Jon White Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Havnt you got that running yet???? You've had another 4 days on it and all it looks like you've done is bolt a couple of hoses on! Get on with it!!!! Petrol's gonna be £2 a litre by time you get that on the road...... Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B reg 90 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Update required..... or are you just to distracted driving round and round and round with a silly grin on your face and therefore to busy to tell us all about it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Will you be delivering my diff in it on thursday Nige? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 4 hours alone today on a Tig-A-Thon welding up the air housing. Have new radiator, and new base mountings, have to redo the cowling and top mounts and the Oil Cooler, and new SPAL 16" monster fan, and a load more Pics to follow and yes your 4 pin is being delivered via a BMW Diesel There, I have said the "D" Word Oh God.... Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 and yes your 4 pin is being delivered via a BMW Diesel There, I have said the "D" Word Oh God.... Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 He's obviously coming round to the dark side . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 I like to think of it more that "I experience both ends of the fuel spectrum " Anyway TIGaTHON Pic of air box coupler by request Bear in mind I am not a good TIG welder, TIG is ferking difficult, and I am learning learning learning this was a huge pratice session for me, and I had every chance to b*gger it up, so quite pleased with the result so far, have to make the 2 x covers yet, so more time on this bit alone Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Are you done yet Nige? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Arrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhh To many things happening meant I have been unable to crack on with the 90 and the new V8 But, having knocked a load of these things off the list (thansk SWMBO ) I have now got back on track before this turns into a F vapour Build Ait box had a tig-a-thon on its a**e and a day later saw it fitted, pics later So, next is / was the radiator, everything left pretty much revolves around the rad, - the fan, the oil coller, the remote the hoses, the coil pack, etc etc etc So, last 2 days have been fettling a rad into place, new rad, same as before with some changes. The radiator is now stiing on new chassis mounts moved backwards due to going from V to serp V8, and then a "Tray" has been fitted so the rad sits on this and a "Top Plate" clamps down from the chalenge wings (cut off all old mountings remake new), this way the rad is "Sandwiched" between to plates and then the fan and oil cooler can be mounted to these, otherwise, if the rad moved the top mounting of the fan / oil cooler and bottom would try to tear themselves apart The rad mountings are 6mm bolts cut off heads, and the mounting drilled and tapped for 6mm, the "Stump" welded in, and then linished off flat at the back, this way I have 4 x 6mm stumps that the fan locates on, fan flush to radiator and then washers and nuts to secure, fan covers a vast amount of the rad So, tray in place some thin angle and shapey bracketry took place, it will all have to come apart for welding up (just tacked at the moment in places) but sems good oil cooler is also rubber mounted Fan is a SPAL 16" tech specs shows it shifts more air than the twin 15" kenlowes it replaces Si R gave me a nice new "Colour Coded" Plug for the radiator - FFS if you have a plastic one - bin it and buy an X-Eng one, Blue cos it had to be Iinit and fitted in hole cut into top plate as for some odd reason the rad was built with it in the other end (I didn't say which end 50/50 chance I get it back wrong Rad is now mounted as is Oil cooler and Fan, tomm maybe will be the rear fan cowling ....... Its back on And yes, fabrication takes ages Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Nice work Nige You thinking of putting a small fan in front/behind the oil cooler? Where it is, if you are off-road and doing low speed it will hardly have any effect... unless you have any other fans of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off Road Toad Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Good work Barker Today i have succesfully managed to start the Tedious 5 so the 'race' is very much on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 You thinking of putting a small fan in front/behind the oil cooler? Where it is, if you are off-road and doing low speed it will hardly have any effect... unless you have any other fans of course The oil cooler is on the front face of his radiator and he has a huge fan drawing air through from the inside .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Pic 4 seems to say different..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Freak Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Pic 4 seems to say different..... I think Mr Barker also has a large yellow viscous fan thingy attached to the engine on the other side pulling air through..... Or at least he did on his old setup! Maybe that's what he is referring to and the fan in pic 4 is the additional electric fan for when super cooling and gale force engine movements are required.... Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Pic 4 seems to say different..... check his post higher up the page here: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=59210&view=findpost&p=589761 He mentions the oil cooler is going in front of the rad - and posts a pic showing the viscous fan inside the engine bay. Also in the pics he just posted you can see the winch in front of the rad with the electric fan and the curve of the 'wings' show the front end of the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Ah yes, you are right, except about the yellow whizzy thing, it's black Not gonna be able to hear the lovely V8 over all the jet-engine-like fan noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Not gonna be able to hear the lovely V8 over all the jet-engine-like fan noise So its going to sound like a Jap pickup then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Optimal solution would probably be to make a cowling around the whole lot and attach the fan to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 A Cowling for a 3.9 fan & Viscous is going on, then the sides are going to be blocked up so air HAS to go through rad / cooler / fans etc, and not nip around the sides . Cooler may have fanns too, time will tell, unsure if I have room, ...... Cowling next........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 So a fan behind a fan? Not sure how much that'll help you to be honest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Fan's either side or rad is fine. They don't see each other through the fins. It's a simple fix for a bit of cooler boosting. I would think the oil cooler will also be okay, as only low engine power will be needed at low speed? Outer electric fan is likely to be noisy, but they seem less harsh on the ears the bigger they get. My 8" spal is evil ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Freak Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I think Bowie is right though.. All that wooshing from the Viscous is gonna drown out the engine... I think he's ruined it personally.... I'll take it off his hands to stop him from being so dissapointed.... Neil (Coat, hat.... On my way out the door....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yeah Gods and Christ on a Bike I actually got to touch to 90 today FINALLY, SWMBO said several words in September "New & Kitchen & Now" were 3 of the most memorable, so hence the lack of progress To be honest I had also reached the "Sick of the sight" of it as well, so the break (I thought ) would do me good. So, with SWBMO out all weekend shopping, today saw a refreshed and enthused restart on finsihing it off - and, as I said to my 4x4 Neighbour "Its mainly just some fiddly fabrication left now" ............... as always I completely forget and underestimate how long "Fabrication Takes" So, one whole day at it and an unbeliveably small amount done. Finsihed the rad mounting LHS RHS Tops and drilled taped etc and finish the Cowling mounts top and bottom Top hose sorted, much rummaging snipping and shortening bit by bit by bit, then profiling the cowling to get it to fit neater and then the next step was / is still the Twin Coil Packs and their mountings WAPITFA they have been, With all the variants of the Megasquirt Coil Pack Mountings I sell, I thought something would fit with a mild tweak, oh, no not a hope. The 4.0V8 Narrow type front end, and the alternator cranked further inwards to the centre of the engine, and the top Hose and the JED Special larger trumpet base, and Bigger JED Plenum gives a wide selection of burger all room. Also the packs with the leads have to be quite a fair bit lower than the plenum as the bonnet room drops height wise as it comes forward MUCH fiddling 1st 2nd 4rd and 4th attempts ended with them having flying lessons around the workshop, but finally 5th attempt sees me with me finally having 2 x coils mounted, superpiggin' tight but with clearance and although they are fixed + holding the packs in a fixed position both will need bracing with an additional mounting each, But frankly I have just had a guts full of it today, I can't belive how long I have fiddled with the mountings and how little I have to show for the effort More hopefully tommorrow - and Yes the Oil filler can be unscrewed - just Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Today seems to have been "O fergawdssakeday" "Just need to finish the Coil Pack Brackets" I said And that about all I did today, 8 hours worth of welding, fabbing, grinding, drilling painting But, I have 2 x coil pack mountings all sorted So, if anyone needs a Pair of Coil Pack Mountings for a 1985 V8 90 with a JED 5.2 V8 then I have prototypes sure to be a high volume top seller But Happy with the final brackets, absloute swines to sort Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 You got special whizzy wireless HT leads then too Nige? They look quite nifty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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