i hope....side note:
the block is waiting on the rods from pauter..... should be a few weeks before the machine shop get 2 start their part....

 

look what came in...





its a garrett T3\T4 57 trim .63 a\r with a v-band exhaust side....

 

sweet another member of the turbo lsj revolution.

 

yes sir....its the best way 2 get 400whp

 

with the least amount of abuse on the drivetrain

 

yep......paul's car is what made me go this way.... if his stuff is still holding i will be just fine. My goal is only 400whp. On my built motor this should be a breeze...imo

 

yah seeing pics of pauls car with a turbo was the clincher for me to go turbo, the man is an inspiration. 06black knows his **** too.

 

yeah, im glad they went first so i can learn from their mistakes....and hopefully save my self some money.

 

i see wilson has a friends


WWWWWWIIIIIILLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN

 

cute toy of a turbo there.

i can see you actually did some research, and not just buy one "because its mad tight yO"

(large sarcasm in that 2nd line)

 

i did do research....... this was the best turbo for what i aiming for with the money i had for turbo money. its also a good baseline turbo to start with... i dont want mad power, i just more than the sc can put out...... and paul made 380whp on the ebay version of this turbo w\o the hahn intake manifold and with a not working right fuel system\maf, on stock block....so this turbo puts me in the right place for NOW......i know how u feel about these turbos from some of your other post, but this was my best opp. for the money

haha.... I needed a funny pic

 

you spent good money on all your other parts, getting the correct stuff, ect....

why chimp out now? if you were only looking for 400whp you could go smaller, still make the power and pick up a good chunk of torque as well.

 

think i have been inspired 2 repaint my car......




im also thinking about cutting my front bumper like the on above....

 

that was before he painted the car red, i seen it at hin and it looks sick, definately show quality drag car, he even has a reverse backup camera. i love the murdered out look though!

 

nice choice for a turbo...oldie but a goodie!

 

well few very small updates....
new 2 me mounts (zzp)...picked them up for $100


sent my log manifold back for one of these...mine will have an external wastegate...




still no word on my rods....but oh well

 

If you not mind me asking so far how much have you spent ust on the turbo parts, not including the engine rebuild?


You are going to have one killer setup when you are finshed!

 

which side are they gonna put the WG flange, front, left or right?

 

not really for sure....i'll pm them and find out..lol

around $2500 but i still have 2 get bov, boost controller, make charge piping,and exhaust....but that price is with the hahn intake mainfold and the new equal lenght manifold

 

might wanna do that, on the log manifold, i had very little clearance between block and the wg, placement on this manifold could be critical. i'd say left side down by the flange would be a good spot, so your dump tube could be routed on the same side as the dp.

 

that 2 me would be the best place. it would make the exhaust work a ton easier. I sent them a message so we will see

the wastegate is being put on the left or driver side

 

Where did you find that turbo manifold?

 

Vulcan Turbo.com

 

i hope its placed on the left otherwise thats a nice internally gated manifold

 

nice man I dunno howI missed this thread before now.
Turbo should spool up a bit better than mine did on that setup (shitty ebay version, still stuck on shitty ebay modified turbo mani lol) I just emailed vulcan about that Tubular manifold myself. I'm moving soon so I will finally have some time (and a place) to work on my car for once lol.
and yes the car is still holding together, cept the clutch lol (only died 2 weeks ago though) still running 22 psi on pump gas, just haven't been driving it much for the last few weeks though.
Just make sure whoever builds your motor takes their time and does it right, I'm seeing too many "built" LSJ's blow up, and for some reason blowing out the cylinder walls.
can't wait to see how your car turns out man, should make 400whp pretty easily and keep some decent TQ numbers. I would have recommended a gt3071 or76 though as the spool times on those are rediculous. Just finished up with bigrolred's car with a gt3071 and it's spools a lot faster than mine (But I always catch em in the end lol)
I would also recommend the N2MB WOT box and 2-step and it keeps you from falling out of boost btwn shifts