Update time again..
After having the Jabbasport map removed and the Unit 18 'Motech' map installed I have been hoping to get out and have a bit of a play with my new map. This has not been able to happen due to a massive boost leak on the main inlet hose just off the EGR valve.
I have a very good friend who works in the fabrication business and asked him if he could 'custom' me up a new piece of pipe so that it will never break..
So here are some pictures of the build up of the pipe:
Old Pipe first..
As you can see from the pipework, there are a lot of joins/places for boost leakage. This has been resolved by making one solid pipe from the inlet manifold to the 'custom made' MAP sensor
So here is what the pipe started out lie looking like:
Was then welded into place in a jig:
A lovely 'Weld bead' shot:
After picking the pipe up on a friday evening I was eager to get it fitted to the car so that I could get her running for the coming weekend. This is where we ran into the first
problem.
When you are using silicone hoses you are able to flex the pipes to fit, when the pipe is solid however it will not flex, as my mate had made the pipe up to the exact same spec as the old one there was no way to take into account how much the pipe flexed before it was able to fit to the MAP sensor, this meant that when I went to fit the pipe, it fouled on the alternator pulley.. A few pics showing this:
Out in the dark fitting the new pipe: