thought it was about time for an update!
after a few months of inactivity due to being away with work, ive had this week off and have cracked on, on monday i ordered a load of parts, ashley 4 branch manifold, new airfilter, load of silicone hoses, boost gauge and a new 5th injector (more on that later...), and picked up a ton of various hoses, clips, joiners, etc locally. spent most of the week faffing about waiting on everything but got the last parcel yesterday afternoon and got to it! got it started at about 2.30am this morning and fuck me it sounds good! :dd:
rather than going through everything the basic spec is now as follows:
eaton m45 from mercedes c200k on DIY made mounts, 5pk2060 belt.
escort RS turbo intercooler
microdynamics PIC5 5th injector setup
FSE fuel pressure regulator
ashley 4 branch 'competition' manifold
magnex 2.25" s/s exhaust from fiesta RS turbo (obviously modified)
bosch recirculating dumpvalve (from some form of audi)
pipercross foam filter
shitloads of silicone
ive also fitted an innovate MTX-L wideband, obviously to help me set it up.
so this morning i calibrated the wideband, and before heading off in a blaze of black smoke and borewash i double checked hoses etc and thought id test the 5th injector, as it was an unknown second hand ebay part, as the original that came with the kit (also used) wasnt working. sure enough, neither does the replacement. im unsure if its the injector thats faulty or just whether the voltages from the controller arnt right for that particular injector. either way, a spare beige injector from a 2.0 mondeo i broke a while back works fine when rigged up so ive decided to use that instead. fitting it isnt straight forward, after a bit of head scratching ive basiclly chopped the end off the mondeo fuel rail and will use that with a few tweaks. it wont be particularly pretty but aslong as it works and will be safe (not leak fuel) thats all im bothered about. hopefully ill get that squared away tomorrow and can start setting it up.
will get pictures and a little video later in the week as im waiting for a new phone.