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jeejee · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:57 pm

tried some more tig welding, man this is difficult to do, compared to mig

today i did the inlet side..

Shot with N95 8GB at 2009-01-19

i hope my huge 50mm blow of valve is delivered soon so i can find a good location to install it

Roy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:20 am

That is coming along nicely man

Chevroletfreak · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:04 am

Lookin' good. Keep it up.

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:31 am

Looks like you will be running it on LPG.

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:42 am

I also find one of these very helpful when using a TIG torch

jeejee · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:33 pm

never seen those before..

but i use some very thin welding gloves when it gets too hot
for the most part i use tig for stainless and alu.
and stainless conducts heat very poor, so the feeding rod doesn't get very hot and with alu, i need to feed it much faster then stainless so there is less time for the rod to get too warm.

does this have a wheel of some sort to feed the rod ?

you have a sharp eye with regards to the propane :mrgreen:

i planned to take full advantage from the 110octane rating from the propane by building a "high" compression (9.5:1) and running high boost, but unfortunately my (german) piston maker didn't build the pistons to my spec and made much lower compression pistons TWICE !
:pat:

and after several months and much hassle i installed the highest compression set of the 2 (8,2:1) and went along with the build.
unfortunately i could allso not use the camshaft i wanted due to the pistons valve pockets where allso not DEEP enough , because of those both things i think i leave 30-50hp unused :evil:

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:17 pm

jeejee wrote:

never seen those before..

does this have a wheel of some sort to feed the rod ?

Yes it does and you work it with your index finger .

jeejee · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:54 pm

the BOV finally arrived.
unfortunately it had 2 aluminum weld on connectors but no stainless, so i had no other choise but to make one myself, it was a bit more work then i anticipated :cry:

but in the end turned out okay

these silicon hoses are way overpriced, but certainly make things look more professional :ok:

Chevroletfreak · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:10 pm

Very nice! Where did you get the v-band from?

jeejee · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:15 pm

the band itself was included with the blow off valve, unfortunately not the "valve seat part" where the bov is mounted on.
nevertheless the v-band can be had from ebay in all kind of configurations :ok:

jinstall · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:50 am

Funny the LPG was the fisrt thing I notice also.

V-Band? It looks like a normal t-bolt clamp.

The hoses are Samco Sport? I just installed a set on the Jeep from them.

Hey when are you coming tot he US again? I am looking at going to Sebring in March for the 12 hour race.

bahndrvr · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:00 am

jinstall wrote:

Funny the LPG was the fisrt thing I notice also.

V-Band? It looks like a normal t-bolt clamp.

The hoses are Samco Sport? I just installed a set on the Jeep from them.

Hey when are you coming tot he US again? I am looking at going to Sebring in March for the 12 hour race.

Hey J, let me know about the Sebring thing, might drive down to it, it's only a few hours past my kids, will look into it:)

Chevroletfreak · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:35 am

jinstall wrote:

V-Band? It looks like a normal t-bolt clamp.

The clamp attaching the BOV is a v-band clamp w/ a t-bolt. It is not the flip latch type, but it is a v-band. You can tell from how it mounts.

jeejee · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:12 am

jinstall wrote:

Hey when are you coming tot he US again? I am looking at going to Sebring in March for the 12 hour race.

we plan on visiting the sema show end october / early november
if finances (?) allow it, so it still is not set in stone

jinstall · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:42 am

OK. Well if I get this job in Montana I am heading there to the mountains. I have had no luck with finding anything back in Germany.

Trever, I am still looking into asking my dad for is camper setup for Sebring.

jeejee · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:47 am

i just got the supercharger running, and what was my sursprise ?
the cheap knockoff ebay (ss-autochrome/ xs-power) blow off valve had some huge vacuÃ¼m leaks inside, so much it would not open untill 4000rpm :bash:

contacting the seller several times, gave no replies.

I mean how difficult is it to make a working blow off valve ????

but nevertheless i opened it and changed the springrate and was able to fix the vac. leak with some threadlocking compound, is working okay now :ok:

i did not install the inlet tube yet, to let it blow out any debris that was left in the intercooler after grinding/ welding it
might get around to install it today (weather permitting)

Garry · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:08 am

Sounds good ... any idea when it will be ready for racing?

jeejee · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:32 pm

well not too long anymore i hope.
i did some first test driving today with it.

the good news is that it ran very nice for the boost it made :ok:

in 2nd gear with the long rear axle ratio (3.44:1 )and big 17 inch wheels it starts spinning above 4000rpm
bad news is that it only made 0.4-0.5bar at 7000rpm
apparently the head flows much better then i thought = so less restriction = less boost

tomorrow i will spend some time looking at local scrapyards to see if i can find parts to make a bigger crank pulley :pat:

jeejee · **Posted:** Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:35 pm

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/opel ... 635443.htm

Chevroletfreak · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:55 am

Nice!

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