Ilsaw's QG18DE+T Dyno'd

[Andrew Saw]

Kelford regrinded cams for my engine

 

[stufagti]

amazing work matey,

get some more engine bay / better angle pics up

 

[Andrew Saw]

Here is a pix of the engine bay from bout 2 months back. More pictures once I install my Mishimotor radiator.

 

[Andrew Saw]

The front brakes

 

[edk]

Awesome

 

[Andrew Saw]

Thanks Mate!

 

[Andrew Saw]

Pictures of the exhaust. It's 3" and custom fabricated full SUS304 stainless steel piping including a monster sized resonator to keep things quiet.

More piccies and details in my blog http://www.then16files.com/

 

[Andrew Saw]

AEM Water Methanol Injection System installed

 

[edk]

All good stuff mate, great to see the project still coming along nicely I think water/meth injection will be on the cards for me soon. Is yours a progressive system?

 

[Andrew Saw]

All good stuff mate, great to see the project still coming along nicely I think water/meth injection will be on the cards for me soon. Is yours a progressive system?

Yuppies

 

[Andrew Saw]

The new brain

Intercooler from Turbonetics Spearco

Some engine innards - Ross forged pistons

K1 Technologies H-Beam Conrods

ARP headstuds compared to stock head bolts

ARP Main Studs compared to stock

 

[chunky]

Great work, whats the advantage of using head studs to bolts?

 

[Spyke]

In an SR20 the standard Bolts are known to be stronger then the "uprated" studs.

 

[Andrew Saw]

Great work, whats the advantage of using head studs to bolts?

The stock head bolts stretches possibly causing head lift when the engine is subjected to high boost pressures and leading to head gasket failure.

 

[Andrew Saw]

All the power counts for nothing if you can't put the power to the ground. Nismo LSD will help here.

Clutch is a 6 puck Clutchmasters FX400

Flywheel is a Clutchmasters Billet Aluminium item

ARP Pro Series bolts (pictured next to the stocker) are used to secure the flywheel to the crank

 

[Andrew Saw]

Innovate Motorsports LC-1 wideband air fuel ratio sensor/controller is used to feed afr measurements to the AIM MXL Strada dash

Stock and wideband afr mounted. Which is which?

 

[Liam]

wide band on the right.

 

[Andrew Saw]

Spot on!

 

[mera red gti]

wow this has all the goodies, impressive
strong little drivetrain

 

[Andrew Saw]

Latest engine bay pix. Running Mishimoto radiator now with twin 12" SPAL fans. The stock radiator is single core 15mm. The Mishi is dual core 36mm. The SPAL fans are more efficient than stock yet the slimline profile gives more clearance

Nismo radiator cap will get replaced with a Cosworth unit.

New Recaro SR4 seats

More details in my blog
http://www.then16files.com/2012/11/oil-change-progress-part-8.html