Sam's MA61 7MGTE Conversion

[Negative Boost]

Yeh, i've got the fuel pump relay (the thing on the right in picture no. 4 correct?) but not the fuel pump resistor. I cant wire the relay up without the resistor right?
I'll have to get onto chris about getting that resistor. Or does anyone here have a spare one they'd like to part with?

Yeh i've seen andy's website, its great! I certainly wouldn't have gotten this far without that website.

[JustCallMeOrlando]

The alternative is you can use the FPR, but bypass the resistor, it's only there for slowing the fuel pump down at low load, I've got an external Walbro, and I can never hear it.

[Negative Boost]

Alrighty, thanx for the sugesstion. I'll look into the wiring shouldn't be hard at all to hook up.

[Negative Boost]

Seems i left the fuel pump relay and resistor at Chris's place when i took the engine. He sent it down to me so now i have both.

Bit of an update here, i've got pretty much everything to do the conversion with now and have set a date of the 12th of May to start. I'd take a picture and show all my 'goodies' but the batteries are flat. So that'll have to wait another time, sorry guys.

Another question. I need to locate the oil pressure sensor. There are 2 sensors down the left hand side of the block. One towards the front and one towards the rear. Which one is the oil pressure sensor?

[CrUZida]

Neither, both of them are knock sensors.

Oil pressure sensor is just infront of the oil filter.


As for the fuel pump relay, most people just use the stock Circuit Opening Relay for that.

[whatthe?]

Cruz is indeed correct, the oil pressure sensor will have either a male spade or a little round lug on it depending on your engine. Either way the standard MA61 oil pressure light plug will go straight on (if youre going to use the idiot light and not install a guage that is)

[Negative Boost]

Cheers guys, that was very quick.

I'm going to try and wire up the fuel pump with the fuel pump relay and resistor as how it was in the MA70. Why, because it runs the pump at dual speed and keeps the system more inline with factory spec.

I needed to locate the oil pressure sensor as i will be running a mechanical oil gauge. But i also want to keep the 'idiot' oil light, so i am going to run a T junction so i can have both.

Cheers again

[whatthe?]

Cheers guys, that was very quick.

I'm going to try and wire up the fuel pump with the fuel pump relay and resistor as how it was in the MA70. Why, because it runs the pump at dual speed and keeps the system more inline with factory spec.

I needed to locate the oil pressure sensor as i will be running a mechanical oil gauge. But i also want to keep the 'idiot' oil light, so i am going to run a T junction so i can have both.

Cheers again

Theres another bung (unused with a bolt in it) at the back of the block on the drivers side, might be a better option than running a T piece. Just a thought....

[Negative Boost]

Now that is a thought. Thanks, i'll check it out next time i get a chance to. Would be a much better location than having it all the way down near the filter.

[CrUZida]

Personally I'd ditch the 2 speed pump.
There is no real need for it.

[JustCallMeOrlando]

Indeed. My Walbro runs at full speed (I used all factory relays etc.) and I never hear it.

[Negative Boost]

Just piecing the last final parts of my conversion together now. I still need to fabricate a lower bracket for the MK3 Radiator thats to go in. Waiting on some R33 rotors and calipers to arrive and need to modify the adapter for the pod filter to fit the 7M airflow meter. After that though, she's all ready to go. Here's a pic with some parts that ive accumulated so far

[CrUZida]

Those black spacers look familiar!

[Negative Boost]

Haha, so should the rings on the hubs. I should say thanks to Stefan (and Cruzida of course) for them.

[Stefan]

That adapter plate won't suit Sam's R33 brakes, so to make it easier for him I'll take it back for me and order an r33 caliper adapter plate to go with my new widercentreing ring (if this is cool).

[Negative Boost]

Huh? you've lost me. You told me just an hour ago that you confirmed with Cruzida that the adapters/spacers would work with R33 gear.

[Stefan]

If the spacers for r32 and r33 calipers are different, then the ones i gave you won't work for you... so I will order a set of r33 spacers with my brake kit (r32) and swap the spacers over.

[WDE_BDY]

As far as I understand the caliper brackets are the same, the calipers simply have longer mounting legs on the R33's to allow for the bigger discs. Cruzida should be able to confirm.

Callum

[wilbo666]

As far as I understand the caliper brackets are the same, the calipers simply have longer mounting legs on the R33's to allow for the bigger discs. Cruzida should be able to confirm.

Callum

Vote that

The differance is in the calipers.

Cheers
Wilbo

[CrUZida]

Kit works for;
* Z32/R32 Calipers and Z32/R32 Discs
* R33 Calipers and R33 Discs
* GTR Calipers and GTR Discs

Providing the caliper matches the disc, it will work.
If you have a mix n match combo though, it won't work.