Turbo/Manifold support on T2

I fixed a block-bottom plate leak with some silicone sealer, like the roll pins in the GTA drive shafts. It has held up fine over 2,000 miles. No need to take it all apart, just make sure it is as clean as possible before application.

Be carefull when you take out and refit the T2 gearbox because the clutch release bearing is located by an easy to snap off expensive fork arm you must be carefull and make sure that you've unhooked the release bearing when the gearbox starts too seperate or else . Just lift the clutch arm bit up as you slide it back slowly and it will unhook from the release bearing I'm not sure what turbo your using but i just used 2x standard turbo support brackets at the same time and never had a proplem with turbo movement on mine

Gearbox out and back in, all for the gearbox support bracket, (and Turbo supports)
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Four EGT sensors in on the manifolds One of the ideas with these is with the use of four water injectors in the inlet manifold, The EGT gauge will give readings/warnings of a blocked w-i jet and egt's on all four cylinders
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New silencer? on together with some pipework and charge cooler (Still to be plumbed in)
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Screamer pipe to the left & tail pipe to the right Still to be started up yet
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Start it up then Father Bling .Looks very professionally done

Looks good, how does it sound....... and go?

[stephendell]

Would you like to come and run it at the Prescott Hill Climb on 27th May? (French Marques Day)

Just started it up and it sounds OK, LOUD!!!!!! the turbo is very audible through the tail pipe? only thing it seems to be doing wrong is idling high-ish, just under 2000rpm, norm is about 1500rpm???? just wondering if the vacuum hoses are on right? would this cause a high idle???? im using one of those Turbosmart boost controllers same as DG sells.

Bling Lee it must be a Taylor thing i was tempted to get all the shiney bits done black. ill see. Prescott would be good Stephen but theres still a lot to do and a holiday before then, so not sure?

Steve
5t's when tuned to the n'th often idle high, mine (low tune) is happiest at 2200, then nothing happens to 4000, then all shit lets loose til 7500.

WHO NEEDS LESS THAN 2K RPM ANYWAY

One thing that does worry me a bit is the turbo oil return hose, with the g-box support bracket on, the oil pipe isnt on a really steep incline its aiming down all the way,but before the bracket its JUST on a downward incline Should be OK???

Steve
5t's when tuned to the n'th often idle high, mine (low tune) is happiest at 2200, then nothing happens to 4000, then all shit lets loose til 7500.

WHO NEEDS LESS THAN 2K RPM ANYWAY

(low tune) then all shit lets loose til 7500. Low Tune

Steve
5t's when tuned to the n'th often idle high, mine (low tune) is happiest at 2200, then nothing happens to 4000, then all shit lets loose til 7500.

WHO NEEDS LESS THAN 2K RPM ANYWAY

(low tune) then all shit lets loose til 7500. Low Tune

Well lowish , hear that there a couple of German 'boys' who are running their engines (happily) to 8250rpm But I think some very serious amount of euros has been spent to get them up this high.

Yours looking very very good though, puts my very 80's look to shame

only thing it seems to be doing wrong is idling high-ish, just under 2000rpm, norm is about 1500rpm???? just wondering if the vacuum hoses are on right? would this cause a high idle???? ?

Well, on your car the throttle is before the turbo - on the old turbo the compressor wheel and housing would have created more of a restriction, now you have my larger turbo with the bigger comp wheel and housing there is more air going through on idle....

Could be one reason, or a hundred others