300E Turbo LPG Project

[BAD300]

Update

Intercooler was $185 delivered from here. Will be arriving this week. May modify it which will add fair bit to cost.....

Just paid for Poly Bushes from UK. Both front & rear LCA bushes delivered for $253AUS! That's excellent!!!

Invoice from US for Bilstein Struts delivered approx = $695AUS! That's between 2/3 & 1/2 what I would pay here! Once I have invoice I will pay.

So, not bad on a whole I guess? But, surely won't be doing this ever again!

 

[BAD300]

OK. Just completed payment transaction for Bilsteins from US, $723AUS. AUS$ sux @ moment. So, now all the important suspension stuff is sorted!

Hopefully the IC will be here soon so I can @ least attempt the fitment for now. Obviously can't do pipework until exhaust parts are delivered.......

 

[MaxMatt]

Which Bilstein part nr. did you order?

 

[BAD300]

Part numbers differ depending on the reseller. They are B8 sprints (sports). If you are chasing them yourself. There is only one type. They are yellow & have a shorter travel than the B6 HD type. Hope this helps? Also, coils are H & R sport!

IC arrived yesterday but it is longer than stated so I have to cut the tank ends & reposition them top to bottom to make it fit now bugger it.......will be talking with a welder today to confirm what to do?

 

[MaxMatt]

Those are Bilstein-v36-0365 or 22-003652. Very pricey.

 

[BAD300]

Yep. That's the fronts! I think I did OK really. You wouldn't wanna get them from resellers down here I can tell you

 

[BAD300]

Fark I'm happy now

Just returned from an aluminium welder I found just a tad over 10mins away from me. Top bloke who's modest & does good work for simple hrly rate. No bullsh1t!

I dropped off the IC for him to reposition the tank end pipes. He is also keen to do the IC piping once I get all the gear from OS to fit. He's keen to work with me bits & pieces @ a time.

Can do all types of welding & really proud of his work!

Feel better about my mission now

 

[BAD300]

Just in process of sourcing certain parts OS....ie: tie rod link/ends; front ball joints; rear subrame mounts; diff mount/bushings; trans cooler; turbo cooling/oil lines, banjos etc, strut mounts, boots & bump stops, swaybar bushes (these are pretty straight forward though)

Couldn't wait the 3 month backorder from here for H&R sports lowered coil springs as this would set me back too much time & I'd basically have nothing to do til' I get turbo gear from Scandinavia (root that!) So, managed to source them from US for only $50 more than if I waited. These will be freighted via USPS priority mail (believe me you pay for this but far less chance of it getting lost in a slow-haul freight service & I need to get started with this car as I hope to get it @ least drivable by mid May next year ) Incidentally, US supplier I managed to find was only $50 cheaper than other suppliers so, another win

As it now stands, awaiting the following:

a) turbo header, detachable 3" dump pipe & external WG pipe, WG, BOV, cam
& crank trigger wheels & adapter plates to suit, VEMS ECU, wiring
harness to suit & all sensors etc coming from Estonia (across ocean from
Sweden )
b) IC refurbish from here
c) H&R coil springs from US
d) Bilstein struts from US
e) S500 150A alternator from US
f) Poly bushes from UK......so.....waiting

 

[BAD300]

um..................liquid injection is only $500 more than vapour. I was given bullsh1t information from a-hole here where I live & also from another. Been like this for years too btw.....how do these nobs stay in business

Anyway, confirmed it all with installer who uses LPG warehouse gear (JTG installs), the "ants pants" of LPI "untuned" can expect about 15wkw more power than with petrol / "tuned" up to 30 economy near that of fuel & capable of higher CR's than fuel too

Fark there's alot to learn/know.......when I explained I am running aftermarket ECU & trigger wheels etc, he then confirmed it can be run via direct LPI, not duel-fuel bullsh1t!

Not much booking time necessary either! Only a week or two! I thought it would be months, so this is one huge plus.......

Again, until I get the turbo header & gear from OS, I can't do alot of the technical stuff. But when suspension & front-end gear turn up, @ least I can do the undercarriage.

 

[BAD300]

Here's just a little something different to wet the appetite of performance folk, helping to explain what I'm really about

.........

QUOTE from a recent article:

......Whereas traditional vapour LPG systems turn liquefied gas into vapour form before feeding it into the engine via a venturi in the throttle body, the liquid phase injection (LPI) system takes the gas in liquid state all the way to the injectors -- a more precise method that Ford says delivers improved engine performance.......

 

[BAD300]

sheesh! Tryin to stay up with this LPI stuff.......

The JTG system uses it's own injectors that come with the kits. This means I don't have to fork out for LS2 COP injectors or even run EFI @ all, due to dedicated LPI set up. Just wish I didn't need to use the pidly donut where my spare should be but apparently this has the necessary pump needed.

Anyway, spoke guy in charge this morn & he's keen to have the car as soon as I get it all together, up to fitting the VEMS ECU & harness, then shop takes over. Cart comes home on all fours

Found OEM suppliers in UK & US for all the tidly OEM suspension parts like, ball joints, idler arm bushings, Strut boots & bump stops, boot rubber, draglink & tie rod assemblies, expansion tank cap, thermostat & other tid bits......all the pita stuff including the rear flex plate (driveshaft donut) for 1/3rd cost it is here &....heavily discounted expedited freight on most so hopefully gets here round same time as the springs. Bilsteins arrived yesterday

 

[BAD300]

Well. All parts I ordered were delivered pre-Chrissie.

Poly LCA bushes
H&R sports springs & coil hats
Bilstein Sports; bump stops; boots; & strut mounts
Centre bearing
Torsion bar bushes
Idler arm bush kit
drag link; tie rod assemblies
ball joints
rear flex plate
non A/C serp belt
thermostat
reservoir cap
wiper blade
150A alternator

Very cool! Only hickup was one idiot supplier who didn't send 1 ball joint in order then, sends a used one as a replacement

I will take pics of all goodies later today.

Also, scored an S320 M104 fuel rail from US for a bargain It will come post new year.

Next, I just need the modded intercooler again, post new year now.

 

[BAD300]

Well, the infamous parcel from Estonia is packed & ready to send. I will be making payment today & hopefully, it'll be sent on it's way this week. So, I'll be hanging out for the tracking number & then, be a little less stressed with the whole thing from then on

I was reflecting this morn' on the dramas I've experienced with this project. Unbelievable. More unbelievable is the fact I still give a toss. I drive a comfortable car already, it needs maintenance like any other & takes too much time up now & then. I walk past the 300E every other day as it sits there raped.

Too daunting to even imagine it reliably taking off down the road as a daily sometime? in the future.......

The puzzling thing for me once after market ecu arrives is what ignition set up I run? I was going to go with the COP's as stated before but with the liquid LP injection system I'm having fitted, they can't be utilised as the system uses it's own mysterious injectors! Hmmmm..................

 

[d w124]

Any updates??

 

[nick.ged]

reading the thread on the other site, seems bad has jacked this project and is selling off all the parts he has collected