Ive been hard at work lately.
My Car just recently blew its 3rd headgasket. While its apart i have decided to rebuild my turbo system. Many people said that a rear mounted system wouldent work, but it worked Great. I Only had a few issues, and they are why im changing to a front mount.
First of all, with my air filters in the side scoops, my car would suck in ungodly amounts of water....i mean it would almost stall the engine in the rain and i feared hydrolock...This could have been easily fixed by mounting the filters in the truck, etc but would have required a complete re-working of the intake system.
Next, Loudness, with the turbos mounted there...it was LOUD, i mean like a jet taking off....At first its quite fun and impresses people, but it gets annoying fast when your cruising down the highway....plus i had no mufflers, so it was also quite loud.
Last, Ground Clearance....this was the ultimate reason i decided to switch it, i mean i could fix every other problem but this...it was QUITE low, i mean i would bottom out my skidplate everywhere....it was causing damage.
The only good way to do it would be to mount the turbos higher by cutting the complete rear seat pan.
All in all though, the Turbo system worked damn good...probably full boost by 3,500.or so...so it did have a bit of lag but it wasent too bad, and the oiling system worked great with the sump pump..i was quite happy it worked so good.
This Brings me to my Next project....it seems the car is in the garage more than its driving....probably because it IS.
Anyhow, i Replaced the headgaskets and am installing a stock cam with my 1.7 rr's. The crane 2031 NA cam was causing extra lag and loosing power due to overlap. I plan on front mounting the turbos, moving my battery to the trunk, and the fusebox to the fender. I also painted my engine bay and Am hiding the wires, I also bondo'd some holes in the front Radiator support. Anyhow, enough talk- Here are some pics of my progress.
Today i Installed the heads with the new 9333-pt1 gaskets(coated with copper spray and torqued to 95 lbs with arp studs). I also finished the header flip with piping to the exhaust housing,...It will be wraped completely.
The Twins-Im contemplating fully polishing the housings
Header Build in progress(using old piping)
Header with turbo mounted
I'll Keep Updating as i Build
My Car just recently blew its 3rd headgasket. While its apart i have decided to rebuild my turbo system. Many people said that a rear mounted system wouldent work, but it worked Great. I Only had a few issues, and they are why im changing to a front mount.
First of all, with my air filters in the side scoops, my car would suck in ungodly amounts of water....i mean it would almost stall the engine in the rain and i feared hydrolock...This could have been easily fixed by mounting the filters in the truck, etc but would have required a complete re-working of the intake system.
Next, Loudness, with the turbos mounted there...it was LOUD, i mean like a jet taking off....At first its quite fun and impresses people, but it gets annoying fast when your cruising down the highway....plus i had no mufflers, so it was also quite loud.
Last, Ground Clearance....this was the ultimate reason i decided to switch it, i mean i could fix every other problem but this...it was QUITE low, i mean i would bottom out my skidplate everywhere....it was causing damage.
The only good way to do it would be to mount the turbos higher by cutting the complete rear seat pan.
All in all though, the Turbo system worked damn good...probably full boost by 3,500.or so...so it did have a bit of lag but it wasent too bad, and the oiling system worked great with the sump pump..i was quite happy it worked so good.
This Brings me to my Next project....it seems the car is in the garage more than its driving....probably because it IS.
Anyhow, i Replaced the headgaskets and am installing a stock cam with my 1.7 rr's. The crane 2031 NA cam was causing extra lag and loosing power due to overlap. I plan on front mounting the turbos, moving my battery to the trunk, and the fusebox to the fender. I also painted my engine bay and Am hiding the wires, I also bondo'd some holes in the front Radiator support. Anyhow, enough talk- Here are some pics of my progress.
Today i Installed the heads with the new 9333-pt1 gaskets(coated with copper spray and torqued to 95 lbs with arp studs). I also finished the header flip with piping to the exhaust housing,...It will be wraped completely.
The Twins-Im contemplating fully polishing the housings
Header Build in progress(using old piping)
Header with turbo mounted
I'll Keep Updating as i Build
