albish DS3 Racing | Engine Rebuild

[Jamie@SPTuning]

Car of the month for me....again [emoji1305]

[albish]

Good to have you back Albish. I've missed your pics and that latest one is fantastic! Look at the gleam and finish on her - just superb!! As for that video, wow she really packs a punch and leaves that Golf for dead - brilliant!! I'm a big fan of your work and can't wait to see more

Thank you Funky, will try to update more now as weather got better and i got 'freeer' :P

Yeah love your updates always a great read

Thanks mate

Car of the month for me....again [emoji1305]

Thank you Jamie I wanna see your racing in that post first



And heres another pic from today, she went in for a full polishing and ceramic coating, stickers had to be off for the treatment so new stickers on Monday



Cheers

[albish]

Car of the month for me....again [emoji1305]

Jamie I need your help :P Today took the boost pipes off to clean the engine from polish powder, and also checked for oil in pipes an everything seem ok.
However when I took the GFB DV out i noticed this black build up, is this normal? as I doesn't look good to me...



Cheers

[Jamie@SPTuning]

Is it oily?

[albish]

Is it oily?

Yep it was kind of oil, not completely dry feeling

[Jamie@SPTuning]

I would presume that's normal then. I've never ran a dv+ so couldn't say for sure.

[albish]

I would presume that's normal then. I've never ran a dv+ so couldn't say for sure.

I was worried as turbo started showing signs of 'exhaust gases escaping' dont really know how they say in english, but a black 'coating' around turbine housing, its still very little but I think i must fast forward to a new turbo

Thanks a lot

[Jamie@SPTuning]

What boost was you running? Maybe it's getting too hot?

[albish]

What boost was you running? Maybe it's getting too hot?

1.5 bar, it still holds boost ok from what I can tell looking at logs, just that blackish 'coating'... It is very possible its running too hot, and my 'electric water pump' started making strange noises so its definitely not working well :\

I just can't decide if I should go Franken, or RCZ R, have u had any experience with any of them?

[Jamie@SPTuning]

I would say that is far too much boost in respect to turbocharger longevity, it will be well out of its best efficiency range.
Even at 1.35bar things get glowing red hot, enough to light a cigarette [emoji23]
Wish I could get hold of the correct compressor charts for these turbos.
RCZ R is something I'm considering, if Thepnl's R56 is anything to go by.
Turbo and manifold is around £1500 so that's not to bad. It will be a tight fit for sure. May need to cut away some of the fan cowl and change intercooler to single pass using the one from the RCZ R.

[albish]

I would say that is far too much boost in respect to turbocharger longevity, it will be well out of its best efficiency range.
Even at 1.35bar things get glowing red hot, enough to light a cigarette [emoji23]
Wish I could get hold of the correct compressor charts for these turbos.
RCZ R is something I'm considering, if Thepnl's R56 is anything to go by.
Turbo and manifold is around £1500 so that's not to bad. It will be a tight fit for sure. May need to cut away some of the fan cowl and change intercooler to single pass using the one from the RCZ R.

Yes you warned me when I first told I it was boosting 1.5bar :P But I kept it like this as I was planning to change the turbo ever since...
But the lack of compressor info is keeping me away, I have a friend of my fathers who can do a hybrid, but he coulnt suggest any 'size' for my setup as he's used to VAG Group only (thats what he said...)
I've read everything on Thepnl's thread, love that mini
I can get both for 1500 euros exactly from a dealer here, Franken is definitely the cheaper option. But hybrid would be even cheaper, but I want a turbo to work within its efficiency range, and I think RCZ R at 300bhp would still be a bit out of its range :\...

Today while peeking through Oil Cap I could see very little, but still there, pitting on cam lobes, so I guess Cams will be before the turbo... Already emailed CatCams and Shrick, so will see

Thank You and Cheers

[Hyperkev]

Albish where diff you get those headlight brows from?

[albish]

Albish where diff you get those headlight brows from?

They are from Vmaxx (not V-Maxx tho) the german Vmaxx :P Here's the link https://www.vmaxx.de/headlight-surro...oen-ds3?left=1

and if the link dosn't work, Article name: headlight surround for CITROEN DS3, Article number: VM02493


Cheers

[Torque plez]

Amazing build. Mirin hard.

[albish]

Amazing build. Mirin hard.

Thanks mate