N1T3MARE

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Awesome build! WOW and yes it's very toight like a toigerrrr

8052JZ

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thank you good sir! just about done....

8052JZ

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Got the 5.5" intake pipe done. I may add one more straight piece at the end to extend it a bit closer to the headlight. Getting much better at welding aluminum every time I do a pass. need to clean this up and polish it.




for reference... I don't have very small hands but as you can see, this thing is massive..

8052JZ

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polished up the intake pipe and took some pic this morning..

CatManD3W

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Good work.....do you have a spark plug cover?

I assume you have GTE valve covers

8052JZ

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thanks and yes I do have a cover. Its actually one of the ebay billet spark plug covers. I need to put in some new plugs and make sure all is good.

Went for a drive last night and got some smoke coming out the exhaust. Need to check a few things to see whats going on. Might be the turbo but not sure.

gerrb

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smoke ? get that 80mm in there..hahaha

lilSCsteve

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Wow! Is that a turbo from a Tank? lol, that things is MASSIVE! Hey what color is the smoke coming out of your exhaust?

8052JZ

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lol the BW race cover makes the turbo look massive... The smoke smells like oil is burning. I looked around last night and it looks like the return line from the turbo is leaking onto the manifold. I'm going to pull the turbo, inspect and see whats up.

I pulled the plugs out and they all seems to be in good shape. So it has to be something with the turbo. Also, before swapping turbo's I didn't have this problem.

plugs

CatManD3W

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When I first installed my turbo I had a similar problem....the flange on the bottom of turbo wasnt tight enough and it was dripping onto manifold and burning off...

I initially routed my drain line wrong and it happened to touch the manifold and burnt a whole right through it....I had a huge smoke screen coming from behind the car....

8052JZ

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Yea, that's probably whats going on. Ill pull the turbo and replace the gasket on the flange and make sure its on there tight. I hope it that simple lol

PaCowboy

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What intake manifold are you using? Looks nice.

N1T3MARE

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You'll get it fixed up, no problems. Looks great!

8052JZ

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polished up ebay ffim that i got welded onto the lower runners

8052JZ

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Got the smoke thing figured out and now the car is back on the road... just waiting for smog sticker to come in and ill get a few video's. Runs like nothing happened.

I replaced the return flange on the turbo with one that has a bigger opening for better oil flow. Sense the turbo was out I had my buddy look over it and just do a rebuild on it to freshen it all up to insure all the seals and bearings are good to go. Drove the car around for a bit on side roads to make sure no more oil is leaking.