510 Turbo Diesel
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Re: 510 Turbo Diesel
Heres what the car looked like to start:
Filling the holes:
Here we go Diesel on the way:
First test install:
Filling the holes:
Here we go Diesel on the way:
First test install:
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Flippity flop:
Custom seat rails, I think I stole the idea from Dan G. Dont remember for sure where I saw this first.
I think thats all the pictures I have, had a hard drive crash and lost a lot of them. I will look around some more.
Custom seat rails, I think I stole the idea from Dan G. Dont remember for sure where I saw this first.
I think thats all the pictures I have, had a hard drive crash and lost a lot of them. I will look around some more.
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Re: 510 Turbo Diesel
Looking through things I found some other unrelated stuff I've either built or worked on.
Anyone seen Pete Brocks V8 510, this is what it looked like to start:
He spent an ungodly amount of money on this thing.
My S15:
Thats it for now
Anyone seen Pete Brocks V8 510, this is what it looked like to start:
He spent an ungodly amount of money on this thing.
My S15:
Thats it for now
Re: 510 Turbo Diesel
Derek asked me to vandalize your thread and put forth that the engine is actually an LD20T-II.
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that's quite the experience! i would have loved to be a wallflower through any of those builds.that S15 intercooler piping is interesting. what kind of intercooler is that? or is it something else? that could solve an issue for me...
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I was wondering the same thing!finn wrote:that's quite the experience! i would have loved to be a wallflower through any of those builds.that S15 intercooler piping is interesting. what kind of intercooler is that? or is it something else? that could solve an issue for me...
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Re: 510 Turbo Diesel
barrel style liquid to air intercooler
some examples --> http://www.frozenboost.com/index.php?cP ... e8b778f6ed
some examples --> http://www.frozenboost.com/index.php?cP ... e8b778f6ed
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To further that...okayfine wrote:Derek asked me to vandalize your thread and put forth that the engine is actually an LD20T-II.
As you said, the engine is an LD20T-II and not an LD20T. LD20T was first gen with L20B block and diesel head. Lots of problems. LD20T-II had a completely new block and internals that are much stronger and reinforced. Engine was designed as a diesel from day 1 and not some hybrid experiment. LD20T-II is what any diesel owner would want.
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This would be the dinosaur LD20T engine...
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Ah yes its actually an LD20T II, I told you I was lazy.
And as pointed out the IC was an air to water setup. It worked fairly well, pyro's on it and although I dont remember the temps exactly I do remember it stayed fairly cool. It was a bit of a pain though as I had a bigass water tank in the trunk and assorted piping to get it to the front.
Heres the guage cluster:
And as pointed out the IC was an air to water setup. It worked fairly well, pyro's on it and although I dont remember the temps exactly I do remember it stayed fairly cool. It was a bit of a pain though as I had a bigass water tank in the trunk and assorted piping to get it to the front.
Heres the guage cluster:
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I see many indicators of craftsmanship and experience here. Did you find the liquid-to-air intercooler system to be worthwhile after all? That would depend on how complex the (dedicated?) liquid system for the intercooler was, I'd bet. I can't know, but would GUESS that your decision came from a lack of available room for an (air) intercooler in the 510, and your choice not to cut the rad support and/or remove headlights to make room.
It seems liquid-to-air intercoolers have a potentially significant advantage of minimizing pressure and flow drop of the charge air, via a reduced exhange surface area and the ability to have shorter plumbing.
So THAT begs the question, why is liquid-to-air not used more over air-to-air? Would you suppose that the added complexity (and weight?) of the liquid coolant system is the only reason? The weight of that system could be placed where wanted (like you did in the trunk) with respect to desired weight balance.
I'm working on a Vg30et 510, and have NO plans (yet) for an intercooler. It is as stock (no intercooler) from the Z31's. I fully realize that this is suboptimal (Corky Bell's quote comes to mind..), but I liked the "feel" of VG30et with the short charge-pipe non-intercooled system even in the heavy 300zx donor with a 3.3:1 rear diff, so I expect to be happy with my car's 3.7 or 3.9 and 500kg less weight to move.
200-200 hp in a low-pressure 3.0 turbo delivery seems like it should be plenty to get me started (esp with the chassis to be sorted out) but I don't suppose I'm any more immune than most to the "addictive nature of horsepower" - and suppose any long-term plan ought to include plans for more...
