Alain's Brasil-style turbo Fox build

By alaincopter
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3 minute(s) of a 85 minute read

9-5-2012

Finally the long awaited update: we're back on the road!!!  

The fueling problem is finally solved with stock CIS-E injector lines (thank you denver_fox!!), which were made to work with the Mercedes FD via "adapters" I made by tapping and shortening brake line fittings - they are basically threaded sleeves, M10x1 outside, M8x1 inside, which allow the smaller bolts from the Fox to fit the larger ports on the Merc FD: 

 

As I had posted and commented with turbinepowered and ziddey over in the CIS forum, the idea was to go with commercially available M10 to M8 adapters; but those were near impossible to find, terribly expensive, and would make the line fittings sit a bit too high in the end. With the adapters I made, everything works and looks close to stock: 

 

 

The car is running awesome, and is a blast to drive. I spent some time tuning it for emissions and I have to say I love what this FD can do. It has no problem running on a smaller engine and half the injectors it originally was meant for - mixture is stoich at idle and part throttle, fuel delivery is constant and smooth, throttle response is great, and it gets nice and rich when in boost - all the way from 0 to 11 psi. It is fast and fun! 

I've since replaced the motor mounts with bmw e30 ones, added the radiator surround covers that myboxyfox's friend Rob gave me. This past Friday I took it on its first road trip since the rebuild. About 600km from Montreal to Waterloo and it behaved very well! 

Pics after today's rainfall: 

 

 

 

Next will come a little bit of buffing and detailing, then taking it to the Berlin Klassik show coming up this weekend



Comments

Thank you Diggymart! I’ll have other updates soon as I’ve finished the interior upholstery, front suspension and brake upgrades, and I hope to start posting videos more regularly as well. Cheers!

Posted by alaincopter on 10/18/21 @ 12:55:10 PM

The Fox!

Posted by Diggymart on 10/17/21 @ 1:08:06 PM

Nice update and video!

Posted by Diggymart on 2/18/21 @ 4:11:06 PM

Nice looking Fox!

Posted by MPower on 10/1/20 @ 7:49:34 PM

Thank you!!

Posted by alaincopter on 1/10/21 @ 10:14:40 PM

My pleasure, very glad to have my build featured - thanks for everything! From day one I've seen how hard you've been working on this site and you made it exactly the way us car nuts love - a great place to quickly access great builds and helpful info, along with a easy to use platform to post new content, even easier than the forums. Many props to a great site!

Posted by alaincopter on 5/3/17 @ 1:43:00 AM

Thanks! We appreciate the kind words. :)

Posted by diyauto on 5/4/17 @ 9:48:42 AM

Looks great and thanks for adding! I love that blue :)

Posted by diyauto on 4/21/17 @ 10:24:00 AM