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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 02:01 PM
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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progress is looking real good, that billet hair dryer is a piece of freakin artwork. Should look nice up against all those purdy welds. Cant wait to see her all done as from the craftsmanship I can see its going to be very legit.

ps thanks but not really in the market for a fast intake, that is, unless there is deal that is impassably available...
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 06:09 AM
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Thanks! I received more fabrication parts yesterday and my twin tial mvs gates. Hopefully I can get some good progress on the hotside tonight even with the 100 degree weather.


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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 08:03 AM
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Ok... update. Took a day off yesterday and built up the hotside plumbing. Everything is done except for the wastegates. I ordered a mandrel bend for the gate outlets to pull them around front of the turbo. Ordered the bov and the feed and return parts for the turbo. Once I have the turbo oil plumbed in I'll be pretty close to firing this thing up. Hope you all like.






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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 07:12 AM
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Keep the picts comin.........
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Old Jun 14, 2011 | 06:10 AM
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OK... went to install the new damper last night, and the tool i had wouldn't fit in the snout of the crank, so that didn't get done. I finished welding up the intercooler support, and installed the lower intercooler brackets that I designed up. I put the new seals on the intake and re-installed that as well as the fuel rails. Put the tensioner back on and evaluated the alternator situation. I think I will be forced to run the low mount unit from AEI. I'm in no mood to fab anything right now, so a quick and easy bolt on solution would be great.








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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 06:36 AM
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Little more done last night... plumbed the brakes back up everything is set just gotta bleed them. FYI cause this info is sometimes difficult to find... I used a 12x1 and a bubble flare for the rear at the master, and a 11x1.5 with a bubble flare for the fronts. I used a .25" line instead of the 6mm and just drilled the fitting out a bit. I also used m10x1.5 bubble to inverted flare fittings. All the other flares were inverted. If you have questions let me know. I also machined a custom adapter for the hub installer on my ati cause the regular tool doesnt fit in my crank counterbore.








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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 06:55 AM
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great progress, is the motor stock internal?
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 06:59 AM
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nah... forged stroker
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 07:01 AM
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nice, are you staying with the 241's tho?
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 07:08 AM
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Yeah, they were worked a bit. With a small vortech blower and 5 pounds of boost it made 630. We'll see what happens.
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad Campbell
Yeah, they were worked a bit. With a small vortech blower and 5 pounds of boost it made 630. We'll see what happens.
Uh, I resent that...
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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Lol. Sorry!
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Looking great in here! You and I have very similar setups.
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 05:56 AM
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Ok... picture is a little bad, but I got the wastegates settled last night. I used twin mv-s gates for packaging, and honestly if I could do it again I'd do a single 60. The lower radiator hose is going to be a bear also, but I guess you always get the shoulda/coulda/woulda's. Lots of parts coming in between now and Friday, so maybe this thing will get fired up in the next couple weeks.... that's the goal atleast!


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looks good man keep it up
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Nice work!
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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why two wastegates?
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Cuts down on back pressure and allows you to spool fast on a big turbo big A/R setup
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 01:05 AM
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what size charger is that. im thinking that high mount style is cool wonder if it could be made to work with ac. using a bmr turbo k member. looks like its right where the alt goes
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