Its All-Motor......just with a Turbo.
08-27-2012, 04:26 PM
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Its All-Motor......just with a Turbo.
So, bought a turbo kit for dirt cheap....shooting for 375-400whp.
Turbo is still with the owner waiting to be dropped off for a rebuild...till then I've been cleaning everything else up and gonna start getting everything installed.
Parts List:
Hahn Turbo Kit with upgraded Garrett T3/T4 63 trim turbo
Hahn Portfueler Intake Manifold with extra injectors and controller with built in MAP sensor (gets around all the pesky tuning issues with the factory ECU)
Racetronix fuel pump
AIS Meth Kit
Thats basically it, not changing a thing from my current set-up, just bolting it on and hoping for the best.
The stuff when I first got it.
After a much needed cleaning and some paint.
Other than that, I already got the fuel pump installed over the weekend, so hopefully if I find some time this week that I'm not working I can get it up on stands in the garage and start to toss parts on it.
Cheers.
Turbo is still with the owner waiting to be dropped off for a rebuild...till then I've been cleaning everything else up and gonna start getting everything installed.
Parts List:
Hahn Turbo Kit with upgraded Garrett T3/T4 63 trim turbo
Hahn Portfueler Intake Manifold with extra injectors and controller with built in MAP sensor (gets around all the pesky tuning issues with the factory ECU)
Racetronix fuel pump
AIS Meth Kit
Thats basically it, not changing a thing from my current set-up, just bolting it on and hoping for the best.
The stuff when I first got it.
After a much needed cleaning and some paint.
Other than that, I already got the fuel pump installed over the weekend, so hopefully if I find some time this week that I'm not working I can get it up on stands in the garage and start to toss parts on it.
Cheers.
08-28-2012, 12:13 PM
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It's going on my '05 Sunfire which has a LE5 bottom end and LSJ cylinder head, it was an all-motor build originally, motor currently makes 193whp.
08-29-2012, 12:48 AM
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Ordered this...
At $251, it has been the single most expensive thing I have bought for this build, final cost of the turbo kit included....LOL
My order from Summit should be in Thursday and my order from Treadstone should be in next week, hopefully get some work done this weekend on the car.
At $251, it has been the single most expensive thing I have bought for this build, final cost of the turbo kit included....LOL
My order from Summit should be in Thursday and my order from Treadstone should be in next week, hopefully get some work done this weekend on the car.
08-29-2012, 03:25 AM
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Nah its originally the kit they had on their 600+hp Sunfire from way back in the day.
Or so I'm told anyways.
They have since revised the design, this is the prototype, trust me, you don't want me to take of pic of what it looks like inside....its scary.
My buddy calls it the "stripper", looks good on the outside, ugly on the inside....LOL
Or so I'm told anyways.
They have since revised the design, this is the prototype, trust me, you don't want me to take of pic of what it looks like inside....its scary.
My buddy calls it the "stripper", looks good on the outside, ugly on the inside....LOL
09-05-2012, 02:01 PM
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OK,
I've been slacking on this.
Updates:
-Turbo is at the rebuild shop
-The rest of my misc. parts arrived this morning
Also test fit and clearanced the intake manifold to fit my LSJ head and opened up the tiny ass ports on the turbo manifold best I could to the gasket. The pipes were welded off center to the ports, so I can't port out the top of the ports without cutting into the pipe, so I did the best I could.
Hopefully get the car in the air this week and start pulling parts off/putting parts on.
I've been slacking on this.
Updates:
-Turbo is at the rebuild shop
-The rest of my misc. parts arrived this morning
Also test fit and clearanced the intake manifold to fit my LSJ head and opened up the tiny ass ports on the turbo manifold best I could to the gasket. The pipes were welded off center to the ports, so I can't port out the top of the ports without cutting into the pipe, so I did the best I could.
Hopefully get the car in the air this week and start pulling parts off/putting parts on.
09-05-2012, 02:48 PM
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Is that manifold warped a little or did it have a bad gasket? Check it with a straight edge. Might need milled a little. Who ever had that before must have had some slow spool.
09-05-2012, 03:53 PM
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I did check the flange with a straight edge and it is true. The carbon deposits from showed that there wasn't a leak from the exhaust gasket.
I think what happened here is after everything was welded together the flange was milled true, and the edges warped up and the colouring from the welding was milled off (which makes sense) so I think the colouring on the flange is just left over from when it was welded together.
That or at some point it was leaking and was fixed...either way...its still true...so I'm not to concerned.
Picture of the whole car as requested....
I think what happened here is after everything was welded together the flange was milled true, and the edges warped up and the colouring from the welding was milled off (which makes sense) so I think the colouring on the flange is just left over from when it was welded together.
That or at some point it was leaking and was fixed...either way...its still true...so I'm not to concerned.
Picture of the whole car as requested....
