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Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Mon, 13 June 2005 03:24
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As of June 12, 2005
An update of sorts, not entirely dailup safe (pics are mosly 1024 pix wide).
original info about the car: <http://members.optushome.com.au/mkhala/red_celica/ >
Nearly 12 months after the red-hot-turbo-and-manifold incident i got the car back into the garage, removed the overcooked bits and started to round up the bits needed to get it going:
Exotic exhausts newly fabricated manifold and dump (i had this done about 7 months ago).
Bigworms old turbo (ex RB20 ball-bearing job to boot!) which has been waiting for me to do something with finally got attached to a motor.
Some of the hardware for running efi:
- manifold-to-head faces
- intake manifold (before minor mods made)
- Megasquirt ECU tested and ready to run
Pics from a test fitting into engine bay (sunday 12 June).
- turbo to intake clearance
- turbo to strut-tower clearance
- close-up of piping pfeeding collector
Shows that:
- i need to make new mount for the dashpot that drives the wastegate
- i need to modify the heatshield as i can't get to all the bolts
- clocking the turbo is no major drama except for wastgate actuator
- i have to mod the fuel rail for different fuel entry and exit connectors plus the injectors don't seat correctly.
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Tamworth
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August 2004
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Mon, 13 June 2005 03:34
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haha kewl, i have never seen a turbo 18r. I am interested to see how it peforms.
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melbourne
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February 2005
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Mon, 13 June 2005 04:10
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ive seen this b4 and even started a thread about it.. kinda got flammed about it but im still wana do something like it just to b different!
looks good dude keep us posted...
the megasquirt ecu's r the shit i was reading up about them yesterday
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Tue, 14 June 2005 06:56
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This car is great... has beautiful paint on it 
I can't wait to see it up and going again!!!
Cheers
Wilbo
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Gold Coast
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October 2002
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Tue, 14 June 2005 12:51
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that seems like an awfully small plenum. I know that you have limited space, especially with the turbo mounted high up. perhaps an 18re one would be good? I have a picture of one somewhere.
or what about the k or t series plenum's with the chamber on top of the rocker covers and long runners?
hmmm im just trying to avoid study damn uni
just a thought
Daniel.
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townsville NQLD
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February 2004
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Sat, 18 June 2005 10:17
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nice RA40
its something different....turbo 18R
good luck with the project
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Sat, 18 June 2005 11:04
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| munki wrote on Tue, 14 June 2005 22:51 |
that seems like an awfully small plenum. I know that you have limited space, especially with the turbo mounted high up. perhaps an 18re one would be good? I have a picture of one somewhere.
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yeah... the plenum isn't the best size volume - i was just trying to avoid fabricating another intake.
The zorst side was problematic in the original configuration and i got pretty good response with the intake (in the draw-thru-carbi configuration. so i decided to work on the hot side of things rather than the intake. it also meant less cash-burn.
if you could find some pics of the 18re setup that would be helpful. Google doesn't turn up anything useful ;(
now that i've started to assemble thing i should have got the dude to do the manifold with a low slung turbo so i could have had the injectors mounted further up the runners and pointing at a shallower angle to the airflow (at the moment its 90 degrees which means idle and low-air-speeds will be very poor)
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or what about the k or t series plenum's with the chamber on top of the rocker covers and long runners?
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i had actually thought about trying to adapt XF efi runners (their indivdual units that all bolt together) but that always entailed welding aluminium (e.g. TiG).
at a guess i'd say that K series (non-crossflow) might be adaptable but i'd be in the same boat as per the XF runners (e.g. alu fabrication). T efi engines are crossflow? so the spacing of runners would not suit the port spacing.
any idea on how rare K-series manifolds are? anyone considered measuring one up for me?
i guess there'll be a few pics of K manifolds here somewhere if i search hard enough?
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hmmm im just trying to avoid study damn uni
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and a might fine thing that is to do  
Brett: it will be running by next year's Toyota Nationals - if you're there, you can drooll on it in person
Wilbo got to drive it a bit in the original configuration - he seemed to enjoy himself (except for the truck-like heavy steering) 
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townsville NQLD
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February 2004
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Mon, 20 June 2005 08:53
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| thechuckster wrote on Sat, 18 June 2005 21:04 |
Brett: it will be running by next year's Toyota Nationals - if you're there, you can drooll on it in person
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wheres the toyota nationals at??
im in townsville but if its in brissy i may think about it
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Tue, 21 June 2005 02:44
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| brett_celicacoupe wrote on Mon, 20 June 2005 18:53 |
| thechuckster wrote on Sat, 18 June 2005 21:04 |
Brett: it will be running by next year's Toyota Nationals - if you're there, you can drooll on it in person
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wheres the toyota nationals at??
im in townsville but if its in brissy i may think about it
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Yep thats a good idea, you should come down (yeah its in brissy)
And yeah it was great to drive charles car but OMG the steering was heavy!
Chees
Wilbo
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Tue, 21 June 2005 03:02
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Isn't Toyota Nationals at Tamworth next year?
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Gold Coast
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October 2002
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Tue, 21 June 2005 13:00
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Hi Charles
found the pic pm me your email and i will send it your way.
as u can see they are very similar to 2t and 3t efi and looks like the runners will go right in the way of the turbo.
from memory there was one for sale in the trader a few months ago. I think it would be a neat motor to play with 130ps aint bad for an 18r!
i have some 2t and k series efi setup pics too if ur interested k manifold would be useless though.
Daniel.
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Tue, 21 June 2005 13:54
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| munki wrote on Tue, 21 June 2005 23:00 |
Hi Charles
found the pic pm me your email and i will send it your way.
as u can see they are very similar to 2t and 3t efi and looks like the runners will go right in the way of the turbo.
from memory there was one for sale in the trader a few months ago. I think it would be a neat motor to play with 130ps aint bad for an 18r!
i have some 2t and k series efi setup pics too if ur interested k manifold would be useless though.
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Daniel! thanxs for the offer of pics, PM sent 
am kinda annoyed now about the turbo position... but at least it's in an easy to get to with tools.
The previous setup had many bolts and clampes that were hidden and very hard to reach - this new setup ony has about 4 nuts that are moderately hard to locate with fingers (two on manifold, 1 turbo flange, one turbo oil drain).
i figured that any manifold i adapt would need so much modding that it would be easier to start from scratch.
i found some pics of 4 and 7K efi manifolds (in one of oldcorolla's threads) and they go wide and up ;-(
for now i'll try to get the current setup running - there 's also stuff to sort out like like turbo oil piping, intercooler & priping and a few options for crank-angle sensor so i can run a waste-spark ignition
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townsville NQLD
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Wed, 22 June 2005 11:05
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| wilbo666 wrote on Tue, 21 June 2005 12:44 |
but OMG the steering was heavy!
Chees
Wilbo
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thats why you give him a spare MX62 power steering box and pump to put in
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Re: Thechuckster's RA40 18Rte- slowly getting back to working order
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Sat, 01 October 2005 16:27
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OK charles, how about an update!
Cheers
Wilbo
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