR Callipers and G60 disks ... Projects Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:35:54 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/gooney-being-reborn-t6.htm#10 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/gooney-being-reborn-t6.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/dirtytorque-s-odd-corner-t62.htm dirtytorque Hello Base car. 1992 Corrdo g60 in Flash( Lol) red. My ulitmate aim is a ghetto 2.0 litre 16vg60 build running MS. I'm just going to add little bits each day to this thread.It will be nice to have it documented somewhere,like a diary. MS setup: I am running the Vanilla MS2 code.Running fuel and spark.MS is triggered off the stock digifant Hall sender trigger and uses the Onboard vb921 to fire the standard g60 coil. No TPS,using MAPdot acceleration enrichment.Acceleration ... Projects Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:44:41 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/dirtytorque-s-odd-corner-t62.htm#394 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/dirtytorque-s-odd-corner-t62.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/yandards-16vg60-t407.htm Yandards Time to start me a thread and stop stealing Robs.. Right then, it runs, it's had the CO and timing set to stock G60 numbers and is idleing nicely around 800 rpm. Compression is good at .2 bar variation max accross the cylinders and despite my inability to open the throttle during the comp testing it's a minimum of 8 bar. Problems, still smells rich at the exhaust end, alt does not appear to be charging the battery, coolant temp gauge is not working (I seem to remember it was a little picky ... Projects Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:47:55 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/yandards-16vg60-t407.htm#5873 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/yandards-16vg60-t407.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/tubbs-t257.htm mrbeige Bought July 2008 1997 R Plate 2.8 VR6 115k miles, full service history Mystic Blue Climatronic Climate Control A Whole Dogs Worth of Dog Hair 16" BBS Alloys (Need a refurb) Planned mods: Coilovers - done Mk4 style Mk3 lights Crystal smoked indicators and fogs Crystal smoked rears Debadged grill 16" or 17" rims but not sure what ones yet Techtonics exhaust Schimmel 263s Custom re-map Replacement beasting ariel Front and rear number plates Treatment ... Projects Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:06:11 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/tubbs-t257.htm#3182 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/tubbs-t257.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/what-can-you-do-to-really-improve-a-cylinder-head-t427.htm jmc Just about to pick up a spare cylinder head for my G60 (right price, right place, in case I ever need a spare) and it go me wondering what it would be possible to do to one to make it the best efficiency I can for a G60. Mine is currently ported and polished, and is definately a good head - a G-werks fast road head, no change in valve size from original from memory. The inlet manifold has not been port matched to the head, nor had the inlet manifold been flowed. Cam is a schrick 268/276 assymetric. ... Engine Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:08:27 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/what-can-you-do-to-really-improve-a-cylinder-head-t427.htm#6324 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/what-can-you-do-to-really-improve-a-cylinder-head-t427.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/replacing-valve-guides-and-stem-seals-on-vr-head-t425.htm mrbeige
I read an article in PPC on how to do valve guides, using a heat gun and a lathe turned bolt with a shoulder on it, to smack the old ones out, and then sticking the new ones in a freezer. How easy is it really?]]> Engine Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:00:45 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/replacing-valve-guides-and-stem-seals-on-vr-head-t425.htm#6305 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/replacing-valve-guides-and-stem-seals-on-vr-head-t425.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/29-or-not-29-that-is-the-question-t424.htm mrbeige Right, so end of August I will finally be doing the chains on the Golf, but I have a suspicion that the AAA engine's valve guides and stem seals are fubarred. On overrun I get a puff of smoke from the exhaust (noticed it in Dartford tunnel, when doing the obligatory 'windows down and gunning it in 2nd' manoeuvre ). Furthermore, it's using a fair amount of oil, perhaps a litre every 1500miles. I've had the offer of Mic's ABV that has recently come out of his Corrado, and was wondering if it would ... Engine Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:00:32 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/29-or-not-29-that-is-the-question-t424.htm#6301 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/29-or-not-29-that-is-the-question-t424.