How it all started... two beaten and battered boxes show up on my door step.
Ebay manifold... my suggestion, if you are going turbo, AVOID this thing like the plague.
Manifold's ports were very shabby looking, so I took a dremel to them (no after pics sorry)
Getting ready to start (notice snow on the car)
My car is too damn stiff... jack is at the very front fender if it's hard to see...
Bastard bolt from the stock manifold/downpipe
Several hours later, the manifold fit on, and we mounted the turbo. There was very little room in there, so we had to take it back out and smash in the firewall a bit to make some.
Drilling out the battery tray
And what do you do when it's not painted underneath? Find a random can of primer in your garage that matches PERFECTLY lol...
My pretty little TurboXS BOV ready to go on (waiting for a gasket
)
More stuff waiting to be installed, Accel 44lb Injectors and Innovate Wideband
Pile of parts
Charge pipes sitting in somewhat final positions... after the setup is running, the pipes are going for gloss black powdercoating.
Stock parts, and my bike... waiting for the snow to disappear to get back on the trails
My friend fabbing our intercooler brackets
I'm not sure what the significance of a bastard file is, but I thought it was at least a little funny...
Bastard pipes that will not work
OOOOuuuuch, my poor car is hurt!
In the process of completely redoing all the charge pipes
Clears the fog light yay
Ooooohhh be scared lol
I decided to make my hole a little bit nicer.
The basic idea
The turbo was too big, so we had to use a ball peen hammer to make some room at the firewall, the pic is a little bit deceiving, but there really is not too much room, maybe 1/4-3/8"
This is the Saab coolant reservoir I picked up at the junkyard. It was going to use this until I decided the stock one would work better in this position. If anyone wants it, pay me the shipping and you can have it.
We hacked up the stock ECU bracket and came up with this nifty contraption
The new charge piping route... BOV will be right at the fender, where it 90's into the bumper area.
My work area
Had to swap the orientation of these lines, so now the fuel lines clear the downpipe by a mile. All four of the lines, coolant and fuel will be covered in heat wrap.
How it all started... two beaten and battered boxes show up on my door step.
Ebay manifold... my suggestion, if you are going turbo, AVOID this thing like the plague.
Manifold's ports were very shabby looking, so I took a dremel to them (no after pics sorry)
Getting ready to start (notice snow on the car)
My car is too damn stiff... jack is at the very front fender if it's hard to see...
Bastard bolt from the stock manifold/downpipe
Several hours later, the manifold fit on, and we mounted the turbo. There was very little room in there, so we had to take it back out and smash in the firewall a bit to make some.
Drilling out the battery tray
And what do you do when it's not painted underneath? Find a random can of primer in your garage that matches PERFECTLY lol...
My pretty little TurboXS BOV ready to go on (waiting for a gasket
)
More stuff waiting to be installed, Accel 44lb Injectors and Innovate Wideband
Pile of parts
Charge pipes sitting in somewhat final positions... after the setup is running, the pipes are going for gloss black powdercoating.
Stock parts, and my bike... waiting for the snow to disappear to get back on the trails
My friend fabbing our intercooler brackets
I'm not sure what the significance of a bastard file is, but I thought it was at least a little funny...
Bastard pipes that will not work
OOOOuuuuch, my poor car is hurt!
In the process of completely redoing all the charge pipes
Clears the fog light yay
Ooooohhh be scared lol
I decided to make my hole a little bit nicer.
The basic idea
The turbo was too big, so we had to use a ball peen hammer to make some room at the firewall, the pic is a little bit deceiving, but there really is not too much room, maybe 1/4-3/8"
This is the Saab coolant reservoir I picked up at the junkyard. It was going to use this until I decided the stock one would work better in this position. If anyone wants it, pay me the shipping and you can have it.
We hacked up the stock ECU bracket and came up with this nifty contraption
The new charge piping route... BOV will be right at the fender, where it 90's into the bumper area.
My work area
Had to swap the orientation of these lines, so now the fuel lines clear the downpipe by a mile. All four of the lines, coolant and fuel will be covered in heat wrap.
Wastegate disassembled
Under the car, looking at the downpipe etc.
Decided to go with the stock coolant bottle.
Time to tune
ITS ALIVE
At this point I had no exhaust passed the downpipe, and man was it loud. So we got this stuff to quiet it down
And the inside of the car (still need to make a pod for my wideband)... wiring these gauges was almost the hardest part of this whole install... I'm going to school for mechanical engineering, and I'll be damned if I understand one thing about electrical systems...
AND TODAY
This is the only hint I give
And lastly the 98% finished engine
Thanks for checking out the pictures, there was likely over 50mb of pics, so sorry for wasting so much bandwidth
And the turbo is tons of fun, the spooling is unbeliveable. I'll get a vid or two later.
" To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous. "
You get the parts and the beer and we'll get it done