correction. life is easier when all you have is the alternator. hahahah

 

 

haha true true

and am runnig mines just like its shown in the pic above^^^

 

exsoccer let me get that big turbo plz

 

you're on an electric pump too? nice! its pretty badass huh

$1,100 and its yours

 

so the belt tensioner bolts in place of the existing tensioner correct? the same with the alternator? hopefully I'll be swapping all this out next friday, I'm attempting to do it in 3 days. any advice you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.

 

I've got a 2.2 tensioner and a 2.2 alternator. My belt comes in tomorrow. Is the 2.2 the same as the 2.4?

 

you can do the swap in about a day if you already have an oil pan with a bung welded onto it for the oil return. and yes its pretty simple everything has a place to bolt up to. just dont think to much into it and confuse your self lol.

 

Thanks man. I read a little about your build, what type of bung should i get welded onto the oil pan? I'm going to get it welded in this week sometime.

 

i think everything is just a matter of knowing what ur doing and having everything ready. in my case we pretty much did it in a day, except that it was a weekend and i didnt have anything ready for my water lines haha. everything else went great.

oh and on top if that when i was mountingthe turbo i fucked up one of the bolts hahaha. so just to take it off took us aload of time since we had to take the manifold and turbo off again lolz and fails haha

 

yeah, im no master mechanic by any means but i think i know enough. still doesnt hurt to get advice tho. lol.

 

you know what's even funnier? we deleted your heater core and you are moving to canada

 

hahaha dont remind me!! i have to get that fixed asap too!

 

What type of bung did you guys get welded into the oil pan?

 

And what type of fitting for the Oil galley?

 

2.2 Tensioner bolts where the stock idler pulley bolts.Cobalt & Ion ---> ZZ Performance

 

thats the same one i used^^^ and for the oil pan my friend did it for me at his shop.

 

I have a -10 an fitting on the oil pan going on my car

 

zzp has a real nice oil line kit

Cobalt & Ion ---> ZZ Performance

 

Nice kit.

 

Awesome. I'll order the galley fitting tonight. I really appreciate the advice guys. It's a really big help. One more question tho, I got an alternator from the junkyard. It's the 2.2. I don't have the male pigtail an I was told I would need to hard wire the 2.2 pigtail into my factory harness. Is this true? And do I need the bolts for the 2.2 alternator or will my existing one work.

 

Not sure about the harness I used my LSJ alternator.. The bolts from the LSJ will not work unless you have a 1" steel spacer between the head of the bolt and the alternator. LSJ bolts are 1" longer due to the tensioner bracket.

 

sooooo wheres all these turboed lsjs timeslips?

 

Too hot to race

 

coming soon. new engine was put in yesterday. wiring up the oil pressure gauge and assembling everything today. should be on the dyno hopefully today or tomorrow and then ryan will be street driving it till i come pick it up