Update. Oilsandwich in. Was a hell to fit. No room under the inlet, and with the thermoblock fitted, the oil filter rubbed the enginemount.
This was yesterday, today I fitted a new oilfilter


What the car looks like now




Hose on boys




I also changed the plugs, looks like I need a bigger fifth injector before the trackday.



Does this look like a "legal" mount ?

 

Mounted the catchtank today. Also tried the cossie headertank, but the connections was too big.






Found a ok place to fit the tank, just turned the top around to get the connections right

Hoses hoses



KSR got a strange way to "match" parts

 

FMCN.no had a trackday at Vĺlerbanen in norway this sunday.
We, a friend and myself, attended with the is-turbo and had a blast.

First time on track, and with the track soaked in water it was quite a challange. Really good fun all day, and with the new section making the track 3.3km long, everyone seemed to have their hands full.

About half way thru the vid the passangerseat broke, and my mate almost sat in the backseat

End result: Broken headgasket and wobble-brakes. Everything else held up nicely.

Camera didn't have a "backlight" setting, so you can't really see the track in the first heat.

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=J0NRAH4P

 

I have been thinking what ECU I should use when I'm getting a turbo to my own OHC. I read that you are using original EEC-IV with extra injectors and that's one way I have been considering, because there is good ECUs for controlling extra injectors available with pretty low prize too. But I have been reading some people having problems with the ignition timing when they are using turbo and Ford's EEC-IV, what is causing "knocking" in the engine.

Is your ignition timing as like it is from factory, or have you done some tweaking to it, to get it adjusted?

 

TBH I have no idea whatsoever. Since the headgasket gone, I was thinking of upgrading with some bits and pieces

 

Ok. I have been reading some Finnish Ford Forums and they say that there is some "octane adjust" system in iS Sierras, where there is three different wires and grounding them delays the ignition with 2, 4 or 6 degrees. That's maybe something what I'm looking for. The problem with Ford's EEC-IV is that you can't really manually adjust the base timing of ignition from the distributor itself, ECU always "corrects" the timing to the values it is configured for.

OR... I may also go to Megasquirt.

 

Yep think I will go for megasquirt or haltech myself

 

After Vĺlerbanen we had to change the headgasket. Here's some pictures






Kitty helps me sooo much




Head's out

Gooooone

The headgasket didn't have any visual damages, I don't like

New Gr.a gasket on. Didn't take a pic after we fitted the head, but it's on

More to come tomorrow

 

Almost there now. Need a new thermostat, new fuelhoses, new hoseclips/clamp(worng word I guess) and some new bolts.

 

Well.. If you need a laugh, this is the thread and the day.

Almost done with the head gasket-swap, a mate was about to mount the waterhose under the inletmanifold. And there we found a faulty hose.. just where all the water was fizzing out when it cooked.. when all the water dissapeared... when we thought the head gasket was fu***d..

You'll get the hint, MOST likely not head gasket.. just a waterhose.. Great At least I now got a Gr.a gasket

 

Dooooone. Tried to fire it up yesterday but the sparkplugs, as you with memory might recall, don't like to stay un-used for weeks like it's been now.

Rushed to work where I used to have a spare-pair(rhyme :P), but my boss had sent them back

I got some original apr6fs, but don't want to start the car just for the starting.. I'm certain that I would've been too tempted to drive it.

So, first thing monday I'm getting a ten-pack ap8fs from work, and will be starting the damn thing up

 

Yet again, the car is foooked.

After changing about everything, sure felt like it, I finally got it started this morning.

Noticed it didn't pull as it should, but it has always been a bit the first 5min.

After work I drove to a mate of mine, just a few miles.
Car got no power, just jumps like a fuelcut and won't pick up speed. When the turbo finally comes it sounds different, like escaping boost. But haven't checked it with startgas yet.

When I got home, drove took about 5mins or so, it smells like burnt oil. So I popped the hood...









Bright red manifold, exhaust turbine and the first 10cm downpipe.. God damn it was soo hot. Oilsmoke for five mins after it turned back to it's original colour :S

Also got pops and bangs while enginebreaking. See movie. I'm thinking timing, but could it bee so easy ?
(sorry for the bad english. Hope you understand)

 

Soo.. The car been dynoed, and I've been surpriced.

Car pulled 218.5hp @ 4962rpm and 363.9nm @ 3267rpm.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fERSKAW6xT4

 

That wasn't too bad bet it's fun in the wet

 

good figures

 

I'm really happy with the figures

 

Bought myself a '91 sierra estate yesterday. It will get all the engine and suspension bits from the IS swappet sometime during the winter

 

Did some detailing on my new sierra today. Just some light handpolishing with Autoglyms Paint Renovator and Super Resin Polish


hello

Before

Side

Headlights got a makeover

reflections

reflections

Paint's as smooth as ice

 

Fine! Is this a T3 Garret, isn't it?
I like the iS much more than the SW.

 

yep 2wd T3 turbo

I've gotten second thoughts towards the sw. Not sure what I'm going to do

 

Well, think we'll stop the thread here with a sad-looking picture

I want to thank everyone who participated and helped throughout this thread, and welcome you all to the new project-thread which I will post later.



Thanks again,
Anders Kverneng

 

Oh dear, looks like another i.s. to the graveyard. I regret scrapping mine so much, i haven't seen another one since.

 

Soo... What's happening with this?

What's sad? I just see a lot snow, my car also looks like that sometimes. But doesn't it just mean that clean the snow off and get driving.

What's the plan? It's sad if a good car goes to waste.

 

Nothing major has happened to it, I just want to change the piston-rings and do a general service, so it's in shape when I up the boost when summer comes

The car itself got a bit of rust, and generally somewhat over the top of it's lifespan, so I will dismiss it for a saph body I get cheap from a mate.

So, all the parts will get refurbed and painted, and boltet on to the saph. New manifold is ordered, inlet is being made and additional intercooler etc. will come in a few months.

I would've driven it, but the lack of proper wintertires gives me no option. And that might not be a bad thing remembering it got a welded diff

 

Ok, if the body isn't completely rusted I bet it isn't too hard to sell it.

There's nothing what a little bit of welding wouldn't fix.

 

Do you want to sell the boot spoiler?
Sad to see the mk1 go to waste, but the sapph, although not as nice to look at, is the better car to drive, feels more solid due to the rear bulkhead no doubt.

 

It isn't rusty, but it doesn't have the front crossmember anymore(cut away) and the mounts for the ARB is messed up. Just some of the reasons

You can have it if I get it off in one piece. It weight's a fricking ton, so don't know what it will cost to send tho.

Totally agreeing with you, my former saph cos. felt so much firmer and ridgit(sp)
And, cosworth rear interior fits without any mods