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Crash's Jezebel in for a Rebuild-Rebuilding an e46 S54 UPDATE on page 26
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Crash_Nemesis
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So... New pulley on.
I drove the car tonight, I still have the old basefile tune on, which is overfueling like crazy, I got 60km off R200. lol. The tune is meant to be rich for safety reasons while we do AFR readings, but as you know, we were not getting proper boost, so we couldn't do proper AFR's.
That being said, the boost gauge now reads 4psi at 8000rpm. So, yes, We now HAVE BOOST. Now we can do AFR's and get rid of this BASE file that is ruining my fuel consumption.
Car pulls pretty well. Actually really well. Now we can start tuning and checking air intake temps. We have the meth kit ready, that will go in next I guess.
The smaller wheel which was just installed by the legendary A1exander is a 2.82" pulley. But we have a 2.62" Pulley sitting in my garage which Burg brought in. I am so tempted to slap that on now. :fencelook:
That even smaller pulley should give us 7psi. Boost is definitely addictive.
My only quarrel I have with the car is that this f***ing blow off valve is loud. Jeez. Ridiculously loud. Will need to figure out how to quieten her down. You'll hear me coming ten kilometers away.
First kill of the night was some kid in a modded Scirocco R. I presume it was modded because it had stickers on it. Must be at least 25wkw there because of the stickers. :fencelook:
Anyway, on the PVT test track, near Camaro onramp, this Scirocco joins the road in the far lane, he's gently cruising along, so am I. I'm in 6th gear, cruise control on. I'm watching him. I know his kind, I know what is coming. Suddenly he sees me, and BOOM, he gears down, jumps across two lanes and flies right past me, obviously trying to bait me.
I bite, naturally... I want to see what this car can do. I've seen way too many videos and stories of Scirroco R's beating e46 M3's. So, I give chase... and reel him in pretty quickly... and Jezebel is biting at his exhaust pipes. He moves over... I pass easily, but dump the blow off valve right next to him just to see if I might be able to deafen the poor sod. I'm sure I saw him shit himself...
We go again, and same thing, I easily pull ahead until stupid speeds arrive. I can feel the car pull back on timing as I shift through the gears. Tune file is not happy. I slow down, guy pulls up next to me, gives me thumbs up.
And then I relax... no more testing. Got to get the tune right. I'm excited to see what the car has to offer.
A1exander and burgy, you gentlemen have built a good car. I'm sure she's got tonnes more to give...
Thanks again Peter for the epic help.
PS. I changed out my power steering pump at ZF yesterday. Turns out the car actually had an aftermarket no name brand pump on from the previous owner. Peter invented new swear words installing the new pump today. But I tell you, the difference this pump has made in the steering feeling is like night and day. I cannot believe I drove this car thinking I actually had power steering for 2 years. This is such a pleasure to drive now.
More to come.
:thumbs:
I drove the car tonight, I still have the old basefile tune on, which is overfueling like crazy, I got 60km off R200. lol. The tune is meant to be rich for safety reasons while we do AFR readings, but as you know, we were not getting proper boost, so we couldn't do proper AFR's.
That being said, the boost gauge now reads 4psi at 8000rpm. So, yes, We now HAVE BOOST. Now we can do AFR's and get rid of this BASE file that is ruining my fuel consumption.
Car pulls pretty well. Actually really well. Now we can start tuning and checking air intake temps. We have the meth kit ready, that will go in next I guess.
The smaller wheel which was just installed by the legendary A1exander is a 2.82" pulley. But we have a 2.62" Pulley sitting in my garage which Burg brought in. I am so tempted to slap that on now. :fencelook:
That even smaller pulley should give us 7psi. Boost is definitely addictive.
My only quarrel I have with the car is that this f***ing blow off valve is loud. Jeez. Ridiculously loud. Will need to figure out how to quieten her down. You'll hear me coming ten kilometers away.
First kill of the night was some kid in a modded Scirocco R. I presume it was modded because it had stickers on it. Must be at least 25wkw there because of the stickers. :fencelook:
Anyway, on the PVT test track, near Camaro onramp, this Scirocco joins the road in the far lane, he's gently cruising along, so am I. I'm in 6th gear, cruise control on. I'm watching him. I know his kind, I know what is coming. Suddenly he sees me, and BOOM, he gears down, jumps across two lanes and flies right past me, obviously trying to bait me.
