Finished reinstalling the engine today and started it up with the FrankenTurbo F21’s in the mix. I’m still on the legacy tune from the K04’s and larger injectors so I just did a leak check and let it idle for a couple of minutes.
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Engine installed with F21’s
This afternoon I swapped fuel injectors from the Bosch EV14 72 lb. to the same injector in a 60 lb. size. I found that with the boost level I have been operating at that the 72 lb. injectors had a maximum duty cycle around 50%, I got the impression I had much more injector than needed for the pump fuel tune that I was operating with and anticipate using in the future.
With the injectors swapped I then took care of a few checks. First I checked the wastegate preload on the FrankenTurbo F21’s, this was the second time I checked them, once before installing the turbochargers on the car and now with them installed. I had to make some slight clocking adjustments to the compressor housings after attaching the turbochargers to the exhaust manifold and I wanted to ensure that the preload was still equal for both turbochargers.
Next I attached the intake components so I could perform a boost leak check. With that check good I set about installing the engine back into the engine compartment. I have yet to find a quick way to get this done, mainly the issue is installing the axles as the engine is being lowered into place. This is a painstakingly slow process.
Eventually things went back into their original places and the engine was back in the car. Now I’ll begin the process of hooking everything back up.
Turbo Collection
On hand:
- The Turbo Engineers – TTE550
- Borg Warner K03
- FrankenTurbo – Mixed Flow F21
- Borg Warner K04
Today I finished removing the BW K04’s and installing the FrankenTurbo F21’s.
I had my first chance to op check the coolant catcher that I rigged up after the last engine pull. The point of the device is to keep the coolant inside the engine once I start hoisting the engine out of the car.
In the past I invariably have ended up with pools of coolant on the garage floor as the engine comes out, my hope was this little device would put an end to the messes. I was happy to see that it worked as intended and I didn’t have any major spillage on the floor.
The two coolant attachment points are joined together with the silicone hose.