yet another turbo build commencing

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Jul 28, 2006 | 05:36 PM

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From: Cecil County Raceway!!!

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FB, where'd you source the I/C

looks good BTW.

I bought the package from someone selling a bunch of stuff

the I/C is a reichard racing minicube A2W setup

Jul 28, 2006 | 05:37 PM

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From: Cecil County Raceway!!!

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Good luck with it, doing a truck manifold or tubular headers?

well I have a set of truck manifolds sitting here...may start with that and fab up some headers down the road...

Jul 28, 2006 | 06:19 PM

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motor wasn't sealing....too much blowby the rings

figure if I'm gonna build a new motor...might as well do it right

BTW...its a GT47-88 turbo

I was saying to myself
"either that is a really ******* huge turbo or really small IC"

Nice job

Jul 28, 2006 | 07:07 PM

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Pressure check the air side of the intercooler

Our's had a ton of leaks from them

Jul 28, 2006 | 07:14 PM

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From: Cecil County Raceway!!!

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Pressure check the air side of the intercooler

Our's had a ton of leaks from them

will do....looks like a good bead all around...but you never know....we have a tig, so that should be fixable if an issue

Jul 28, 2006 | 08:49 PM

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man that 88 is ginormous, good luck bro, gonna be nasty

Jul 28, 2006 | 11:12 PM

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Should be a lot of fun, it's crazy how much the turbo and a/r weigh... 65 lbs for mine. I'm planning truck manifolds right now unless Intmd8 armwrestles me to a different solution.

Jul 29, 2006 | 02:50 AM

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Fireball: Sweet! where did you order the cherry pepsi from? I have been looking for one for months...

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Jul 29, 2006 | 06:33 AM

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From: Cecil County Raceway!!!

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Fireball: Sweet! where did you order the cherry pepsi from? I have been looking for one for months...

Bought it from pepsi direct..only cost 14 dollars

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