I bite, naturally... I want to see what this car can do. I've seen way too many videos and stories of Scirroco R's beating e46 M3's. So, I give chase... and reel him in pretty quickly... and Jezebel is biting at his exhaust pipes. He moves over... I pass easily, but dump the blow off valve right next to him just to see if I might be able to deafen the poor sod. I'm sure I saw him shit himself...
We go again, and same thing, I easily pull ahead until stupid speeds arrive. I can feel the car pull back on timing as I shift through the gears. Tune file is not happy. I slow down, guy pulls up next to me, gives me thumbs up.
And then I relax... no more testing. Got to get the tune right. I'm excited to see what the car has to offer.
A1exander and burgy, you gentlemen have built a good car. I'm sure she's got tonnes more to give...
Thanks again Peter for the epic help.
PS. I changed out my power steering pump at ZF yesterday. Turns out the car actually had an aftermarket no name brand pump on from the previous owner. Peter invented new swear words installing the new pump today. But I tell you, the difference this pump has made in the steering feeling is like night and day. I cannot believe I drove this car thinking I actually had power steering for 2 years. This is such a pleasure to drive now.
More to come.
:thumbs:
so this means IF we see the intercooler we are a figment of your imagination?
I have Nita2 back in my driveway after having had teh car towed 3 times today.
Christopher has become very adept at slowing down an e38 on the downhills.
To cut a long story short the 2075 belt was thrown off and burst the top radiator hose, towed the car back fitted the belt on, McGyvered an old radiator hose topped up fluids and off Crash went only to call me a short while later to go and tow him.
Belt was thrown again and this time it shredded itself however did not affect the radiator hose.
We got a smaller belt fitted it and you guessed it 2 km down the road it snapped.
Tomorrow will be getting a new shock for the tensioner pulley and a larger belt and we will see.
To the driver of the white M6 who stopped and offered assistance our sincere thanks.
Christopher has become very adept at slowing down an e38 on the downhills.
To cut a long story short the 2075 belt was thrown off and burst the top radiator hose, towed the car back fitted the belt on, McGyvered an old radiator hose topped up fluids and off Crash went only to call me a short while later to go and tow him.
Belt was thrown again and this time it shredded itself however did not affect the radiator hose.
We got a smaller belt fitted it and you guessed it 2 km down the road it snapped.
Tomorrow will be getting a new shock for the tensioner pulley and a larger belt and we will see.
To the driver of the white M6 who stopped and offered assistance our sincere thanks.
how is the wrap around on the supercharger pulley? is it not maybe overheating causing it to eat belts...
Crash_Nemesis
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Overheating? Not possible. You can touch the supercharger with your bare hands. It doesn't get that hot. The pulley sits away from the body of the supercharger.
Car ran fine for a full week with the 2075 belt. This morning, she just threw the belt whilst in traffic. I was changing lanes moving into a gap when it happened.
It is most likely the tensioner that has given up the ghost. Reason why we believe this, is that for the car to throw the belt 3 times within 5km of driving is a bit odd. Especially since the car has been supercharged since the beginning of June and has never thrown a belt before today. I did had some belt slip with the previous belt, but it never came off.
What was interesting is that the 3rd time she threw the belt today, I was sitting at a traffic light and the car was idling. Not even 2km from Peter's house.
I guess I can knock this all down to being the trials and tribulations of building a custom supercharger kit.
Car ran fine for a full week with the 2075 belt. This morning, she just threw the belt whilst in traffic. I was changing lanes moving into a gap when it happened.
It is most likely the tensioner that has given up the ghost. Reason why we believe this, is that for the car to throw the belt 3 times within 5km of driving is a bit odd. Especially since the car has been supercharged since the beginning of June and has never thrown a belt before today. I did had some belt slip with the previous belt, but it never came off.
What was interesting is that the 3rd time she threw the belt today, I was sitting at a traffic light and the car was idling. Not even 2km from Peter's house.
I guess I can knock this all down to being the trials and tribulations of building a custom supercharger kit.
zaleonardz
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How you do not have a healthy valium addiction I cannot understand..
