Well, i'm done. There isnt much more to this project, so this will be the last update for this page. Any future mods will be displayed on my normal page. Drove the car 100miles today, breaking in the clutch. All is well. Besides the map sensor contraption allways falling off (causing an EGR code), no problems at all (tranny also is whining in 1st and 2nd gear...)
Engine bay shots.. you can
see the mess that exists behind the valve cover. The wire loom is so huge that I
couldnt fit it anywhere, so it just looks messy.
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RRE template and, front of my car
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Well, the car started as of 9pm tonight. I connected everything a bit "half assed" just to see if she starts. And she did. Now I will finish everything nice and neet.
3" downpipe I welded up, and
the new 3" o2 housing I welded up on the turbo
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Here is my 2.5" upper
intercooler pipe, and my lower 2.5" pipe
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Turbo is bolted on and ready to go,
and some more pics of my alsmot done car
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ARP studs on and gasket on, 1g head is on, steve tek fuel
system is on
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Almost finished.. "old
iron" like valve cover (sanded it down real well), and what it looks like under the
1g manifold
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Stevetek fuel system complete, and
you can see the fuel line runing under the car
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Got the turbo back from forced
performance, nice and clean, and a new comrpessor blade
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Here I am custom fabricating my
3" o2 housing and 3" downpipe
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RM Sway bars that are being installed
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Installing the Prothane motor mounts on all 4 mounts
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Pretty ARP Head studs, 3" donut
and 90deg for my 3" custom o2 housing and 3" downpipe, and my resurfaced
flywheel with a pic of the new CFDF BB clutch I ordered
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Pics of the new 1g head from Con
icelli, the port sizes between 1g intake manifold (top) and 2g intake manifold (bottom),
and lastly the gasket on my 2g head shows the difference between the smal2g head ports and
the 1g head ports (that gasket is for the 1g head)
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1g manifold ready to bolt on with all
the stuff from 2g manifold transfered over, notice the fuel rail is ready to go on with
the -6an fitting, and cleaned up the 1g water pipe and coolant neck... next pic is
my car in its state in my garage, and how I plugged up the water hole in the front of the
block
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Here I am tapping the fuel rail for
the -6an fitting, next pic is the fuel pump line already installed (-6an line to the front
of the car), me powerwashing the old 1g parts, and finnaly, a pic of my tranny back in
place with my new clutch installed. Ready for 1g head install
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Picture of my turbo setup removed, and the transfer case
removed, as well as the case and all the parts that were removed
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The process I went through to
remove my transmission. All by myself with my knees and a jack. Tricky but
doable...
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Clutch removal process. Look
how thin the disk got. This was a hair off the rivets. Time for a new clutch
(CFDF BB 2500 pictured, I ordered the same one).
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All thats left, and the parts
pilup on my garage floor... Time to order the parts and start assembly and cleanup.
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Car on jackstands in my garage
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Some views of the dissasembly of
hoses and wiring
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Broken turbo bolt! AARGG!!
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TRE Ported exhaust manifold out of
the clear.. note the torch and liquid wrench i had to use to remove the above bolt, which
broke anyway.. doh!
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Web cams still in good shape after
2 months. No indentaion where the rollers ride.
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Valve train, 2g valves (you can
see how #1 valves are lighter in color than #4, which means your #1 chamber runs the
hottest), 2g intake manifold and the head off the car with everything still attached
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OOPS! Dropped a contact in
there! Juuust kiddiing..
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My good pal GREG..
"Hey! 4 HOLES!!"
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