Jaffas 2.5 classic, chat

[2-jaffacake-tone]

For a while now i have watched my oil pressure drop(well that my excuse to the misses)

After driving a 2.5 in a classic couldnt get over how much torque is had and how fun it was.(460/450)

so i just purchursed a Ej257 block and some sti3 heads/cams
my goal is 450/450
md321t turbo witch is a bolt on turbo.
i will be uprating rods/pistions ect i will over spec just incase i want more in the future.
will keep you updated how it gos with some pics.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

so far i have 740cc incectors
apexi power fc
rodger clark uprated oil pump
rodger clark light weight pullys
defi gadges
innovate lc-1 wide band
sx fuel pressure reg

[BIG"E"]

And all that lot going in to a JUSTY.

It will be peachy mate for sure.

We want PICS!!!!!!

Excelent looking forward to the pics

[Scott.T]

Hi Tone, Soz I've not got out to you to wire the ECU in. been v.busy decorating 24/7 at moment. Havn't even cleaned the Scoob since the Goodwood meet.

Brad called and mentioned you were after a gauge for the Inovate widebande.
This is the guy I use for all my inovate bits and is very reasonable.
Just send him an email and he accepts payment via paypal.

Richard Ingram at EFI Solutions : rningram@gmail.com
Ebay shop : http://stores.ebay.co.uk/efi-solutions

I have the 52mm G2 Gauge Silver Face, which is a stepper motor style with full sweep/cal at start-up as per the Defi. They do a Black or Silver face. The backlight is white, but I will probably crack mine open and change to green at some point, to match the dash.

Not sure what dash you have, as they swapped from black to white at the back end of 98.

P.S Just spotted they now do a G4 Gauge with white face...Hmmmmmm !!!!!!

[img]http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/xcart/image.php?productid=16288[/img]

[DukeBoy]

Sounding good Tone

[2-jaffacake-tone]

cheers guys.

scott theres no rush mate when ever you out mapping up my way. i quite like the look of the digital one
CLICKY

because there is know way of telling what heads you got due to all the castings being the same. you have to trust the seller.

Today i took the cam cover off and made sure the heads are sti3 (underbucket shims) ones and they are aslo checked cam profiles as well all ok

[SUBARMAN]

Sounds fantastic Tone - good luck!

Are you bringing it to the meet on Saturday?

[2-jaffacake-tone]

no keith, no where near completion yet haha

striped engine down yestoday.all seems fine nothing out of the ordinary .
new water pump,cambelt tensioner.inlet manafold (to play with) and RCM oil pump turned up today was like christmas

next thing is to strip the heads and and check valve guides etc, then send them away for gasflowing

will get some pics up v-soon

I'm gonna get round to yours with a camera soon!

[2-jaffacake-tone]

camra is on charge next to my car keys so i wont forget to take it in.
tomorro

Gooooood man!

[2-jaffacake-tone]

A very messy engine bay removing old gauges. also removed air con as well.


i have fabricated my knock link in my air duct.


wires and bits every where at the moment.
avcr in wired in to the ecu wireing.



cleaned engine ready for build.

bottom




i have been speaking to mark @ lateral performance about my spec, possibly might get the 2.5 relinered to make it even stronger so i can see over the 500 mark in the future.

waiting for prices...

Spot on old fruit. Keep the updates coming matey.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

right i have a twisted turbo kit sorted. just got to spec it to what up pipe size and wastgate size which i dont know:2ponder: i think 44mm wastgate.
hope to be running a gt35r. so dont know on up pipe size:2ponder:
i have recived more braided line to carry out the parallel fuel mod.i also have received the rest of the timing belt gear 3 more guide pullys.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

also in pic thermo inlet manafold spacers. these will lift the manafold higher so i can squeze the turbo pipe underneath the inlet manafold and will stop heat soak into the manafold as well.

[DukeBoy]

Looks like your getting there

When do you reckon you'll be rolling it out matey?

[SUBARMAN]

Awesome project Tone!

[C. J.]

Thought you where going twisted ?
if so the inletwont go under the manifold !

[2-jaffacake-tone]

Originally Posted by 2-jaffacake-tone

these will lift the manafold higher so i can squeze the turbo pipe underneath the inlet manafold

didnt say what pipe is going under the inlet manfold.



somthink like this

[C. J.]

That looks a mess
happy welding

[2-jaffacake-tone]

thought you would say that. in my opinon i think it looks good

[C. J.]

