Finished today - car runs pretty good. On way home back from test drive, the oil presure gauge line "fell off" some how and we proceeded to dump about 3 qts of oil on the road - caught it in time. went home to get tools and fixed it. All seems to be well. Exhaust leaks here and there, but they'll be fixed.

see all pics at:
http://denniscraig.org/pics/Jordans_turbo


Modified by dennis at 11:49 PM 8/10/2003

 

is there an ic????
looks good so far
Good luck!!!

 

Too bad I'm not there to weld for you monkeys!

 

YOU"RE gonna LOVE this car when your done...

I did the same thing... DSM T25 on a D15, HF manifold, plate adapter...

Running 10 psi.... so quiet....
used a wideband to set the FMU... simply amazing.


Jeffrey Atwood


Modified by Jefnes at 8:48 AM 7/28/2003

 

I love self-done turbo setups.

 

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Too bad you're not here to wire the alternator charge wire straight to ground - again

 

hey fawker, where's the close up pics of the super cool welding job? I need a good laugh


p.s. i have a feeling they probably look like the beads i did on my front end conversion, ha

 

bump for finished project...

 

damn, i can't wait till i get my t3/d16/itb done

 

Done? I'm waiting for you to get the Y8 swap running in the first place.

 

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looks good so far
Good luck!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

From the pics, looks like he's using a DSM SMIC. Good luck with the homemade setup. Looks good so far.

 

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y8 is ready to crank, as soon as i get the bolt for the fuel rail and get the front suspension and main relay settled.

 

are you mig welding or arc welding?

-ryan

 

MIG - our welding isn't that great, but it's getting better

 

Don't feel bad, aluminized steel is ***** to weld, regardless of the welder or the equipment.
great job!
stan

 

Any chance that is the RGAZ/GJC Randy and Gary adapter?? Sure looks like ours.

I hope you enjoy it, it should work good for a long time. Its an easy 10psi turbo kit for low bucks.

Randy

 

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I hope you enjoy it, it should work good for a long time. Its an easy 10psi turbo kit for low bucks.

Randy</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hmm, I'm not exactly sure. He got it off Ebay and I think it came from LA?

you should have seen him on his maiden voyage. He was all nervous, but once he got on it.... BIG SMILES. Although it turned to a frown again when we saw we had no oil pressure and dumped 3qts behind us. Other than that, the car drives pretty damn good. Seems to idle a little higher and some surging - not sure if it's related to the blue box or not. We did bypass the IAC, but that shouldn't effect anything once it's warmed up.

Thanks for the replies

 

love custom buildups. I wanna finish my custom build soon... ugh.

Great pictures BTW... crazy group you and ur friends are'

 

Took her to the track last night. Jordan only did two runs. Keep in mind that this thing was running a 16.6 with the stock d16 - he got a 15 flat on his second run. Not record breaking, but impressive given how cheap we built this

 

tickle the motor and youll be in the 14's

what kind of fuel/engine management do you have in this thing?????

 

and how cheap did you build it for???

 

it was way under a grand - don't have exact numbers, but we're running a t25 on a hf manifold with the adapter. DSM SMIC, Using a dsm bov and blue box for management. Haven't run the wideband across it yet, but it's running really well. Going to pull the plugs this weekend and have a look.

 

I did the same thing. I love every second of it

 

looks good

 

Hang in there with the welding.. I got a MIG setup and am learning how to handle leakfree welding.. although it's a challenge. Getting better.