thats right.. two of em.. right beside each other = 88, 88mm that is.. its on, and will hopefully fire tomorrow mid day some time.. waiting on a downpipe flange from ptk since saturday.

here's what i got goin' on at the shop

the shop:
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3922.aspx

the beast:
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3921.aspx

water pump is all in my way so had to spin the ex. housing around and junk, crafted up some new brackets
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3923.aspx

new position downpipe view: putting the turbo where i did allows for the turbotech race downpipe to be re used.. just change the downpipe flange!
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3924.aspx

the new part: gonna mount the wastegate tomorrow, also see the fan shroud, had to trim out a little more since the 88 is longer than the 76. as you see i re used everything but the merge section of the tti race kit.
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3925.aspx

the pipes: my first whack and doing an oval merge.. turned out better than i expected.. wasn't planning on doing it this way, but was a nice challenge and it was the flange i got incorrectly sent.
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3919.aspx

anyhow i'm pretty pleased... keeping my fingers crossed on the oil drain situation since the center section of this turbo is mammoth compared to the 76.

i'll have the finished pics up tomorrow.

p.s. thanks for the welder rice etr, you my homie.

 

im tired of looking at all you guys' perty FI setups..... I WANT ONE !


nice looking MM

 

Looks good so far Dave. Keep posting those pictures. You know how we all like pictures!!!

Andy

 

Nice work! It will be interesting to see how much power you gain with just a turbo swap.

Be sure to let us know how much difference there is in response also.

 

Damn Dave, thats insane! What are you hoping it'll put down?
J

 

well the plan is to be able to be able to get in the car at 7:31 and arrive at work by 7:30.. however fast that is

goals.. i dunno.. i would sure like to run another 9.

 

Haa haa, thats awesome, 9s...she-it...8.80s to match that 88mm beast.

 

Did you need to redo that merge peice?

Is the 88 a t4 or t6 flange?

Just wondering why you redid it
ed

 

Dang, you sure that motor's gonna handle that turbo???

 

if it cant i wouldent know what else that would be out there that coluld!

much props to this pic
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/c...cture3922.aspx

here i am bitcing today cause my garage wasnt big enough for a lift.

 

Looks good MM...can't wait to get my turbo in. You think your tranny will hold up to the added abuse?

 

yes i needed to re-do the merge, that is why i re-did it.
the 88 is a t4 flange, it would have fit fine on the old merge if i had no water pump

i have faith in the motor, one thing for sure is that i will find out!
same with trans, no changes planned.
-for both, i dont plan on making more torque.. less in fact would be just fine with me.. so the same or less stress on those parts.
what i want is to maintain the torque out to redline (horsepower)

 

hehe sinister, here is another pic for you, this is the other bay in the shop when i was putting the w2w motor in.
http://www.fastrides.com/photos/mm/picture465.aspx

..we were having a problem with the heat in the shop that day.

 

Nothing like working on a 60k Turbo LS1 sittin on jack stands in your driveway. lol

Do what ya gotta do. That's sweet man. I'm gonna get in touch with ya sometime, to see if you can do some tuning on my car. Whenever its done =)

 

Bad *** Dave........ How long after she's running you heading back to the dyno??
Good luck
Kyle

 

Good work dave.
you ran into the same problem i did witht he 88, its sits very close to the water pump, and hopefully its high enough not to cause drain issues, that center section is huge!
Mine is moved a little further to allow a 4" downpipe, but i had to do some clearancing to get that sucker to fit, like the AC mounts on the block and parts of the kmember.

are those aluminized steel bends? looks different then your 304 on the tti kit.

here are some pics of mine in comparision where it sits.

 

looking at your pic of the downpipe veiw you already did a little clearancing on your kmember, at some of the spots i had to.
once i got the vband flange welded to my downpipe i had to do some more, which included cutting off the steering support. I plane to make a removable bracket which has to be installed after the downpipe is.

 

That looks awsome MM, which W2W motor do you have, forged crank or stock crank?

gotta love your entire setup
ed

 

The first pic.. isnt it going to get really hot right there and melt the plastic?? what do u have planned to prevent that??
Kyle

 

it looks like its touching the steering boot but theres about 2" of clearance.
also im going to use header rap around my pipes as well.