{"id":2119,"date":"2025-03-20T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=2119"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:58:58","slug":"2025-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=2119","title":{"rendered":"2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow, already in March (19\/3\/2025 to be precise!) A great deal has happened since my last 2024 update. The new engine is fitted and runs beautifully, i am still running it in, 92 miles covered so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a link to the new engine&#8217;s build &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=2019\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2019\"> in case you missed it \ud83d\ude42 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First run of the mid engined spitfire with new engine fitted.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gy4oRQk1608?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has been good \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The car starts, drives and stops. The engine sounds lovely and strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has been bad \ud83d\ude41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fad856b90fef59c20cb8cf5c635ba6a5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fuel pump<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first drive out I managed 12 miles and the car stopped dead.. the fuel pump had died. So a very expensive trailer home was required. It turned out that my Bosch 044 fuel pump was actually not an 044 but one with half the capacity!.&nbsp; So I had to buy a Bosch 200, which is an uprated version of the now obsolete 044.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Then the fuel pump dies - mid engined Spitfire\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfrG0LrXDsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-923cec9ec711bde2e2a193a0efe3165a\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Wastegate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ali Express 44mm wastegate died.. after one drive it started leaking. So i have now replaced that with a genuine Tial 44mm V44 MVR V-Band wastegate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c4c7997a7e5fc932bc88d5ced8f5a2e1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Gearbox<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was still digging around inside the engine I took the oppurtunity to swap the gearbox back to the petrol box from the diesel one. That meant fitting another universal LSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b5c8200a7bebdc4bcbba1665779e802f\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Turbo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brand new Garret G30 660 turbo has broken. Yup, I took the car for a drive and when the engine got hot I could see white smoke coming out of the car, at idle it looked like a steam engine. to prove it wasnt the engine I removed the turbo and converted the car to NA, no smoke. When the engine got hot you could actually see the oil seeping through the hot side. I have sent the turbo back to ProRace and they in turn have sent it back to <em>someone <\/em>for testing. I have been told it will take 12 weeks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an interim measure I bought a cheap (really cheap \u00a3100)&nbsp; turbo from ebay. It is a GT3076. This turbo came with a 4 bolt flange to the down pipe, my down pipe has a V-Band. So I had to cut the flange off the new turbo and weld a V-Band to it, it worked, it looks good and it doesn\u2019t leak \ud83d\ude42 The \u00a3100 Chinese turbo doesn\u2019t smoke when the engine gets hot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also fitted a Turbosmart 40 psi oil pressure regulator, OPR. 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This is just to make sure that the oil pressure isn\u2019t an issue. both the Garret and the GT3076 have restrictors built in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Turbosmart OMP 40 Mid Engined Spitfire\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZ42cbFfvGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b4abbc8b33bc94d24fe6a6944a83f272\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Seats<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still don\u2019t have my seats back&#8230; I bought a pair of temporary bucket seats, but they are so uncomfortable I would rather not drive the car. My seats are off being upholstered, but hopefully I will get them back in a week or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12th May 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My Turbosmart OPR failed \ud83d\ude41 This cost me a turbo, I was driving home from a car getting the car Mot&#8217;d and i heard this screaming noise coming from the engine; when i got home I checked the compressor wheel and it was moving all over the place, when i removed the turbo is saw there was no oil inside&#8230; Turbo replaced, and OPR removed and sent back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have instead fitted a little turbo oil filter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I do now have my seats, they are much nicer than what i had before, so for that i am grateful. I am still waiting for my Garrett to come back, and the car has developed a nasty oil leak from somewhere on the oil filter side of the engine. 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