lookin good...how was it drilling for the return? work like a charm? did you do it yourself or let a shop do it?

 

ah nice man, I see the problem, my turbo flange was tilted down just a little bit more which is why I had room

 

I drilled the returno myself, it was kinda a pain in the ass. You gotta make sure you don't drill the whole way through with the biggest drill bit. If I was gonna do it again I'd probably just get a fitting welded to the oil pan. Had to take it off anyways.

So I'm going to start running the piping today. Does anyone know how close the the TB the MAF should be? I'm using a LS2 maf.

 

i dont believe it matters...im pretty sure the hahn setup has it down on the side a couple feet past the ic on the drivers side...so im pretty sure it doesnt matter...what did you do for the maf plate?

and also can i just weld a straight fitting into the pan or do i need a bung to screw it into?

 

As for the Maf I bough a LS2 Maf GM#25168491, got it new off ebay for like $25 and it just clamps on so no need for welding.

I'd have the oil return fitting welded into the pan because you would only get a couple threads into the pan. Or use the spot I did, but be careful. Drill the whole way through with a 1/2" drill bit and watch out for the bolt hole you can see on the outside of the block right below where you're drilling. It close and you may end up cutting into it and leaking oil there.

 

anychance i can plz get a link to ur turbo kit?? the manifold and turbo plz?? thanks

 

vulcanturbo.com has the manifold, I got the turbo from slowboyracing.

 

never seen a ls2 maf....so just weld the fitting itself straight into the pan?

 

Yup.

 

ok...thats what ive heard so i gues thats what ill do

 

hmmm. someone went shopping at the hardware store for fittings

 

lol, good ol black maleable street 45 degree ells ( I'm a manager of a plumbing supply lol).

But glad it's in, now I need to get all up in my engine bay this weekend. need to:
fix thermostat so I can have heat again, get rid of shitty fiberglass so I don't itch anymore, and build air intake and buy new filter. I don't know how any air is getting through it now

 

I did go to Home Depot for that one 45 degree fitting, the rest cam from Vulcan Turbo. Just made things line up so much better!

 

what made you use that 45 elbow? just curious because i couldnt really figure out a reason why

 

I was just going to use the 2 straight 1/2" pipe fittings but after getting the turbo all bolted up I noticed the line would have quite a bend to it. So the 45 fixxed that and made it a straight shot. Just worked out better this way.

 

What size fitting did you use on the feed line coming from the block?Is it the autometer,12x1.75 adapter?

 

Yes sir it is.

 

o ok...i didnt think that would matter as long as it was pretty close to going straight down

 

It just made it so much cleaner

 

o ok...gotcha

 

Cool,thanks man.