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-2-ton-bugswatter-t420.htm JNLRacing Kept meaning to start a build thread on this forum for this car but got sidetracked started it on another forum so I figured I'd let this one catch up and run it side by side on future updates but in the interim a big copy and paste start I initially bought the car a couple of years ago fitted Some Bilstein B8's with H&R lowering springs. A can of Barbecue paint and hey presto a nice presentable family car. After purchase I discovered I had a spec which wasn't in the brochure, ... Projects Mon, 17 May 2010 09:27:04 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-2-ton-bugswatter-t420.htm#6230 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-2-ton-bugswatter-t420.htm http://www.oddunit.com/fabrication-f12/16vt-exhaust-manifolds-t50.htm mrbeige Well, I was wondering how difficult is it to fabricate an exhuast manifold for use on a 16vT, or indeed any turbo type application (1.8T, VRT)? I would imagine a log type tubular manifold would be relatively easy, but what about equal length manifolds? Can you tacl stainless together with a MIG, and then get someone to TIG it up properly? Fabrication Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:05:21 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/fabrication-f12/16vt-exhaust-manifolds-t50.htm#323 http://www.oddunit.com/fabrication-f12/16vt-exhaust-manifolds-t50.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/mounting-egt-probes-t337.htm jmc I've got a Defi EGT probe to fit to my stainless 4 branch manifold. Defi recommend simply drilling and tapping a hole in the manifold (and to do it down near where the primarys connect), but I've also seen ones which have a welded on boss on the manifold and placed up near the cylinder head. Is there a right / wrong way to do this, and is there anything I need to look out for? Engine Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:08:50 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/mounting-egt-probes-t337.htm#4442 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/mounting-egt-probes-t337.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/2ltr-abf-into-a-corrado-t422.htm Yandards As usual my long term plans have changed again, with the new ECU I figure it is easier to use the 2ltr ABF block as it already contains all the required sensors for crank and cam positioning as well as giving me a 200cc increase in displacement. So given the ABF is taller than a KR or 9A unit but that it is a straight fit into a Mk 2 will it fit under my early low bonnet? My gut reaction is it will as I don't need the manifold space on top of the block, anyone got any measurements for the ... Engine Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:02:26 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/2ltr-abf-into-a-corrado-t422.htm#6242 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/2ltr-abf-into-a-corrado-t422.htm http://www.oddunit.com/the-rest-of-the-workshop-f15/aftermarket-ecu-spot-of-guidance-for-a-neeb-t421.htm Yandards Right then, got my sweaty mitts on my new Adaptronic E1280s ECU a couple of days ago and now my head hurts. It is really well coded though, you can basically code any form of behaviour you want (ie open ISV to return on knock detection) as all the modules for control can be adjusted to interact in different ways. So a few silly questions.. 1. I bought a Bosch wideband (LSU4.2) do I need a wideband controller or not? The way I read it they just give you a read out on the dash of AFR, ... The rest of the Workshop Fri, 21 May 2010 11:47:02 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/the-rest-of-the-workshop-f15/aftermarket-ecu-spot-of-guidance-for-a-neeb-t421.htm#6236 http://www.oddunit.com/the-rest-of-the-workshop-f15/aftermarket-ecu-spot-of-guidance-for-a-neeb-t421.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/conrod-small-end-offset-bushing-t351.htm dirtytorque Can't get through to stealth at the moment.I believe they use to do it?!!]]> Engine Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:37:30 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/conrod-small-end-offset-bushing-t351.htm#4677 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/conrod-small-end-offset-bushing-t351.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/turbo-installs-n-stuff-t379.htm dirtytorque Is a BOV the same thing as a wastegate?
Hopefully the questions will get less tupid with time.

