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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

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    now tha battary tray hits the inlet manifold no matter where i put it ..and luckily enough these came in right and left hand drive and the sides of the engine bay are the same ....so i moved it to the drivers side...trimmed a corner off to move it back a bit (dont worry about the booster as i dont have brakes yet but i am planning on cylinder bolted to the fire wall and run a remote booster)
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    and the air filter.....i made a head shelf
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    hole cut for filter adapter
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    filter in
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    also had to clearance the grill for the filter and oil cooler
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    works well ......cant see much at all
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    unless you look hard
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    intake pipe for the turbo
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    and the engine bay is starting to look much fuller..just got to mount over flow tank and washer bottle and breather tank on the passneger side.
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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    i made a list today of what needs doing and its huge....man its huge.

    so i decide to try and finalize each part as i go...

    so 1st up was the fuel supply .

    i finished welding the pump mount face up.
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    the tank needs to sit lower in the car so the pump has room under the floor and doesn't get squashed ...i worked out it need to sit about 40mm lower.and lucky for me i have some 40x40 so i cut some the length's of the rubber tank pads and welded them on and then glued the pads onto them.
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    the filler neck needed to be extended as well
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    the end of the filler is stuffed
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    so i cut from a spare tank.......yes 40mm longer
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    that was welded on and even tho i trust my welds i also learn from my mistakes so i took the time to seal all welded areas and check for pump clearance ..i also put the factory sender unit back in with the feed pipe cut and bent over
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    the tank straps needed to be made longer .
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    so did the tank strap bolts.
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    fuel pump back in for the last time..breather run to the filler neck.. fuel feed and external filter added and a short fuel return....these will go to the hard pipes once they turn up and are made.
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    and the tank all mounted
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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    next up was the thermostat housing replacement

    because i don't have a thermostat and i wasn't sure what rad i would end up using i thought i would just grab a Davies Craig 90 bend and just make the base out of 10mm alloy. ..i drilled all the holes about and tapped them all so i can have adjustment if needed.......didnt drill all the way through....lol

    but thats that done and the top hose should nice and easy ....apart from needed the turbo water out runnig into it as well.
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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    next was to finish off the dizzy/trigger 2/home signal .

    so the shaft is pinto with pinto cog... the dizzy housing is xf falcon with a home made bush and the small tab on the side drilled and slotted so i can bolt it down to the block.. made and welded a mount on for the 63mm 36-1 trigger wheel i had cut. (i have also had a mate test this for me and the signal works well..

    so i made a small bracket for the cheer hall effect sensor to hold it and brace it.
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    all the parts
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    bracket screwed on
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    made a alloy mount for the sensor (thanks mate josh for the tap to thread it)
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    all mounted in place
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    having a few beers with nismo_capri and he designed and printed me a 3d cap for it.
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    all complete and finished
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    and bolted on
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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    I'm speculating here - do you have a crank toothed wheel as well? If not shouldn't this wheel have two missing teeth 180 deg apart as the dizzy will be rotating at 1/2 engine speed so at present it'll only see the gap once every two crank revolutions? Nice fabrication BTW!

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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    Quote Originally Posted by katana View Post
    I'm speculating here - do you have a crank toothed wheel as well? If not shouldn't this wheel have two missing teeth 180 deg apart as the dizzy will be rotating at 1/2 engine speed so at present it'll only see the gap once every two crank revolutions? Nice fabrication BTW!
    yes I have a crank trigger as well just havnt made the mount for it yet..
    this is just the home signal trigger.
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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    I’m loving that trigger wheel in the dizzy.

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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    Quote Originally Posted by beeRS View Post
    I’m loving that trigger wheel in the dizzy.
    Yeah - its a neat and tidy solution but the only thing to watch out for is the always present backlash in the drive gears! Not so critical when points and electronic triggers were around but digital EFI really likes precise, regular pulses and possible backlash of 5 degrees = 1/2 a tooth gap in timing terms, hence why most wheels are direct onto the crankshaft.

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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    yes ..and I do have a crank trigger as well .
    .we have tested the single from this trigger wheel and it's a strong clear signal..i understand the backlash..and I think it will be fine.the ecu allows for a lot of minor tweaking...and if it hadn't been for lack of room to move I could have used a sierra dizzy with hall effect as the single ....but had to make something and and I never had any issue's with them in the past..
    but it's not saying it's not something I think about ....there will be a lot of testing and changing with this setup as I don't know if its been done before.....


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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    Begs the question - why a multi tooth wheel in the dizzy? With a crank trigger, the sync only needs one event signal to indicate where #1 is? Most basic I ever got away with was 4 tooth crank and 1 tooth camshaft - full sequential LOL!

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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    oh yeah man I could have made it very simple..and saved myself some brain cells lol.
    but I had the small trigger made for another lro8i didn't end up using it on and If I'm honest I enjoy just trying for my self.
    I could have just gone with a crank trigger aswell but I also wanted a 2nd trigger/home single..so I can run sequential injection and direct spark..


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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    quick question about water outlet - why not just remove stat and use std outlet 90 deg ?

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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    Quote Originally Posted by alladdin View Post
    quick question about water outlet - why not just remove stat and use std outlet 90 deg ?
    mainly because I had a couple of radiators at home to choose from and the 1 I ended up using has the top hose on the opposite side to the cortina radiator.
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    and I had a few Davis craig fitting left over from other projects..


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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    Quote Originally Posted by d.p.n.s View Post
    mainly because I had a couple of radiators at home to choose from and the 1 I ended up using has the top hose on the opposite side to the cortina radiator.
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    and I had a few Davis craig fitting left over from other projects..
    sorry, i didnt twig that it had reversed direction

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    Re: mk3 cortina parts car turned turbo pinto build

    Quote Originally Posted by alladdin View Post
    sorry, i didnt twig that it had reversed direction
    that's all good mate.
    and by making the base plate like that I can now turn it 360° to any direction I need.
    I will do the bottom plate the same...where the water pump use to be.


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