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Naw its all good folks, I appreciate the suggestions of odd stuff like tucking the snail and WG under the car. I think you'd have a bit more boost lag and one good pothole would cost a couple thousand in repairs. I love those guys at atpturbo.com. They have every little bit, bob, and woozit that you need for putting together a setup. I wish I had found them earlier on in the build.
I'm just waiting on the block to arrive to start the Stage 2 build. It's a continual process of acquiring parts really. I but stuff with that in mind. I'm holding off on the rotating assembly, sleeves and whatnot until the block arrives and I can get it checked to make its not warped or otherwise damaged. I plan on having the full S2 build by next fall. I'll be back in the states by then and will have access to a reputable tuner and decent machine shop. That's really the main thing I need at this point to go any further.
So in a nutshell, S2 build is going on now, but I'm just in the information gathering and slow acquisition of parts stage. I'm in no hurry. This car is for my daughter when she learns how to drive - minus the built slug of course.
Parts I will be selling will be the mani, downpipe, exhaust and injectors. But thats a long way off.
Last edited by speedfoos : 07-26-2007 at 12:17 PM.
Reason: Group hugs for everyone.
Lighter WG spring and the last gasket arrived today, thanks atpturbo.com. Just waitin' on the boost gauge install kit (hopefully tomorrow) and the new exhaust tubing which shipped yesterday.
I need to get to work on this thing but after that week of painting, my fingers are all jacked up from cleaning the gun so many times with thinner. Hopefully will be healed enough by tomorrow so I can do all the wiring as nothing tears them up more than wiring.
LOL - yeah this has been dragging on for fricking ever.
If everything works out right I should be able to have everything installed by next weekend. But that's if my exhaust tubing and flex pipe get here before next Friday. That's the last stumbling block. It shipped out yesterday and as long as the folks handling the mail this week aren't the usual knuckle-dragging chimps, that box should arrive Thursday. Drop it off with my welder after work and then pick it up Saturday.
Car gets deadlined on Monday to start the full install. We have a mini-meet on Sunday so I would like to be able to drive it up until then.
thank god. i really hope everything works out with this thing. whos tuning the motor over there in the uk? do u have a reputable shop in mind? are u doing the tuning urself? lol
Well I was going to do a tune by email with a guy for $300, but I still want dyno time and real tune on it, so I'm going to run the 5psi base map, street tune it myself the rest of the way and take it to one of 2 places I found. Its going to be expensive, but worth it. Plus with the wideband I bought from Andyman, the PCS supposedly is pretty good at auto-learning with one.
Ugh what a pain in the ass. 4.5 hours later and I ran out wire to run the signal wire for the coolant gauge. So that means I only got to completely install the Mickey Mouse pod on the steering console.
But I got all 4 distribution blocks wired up (2 power, 2 ground). My voltmeter and oil temp seem to work just fine. I may have plugged the oil pressure signal wire into the oil temp gauge, but I'll figure that out tomorrow if it doesn't move on the drive to work.
Now all I have to do is terminate the ends for the other 3 gauges, plug them into the d-blocks, run the vacuum line through the firewall for the boost gauge, run the signal wire for the coolant sending unit, and mount the pillar pod.
Sounds like a lot but the hard work of running the two separate power blocks and ground blocks, tucking the wires and all that other nonsense was really the most time consuming.
Anyway, here are some pics. I like the simple gauge faces, but I'll more than likely be changing out the bulbs at a later date to blend with the interior more. I wired up the gauge illumination to come on with the headlights. In retrospect, I should have tied it to the parking light circuit, but fug it, its done and works now. I don't ever drive with my parking lights on anyway.
Good job on the rad support hacking, sometimes a little defabrication is necessary to get it done. Installation is the easy part, making it run right is what's difficult.
Good job on the rad support hacking, sometimes a little defabrication is necessary to get it done. Installation is the easy part, making it run right is what's difficult.
Nope no block yet. I don't have much hope at this point to be honest with you. I'll chalk this one up to USPS: 2 / Speedfoos: 0 (they ate a water port adapter too). Oh well. It may still show up, it'll be like Christmas if it does! If installation is the easy part, then I'm fucked, LOL!
The only gauge I will be changing out is the boost gauge. There's really nice looking Garrett one on atpturbo that I want in my Christmas stocking!
Heheheheheh. Lookee what arrived today. Thanks Uncle Summit. You know what this means......
Its got nipples. It says so right here. Do you want to touch them?
Friday night, car gets officially deadlined (for real this time) to cut up the exhaust, mock up this up-tube (or is it a down pipe?) and take it to my welder Saturday morning. He should be done with it by Saturday night. While that's going on, it time to get out the hot glue, bailer twine, and box of zip ties to start puttin' this turbo stuff on my car. We'll see how far I get on Saturday.
Last edited by speedfoos : 08-02-2007 at 02:21 PM.
Re: Exhaust stuff is here - Speedfoos' Slow Turbo Install
whoot!!! awesome man, cannot wait. man u have like thos whole site pulling for you man... its just like when dex got jipped out of his air ride suspension, everyone was and still is pulling for him. Man we cant wait! lol
