Rotated HOLSET HX35 '02 WRX (inexpensive build!)

hotshot2109 · 10-15-2012, 11:56 AM

I've been in my new shop for about a week, just bought some more fab tools and ordered a bunch of pipes, flanges, fmic's, wastegates, ect ect. But I was bored. Soooo I decided Friday night that even though my bulk order of stainless U pipes and flanges ect ect hadn't arrived I wanted to go back to the old days of building turbo setups with a mig welder, plasma torch, band saw, and a few other little hand tools. Backyard DIY style! Not finished but I will keep pictures updated. The hx35 setup is for my '02 WRX winter car, but since winter is upon us here in NY I didn't want the down time so I am building it all off my '04 STi then switching it all over and tuning the WRX is one day.

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hotshot2109 · 10-15-2012, 11:56 AM

SubieHondaGuy · 10-15-2012, 09:07 PM

rusty rusty, good luck mane

hotshot2109 · 10-16-2012, 04:06 AM

Salt eats iron in NY. My wrx winter car doesn't deserve the best of the best. Plus it was CHEAP and in perfect condition internally.

tebriel · 10-16-2012, 05:43 PM

Yeah that turbo looks like it's seen better days :P

hotshot2109 · 10-16-2012, 11:29 PM

It's in awesome shape mechanically, 70k miles on it, which is nothing. It has probably never seen over 10-12 psi of boost it's whole life. A turbo blanket and header wrap and no one will ever know. I plan to bead blast the intake manifold, compressor housing, and intercooler pipes House of Kolor tangalo orange. And the lower IC pipes will get rattle can truck bed liner.

wagonator · 10-17-2012, 12:23 PM

Great work so far! I hear you on the salt eating away at things, living in Mass I deal with that every winter

Can't wait to see it completed

Mishimoto · 10-17-2012, 12:39 PM

Cool project!

dirtbikeridr12 · 10-17-2012, 01:20 PM

Basically how I did mine, except I did the he351ve

rocketperson7 · 10-17-2012, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtbikeridr12

Basically how I did mine, except I did the he351ve

using the vgt? 2.0 or 2.5? if so, is it all it's cracked up to be?

hotshot2109 · 10-17-2012, 09:46 PM

Vgt is awesome but we use those on 12 valve cummins, not ej205's haha. The hx35 and he351/vgt flow 60.75#/min that's pretty serious. Like a decent 30r

hotshot2109 · 10-29-2012, 10:55 AM

Hx35 is installed and running!

drewvdw · 10-29-2012, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocketperson7

using the vgt? 2.0 or 2.5? if so, is it all it's cracked up to be?

Interested too, my friend and I were discussing this turbo...

hotshot2109 · 10-29-2012, 03:10 PM

The car wasn't running right before I put the holset and stuff on. So I'll keep this thread updated.

dirtbikeridr12 · 10-29-2012, 08:02 PM

not right now unfortunately :/ just use it to put my spool characteristics in an area i like. ill be building my own electronic vgt controller at some point tho. will also redo the up/down pipe to put mine in a more similar position as the one above so i have more room for the controller.

build thread from mainelysubarus.com

http://www.mainelysubarus.com/forums...e351ve-bugeye/

hotshot2109 · 11-01-2012, 09:22 AM

hotshot2109 · 11-01-2012, 09:23 AM

hotshot2109 · 11-01-2012, 09:24 AM

currently 6psi, haven't had time to build all the fmic pipes ect. But it runs and drives*

Mishimoto · 11-01-2012, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotshot2109

currently 6psi, haven't had time to build all the fmic pipes ect. But it runs and drives*

Awesome! Video time?

That Guy 2-1 · 11-01-2012, 09:36 PM

While I love the over the top custom builds, I really enjoy builds like this 'cos it's the real enthusiast/grassroots type of projects that really keep the hobby going..

hotshot2109 · 11-01-2012, 09:47 PM

Thanks, I do builds like this on both ends of the spectrum. The grassroots builds prove that pretty perrin kits (and my own pretty kits) aren't any better at putting down numbers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by That Guy 2-1

While I love the over the top custom builds, I really enjoy builds like this 'cos it's the real enthusiast/grassroots type of projects that really keep the hobby going..

Austin-TurboLab · 11-08-2012, 04:58 PM

No intercooler I see, interesting.

hotshot2109 · 11-08-2012, 08:23 PM

I took the holset off to sell the car.

rexworx · 11-08-2012, 09:42 PM

Hey Look at you mike! Ill be up that way soon, I should be able to tune it then depending on how far you get before Im headed upstate...

Ian,

hotshot2109 · 11-09-2012, 11:01 PM

Hey bud, took the hx35 off the wrx and trading it for my old 02 civic si hatch with the 50 trim and chrome. The forester is what I need help with if someone doesn't buy it first. I'm thinking about putting the holset setup on here and/or on ebay for sale.

