i would say paint it black, to match the outside of the car...
i have a question, where did u run that hose from the wastegate to?

 

black might look nice but I almost wanna do something odd again, Im thinking maybe a blue wrinkle finish.

and the w.g. vac line goes to the top of the intake manifold where the evap purge thing usually is on the obd2 intake mani, I just jb welded a metal elbow that I could run a vac line to.

 

 

note the block off plate I made for the stock map sensor

 

paint it wrinkle red im painting my k series v. cover wrinkle black ... cool set up though

 

I kinda wanna do it wrinkle blue.

 

Do blue!

 

Neon Green or Neon Orange.


Steve

 

Tryed to pm you it doesn't work on my ps3 so ill just ask here. What ebay store did you get the waste gate and the turbo from. Trying to keep cost down on my kit since its my weekend car. thanks for any help.

 

if you type in emusa 38mm, and you click search..the waste gates are less that 70 with free shipping

I got mine from speedyracerparts...the came really quick too..I hope that helps

 

thanks

 

no problem...Im glad he tested it and said it was doing good for him...I took was keeping cost down at the moment

 

ya sorry, I didnt see that you posted about the w.g. till now. one thing that you should do if you do buy one is look at the banjo bolt that goes in on the lower port on the w.g. and make sure it doesn't stick out to were it could rub on the diaphragm on the inside. I shaved mine down a little just to be safe. one of my old ebay w.g.'s had the same issue that I didn't address, the bolt stuck out about 1/4" and rubbed a hole right though the diaphragm.

good luck to you with your build.

I just picked up some arp headstuds for my car last week and Ill be putting those in soon. I also lost my liscense for a month so Im working on shaving the bay a little bit better and just cleaning up the whole car overall. Ill keep you guys posted and have some track times early next month

 

love it so far
i forgot or didnt read but how much power did it make

vc would badass blue if u keep the blue theme.

 

look at my sig lol.
314/280tq on 17 lbs. Im very happy with it. now Im just getting the car as light as possible and getting it setup to hook up

 

bumpppppppp painted that vc yet?

 

no Im still working on it. Iv been feeling really lazy for the last couple days. Im going to put my arp's in when I do the v.c.

 

oo ok... hey if you dont mind me askin. how much u paid for ur kit? and which one you bought? I wanna follow in ur steps lol.. seems like you have good luck, so i wanna try mine.. you can pm me if you want

 

it was all pieced together, not bought as a complete kit.
heres what everything cost:

-cast iron manifold (same as blox) $73 shipped

-standard .ar50 compressor turbo, they call them a 50 trim but there really not $160 shipped

-2x ebay blow off valves, rs style $80 shipped

-delta fin intercooler $60 or $80 shipped I can't remember.

-dsm 450's bought from a friend $20

-3 bar map, bought from a friend $30

-emusa 38mm w.g. $60 shipped

-used act 4 puck sprung clutch $100 (deal of the day)

-oil feed line with oil restrictor and T $22 shipped

-charge pipes were out of various pipes and couplers I had laying around$40

-oil return was made with this slip locking rubber and some brass barb fittings and a -10 an fitting welded to the oil pan (also known as a jic fitting) $35 about


if you have any questions feel free to pm me. I don't mind helping people out and Iv had quite a few experiences with ebay turbo setups so I know what works and what doesn't

 

thanks bro. I'll prolly pm later on when i find something good and have u look at it. I'll just link u it

 

Nice budget build now that's using ur money wisely

 

so how is that clutch you got from me working? hey you hear of any gsr or b16 trans for sale let me know.

 

looks good! i bet it runs well tooo
i was running the same wg, manifold,turbo but made only 292haha
ebay ftw! ppl around called me the ebay powered hatch lol
but its 2010 so i had to upgrade

 

If you could pm me what ebay stores you use for the manifold, turbo, oil feed, and oil return.

 

292whp isn't bad at all.
I just put arp head studs in it and I think Im gonna up the boost to 19-20 psi and shoot for 340whp.

also I couldn't decide on paint for the valve cover so I just sprayed a few colors on it that I had, I think Im gonna mask off the words "***** weak" on it then paint it gloss black so the words under it are in a sparkley red