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I'm going to start logging my progress as a beta tester for HA Motorsports.
Here is the low down:
AEM cam gear
ECU (not a D17 ecu) with the Ktuner board installed
Direct conversion wiring harness
My D17A1 w/260,000 miles currently has the following little mods:
Cold Air intake (cheap *** one from ebay)
2.5" exhaust with 4" Coffee can (again cheap *** one from ebay)
Full header with no cat...(yup ebay)
ARP headstuds...(non-ebay!!!)
Innovate LC-2 wideband
Battery is relocated to the trunk
I recently took the engine out and wiped it clean.
Since the engine was out....i installed a new water pump, oil pump, all new gaskets, Gates racing timing belt, fx racing stage 3 clutch w/8.6lbs flywheel, drilled the oil pan for a turbo oil line return and capped it.
The plan is to help get this new alternative ecu running efficiently then slap on an ebay turbo. i have a new fuel pump and 660 cc injectors ready to play with the turbo...
If you need help just ask I have build one and messed and tweeted it for 2 years
Time to detail the engine bay a little bit.
New fuel pump comes in tomorrow and then it'll be ready to start up!
just to let you know your going to want to get an oil cooler and install it so where in between before the oil gets to the turbo the oil get heated by the engine then supper heated by the turbo marking the oil super thin thank me later when you oil light isn’t blinking while your ideling
Ok, will look at that. Right now I run 20w50 competition diesel oil Amsoil. I was having that problem before. Also on my new setup, I have a ported and shimmed oil pump.
just to let you know your going to want to get an oil cooler and install it so where in between before the oil gets to the turbo the oil get heated by the engine then supper heated by the turbo marking the oil super thin thank me later when you oil light isn’t blinking while your ideling
I've thought about running an oil cooler in the past.
This might have led to the rod bearing letting go...
I may still add that to a later date, but for now, i don't plan on running this on the street...
I've thought about running an oil cooler in the past.
This might have led to the rod bearing letting go...
I may still add that to a later date, but for now, i don't plan on running this on the street...
I don't have the oil light hooked up anymore.
I have an actual oil pressure and oil temp gauge in the car.
The oil pressure is just off the block. I installed a brass tee to handle the pressure gauge and the turbo oil feed line.
I have the oil temp gauge located near the half way point of my turbo oil feed line.
Oil Temp on the turbo oil feed line brass 4-way block handling the oil pressure and the turbo feed line.
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Been waiting for a month to test at the track but do to my daughters all star cheer practices and rehearsals, things have been a bit crazy around the house.
In the meantime, i have learned the basics to anodizing aluminum!!!!
Very cool, wife was ok with you doing science experiments on the stove?
Yeah, about that...she wasn't home for the first round of "cooking"....
The only stove work is heating up the dye to about 150 degrees, putting the piece in the dye for 8 minutes, then placing the dyed piece into boiling water for 15 minutes to seal everything.
It does have a "breaking bad" feel to everything....
Dude. I legit watched that first video yesterday. Didn't even have to watch it because I recognized the thumbnail. haha. The anodization looks great! Is it really as easy as it seems in the video? Also, what kinda dye did you use.
I used RIT fabric dye!!!!
I used a bottle of the dye to 2/3 gallon of distilled water...I didn't know how much to use so i started with that amount.
I didn't keep the aluminum in the dye for the full 15 min. Instead, i kept it in till i liked the coloration.
For the blue i used Aquamarine
Red i used fuchsia
Purple is used purple
I'm going to need a portable dual burner for the garage.
Wife wasn't too happy when she came home and saw the dye and boiling water....the second time...lol
An old friend suggested to install a stove. This way i can work on powder coating as well....
Making my own turbo leak tester..(just because i can)
Cut it on my lathe last week, tapped, counter sunk, and anodized it last night.
I think the color blotches was caused by using tap water instead of distilled...