grazie.]]> Engine Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:31:40 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/turbo-installs-n-stuff-t379.htm#5178 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/turbo-installs-n-stuff-t379.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/compression-t387.htm mrbeige Ok, so we all know that if you stick a turbot on an engine, you need to lower the compression. My question is....why do you need to lower the compression? You can fit a Vortech charger to a VR without lowering compression, so why not a turbot? Engine Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:58:27 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/compression-t387.htm#5492 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/compression-t387.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/which-engine-is-best-t363.htm junkie Whilst im planning what car to build i keep thinking about rear wheel drive and all sorts of different engines. So do you think 20v turbo as people say its the new cossie engine or its best to stick to the original classic engine thats a cossie engine of course. Any other suggestions welcomed. Engine Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:14:35 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/which-engine-is-best-t363.htm#4768 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/which-engine-is-best-t363.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/v5-balancing-t390.htm mrbeige
Discuss......]]> Engine Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:21:54 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/v5-balancing-t390.htm#5522 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/v5-balancing-t390.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/con-rods-lightening-t388.htm mrbeige Right, just seen a build thread on another forum, where a guy had filed off some of the metal off the beam of a G60 rod. Surely this would reduce the strength of said rod? Engine Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:16 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/con-rods-lightening-t388.htm#5493 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/con-rods-lightening-t388.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/stock-sized-lightweight-pulleys-good-or-bad-t405.htm jmc Given the weather has been keeping me of the car for a bit, I've been hunting round for new toys, and come across some people using stock sized but lightweight pulleys. However there seems to be as much bad press for these as good. I can understand how underdrive crank pulleys would be bad for the G60 as it would reduce the charger speed, but what about light weight versions in standard sizes? Is the harmonic damper really that crucial as I've had the engine rebuilt and balanced? Answers ... Engine Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:04:23 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/stock-sized-lightweight-pulleys-good-or-bad-t405.htm#5810 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/stock-sized-lightweight-pulleys-good-or-bad-t405.htm http://www.oddunit.com/services-and-products-f21/jsb-racing-shift-light-kit-for-corrado-and-mk3-golf-t242.htm mrbeige Right guys, Please see our custom shift light system that can be integrated into standard cluster. These are available for DIY fitment or I also offer a fitting service where it is integrated into your cluster - no need to cut wires or anything! They are fully programmable, via a single dash mounted push button. DIY - £60 inc P+P Fitted - £75 inc P+P For now the only vehicle suitable/tested is the Corrado, but I hope to have more vehicle applications made available soon ... Services and Products Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:58:37 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/services-and-products-f21/jsb-racing-shift-light-kit-for-corrado-and-mk3-golf-t242.htm#2945 http://www.oddunit.com/services-and-products-f21/jsb-racing-shift-light-kit-for-corrado-and-mk3-golf-t242.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-corrado-vr6-project-t97.htm nemesis360 Here is my car before I took it off the road Mods Rover nightfire red Smoothed and colour coded TT front and rear seats FK Konisport coilovers Other than that it was basically standard...since then there have been a lot of changes and more to come as well Its not everyones cup of tea but the smoothed bay will give me a few challenges as far as packaging is concerned...Im planning on fitting an electric heater matrix from a MK6 polo, hiding all the wiring, rerouting ... Projects Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:28:09 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-corrado-vr6-project-t97.htm#770 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-corrado-vr6-project-t97.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/dec-s-corrado-t280.htm Dec The Beige fella has been after me for a while now to stick a project thread on this car up here! Hadn't got around to it, mainly because I cant get the damn car to actually work....and I pretty much threw the towel in last summer. But things could all change tomorrow....... To start off with I had a perfectly sensible 1.8L 16v Corrado. Kept it pretty standard for a couple of years. Then went for a full respray, as the oul Tornado red was starting to turn a couple of different shades ... Projects Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:32:26 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/dec-s-corrado-t280.htm#3494 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/dec-s-corrado-t280.