End of a Era
End of a Era Well, its off the car for the last time.
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Rabbit hole, commence falling in... Lots of SCH10 SS and hopefully, a simple hotside that has easier plug access
Last batch of fittings arrived, should be ready to go
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And since we troll's need moar pics, here is more fun for the winter ahead.
And of course, doing some surgery to a brand new harness seemed perfectly logical
Gonna be a fun winter getting it all set the way I want it to be.
(I suppose I need to talk about bad optis and hotcams or something)
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Verdad Gallardo I owned a turbo GLI once but it was lame so I never touched it so I'm still very much a turbo newb. The new setup obviously looks cleaner and much less restrictive than the previous setup, besides better plug clearance what improvements are you expecting whether it be power and/or spool wise?
Last edited by StealthFormula; Dec 18, 2019 at 09:21 AM.
I owned a turbo GLI once but it was lame so I never touched it so I'm still very much a turbo newb. The new setup obviously looks cleaner and much less restrictive than the previous setup, besides better plug clearance what improvements are you expecting whether it be power and/or spool wise?
Swapping in a hot cam meow!
Wiring, something I have never been great at...
I ordered a sheet of ABS to do the final mount but figured a mock up setup on some scrap wood would work. I give you, this rats nest
So along with the dedicated battery hook up for the PCM itself, I plan to run a direct Hot/Ground to the panel that is fed after the cutoff switch. Those are the red/black buses on each side. Fuse panel in center is a switched ignition hot setup rather than my previous hot all the time. #progress
Also wanted to bypass all remaining car inputs for starts etc. This was the least cheesy setup I could find. Igntion hot, then a bump start setup. Two extra switches will prob be radio and my other misc stuff. (Air comp, line lock, air valves)
That switch panel plugs into the PCM board via a old coil pack extension harness
I will prob verify car starts, and runs prior to finalizing board.
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Good Lord. I was just thinking I was going to have fun merely replacing the heater core hoses and new HD w/p. You win.
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Ill eventually join the turbo crowd. But im going to focus on frame/suspension work first. Rest aint fun if your ride isnt comfy.
Full UMI setup to be chipped away this next year. Then, ill focus on a destroked, turbo'd LT1.
Accepted the fact my intake and exhaust will have to be 100% fabricated. Kinda sucks, but excuses to get better tools!
Full UMI setup to be chipped away this next year. Then, ill focus on a destroked, turbo'd LT1.
Accepted the fact my intake and exhaust will have to be 100% fabricated. Kinda sucks, but excuses to get better tools!
Ill eventually join the turbo crowd. But im going to focus on frame/suspension work first. Rest aint fun if your ride isnt comfy.
Full UMI setup to be chipped away this next year. Then, ill focus on a destroked, turbo'd LT1.
Accepted the fact my intake and exhaust will have to be 100% fabricated. Kinda sucks, but excuses to get better tools!
Full UMI setup to be chipped away this next year. Then, ill focus on a destroked, turbo'd LT1.
Accepted the fact my intake and exhaust will have to be 100% fabricated. Kinda sucks, but excuses to get better tools!
I'm a moron and the two times the engine has been out I thought I was going to replace them, but never did.
Shownomercy, so is there really much performance effected by going to the log style tubular manifold vs a setup like Atkins has on the GW where it's like forward facing long tubes merged to the turbo or is this a deal where it satisfies a particular goal? As in, this is good enough for X amount of HP whereas his setup is clearly good to like 1400 to the tire. Total turbo noob here but I'd love a set of twins one day, I just hear it's hard to find the room for 2.
Shownomercy, so is there really much performance effected by going to the log style tubular manifold vs a setup like Atkins has on the GW where it's like forward facing long tubes merged to the turbo or is this a deal where it satisfies a particular goal? As in, this is good enough for X amount of HP whereas his setup is clearly good to like 1400 to the tire. Total turbo noob here but I'd love a set of twins one day, I just hear it's hard to find the room for 2.
Honestly though, look at all the SBE 5,3/4.8 etc records, most if not all just used OEM manifolds flipped. There is something to be learned there. A smaller hotside diameter pains most to think about but it will be better than the usual SBC mindset of bigger is better.
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Shownomercy, so is there really much performance effected by going to the log style tubular manifold vs a setup like Atkins has on the GW where it's like forward facing long tubes merged to the turbo or is this a deal where it satisfies a particular goal? As in, this is good enough for X amount of HP whereas his setup is clearly good to like 1400 to the tire. Total turbo noob here but I'd love a set of twins one day, I just hear it's hard to find the room for 2.
Go over to yellowbullet and read the turbo stickies, they are a great knowledge base for anyone, especially someone new to turbos
Heck yeah, thanks guys, definitely interesting stuff. SNM, can't wait to see it when it's done, brotha, everything is looking great. The smaller diameter tubes was the one thing I actually knew about, keeping exhaust velocity high to spool the turbo quicker. Definitely makes sense, I've also noticed the same on alot of diesel trucks. Chintzy looking lil manifolds and smallish crossover pipes. All kinda makes sense now. I guess there's a point when larger tubes may come into play but I'm just speculating here that that's a case when there's an incredibly high amount of exhaust velocity from an engine that's making huge power.