progress pics of my db1

 

sweet.

progress 'pics' would mean pics in a progression from beginning to end, and pics as in plural.

 

bump

 

SSAC FTMFL!!!!!1111oneone

 

yeah there will be more pics hopefully today

 

please tell me that isn't a SSautocrome turbo kit....

 

looks great....now go drive it for 1500 miles and post pics of it LOLOLOLZORSZZZ

 

 

no its not but i did buy the mani off of ebay but it didnt say anything about ssac but here is a another pic of the progress

 

this is the turbo im running

 

This really should be in A/C

 

the turbo is in my car im just hooking everything up now but it's hard for me to get time b/c by the time i get off work it's dark and i got to try to work in the dark and also i cant start it till i get my oil feed and return lines and hook them up thats all i need!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The headers and turbo look sweet! What are you using for fuel management?

That intercooler is a bit small for your turbo. IMO. It will be heat soaked after a couple of runs even though it is front mounted. You can combat heat soak by running a tee off the windshield washer fluid line and installing a sprayer directed at the intercooler.


Modified by Jabinya at 10:04 PM 10/30/2006

 

yeah i know it is small i thought it was going to be bigger but at the drags we can spray nitrous or co2 on our intercoolers.......and as for the fuel management im running msd 400cc injectors and a 12:1 vortec fmu

 

Never seen an intercooler that small Looks good so far

 

oh man, don't use an fmu please.
if anything buy some stuff from my old setup.
i have a chipped p75 ecu

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by no2unenolife &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh man, don't use an fmu please.
if anything buy some stuff from my old setup.
i have a chipped p75 ecu</TD></TR></TABLE>

im sure if he bought a EBAY manifold/turbo kit his intentions arnt to high


lets make bets on what happens first:
turbo falls hanging by oillines
waste falls off
turbo housing cracks
or the BOV explode...and yes it HAS happened lol

 

wow amazing hopefully my cheap *** will buy some nice mods for my teg as well

 

well the manifold is the only cheap part with the turbo kit i have been putting this kit together for the last 6 mon and i think it will work fine im only pushing 9psi on stock internals for now but soon to be better oh and i'll have some more pics today to

 

...the fact remains that it's a low quality manifold and you're running an FMU...I hate to break it to ya, but don't expect the whole deal to last very long buddy.

it's usually a good idea to read up and learn about doing something to your car that will be adding a lot of horsepower instead of just buying a cheap egay kit, throwing it on, and calling it a day.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KaBlookie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...the fact remains that it's a low quality manifold and you're running an FMU...I hate to break it to ya, but don't expect the whole deal to last very long buddy.

it's usually a good idea to read up and learn about doing something to your car that will be adding a lot of horsepower instead of just buying a cheap egay kit, throwing it on, and calling it a day.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

thats the same thing i said, hey im only pushing 7psi on stock interals, My wastegate flew off, and my manifold cracked in abour 7 different places. Get some Full Race of Inline pro manifold get a tail wastegate, get a garret or precision turbo, anything is better than ebay.

 

i do have a garrett turbo not everybody has had the same problem with that mani either

 

and whats the big deal about the fmu????

 

an FMU is a cheap, low-quality, inefficient replacement for actually tuning the ECU...basically, it raises the fuel pressure based on vacuum instead of doing it the right way and making changes to the fuel curve based on rpm, injector size, boost level, keeping the a/f at stoich., etc etc, all of which are done if you tune your ECU.

one of the problems of FMUs is that very frequently the fuel pressures it forces are extremely (and needlessly) high, not only causing a lot of stress on the fuel lines/fittings and the pump, but it also could cause your engine to run really rich or really lean. FMUs are purely mechanical and don't take anything in your personal setup into account. they just jack up the fuel pressure.


bad bad bad bad bad idea. a little bit of research would have shown this and a LOT more information about how terrible FMUs are.

again, the bottom line: get a real manifold and get your ecu properly dyno tuned. a couple hundred bucks now can (and likely will) save a couple grand for when your engine grenades, possibly along with some other parts.