As was once said to me everyones intitled to their opinion

[2-jaffacake-tone]

big thanks to wayne for my manaflold.
dont think he is going to do any more due to the 16hrs it takes pic dont do it justice.

WOW

[Scott.T]

How much is the solaris going to set u back ?
Why that over the Simtek ?

[BIG"E"]

Ooooooooooooooooops best get the Ray Bans out .

[2-jaffacake-tone]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

How much is the solaris going to set u back ?
Why that over the Simtek ?

still invetisgating both at the moment they seem to be popular, the only reason i wanna ditch the apexi is beacuse i want to go mafless. too much hassle setting up blow through maf, and dont do a maf sim for the apexi. + more features antilag,lanch control switchable maps witch both the simtec and the solaris.

as for price
simtec is about 1100
solaris is about 1400
would be intrested in your veiws scott

[quote=2-jaffacake-tone]

Originally Posted by "2-jaffacake-tone":zt2dbetx

these will lift the manafold higher so i can squeze the turbo pipe underneath the inlet manafold

didnt say what pipe is going under the inlet manfold.



somthink like this

[/quote:zt2dbetx]

Think that looks the nuts

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by 2-jaffacake-tone

still invetisgating both at the moment they seem to be popular, the only reason i wanna ditch the apexi is beacuse i want to go mafless. too much hassle setting up blow through maf, and dont do a maf sim for the apexi. + more features antilag,lanch control switchable maps witch both the simtec and the solaris.

as for price
simtec is about 1100
solaris is about 1400
would be intrested in your veiws scott

Not used the simtec or know anyone using one, but very popular. Although figure they wouldn't be so poular if it didn't have the additional £140 ALS and Launch control gimicks.
They are dealer fit & map only

I did enquire about using the simtec, but got f-all response from the dealer
this was about the same time I was looking at becoming an ECUTEK dealer, but required a £5000 out-lay, but at least ECUTEK responded.

Glad I didn't go for it thogh as the market is pretty dead at the moment, unless your JGM and are willing to travel all over to map (not sure how he covers his costs TBH).

Solaris 'appear' to be user/non-dealer mappable as the S/W is downloadable, but they are very new and the forum is very light on posts so far.
Only looked into it as far as that i.e 1/2 hour google earlier this week.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

A few more bits in the bedroom now
had a slight issuse with scooby clinic with headers i bought off them but i came out of it quite well





also got kevlar timing belt from the clinic



also some bling billet fuel rails got them off fleabay very cheep as someone had bought them for the wrong year car


and still waiting on swirl pot. and a few other supporting mods.:thumb:

[BIG"E"]

Very nice Tone,

Mind you be careful you might get some stains on the sheets.

Looking good Tone.

[666subaru]

looks nice mate

What sort of bhp are you going for Tone? What gearbox flywheel & clutch. I know you have a RCM oil pump are you changing water pump to? Head gaskets who from & what size as i keep getting different story's. Nige Ps when you fit t/belt should you change all the tentioners? Sorry mate lots of questions

[2-jaffacake-tone]

hi nige i am changing all tensioners and guide pulley as a precaution as well as the water pump. the ones on my 2.5 were ok no play not nosiy but not worth the risk.
as for head gaskets going for 1.6mm and been told to aim for 8.35:1 compression ratio

i am going for 1-5 ppg straight cut box and a OS Giken twin plate clutch (comes with its own flywheel)

aiming for the 500 mark but anythink over 450/450 with quick spool is my main aim.


my next steps will be sorting my sti heads out new valves/springs/retaners/ and port and polished/ shimed up. going for dh22 cams and rcm pullys

[2-jaffacake-tone]

just purchased some cusco coilovers, think they may be very hard but will give them a go.

[SUBARMAN]

Fabbo stuff Tone!

[2-jaffacake-tone]

still buying parts dam rcm website should of gone out drinking:squint:

WRC Titanium Valve Spring Retainers
set of Uprated Valve Springs
changed injectors to some 740cc witch have been flow matched by lateral to 800cc aslo have got samco inlet pipe and k&N filter fot the gt35 its 4inchs internal diameter. also got a power steering reservoir relocation kit.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

more parts ordered today from rcm should soon have enough to start the build.

so i got
RCM Alloy/Steel Vernier Pulleys
1.6 Steel Head Gaskets.
14mm WRC Up-rated Head Stud Kit
RCM 14mm WRC Head Dowel (x4)
acl main bearings
acl bigend berings

just over 1500quid before breakfast

[2-jaffacake-tone]

this is a vf24 turbo compered to the inlet hose of a gt35r should be big enough

My god, be carefull you dont suck small children in.
Excellent stuff

[SUBARMAN]

F*** yeah!

