G60 Conversion
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RichG said
pazwaa said
Possibly a daft question, but what is a fluid damper?
Matt
Good question
On the crank of a G60 there is a harmonic damper which balances out the crank and reduces vibrations and resonance from the G60 supercharger.
I couldn't rescue mine so fitted an alloy pulley from Bartek. I've heard that in the long run this may cause stress on the crank.
The fluid damper is a pulley with an inertia ring inside surrounded by silicone fluid and laser welded shut. When the engine is rotating the interia ring helps balance out the vibration o the crank assembly.
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The reduction in vibration is dramatic, hardly anything at all now with genuine mounts all round.
I got busy making up my supercharger bypass pipe, I couldn't fit my bartek kit as the radiator is very close to the boost return outlet. I bought a metre of stainless 1.5mm 40mm pipe and I had some 3mm stainless plate. I used the blanking plate I had as a template and cut the same in the 3mm plate, hard work on stainless this thick
I carefully cut the stainless pipe at an angle that would clear the radiator, pretty much as extreme as I could make it without it overlapping the plate. I then stainless mig welded it in place and a local engineers firm tig welded it for me.
Check out how close it is to the radiator but does the job and reduces the engine noise dramatically.
Oh and sorted out a gearbox Needs a jolly good clean
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jellybelly said
blimey theres a few pipes in that engine bay
Yeah I know what your saying lol, the g60 was never a pretty engine bay and with the boost pipe system going back to standard with uprated gear it takes up a lot of space.
Definitely opportunities to reroute and tidy up in the future
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Cheers
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Your missing the speedo sensor (like the one shown in the link). If you have one of those you unscrew the electrical connector off the top and the cable screws on in its place
http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/tranny_fluid_change.html
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MR_LONG said
CTN box. Is that the one from a Mk3 diesel? I've gone with an ASD but I think the CTN is meant to have slightly better ratios.
Your missing the speedo sensor (like the one shown in the link). If you have one of those you unscrew the electrical connector off the top and the cable screws on in its place
http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/tranny_fluid_change.html
Yes that's right from a diesel. Managed to get it for a good price without scene tax
Thanks for the link. I will get one of those. Might even have one spare in my CDA 02 box.
I want to make sure this box doesn't shed its paint after 5 mins. Last box I cleaned pretty well and acid etch primed it, then aluminium coloured paint.
Perhaps the paint was the problem. I did the rocker cover and inlet manifold the same way but with vw reflex silver and that's holding up.
Anyone have any tips on this?
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I've been thinking about doing the same on mine but I've probably got less space than you :/.
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daniboy123 said
Nice work on the charger boost return pipe! Do you think there will be any issues with contact between the pipe and radiator due to engine movement?
I've been thinking about doing the same on mine but I've probably got less space than you :/.
Hi Chap,
I rev'd the engine a few times and it rocks backwards towards the windscreen away from the radiator The pipe does have a slight notch in it which is under the silicon pipe so it's more forgiving.
I can now hear the fuel pump under the rear bench now its quieter Might need to quieten that down
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Be here now said
Very nice mate love the work you've put into it liking ya bypass pipe I'm planning on doing the same but in ally
Cheers chap, the main boost return pipe is alloy. The charger section is only 4 inches long and I chose stainless because if I used alloy the outlet plate would need to be at least 10mm thick to not distort with the heat welding.
I only had a gap of 35mm so stainless was a no brainer as I could have a smaller outlet plate of 3mm.
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I've plumbed in the ISV and removed the filter so it's now back to stock:
I also ported my custom boost return outlet as I thought it might be a bit restrictive.
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Le Castellet's with alloy centres polished up?
Or BBS Sebring alloys in anthracite?
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Sebring's in standard silver (couldn't tint them anthracite for some reason)
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Volvo T5, just for fun.
3.1Ltr V6 Dutton Leggera, just for fun.
Renault 5 GT Turbo, just a money pit!
Several boring cars, just no fun!
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