I'd thought that if I did pursue more power (which would necessitate intercooling), I'd try a water/alcohol/meth injection system, with the obvious limitation being cooling capacity is limited and the "water/meth" is consumed and therefore supply-limited.
SO! If you built that SR20DET again, would you do it the same, in terms of charge air cooling, based on the results? Inquiring minds want to know, especially given your evident open-mindedness with respect to 510 swaps.... cool diesel!
It seems liquid-to-air intercoolers have a potentially significant advantage of minimizing pressure and flow drop of the charge air, via a reduced exhange surface area and the ability to have shorter plumbing.
So THAT begs the question, why is liquid-to-air not used more over air-to-air? Would you suppose that the added complexity (and weight?) of the liquid coolant system is the only reason? The weight of that system could be placed where wanted (like you did in the trunk) with respect to desired weight balance.
I'm working on a Vg30et 510, and have NO plans (yet) for an intercooler. It is as stock (no intercooler) from the Z31's. I fully realize that this is suboptimal (Corky Bell's quote comes to mind..), but I liked the "feel" of VG30et with the short charge-pipe non-intercooled system even in the heavy 300zx donor with a 3.3:1 rear diff, so I expect to be happy with my car's 3.7 or 3.9 and 500kg less weight to move.
200-200 hp in a low-pressure 3.0 turbo delivery seems like it should be plenty to get me started (esp with the chassis to be sorted out) but I don't suppose I'm any more immune than most to the "addictive nature of horsepower" - and suppose any long-term plan ought to include plans for more...
I'd thought that if I did pursue more power (which would necessitate intercooling), I'd try a water/alcohol/meth injection system, with the obvious limitation being cooling capacity is limited and the "water/meth" is consumed and therefore supply-limited.
SO! If you built that SR20DET again, would you do it the same, in terms of charge air cooling, based on the results? Inquiring minds want to know, especially given your evident open-mindedness with respect to 510 swaps.... cool diesel!
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datsunfreak wrote: To further that...
LD20T was first gen with L20B block and diesel head. Lots of problems. LD20T-II had a completely new block and internals that are much stronger and reinforced. Engine was designed as a diesel from day 1 and not some hybrid experiment. LD20T-II is what any diesel owner would want.
Glad this came up. L20B came first? LD20 later?
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L20 woulda come first.
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I found the liquid-to-air intercooler system to be worthwhile only in that the car was pristine condition and I did not want to hack up the front for an intercooler.
I think they are probably more efficient per size but way more complexity and I dont think now after running one worth the trouble.
You dont need an intercooler if you run low boost but I think you will quickly tire of that and want to up the boost. Really need around 10 psi or more in most cases to get that turbo kick.
Just my personal opinion but I would stay away from h20 injection, I ran one once and wasn't really happy with it. They do work but just more crap to worry about and maintain. I built an L20 turbo with a VNT turbo that I ran water injection. Vnt turbos are really cool by the way but more of a novelty I think. I had trouble getting the rings to seat in the engine partly because I used TotalSeal rings(suck) and my machine shop was an old school guy and he bored the cylinders for what they used to use for forged pistons.
I found the liquid-to-air intercooler system to be worthwhile only in that the car was pristine condition and I did not want to hack up the front for an intercooler.
I think they are probably more efficient per size but way more complexity and I dont think now after running one worth the trouble.
You dont need an intercooler if you run low boost but I think you will quickly tire of that and want to up the boost. Really need around 10 psi or more in most cases to get that turbo kick.
Just my personal opinion but I would stay away from h20 injection, I ran one once and wasn't really happy with it. They do work but just more crap to worry about and maintain. I built an L20 turbo with a VNT turbo that I ran water injection. Vnt turbos are really cool by the way but more of a novelty I think. I had trouble getting the rings to seat in the engine partly because I used TotalSeal rings(suck) and my machine shop was an old school guy and he bored the cylinders for what they used to use for forged pistons.
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-good info on the intercooler setups and H20 injection. I appreciate learning from your experience. The z31 guys say 10 psi is safe with the stock (non-intercooled) VG30et, and we have 93 octane gas available.
-good info on the intercooler setups and H20 injection. I appreciate learning from your experience. The z31 guys say 10 psi is safe with the stock (non-intercooled) VG30et, and we have 93 octane gas available.