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/weird-engine-mount-experience-t419.htm jmc Just gone from a solid front engine mount (which scarily enough wasn't bolted down tight) and a stock VW gearbox mount, to Vibrartechnics front and gearbox mounts, and the car is now vibrating much more low revs. I thought this change wouldn't have made a huge difference, so I'd be interest to hear peoples thoughts on whether this was to be expected - does uprating the gearbox mount make a huge difference to vibration? I can't believe chnaging from a solid mount (albeit not bolted down properly) ... Engine Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:16:35 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/weird-engine-mount-experience-t419.htm#6125 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-f1/weird-engine-mount-experience-t419.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/ve-and-target-afr-maps-required-t418.htm mrbeige ]]> Engine Management Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:47:36 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/ve-and-target-afr-maps-required-t418.htm#6120 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/ve-and-target-afr-maps-required-t418.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/oe-development-ecus-t409.htm mrbeige Was chatting with a colleague at work today about Megasquirt and he asked me why I wasn't using a G400 ECU out a *******! I hadn't even thought about it to be fair, but we (Pi Shurlok) have in the past sold G400s with a full software development platform. Obviously we don't sell those ECUs now as they have been discontinued, but second hand ones are easy to come by. We even have some existing strategies that can be used. [/EDIT]Not allowed to mention which ECU were using at Pi, in this case[EDIT] Engine Management Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:56:23 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/oe-development-ecus-t409.htm#5927 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/oe-development-ecus-t409.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-kit-car-engine-transplant-t414.htm skidmark Right, finally managed to get back into my engine transplant project so thought I'd post my progress up here.... I'll attempt to add some photos of the original car which I built a few years ago (before I got bored of the performance and wanted more power!): I then decided (perhaps foolishly) that I needed to upgrade for more power and decided to fit a vauxhall red-top (C20CE) engine. Here's a few pics of the exhaust I had made by Martin Keenan at MK engineering (highly ... Projects Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:14:25 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-kit-car-engine-transplant-t414.htm#6064 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/my-kit-car-engine-transplant-t414.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/egt-probes-t415.htm mrbeige ]]> Engine Management Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:42:28 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/egt-probes-t415.htm#6087 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/egt-probes-t415.htm http://www.oddunit.com/chassis-f5/4-pot-brakes-vs-master-cylinder-size-t406.htm dirtytorque Ok so I bled the system again.... I shunted shedloads of fluid through each corner with the rear valve regulator fully actuated. I have bled the whole system before without too much trouble using the same equipment so I must conclude that it is because the new components i have introduced into the system,namely the wilwood brakes as I have tried every corrado brake bleeding method ever posted on the internet. Not I went against my better judgement and sold my g60 standard front brakes ... Chassis Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:46:47 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/chassis-f5/4-pot-brakes-vs-master-cylinder-size-t406.htm#5858 http://www.oddunit.com/chassis-f5/4-pot-brakes-vs-master-cylinder-size-t406.htm http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/junkie-s-project-road-racer-t5.htm junkie These are the pictures i have so far and how the car stands at the moment. [attachment=0]Picture 066.jpg[/attachment] Spec time 1991 Corrado "G60" Engine 1900 (1870) 83mm bore JE 83mm forged pistons 144mm 16v rods Lightened & balanced crank, rods, flywheel Big Valve Head ported & polished Ported throttle body Matched exhaust port Custom 2.5" Blueflame downpipe Custom 2.75" Blueflame ... Projects Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:28:11 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/junkie-s-project-road-racer-t5.htm#9 http://www.oddunit.com/projects-f10/junkie-s-project-road-racer-t5.htm http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/cam-positions-sensors-for-sequential-megasquirt-t43.htm mrbeige Been thinking about sequential injection. Megasquirt can support it (with some mods) and I was wondering what could be used as a cam position sensor. Could a dizzy be used as it has a hall sensor in it? The only thing I can see as a problem is of course you can adjust a dizzy for timing, so thus you could do the same fro the cam position sensor. This of course isn't really desirable, so has anyone got any suggestions on how else to implement a cam position sensor on a 16v head? Also is a normal ... Engine Management Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:39:08 GMT http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/cam-positions-sensors-for-sequential-megasquirt-t43.htm#289 http://www.oddunit.com/engine-management-f13/cam-positions-sensors-for-sequential-megasquirt-t43.htm