megamax

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here is the turbo manifold that i brought from cx racing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CXRacing-Top...9Srpuo&vxp=mtr


















it is way thicker and seems to be more sturdy than the cheaper thinner silver manifolds.

i also picked up a down pipe and a mid pipe that i plan on v-banding to finally shore up a exhaust that doesn't hang and is tucked properly.




and here are the new gaskets and here is a t4/t3 adapter. i couldn't afford the borg warner turbo like i want to yet. so in the meantime i will rock the holset.

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so when it came to installation time. it was a brutal but learning experience time. it was a 2 part thing i later finished my exhaust off but ill get to pics of that later. the manifold costs almost 500 bones, BUT.... the holes DID NOT LINE UP!!! so i had to take all night and make the bole holes longer, and i had to cut some of the studs to make it work.

i also had to literally shave off some material to clear the coolant pipe.

for starters i welded in the studs on my adapter so the studs wouldn't turn.







and here is the end result on my adapter.

megamax

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so when i cut into the mani to weld on the v-band. it is in fact way thicker. it didnt cut as easy as the cheaper stuff did, even with my chop saw.

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so here is where the effed-ness happens. i needed to again make the holes slightly larger so the mani could sit properly on the stock studs. and i had to cut these studs for clearance.




and again i had to shave off material for the first runner to clear the coolant pipe/nipple(barely clearance).








i don't have any leaks because i didn't take off THAT, much material, still id like to move the runner one day.

megamax

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here is the downpipe. i made a v-band on the end and i had to install a oem toyota o2 sensor bung. other than that here is the finished product.

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so i finally installed my oil catch can. first had to get my holes patched with alum welding and i been had some steel braided hoses for this occasion.














now i have a oil odor in the cabin of the car. not sure if i need to "t" the hoses to an intake vacuam sorce yet. can and prob will later???

Kris9884

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Great work man, the suspension aspect of your car would make any drifter drool. I've gotta check this thing out sometime.

megamax

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where are you located?

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so, it's been a while and i got a bunch or stuff done. here are some updates.

i got a wally 450lph fuel pump, and i stalled that mfer.









i then met a cool guy who makes custom decals.

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so then after a long delay, i finally completed acquiring all the parts i need for my head upgrade/modification.




and a new/great addition to the family. a bw s366

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so then it was the fun of pulling my head and getting my cams installed, my shims, valve stem seals and an 3 angle valve job. i also got some adjustable cam gears for bling factor.

and in the process i'm going to replace my oil pump, so the head and the sub frame/oil pan is going to come off. the good thing about this is i can clean up that dried up winter salt from that blizzard of 15.

so saying goodbye to the old setup.






slowly but surely getting stuff off.

megamax

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so the intake had some really bad carbonated grime. so i wanted to clean up my act.




and as stated earlier i had to pull the sub frame to change the oil pump.




here is the old vs new.







oil pump off





and where the old one belongs. it has done me well thus far.





gasketed this mfer now.





back on, ready for that pan action.

megamax

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while reinstalling the oil pan i noticed my oil leveler was chipped. i need to replace that at some point one day.

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so before i pulled off the head, i test fitted the aftermarket intake. and i must say, it won't fit and it still needs work to make it fit.

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After getting the cams out of the way, I got the bolts out and pulled this head. I didn't secure the shim buckets and they all came out(keep them in order) so I had to pay extra at the shop.














so, before I sent my head out to get done. a good friend of mine Austin gasket/matched my intake/exhaust runners.