Alright little ladies and little girls, after my ghetto rigging my first setup together and having the turbo go out after the first week without even going into boost, i got lazy to finish things up right... so since i have a couple of weeks off of school now i might as well finish things up...
here are some pics of my progress:



my new turbo t3 ar .48/.42

old turbo and new turbo


Charge piping pretty much done an intercooler is on

How i did the IAT sensor

Piece of cloth for makeshift air filter lol

BOV installed

 

AEM F/IC installed and shoved into the glove box, i need to mount it for good though...

OK new materials for new manifold and downpipe

box of misc stuff #1

Box of misc. #2

Stock injectors anyone??

Just for kicks the OLD manifold and downpipe lol Dont hate!

Oh YEAH!! kids snort coke like me and you can solve this!!!!

well thats pretty much what i have for now... actually i have a few more misc stuff that i didnt take pics of but oh well maybe next time.
ill try to rush things and finish within 2 weeks or so maybe 3 or 4 if i get lazy. ill post more when there's progress, i hope that this thread will be my motivation to get things done.
alright time to go watch some porn... later!

 

hahha nice thread. and kickin' air filter!

 

hahaha it's super dirty too

 

nice thread.
what happened to your first build? what did you do half assed that caused it to fail?
what hoses are you tapping into to get the vacuum source for the BOV and your boost gauge?

btw, im using a turbo thats very similar to taht and i cant get the damn exhaust side free from the center to clock it properly. ive tried wd40, pb blaster (let ti souck for about 15 hours) and a blow torch...nothing has worked.
any ideas?
the oil return fitting is about 45* away from sitting vertical and im afraid that since its gravity fed it wont drain properly like that....

 

tagged =]......

 

been telling ya. get a gangsta brass hammer(2lb or bigger) then call it all kinds of dirty names and beat the crap out of it. just watch the toes. lol

 

yeah get a nice hammer and pound it off!!!!
the turbo just went out on my first setup, it was an old turbo that i knew was gonna fail anyways, plus my oil drain set up didnt help it any. i need to drill and tap it this time. I just rushed to get things done so, i wasnt happy on how things looked, im a bit of a perfectionist haha

 

what do you mean drill and tap it this time? how was it before?

you driving the car with the fmic on it? thats gotta murder performance.

 

dont drill and tap your oil pan. do what i did. weld a male -10AN fitting on the pan and run a braided line for your oil return.

 

looks awesome.

 

It's like a fitting that screwed into the oil drain almost like the banjo bolt setup like the HKS kit.
haha i haven't gone full throttle for so long so i wouldnt know if it's slow or not...
yeah i would love to get it welded, but i dont know how to weld aluminum and i dont want to pay to do either.
drilling and tapping would work just as well though, it shouldnt be a problem, and it's something i can do on my own

 

it was 10 bucks for the bung, 25 to get it welded on and i never ever have to worry about it again. its worth it.

 

thats a pretty good price. i got a quote from a shop close to me, and they wanted 100 bucks to drill and weld it. and i was like pffft screw that!
lol well im still keeping my options open, im gonna finish up the manifold and down pipe first.

 

Wednesday!! wednesday!!
i didnt get any fab work done today because im at my ma and pa's house.
i did manage to pick up 2 items though:


harbor freight flux core welder!! it was only like 100 bucks.

and it welds alright, i took an angle grider with a wire wheel on it and cleaned it up after i took this pic and all the slag came off and it looks just like any other clean weld. this should help with finishing up my downpipe and the rest of my charge pipes.
overall im content with it

and this sucker! to tap my oil pan haha

and do you guys like my track bike?

 

i'm to lazy to metal finish anymore. lol have fun with that. nice updates. I will admit I almost started building my manifold last night. lol but not sure I want a log. almost tempted to get crazy to do a sidemount mani. but I'm definitly to lazy for that. to much relocating.

 

yeah i know what you mean i HATE cleaning welds! but it's alright though it will be some extra work but i can handle it. im just gonna use this for the down pipe and to finish up the charge pipes. as for my manifold, im having a local welder TIG it up for me.
As for you, you should make a tubular topmount, it shouldnt be too hard for you since you are a way better fabricator than i am. im just gonna stick to the log for simplicity.
do something like this:

 

nasty build

 

i've built one very similar to that in the past, but i'm not sure if we have the clearance for something like that. the firewall clearance gets pretty tight towards the top.

 

well it is tight but very doable, my first set up was a topmount log and there was an okay amount of room. you should make one with the turbo sitting lower and there should be plenty of room