robertinho
Post #1
Hello everybody,it's my first post here, sorry for my poor english, but let's try...
I'm doing some modifications on my 97' ZX 16v, here in Brazil it's called Dakar.
I'm chasing pure performance, it explain the turbo choice
this is like it was, 6 months ago
the first step was the exhaust manifold, made in stainless steel, in order to use a big turbo we decided to fit the turbo in the battery's
original location.
due to manifold's size it is divided in 2 parts, easy maintenance too.
this was the firt stage of the project, the worst, 4 months to conclude,
next step: front mount intercooler, 3" pipes, 3" downpipe, 3" exhaust
http://www.belquip.com/produto/1043
then the car finally was going to my mechanic.
we passed a lot of night working on the car, new seals, bearing, belts, rings, oil pump, water pump, etc... changing everyhing possible in order to garantee a lit bit more of security.
I didn't know yet, but there was a lot of mistakes on the exhaust manifold, it was the main reason of my problems,
firt, i couldn't use the water pipe localizated on the back side of the engine, the pipe that circulates water trough thermostatic valve, i needed to isolate that pipe and the litle gate on the radiator, eliminating the thermostatic valve.
second, the wastegate was too close of the water entrance, we need to make a new one, we used the opel vectra's flange.
when the engine was opened and dismantled we tryed to upgrade every single details, as head's flow, manifold's flow, more press on the oil sump, etc...
some pics of the extense work.
we done all the turbo work of pass new fuel lines, turbo oil catch and return, air boost / vacum lines, etc
a ugraded fuel pump fitted in tank fills an external surge tank and from this surge 2 external fuel pumps sends the alcool to the engine.
fuel press is regulated by a HPI regulator, increases the fuel press acording manifold's boost.
(red one near the right headlamp)
the car uses a alfa 164's oil radiator, fitted on the foglight housing.
on the suspension i'm using eibach springs, upgrades original shock (40%+ harder), superior town sway bar, P.U inferior.
Here in Brazil we don't have any upgrade to our car, so we need to develop EVERYTHING!
EBC TGD Brakes discs, Fiat Marea Turbo's EBC yellow stuff pads (perfect mount, bigger contact area) aeroquip lines, DOT 5.1 fluid.
ceramic clutch, 1200 lbs to support the new torque
well, this is my little project, it's not ready, this we i'm going to make a dyno run to calibrates the car. using perfect power smt6
this is how the car is actually,
when i remember more details i'll report here, any questions i'll try to explain!
Posted 8th Mar 2009 at 20:41
tidy work!
,and your english is alot better than most british members! 
(but it's hell of a fun 
)
