My first single turbo build
I mocked up and tacked the wastegate in place. I’m gonna have to shorten the pipe tho because my down pipe touches the top of my wastegate. Don’t mind my welds either. I’ve got to go back over all of them. I’ve been fighting contamination this whole time and didn’t know why. My argon hose had a hole in it and I just got my new torch setup in yesterday. Welds are looking worlds better now.
I’m just gonna run the stock tune for now. Just kidding, I saw a guy a few days ago the put a turbo on his car and he was running the stock tune and I was just in disbelief. I have hp tuners. I don’t have much forced induction experience but I’ll figure it out. I have a wideband and I know to take it easy. I do have a buddy who’s well versed in tuning that lives up the road from me so if I need his help he will be glad to. I figure it won’t be too hard. I’ve already got the time dialed n/a and I didn’t change anything else. I’ll pull timing under load and fatten the mixture under load. I have a custom operating system I could use if I have problems using the maf but at low boost I should be ok. It’s a learning process. I was actually shopping for pistons and rods today. I plan on pulling the engine out after I get through putting an engine in my sons 4th gen ss camaro. It has a window in that block lol. Bought it that way, project car. Probably do 5.3 and single turbo on it if this project turns out well.
I didn’t have much energy to mess with it tonight so I wrapped the down pipe. Just getting discouraged I guess. Things keep coming up to where I don’t have much time to work on it so in poor decision I just don’t mess with it even if I have an hour here or there. I know, if I do nothing, nothing will get done. Anyways, I’m not too good at this pipe wrapping. I’m gonna have to go watch some videos on it or something because it’s just not turning out the way I want it to. Wonder if I can use a dab of high temp silicon at the beginning to hold it in place? Probably gets too hot.
Well I put the down pipe on after wrapping it just in case the wrap caused figment issues. It didn’t. I only have one plug wire I have to worry with. I can handle that. Probably put a 90 degree boot on it. Here’s what it looks like
Well I put the down pipe on after wrapping it just in case the wrap caused figment issues. It didn’t. I only have one plug wire I have to worry with. I can handle that. Probably put a 90 degree boot on it. Here’s what it looks like
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i folded it at the end and wrapped it over itself and pyllwd it tight. It stayed while I was wrapping but I did put a tie down there.
I lije the safty wire idea much better. That will be my next purchase. Thanks truckdoug
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I’m just gonna run the stock tune for now. Just kidding, I saw a guy a few days ago the put a turbo on his car and he was running the stock tune and I was just in disbelief. I have hp tuners. I don’t have much forced induction experience but I’ll figure it out. I have a wideband and I know to take it easy. I do have a buddy who’s well versed in tuning that lives up the road from me so if I need his help he will be glad to. I figure it won’t be too hard. I’ve already got the time dialed n/a and I didn’t change anything else. I’ll pull timing under load and fatten the mixture under load. I have a custom operating system I could use if I have problems using the maf but at low boost I should be ok. It’s a learning process. I was actually shopping for pistons and rods today. I plan on pulling the engine out after I get through putting an engine in my sons 4th gen ss camaro. It has a window in that block lol. Bought it that way, project car. Probably do 5.3 and single turbo on it if this project turns out well.
Geez. I just typed a novel and it disappeared. Ugh. Anyways. Getting excited again. Happy with the wastegate placement now. Pics.
It’s stupid little things like this that I have to do to make my life easier in the long run, and it eats up more time. Welded the nutz in place. Yea, my first go round with them last night caused some curse words. Kept dropping those nutz. It was no fun.
It’s stupid little things like this that I have to do to make my life easier in the long run, and it eats up more time. Welded the nutz in place. Yea, my first go round with them last night caused some curse words. Kept dropping those nutz. It was no fun.
I decided to address my crankcase evac or should I say breather setup today. I read and read and just got more confused on what I wanted to do. So I decided to think less complicated about it. Basically what I need to do is vent any pressures in the crankcase. Of course if you knew me, I’m thinking up this over complicated system to draw vaccum on it and decided let’s try something simple for the time being. It may or may not work. I looked at the Mighty Mouse setups and I like those. I’ve spent enough money already and they are pretty proud of them So I decided to make my own. Well actually I had a catch can already but it wasn’t vented. So what did is added another fitting on the side and then machined a hole to fit a pop in filter. Even machined the groove for it to catch and retain the filter. At first, as usual I tried to over complicate it. I drill and tapped it. Screws a fitting in and drilled the hole in the filter a little larger for the big fitting I used. Meh. Looked red neck. So then I was like doh! I have a lathe. And here is the result. Simple yet clean.
Last edited by Kfxguy; May 8, 2019 at 02:37 PM.
Last night I wasted some time. I made this block. It’s aluminum with a rubber insert. It’s purpose was to take the place of the rubber donut at the top of the radiator but notice the hole is offset. It pushed the radiator 1/2” further forward in an effort to give me more room for intake hose and blow off valve. I didnt want to grind on my fans to make room so I thought this would be better. It works great however there’s not much flex in the rubber so I was afraid it would end up breaking the peg off the radiator at the worst time I could think of and leave me stranded. Time wasted. Again. I ordered some 3/4” thick rubber block and I’m going to make the whole thing out of rubber. Just in case. See the stupid little crap that I do. Smh.
Last edited by Kfxguy; May 8, 2019 at 02:38 PM.
Update.
What a pain in the ***! Trying finish the crossover and it’s not cooperating. No matter how many times I tried I could not get the last joining pipe close enough. I ended up with this gap. Ugh
So I made some pie cuts. I cut a few extras just in case.
Tucks good
It don’t hang any lower than the trans
Got it all tacked up. Looking good. Aaaaaand......it don’t fit. Ugh. Something must have moved on me. I got frustrated and called it a night. It was past midnight anyways. I ordered the correct flex bellows for a turbo setup from ace race parts after I came inside. I’m not gonna fight with this thing every time I take it off. And btw..... I HATE V band clamps!
What a pain in the ***! Trying finish the crossover and it’s not cooperating. No matter how many times I tried I could not get the last joining pipe close enough. I ended up with this gap. Ugh
So I made some pie cuts. I cut a few extras just in case.
Tucks good
It don’t hang any lower than the trans
Got it all tacked up. Looking good. Aaaaaand......it don’t fit. Ugh. Something must have moved on me. I got frustrated and called it a night. It was past midnight anyways. I ordered the correct flex bellows for a turbo setup from ace race parts after I came inside. I’m not gonna fight with this thing every time I take it off. And btw..... I HATE V band clamps!