Cr Box Refresh And 160 Mems3 Vvc Install - With Dyno Plots

[olliecast]

Cheers guys. I'll make sure I get them tacked inplace. Are they not tacked in by dba then during manufacture?

 

Cheers,

Ollie

[olliecast]

some good tinkering today..... and guilt free as i handed my dissertation in yesterday!

went to change the belt and found the crank was a tooth out!

 

corrected and retimed. does the tensioner look ok? used the 90 degree method

 

 

vvc timing looks reasonable

 

alternator belt fitted and tensioned

 

manifold faces cleaned up and treated to a fresh set of studs

 

updated clutch release arm

 

was a tad concerned about the kink within these pipes going from the filer housing to the cooler. can`t see them restricting flow massively though

 

the old belt looked very distressed after only being on for approx 4k

think i`ve found the cause... an overtightened tensioner! from the old belt, its a good half less tensioned than before (on ther gap where the backplate retaining screw goes

 

cheers

ollie

[Martin R]

Hard to tell from pics but it looks good. An overtightened cam belt makes a distinctive whining sound. I hope you have done the crank pulley up good and tight

[olliecast]

210nm my friend

[Martin R]

210nm my friend

 

I check mine every winter as well. It coming loose has ruined many a good K series.

[worldwidewebs]

Looks a great project - wish I had the ability/balls to tackle something like this

 

Regarding the sump, you may find that it is already tacked in place. Dave supplies 2 options - just the baffles for you to fit to your own sump (that need tacking in place), or a sump with baffles already fitted and tacked in. When I spoke to him about this he did say be very careful if you fit them yourself. I can't quite remember what the reason was, although I think he said that some have been fitted proud of the top. Worth a quick chat with Dave if you need to get this done

[olliecast]

Loom, ecu and immobilisor is out. New mems 3 Ecu has been matched already to my Elise 5as and should be on its way back today. Loom is currently in wip.

 

 

Rear clam removal is underway on tues.

 

Engine now also transported

 

 

Cheers,

Ollie

[olliecast]

main work of the project now competed

 

The ecu was a z and f remapped ecu so i wanted to keep that. I got the 5as from my elise programmed to the new ecu over last weekend. elise 5as:

 

 

I found a chap who would splice the two loom for a very reasonable price and also so sent that off last weekend as well. this work was done and was delivered back to me yesterday.

 

The mechanics of the conversion were virtually plug and play with some minor obstacles of connector length from vac pipes

and also some stubborn clam bolts. nothing mole grips and finally some riv nut fixing didn't solve. Few pics taken during:

 

The dog always helped and this tool made stubborn clam bolts a doddle when i`d cut a slit in them with the angle grinder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got the engine in yesterday and plugged in my elise parts oil pressure and temp gauges. Was concerned as the alarm wasn't properly disarming and the gauges didnt work. Found that i`d not tapped into the 12v feed properly on the stereo from the gauges and this was effecting the alarm. fixed that and the engine fire up spot on, first time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also installed prrt and changed to oat coolant.

 

struggled getting 5th and reverse with my rebuilt box but adjusting the stop screw on the gearlinkage solved that problem..

 

 

All connected up now and running really well. The car pulls so much better from 3k and the close ratio box is excellent along with the responsivesness of the lightweight flywheel.

 

So in 7 days practical work, gone from a 118bhp mems 1.9 to a mems 3, z and f remapped trophy 160 lump in a s1.

 

Really pleased and all temp, speedo etc is working perfectly.

 

A very happy boy :brum

 

Cheers,

ollie

[stockhome]

Fantastic work

 

I would love to have the knowledge to do such things, very inspiring.

[olliecast]

Cheers buddy.

 

Has anyone experienced copper manifold nuts stretching?

 

Mine were definitely tight and seem to have loosened giving thia chugging I've been experiencing?

 

Anyway, alll tightened up and running excellently.

 

Approx 100 miles on now and rely enjoying it

Cheers

Ollie

[jimbo07g41]

I would look for some standard nuts. The studs and copper nuts will expand at different rates, due to being differenet material.

[Phil S1]

Great work Ollie, most impressive. Glad it all went to plan.

[olliecast]

Thanks phil.

 

Jim, the studs were what were supplied with the kit from a very well know elise supplier but will definitely get some normal nuts and a new gasket.....

[jimbo07g41]

Well if they were supplied for the Elise by one of the two main after market suppliers, I am sure they will be fit for purpose. Maybe you getting them torqued up will have sorted the issue and you just need to monitor.

[olliecast]

Yeah should be fine. Looking forward getting the miles racked up