19 Project Turbo Shed - sponsored by Bosch PWS850-125

[Adey]

much planned or in the pipeline for the car @Neal R19 ?

 

[Neal R19]

No, it's going to sit around for a while now as I'm back to doing up the house.

 

[dimzit]

This is some of the most amazing engineering ive ever seen anybody put into pictures. I wish i had the know how to try and do something like this.

 

[MOS]

This is a fantastic thread! Hope you do more projects we can follow.

 

[binge]

Just read the entire thread for about the 4th time now. Great read! I'm sure I'll be back again for another browse when I get back to doing the Megane.

 

[DaveL485]

Whats going on with the turboshed now anyway @Neal R19 ?

 

[Neal R19]

Whats going on with the turboshed now anyway @Neal R19 ?

Nothing really, I parked it up when I got home from Retro Rides Gathering in August 2018 and I don't think it has turned a wheel since other than moving across the drive once.

I had to go back to properly diving in on getting some of my house sorted out but I'm now sort of finished on that for now, or at least between mini-projects.

Over the last few months I've been chatting with @binge about removing the immobiliser from the S3000 ECU and ditching the UCH, fuse plate, steering lock and a shit load of wiring which was really the one big thing I wasn't happy with.

He sorted it on his megane and I copied, doing the same thing on mine. Might do a separate post on the saga involved with that.

With that working and out of the way, it's time to say goodbye to the turboshed and I've started stripping it. Want the carcass gone by the end of July.




After that the plan is to do a top end rebuild on the engine, clean and paint everything, then whack it all in my 16V next spring.

 

[binge]

Once both motors are finished. I'll race you to a bricked ECU.

Place your bets on how many power cycles it takes.

 

[Derek.j]

Have you had problems de immobilising yours aswell?

 

[Neal R19]

Have you had problems de immobilising yours aswell?

It didn't work using the instructions provided. I had to send it to Poland for them to sort it out. Instructions have since been updated.

 

[Adey]

It didn't work using the instructions provided. I had to send it to Poland for them to sort it out. Instructions have since been updated.

all working fine so far though?

 

[Neal R19]

all working fine so far though?

Seems to be, not sure how many power cycles I've done, Ben reckons his shit itself at about 40 or so - hypothesizing that the immobiliser code rolls over and out of sync with the emulator after a certain number of starts without the UCH etc connected - like a remote key fob if you press the button lots of times while out of range.

We've also been speculating that having an OBD dongle plugged in at startup could screw things up but I find that a bit harder to believe.

Just educated guessing really though. So I dunno, hopefully it's OK.

 

[Derek.j]

Did you just buy the emulator and fit it yourself? Was it diffficult

 

[Neal R19]

Did you just buy the emulator and fit it yourself? Was it diffficult

Yes, did it myself. Not difficult if you're comfortable soldering/desoldering surface mount chips.

Need an EEPROM programmer too. You can pick one up for under a tenner but it needs slight modification to work with the chip in the ECU.

 

[j_carter]

Awesome thread. Thanks for posting such detail with your build.

 

[DaveL485]

A bit sad that the turboshed has breathed its last, but, it will be cool in the Valver shell.

 

[Adey]

A bit sad that the turboshed has breathed its last, but, it will be cool in the Valver shell.

agree, car was awesome

 

[Neal R19]

She's gone. End of an era

Still, on to the next phase...

 

[Adey]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo that car was awesome

 

[yabx172]

i read everything, very inspiring topic !