ROTABOOST Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Hi all,I bought the car cheap as it needed a lot of TLC.Was running a smokey CT9 at 1bar.The plan was to put a TD04 on as cheaply as possible to see if I catch the bug and if I do replace the manifold with a WEPR item later.Here's a few pics of the progress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveEP Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Looks not bad under the bonnet!! get more pics of the full car up bud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROTABOOST Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 It's getting there mate , as soon as it has a clean I'll take some and pop them up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Welcome an nice base John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zeldoz Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 What manifold are you using? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DudFunk Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Budget build FTW!! People forget these where cheap cars back in the day never intened for 10k++++ builds be good to see some normality in a starlet for a change (not that a TD04 GT can be called "normal" by any stretch of the imagination!) Best of luck with it lad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROTABOOST Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Cheers lads The manifold is a Toyosports which I won on Shebay for £76 for the kit I know about these manifolds so I've braced the hell out of it! Modified it to convert it to external wastegate, not keen on internal gates ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zeldoz Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 How do you brace it? Interested to brace one of there Mild Steel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROTABOOST Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Used 12mm solid stainless round bar from the head flange and bridges across to the turbo flange. Good thing is where I've added an external gate there's a lot more structural rigidity in the collector Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zeldoz Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Used 12mm solid stainless round bar from the head flange and bridges across to the turbo flange.Good thing is where I've added an external gate there's a lot more structural rigidity in the collector Can i buy that? Or would i need to fabricate that?.. Any links? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROTABOOST Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 You can buy the stock stainless bar no problem but all the rest of it is custom fabricated unfortunately. Any good fabricator will be able to sort it for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zeldoz Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 You can buy the stock stainless bar no problem but all the rest of it is custom fabricated unfortunately.Any good fabricator will be able to sort it for you Good you take a close shot of the bracing? Can use that to show my fabricator! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROTABOOST Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 I'll get a pic for you mate, the pic only has one brace in it as I didn't take any after I put the wastegate pipe in. Gives you an idea of what to do though , it's pretty self explanatory fella Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ROTABOOST Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) Just given the car a good run, all seems good apart from the wastegate having a 0.6 bar spring when it was supposed to be 1 bar . Good news is it feels as quick at 0.6 bar on the TD04 as it did on 1 bar with the CT9 Boost controller and then I'll be happy!!! Edited November 16, 2013 by ROTABOOST Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan_EP82 GT Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Just given the car a good run, all seems good apart from the wastegate having a 0.6 bar spring when it was supposed to be 1 bar . Good news is it feels as quick at 0.6 bar on the TD04 as it did on 1 bar with the CT9 Boost controller and then I'll be happy!!! Nice one lad you loving tdo4? How would you modify a manifold and weld a flange to make it externally wastegated? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROTABOOST Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 Yes mate if recommend it to anyone, totally changed the car . It's pretty simple if you can fabricate bud, just a case of notching the recess for the wastegate take off into the collector of the manifold, then buying the suitable tube to supply the wastegate and it's just a case in welding on the flanges that come with the wastegate into the tube. If you are confident at welding and fab it's a pretty simple task Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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