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randeez
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Another nearly freezing day today....so I didn't get much done.
Really just stupid fookin hot pipes would not go together. I test fit everything with everything loose and it was ok. But as I permanently put shit on and tightened it down I got to the down pipe, it would go on turbo but then couldnt get waste gate lined up and vice versa...messed with that for hours before I had waste gate on manifold and downpipe, turbo loose from manifold got turbo on downpipe, started to tighten turbo to manifold as I tightened vband to down pipe
was real close to cutting and rewelding the waste gate and prob will when/if it comes back off.
Ran oil feed, used oil galley plug behind ps pump (same procharger does).
rerouted maf and battery amp sensors, temporarily theyre just strung across the engine will clean up later but should be fine
Still to do this list didnt seem to long till i wrote it all out
:
Finish wires to starter and alternator, shorten accessory lead.
put driver, passenger, wideband o2 sensors in
oil drain, have a few different fittings - would like to weld a bung to oil pan but dont have anyway to weld aluminum (pan drop), grabbed a 1/2 npt drill/tap and fitting(possibly no pan drop), and also have just a bulk head style fitting that uses a nut on inside of pan (pan drop).
do something with tranny cooler - i did grab a few compression couplings and compression x npt to convert over to an hoses if needed just didnt do much with it today.
finish out exhaust, downpipe is just sitting below passenger floor pan, has a short piece of pipe of vband that i can turn it down dump style in the mean time.
turbo to intercooler pipe, its just two peices with silicone couplers, should take but a minute
turbo intake - same thing it's just an elbow and a filter - only take a few mins will probably just listen to that turbo sing before i put it on
coolant overflow tank - for now i can probably mount the stock one somewhere pretty secure and rock it.
plumb all the small hoses for wastegate/bov/boost controller - i grabbed a cheap one from turbosmart but it uses some small as hell hose size so i may send it back and get one with just 1/8npt ports, planned on using all push lock fittings and hose
tune, start, check for leaks, top off coolant
Really just stupid fookin hot pipes would not go together. I test fit everything with everything loose and it was ok. But as I permanently put shit on and tightened it down I got to the down pipe, it would go on turbo but then couldnt get waste gate lined up and vice versa...messed with that for hours before I had waste gate on manifold and downpipe, turbo loose from manifold got turbo on downpipe, started to tighten turbo to manifold as I tightened vband to down pipe
was real close to cutting and rewelding the waste gate and prob will when/if it comes back off.Ran oil feed, used oil galley plug behind ps pump (same procharger does).
rerouted maf and battery amp sensors, temporarily theyre just strung across the engine will clean up later but should be fine
Still to do this list didnt seem to long till i wrote it all out
:Finish wires to starter and alternator, shorten accessory lead.
put driver, passenger, wideband o2 sensors in
oil drain, have a few different fittings - would like to weld a bung to oil pan but dont have anyway to weld aluminum (pan drop), grabbed a 1/2 npt drill/tap and fitting(possibly no pan drop), and also have just a bulk head style fitting that uses a nut on inside of pan (pan drop).
do something with tranny cooler - i did grab a few compression couplings and compression x npt to convert over to an hoses if needed just didnt do much with it today.
finish out exhaust, downpipe is just sitting below passenger floor pan, has a short piece of pipe of vband that i can turn it down dump style in the mean time.
turbo to intercooler pipe, its just two peices with silicone couplers, should take but a minute
turbo intake - same thing it's just an elbow and a filter - only take a few mins will probably just listen to that turbo sing before i put it on
coolant overflow tank - for now i can probably mount the stock one somewhere pretty secure and rock it.
plumb all the small hoses for wastegate/bov/boost controller - i grabbed a cheap one from turbosmart but it uses some small as hell hose size so i may send it back and get one with just 1/8npt ports, planned on using all push lock fittings and hose
tune, start, check for leaks, top off coolant
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pretty sure I'll be able to keep up
