No, it's been all good. The only "hangup" with the harness was matching up/tracking down some of the leads it came with that were odd colors and not on the instructions.

The built motor on the side prep also begins w/ this visit

 

kool. Im planning on ordering one on black friday. Been kickin overtime in like crazy.

you guys building the head or short block?

 

Both, there's a spare long block waiting that will be built on the side while other things on the car are done... no real downtime when the time to swap comes.

 

You guys build some seriously clean stuff! Beautiful welds on that manifold. Is that manifold bespoke to this build or is it a production model?

 

kool, kool.

Deets on the build plans, or is this too secret governments specs for competition? Lol

 

Thanks, I could produce that manifold at any given time now as I did build a jig for it

lol, no, not at all secret. It will be a CSS block, 81.5mm Wisecos/Manley Rods 9.8:1

 

Man, guys shouldve went 11.0:1.

im sure itll still be legit though.

 

nah, it'll all tie in together (the block being built is also a 1.8)

 

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months. I've been working on another build in the shop and finally came into today start the tear in on the car for a few changes/upgrades.

As it sat:






First up is the upgrade on the wastegate in preparation for the high boost tuning. I swapped the stock Turbonetics gate out in favor of the Tial MV-I 2.5.


Checked on the turbo, it's in great shape...especially considering this car gets beat on constantly.


I wanted to change the FMIC/hotside pipe orientation as well. Before, I just adapted and made a new hotside charge pipe to work with the existing intercooler when the manifold design/layout changed. It worked well, but I feel like I can make it work even better. So...



Stay tuned

 

 

👍

 

Monday morning...thought I'd jump back on the FMIC first thing before it got busy...






I'll let that cool off...pull it off and get the boost solenoid installed

 

Very Cool!

 

Thanks!

I had time to get the solenoid mounted and the car back on the round before our deliveries started showing up yesterday as well

 

Nice! I'm doing a very similar build but with a stock EM1. Similar goal as well. I purchased 90% of everything through go autoworks so I should be set! , except for the Turbo (Precision 5862). I really wish I would have went with something smaller now for a better power band.

Looking forward to more updates!

 

nice! in for more updates!

 

Greg is there a reason this customer opted for a internal wastegate setup over a traditional external setup? Nice work as always! Will be contacting you soon for black Friday��

 

Bless you, thanks for that. The 5862 sizing is ok IMO (like most) in certain scenarios. For some, its a fantastic all around fit. If you ever build the block or head and bump the CR or displacement then it would obviously start to work a bit better in the midrange. You can always change the turbo for something that will drop in its place and give you what you want. There are certain groups that love the 5862 if you ever decided to sell /change the turbocharger.



It was something new and different. The housing combination at the time was recently released by Turbonetics. One was sent here to test that I had on a personal car that worked out well. I don't recall exactly how it went (this build has been going for a few years) down, but we ended up agreeing to not do a "run of the mill" setup and try one of these on his that would definitely see some abuse. I like the IWG style setups (outside of the physical bulkiness of the housings, but the large housings are meant to flow so it is what it is there). The issue we ran into is that it would start to run off w/ the boost up top. This is what led me to researching more into the IWG and changing to the Tial gate and solenoid to hopefully correct that.

 

The Innovate MTX Ethanol content/ temp gauge. It's pretty cool to see what your working with in the tank right in front of you.

 

Boost weather this morning...

 

Hell yeah man. Too bad its getting cold already. I suspended insurance until next march or april.

p.s. greg, why not make an intake for that turbo. Response is better. Along with slightly better IATs.

 

It's coming, will actually be making an air box.

 

Kool

 

Bump

 

man that looks bad ***, I like it. I was wondering if there is any difference in having the bungs welded to the back of the valve cover vs the front.