Originally Posted by Crowman

My god, be carefull you dont suck small children in.
Excellent stuff

Good job Micheal Jackson doesn't frequent this site. He'd be buying one like a shot

[2-jaffacake-tone]

Originally Posted by worzel

Good job Micheal Jackson doesn't frequent this site. He'd be buying one like a shot

lmao


have started removing components out of the engine bay, also debating wether i should strip the inside put a cage in it and flock the dash.
any thoughts on this?

[mrchips]

DO IT MAN.
Be noisey but fast as f^&*

Noise is good!

[SUBARMAN]

Flock the dash!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2-jaffacake-tone]

saturday i had a easyish day so i thought i would strip my heads and get them cleaned up ready for gas flowing ,bigger valves and the the head bolt holes machined to take the bigger head studs and dowls.

heads complete






remove cams



pull out bucket (see shim underneth)



compress valve spring remove collets unspring gently else you spend hrs looking for the lost collets



this it the vavle the valve spring the sping retainer and the 2 collets



repeat 16 times lol then washed them in the wash tank

How long did each head take to strip?

[2-jaffacake-tone]

i wasnt rushing as i am not on an hourly rate took about 1hr a head inc cleaning. i must amit i did quite enjoy working on my own car at my own pace

Are you looking at finishing the build this year?

[2-jaffacake-tone]

so bit of an update with a few pics of some goodies which arived this morning

pas relocation kit



Alloy/Steel Vernier Pulley Set



14mm/14mm headbolts maybe a tad over kill? will dowls




Set Of 16 WRC Titanium Valve Spring Retainers
Set Of 16 Uprated Valve Springs





head gaskets/acl main bearings/big end bearings

[2-jaffacake-tone]

right from monday i have a week off work, i also have brad down helping me, we plan on striping the inside out ready for the roll cage to be fitted, witch i hope turns up this week. not sure wether to run the car with carpets etc or to strip it out. the cage is a 6 point omp bolt in jobbie so still can retain the rear seats if i want.

also may even open the bonet and remove stuff ie engine.

also now looking a hydra ecu comes with mafles set up /knock control/anti lag/lanch control and seem to be a very good price. just dont know any one useing one

[SUBARMAN]

Exciting stuff Tone!!!! Have a good week!!!!

Lot's of money being spent mate

Busy times ahead mate.Keep up the good work

[2-jaffacake-tone]

the weather is getting nice now so i can have a few evenings in the sun with it hope the roll cage turns up this week so the bodyshop can get it painted.

[simonairheadz]

nice stuff tone,i bet you love opening parcels now lol,its gonna be awesome

[2-jaffacake-tone]

its like xmas most days lol

so today me and brad started striping the inside out ready for the cage to turn up, as we were distroying my car it arrived
most of the problems were down to my alarm systum, due to a very good install(too good:susp. but other than that wasnt too bad.

i have been thinking for the last few weeks weather to have it striped or full interior. after removing a few things today ,I have decided to strip right out. so i have aranged with the body shop soon as i have striped fully and welded cage mounts and removed sound proofing, the inside is going to be paited in 406 silver with a bright blue cage

so while brad was cutting lots of wires i was chiping off sound deadaning, witch is a crap job:squint:

few pics

[simonairheadz]

damb tone thats awesome mate,what a lot of work,but its gonna be worth it!cage is gonna look as tough as!

[SUBARMAN]

That's one tough "zimmer" !! Nice going Tone!

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by SUBARMAN

That's one tough "zimmer" !! Nice going Tone!

[2-jaffacake-tone]

lmao keith

Good job, i remeber when i re-shelled my 1st saph cossie after a little misshap in it.
Bit daunting when there a wires everywhere.

Keep the pictures coming mate

It was hard work just watching him tired me out.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

an update from todays effort stripped more!! and removed more sound crap!!!
i got the cage back in to start a dummy run to see where i need to weld the brackets.




front bracket


rear bracket.

Mate, it's looking furkin awesome.

It would scare the living crap out of me if I saw all those wires hanging there in mine!

