Ive just been busy building the new engine and installing it along with a custom dash, bigger brakes and all new hoses and radiator etc. New engine started out as a 2litre 16v engine from a peugeot 406, in standard form its 135bhp however it had a very restrictive plastic inlet manifold, ppoor exhaust manifold, mild inlet cam, cat converter and generally just built for reasonable fuel economy and performance. Essentially though its the same engine as a GTi6 (166bhp) so its a cracking engine to start with. First to go was the crank, I was offered a free crank that would restroke the engine to a 2.1 litre and also give a nice increase in compression ratio, from 10.4:1 to 11.1:1 so in it went with new shells, next up was the mild inlet cam, this was posted to a very reputable cam grinder in australia and given a stage 2 regrind and then tempered etc before being posted back. When buying the engine I was also offered a gti6 exhaust manifold for not many pennies so again this was snapped up, if youve never seen a gti6 manifold I suggest looking at one when you can, they are a work of art....all tuned lengths, stainless steel and twisted up like a bunch of bananas. So this was the engine in a state to produce more than the gti6 lump, bearing in mind I also dont need a cat converter. Next up was how to best put the fuel and air into the engine, obviously the rubbish restrictive plastic inlet was straight on the pile of rubbish and a pair of practically brand new R1 throttle bodies ordered, complete with fuel rail, injectors, TPS etc etc. Manifold was easy to sort, I used an MI16 manifold cut down then respaced the bodies to suit. result is a set of bodies that mount very close to the head at the correct angle to clear the bonnet and also gave me the easy option of using a standard mi16 fuel rail and regulator. So that was basically the air control side sorted, next up was injectors, I set about my research again and eventually come up with the correct size injectors, a set of 249cc injectors from a VAG turbo engine. So all this assembled and put in the car there is only one thing left to make it run, ECU. the reason Im here... Just got hold of an MS1 on PCB3 with extra coil driver. Im going to run a wasted spark system on the engine using the peugeot 60-2 flywheel and VR sensor which I will no doubt require lots of help with. tongue.gif
heres a few pics of the car being built.
The filters are only there temporary until I find the correct ram pipes.
Its now at the stage where it just needs an auxillary drivebelt and the tubing for the map sensor. Im collecting both of these parts tomorrow and then fingers crossed she will fire up. Ive been testing everything today, all sensors are reporting as they should, cant test the VR sensor so just hoping its OK, fuel pump primes with ignition on etc. I'll no doubt report back tomorrow either asking whats wrong and reporting a success.
