Intercooled Tourneo Mk5

[dieselhead123]

Good to see that you are still at it Tim. I presume that you`re not fitting alloys for North Weald with all that diesel exhaust sh*t flying about.
Be good to meet up again mate for some Waitrose scran.

I think the alloys will be off for Weald mate, don't want to wear out my road tires
I'll have some Tesco value burgers waiting for you at the south coast meet if you can make it mate

Stay safe fella,

TIM

[dieselhead123]

And remember lads, if you are running against the Chucklebus at Weald,

you might want to select the left hand lane

TIM

[ColinJack]

And remember lads, if you are running against the Chucklebus at Weald,

you might want to select the left hand lane

TIM

[MinorMatt]

Surely that depends if they are faster or not?

BTW I expect you to beat my best time, especially if you have the little mod we discussed earlier fitted. If you can't do it I will be disappointed!

[limitedblack]

http://youtu.be/QoAbuHbuJZ0

[g-man]

And remember lads, if you are running against the Chucklebus at Weald,

you might want to select the left hand lane

TIM

gasmask time

[bigman328]

any more progress on this beast yet Tim??

[dieselhead123]

any more progress on this beast yet Tim??

Hi there Bigman, sorry for the late response.

Not done much with the Chucklebus since Transitmania 2013 apart from fitting a larger chargecooler pump and a genuine Ford locking fuel cap, (should improve reliability ).

Spent the time just driving it about and enjoying the van
I am sure that like me, many of you were concerned by the 'reliability issues' raised by some forum members that have suggested a tuned Di would not last long, so the last 10,000 miles have been a 'durability test', culminating in the North Weald drag racing meet.

Safe to say it is as reliable as a Volkswagen

TIM

[bigman328]

any more progress on this beast yet Tim??

Hi there Bigman, sorry for the late response.

Not done much with the Chucklebus since Transitmania 2013 apart from fitting a larger chargecooler pump and a genuine Ford locking fuel cap, (should improve reliability ).

Spent the time just driving it about and enjoying the van
I am sure that like me, many of you were concerned by the 'reliability issues' raised by some forum members that have suggested a tuned Di would not last long, so the last 10,000 miles have been a 'durability test', culminating in the North Weald drag racing meet.

Safe to say it is as reliable as a Volkswagen

TIM

awsome!! lol, well i have one identical to that even the exact same colour! and OVIOUSLY i want to give it some more beans thus ill be eyeing this thread closely! ( no not going to copy, but this has DEFINTELY giving me food for thought!!!

[dieselhead123]

Finally some more progress

I have never been happy with the 'bodged together' inlet manifold and after a long search managed to get hold of an early Di turbo one, this will feed in along the rear of the engine bay providing a more direct route and improving access to the injectors.

The intake hose attachment was far too small for the connecting hose so a hole was cut in the manifold and a section of 70mm ally tube welded in;





The threaded sections of ally round bar welded onto the manifold are for connecting pipes for the boost adjuster and the injection pump Manifold Pressure Compensator.

Now let's see what it is like to fit with the IP in place

TIM

[ColinJack]

Finally some more progress

Now let's see what it is like to fit with the IP in place

TIM

Nice!

[kalkat]

Who did the ally welding on that Tim- and was it mig or tig?

[Mr RVM]

Who did the ally welding on that Tim- and was it mig or tig?

TIG (you can tell by the bead pattern, looks similar to oxy/acet and basically uses the same Technique/Manipulation)

[kalkat]

I thought that it was, but have seen some mig joints rhat were pretty similar. They were done by spotting one fillet after the other.

[dieselhead123]

Well spotted people, TIG indeed.

Not my handiwork I am afraid

The chap responsible does a fair bit of Ally and Stainless work and some quality polishing

TIM