Good job matey, keep the pics flowing.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

its booked in on the 23rd at the bodyshop for them to work there magic. i booked the day off to help them if needed

Can't wait to see it.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

cheers mate,
i dont like leaving my car in this state i wanna start puting some of the inside back to gether before i forget how it all gos lol, i have a bucket full of small clips brackes ect. just hoping i like the striped out look, as it was a big dissison to make.

i want my car back on the road

Hats off to you, Bold decision. Should be the dog danglies

[2-jaffacake-tone]

i booked thursday off to help fitment of cage in bodyshop, but they are running behind so now in monday
as i had the day off i attacked the last of the sound deaderning, then started to wipe down inside to get the gule/yucky stuff off useing thiners(not a good idea! car was in the sun i am kneeing on the floor with doors shut i passed out 2 times before i could manage to open the door,when i got out i was high as a kite.

a couple of pics how it looks..

[majorscooby]

mmmmmmm light weight eh

Damn you got patience for sure, remember when i did my cossie it took all day to get the tar crap off the floor pan,never did get it as clean as you have managed.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

car went to the bodyshop today we are modifying the brackets as they done fit that well imo.
will get some pics up of that up soon.


as i am doing away with the A/C i have removed the a/c matrix witch is quite heavy! also blocked up holes useing soldering iron.
this is the unit


taken apart


back togeter with holes


then filled in


on the mission to remove as much weight as poss

[2-jaffacake-tone]

Body shop has finished for now the brackets are all welded in.
rear bracket tacked and drilled


welded rear


center


front


i managed to get the dash support bar back in and the dash back on ready for cutting hopfully i will do a neat job:squint:


when the cage fits around the dash i will send it away to be flocked. and back to the bodyshop for some paint

[2-jaffacake-tone]

i have cut the dash it hasnt come out too bad

i made a bit of roll cage up as a dummy to help mark where i need to cut.
the white marks are tipex so i know where to trim.

I did speck to dyney about a spare just incase:haha:











also have a few more things arive
oil modine
cool running thermosat
goodrigde fittings (stupily expensive by the way!!!!)
044 fuel pump
swirl pot
steering wheel+boss

[C. J.]

Spot on Jaffa

[2-jaffacake-tone]

been a while since i updated this, so i met a guy in a carpark gave him my brand new headers and my full systum exhaust and some money, apranently he is going to make me up a twisted turbo set up for me lol(he will and i am very sure of it) just a bit strange handing over all the stuff not knowing him apart from a few PMs lol. i am having a twisted turbo set up to take the GT35/40 T3 flanges also having a screamer pipe off the exturnal wastgate but also a small link pipe made to fit back to the down pipe if its too noisey.

The roll cage is in primer the car is on stands wheels are being refurbed and painted the same colour as the cage hopfully this week.
i am on holiday as of next week. i plan to finish cleaning uderseal off carry out seam welding and start to prep the inside for paint(colour unknow) poss audi white?? its in for the inside to be painted on the 20th i think. the dash is ready to be sent away to be flocked just need to wrap up and arrange for collection..

i am currently saving up for a few big things turbo,clutch,gearbox.

engine displacemant is still unknown. was going for the ej257 but wont be strong enought for my needs and future goals. i know i am still useing sti3/4 gaflowed heads with dh22 cams and rcm pullys. i will choose engine cc/ type last thing as i dont want an epensive engine laying about collecting dust.

hopfully have some pics for seam welding, colourfull wheels and cage soon

[C. J.]

Spot on fella

NIce one Tone, Keep it coming

[2-jaffacake-tone]

started the seam welding hopfully will be painted this time nex week!wheels are in primer

[SUBARMAN]

Cool stuff!

[C. J.]

Coming along nicely

[2-jaffacake-tone]

wheels

cage in oven ready for paint

All looking spot on matey. How long do you reckon now mate to finish her off.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

no comment steve lol would like to aim for the next ring trip

roll cage painted

It would be very cool to see that beast bombing round the ring mate!

[2-jaffacake-tone]

a pair of these should turn up tomorrow
http://http://www.driftworks.com/cat...7fa15ff2dde4b6

also a solution to a problem witch has been buging me. the roll cage goes throu the dash and out throu the bottom there the bonnet relese goes , so i have bought these (locking of course)
http://www.driftworks.com/catalog/produ ... -pins.html

I'm sure I don't need to ask what colour the harness is!

Those bonnet pins look good, might have to get a set myself.

[2-jaffacake-tone]

pic of the wheels from the right side.


turbo kit nearly done. sitting on the up pipe is my gt35/40r turbo



i have also brought a tial 44mm external wastegate

[chris wrx]

All looks lovely and shiny, i think the alloys on the car at the minute look better What colour are u painting the shell?

[dean]

Love the wheels.

This is going to be one hell of a car mate

Top job Tone, its going to be the nuts.