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low_ryda
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| how much did the suburban belt cost ? |
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frankieh
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| 55 bucks sadly... but was impatient to start work fitting the EA tensioner to work with the EL one. |
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low_ryda
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| sadly ? how much does an el serp cost ? |
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frankieh
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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no idea... but saw a supercheap catalog this morning with a whole heap of serp belts for 35 dollars..
I got the Dayco one at trade cost too. |
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low_ryda
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i see.
so hows it coming along now ? |
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frankieh
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Its raining and miserable here today..
hoping to get out abit later and finish modifying the EA air con tansioner to fit.. right now it's slightly out of line with the belt.
After that I've got a list of things to do.
1. Remote mount the coil.
2. Install rising rate fuel reg.
3. Mount TFI module somewhere and wire it up.
4. Install Intercooler and work out what piping will be needed.
I'll get as much done this weekend as I can but I have to replace the pump in the wasing machine as well. |
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frankieh
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| OK, the old fischer and pykel is working again.. now to get back to the interesting stuff. |
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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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stuff the washign machine
the wife can use the laundry tub and some muscles  |
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frankieh
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yeah, I agree, however we have a 10 month old baby and things get smelly without the machine.. and I'm still trying to convince myself that my daughter is made of sugar and spice and stuff...
turns out the "stuff" isn't everything nice... |
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frankieh
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Hi all,
Got a bit done today.... first up is the TFI module.. mounted to a heat sink with thermal grease.
Should keep it nice and cool.. will be mounting it only inchs from it's original location to keep the wiring standard.
Now the fun stuff.... I made this bracket from the EA air con belt tensioner and some 3mm ribbon steel.. there are 3 bolt locations that I have added. one goes to the front mount bolt of the supercharger, one goes under the factory EL tensioner top bolt. (ground off the 3mm spacer that was there and used this instead) and last one goes down on the bottom timing cover bolt on that side.
Doesn't look all that impressive off the engine, so here is one I prepared earlier..  I should add that this could probably have been done a few different ways.. I choose this method for 2 reasons.. 1 is that it helps hide the charger, and two (the most important) is that it significantly increases belt contact on the charger pulley.
You can see the top and bottom bolts here, but not really the one to the immediate left of the top of the bracket where it goes under the closest bolt.
Here is a closeup of the bottom mount point.
The mounting is rock solid as it's anchord in just about every direction.
Here is the new plate in place with the Suburban belt on and tensioned by the factory tensioner. (this new addition gives me a manual tensioner to use as well as the spring loaded factory one... might be handy as it gives me a range of belts that will fit now.)
Below is a side view of the install showing my remarkable guestimate as to the belt alignment.. I did not measure it, and yet it the belt groves line up with the exact middle of the chargers pulley (the charger has an 8pk pulley so there is one grove left on either side, so it lined up spot on.)
Lastly a front view with the cover back on.. the charger is pretty well hidden, once you put a radiator in front of it, a radiator hose over it and a flat black pulley cover over the nose, it will be nearly impossible to tell it is there.
Thoughts? Have I missed anything folks?
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frankieh
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| My webserver is having issues at present, the photos should be back again shortly. |
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Saw it before when they were up, looks really good.
Only thing that stands out, which I think you mentioned in the other thread anyway, is the lack of belt wrap on the AC comp.
Hopefully it isn't too big an issue. |
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frankieh
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| If it is, I'll use some of the slack to add another wheel between harmonic balancer and the air con pushing the belt up.. that should give it more grip.. but the belt is tight and wide.. I can't see it slipping. |
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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| frankieh wrote: | yeah, I agree, however we have a 10 month old baby and things get smelly without the machine.. and I'm still trying to convince myself that my daughter is made of sugar and spice and stuff...
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ahh fair point dude!
im guessing you and wife are using cloth nappies |
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frankieh
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| He11 no... huggies all the way... but we do use cloth nappies as changing sheets and stuff.. |
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frankieh
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YAY... the new server is running..
The photos all work again.
now my last post makes sense. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Looks great, let us know how it drives |
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EFFalcon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| now to work out the plumbing:P |
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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:55 am Post subject: |
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mate those pics look great
pretty much looks factory there
top work
now get it in the damn car  |
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frankieh
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:09 am Post subject: |
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yeah.. plumbing next I guess..
I don't want to put this in the car till I have the manual gearbox, 3.45 diff and EL front suspension.. Having said that, I want to have as much in the car ready to go as possible.. which is why I've put the EL ECU in, and why the intercooler and piping will be getting worked out beforehand.. so that when the time comes, everything will be smooth.
Then I'll take a week off work and change the whole lot in one hit..
Later on after that I'll change the radiator support and put the EL XR6 front on it.
wife doesn't know that yet though she is hoping the charger was the last expense.. |
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