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V8 Twin Turbo Project


Ryan.G

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  • 2 weeks later...

Update the car is ready for mapping... Finally!!!

 

After 3 monthes of messing around with gearbox stuff to find out why my gearbox was whinning it turned out to be the TTC Adaptor Plates!!!

 

Now i cant think of another time i have bad mouthed someone apart from Dan turnip on a forum but TTC Performance have annoyed me soo much. I have never delt with a company who have not listened one bit to what i have said and just brushed off my problem with crap excuses!!.

 

 

Basically 2 monthes ago i finally finished all the V8 Installation and got my v160 all mounted up and working with my custom flywheel. After starting the engine i could hear a whining. Spoke to a few friends in the industy who know there apples one of which is Chris Wilson and it was seen that either my Gearbox was faulty or the adaptor plates are not positioned right... Spoke to Eric @ TTC and basically said the situ and gave him the benefit of the doubt that it might be the gearbox as it was rebuilt.

 

So got another gearbox from magictorch which i personally mapped and knew the box was sweet. Popped that in and it still was whinning!!!

 

 

So spoke to eric again and he said nope the plates are 100% and that 40 cars run these and had no issues. Now i have mapped 2 cars with these adaptor plates so said yes i know they are normally fine but mine are not as the dowel locations have been messed up in the machining and helicoiled again to move them... Eric suggest this is how they are all done!!!! WTF.... Some real quality work there...

 

He are my plates as i recieved them and a vid of the whinning which only was there when the gearbox was turning. Dumping the clutch got rid of the noise…

 

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Soooo decided to get the plates, engine face and gearbox face investigated using a Faro arm which Eric stated they were originally measured up on. Well we found the plates to be 0.5mm out on the centre!!

 

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We even found that the plates are that well designed that the starter motor hits the gearbox!!

 

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Had the Dowel location moved properly by a local engineering and no more whining!!!

 

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Now after giving all this data to Eric he was still not willing to pay out for the damage done to the gearbox and also send me a new plate! Just stated send plate back and if we find it out we will replace. So £100 down on posting back and still a knackered box.... GREAT!

 

 

So word of warning would be to avoid TTC Performance products!!

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Well seems I am having no luck with this engine!! The ls400 engine I brought had a Soarer sump already fitted but when the clever gent decided to fit it all he reused the oil pickup gasket and when I first fitted the engine it never got oil pressure well after messing around with the oil system for ages a month ago before I found the problem it seems where it was cranked and ran for abit without oil pressure it has knackered the buckets in the engine and now the car struggles to get good oil pressure when hot.

 

So engine out again!

 

Will get there some time this year !

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Update:

 

Got some time on sunday to get the knackered engine out and slap in another bog standard 1uzfe.... This time with the turbo's :D

 

Changed over the diff last night also to a Auto TT one and hoping to map it late thursday night. Took for a test drive tonight and it feels and sounds unbelivable!!

 

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My other spare engine is off for machining next week to fit some forged pistons and rods for the next step when i get bored. I seriously considering going mental with the forged lump and sticking two gt35's on it :D

 

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