10-15-2012, 11:56 AM	#1
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	Rotated HOLSET HX35 '02 WRX (inexpensive build!) I've been in my new shop for about a week, just bought some more fab tools and ordered a bunch of pipes, flanges, fmic's, wastegates, ect ect. But I was bored. Soooo I decided Friday night that even though my bulk order of stainless U pipes and flanges ect ect hadn't arrived I wanted to go back to the old days of building turbo setups with a mig welder, plasma torch, band saw, and a few other little hand tools. Backyard DIY style! Not finished but I will keep pictures updated. The hx35 setup is for my '02 WRX winter car, but since winter is upon us here in NY I didn't want the down time so I am building it all off my '04 STi then switching it all over and tuning the WRX is one day. * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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10-15-2012, 09:07 PM	#3
SubieHondaGuy Scooby Newbie Member#: 312223 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Colorado Springs Vehicle: 1993 Acura, outback Milano Red	rusty rusty, good luck mane

10-16-2012, 04:06 AM	#4
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	Salt eats iron in NY. My wrx winter car doesn't deserve the best of the best. Plus it was CHEAP and in perfect condition internally.

10-16-2012, 05:43 PM	#5
tebriel Scooby Newbie Member#: 244190 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Madison, WI Vehicle: 2004 BRP WRX Wagon 2004 JBP WRX	Yeah that turbo looks like it's seen better days :P

10-16-2012, 11:29 PM	#6
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	It's in awesome shape mechanically, 70k miles on it, which is nothing. It has probably never seen over 10-12 psi of boost it's whole life. A turbo blanket and header wrap and no one will ever know. I plan to bead blast the intake manifold, compressor housing, and intercooler pipes House of Kolor tangalo orange. And the lower IC pipes will get rattle can truck bed liner.

10-17-2012, 12:23 PM	#7
wagonator Scooby Newbie Member#: 207425 Join Date: Apr 2009 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Leominster Vehicle: 05 wrx wagon : ) wrb	Great work so far! I hear you on the salt eating away at things, living in Mass I deal with that every winter Can't wait to see it completed

10-17-2012, 12:39 PM	#8
Mishimoto NASIOC Manufacturer Member#: 207954 Join Date: Apr 2009	Cool project!

10-17-2012, 01:20 PM	#9
dirtbikeridr12 Scooby Specialist Member#: 209896 Join Date: Apr 2009 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: dalton, nh Vehicle: 03 2.35L bugeye holset he351ve @23psi	Basically how I did mine, except I did the he351ve

10-17-2012, 09:46 PM	#11
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	Vgt is awesome but we use those on 12 valve cummins, not ej205's haha. The hx35 and he351/vgt flow 60.75#/min that's pretty serious. Like a decent 30r

10-29-2012, 10:55 AM	#12
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	Hx35 is installed and running!

10-29-2012, 03:10 PM	#14
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	The car wasn't running right before I put the holset and stuff on. So I'll keep this thread updated.

10-29-2012, 08:02 PM	#15
dirtbikeridr12 Scooby Specialist Member#: 209896 Join Date: Apr 2009 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: dalton, nh Vehicle: 03 2.35L bugeye holset he351ve @23psi	not right now unfortunately :/ just use it to put my spool characteristics in an area i like. ill be building my own electronic vgt controller at some point tho. will also redo the up/down pipe to put mine in a more similar position as the one above so i have more room for the controller. build thread from mainelysubarus.com http://www.mainelysubarus.com/forums...e351ve-bugeye/

11-01-2012, 09:22 AM	#16
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB

11-01-2012, 09:23 AM	#17
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB

11-01-2012, 09:24 AM	#18
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	currently 6psi, haven't had time to build all the fmic pipes ect. But it runs and drives*

11-01-2012, 09:36 PM	#20
That Guy 2-1 Scooby Newbie Member#: 279479 Join Date: Apr 2011 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Baltimore, MD Vehicle: 2011 Legacy Ruby Red	While I love the over the top custom builds, I really enjoy builds like this 'cos it's the real enthusiast/grassroots type of projects that really keep the hobby going..

11-08-2012, 04:58 PM	#22
Austin-TurboLab Scooby Newbie Member#: 337364 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Stuart, VA Vehicle: 92 325i Blue	No intercooler I see, interesting.

11-08-2012, 08:23 PM	#23
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	I took the holset off to sell the car.

11-08-2012, 09:42 PM	#24
rexworx Scooby Guru Member#: 103232 Join Date: Dec 2005 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: EWG3071KelfordCams276/272 Vehicle: MY05 GDA, MY04 FXTI 2.5ltr,PPG,Front LSD,4.44	Hey Look at you mike! Ill be up that way soon, I should be able to tune it then depending on how far you get before Im headed upstate... Ian,

11-09-2012, 11:01 PM	#25
hotshot2109 Scooby Newbie Member#: 94785 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Turboville NY Vehicle: 04 WRX STi WRB	Hey bud, took the hx35 off the wrx and trading it for my old 02 civic si hatch with the 50 trim and chrome. The forester is what I need help with if someone doesn't buy it first. I'm thinking about putting the holset setup on here and/or on ebay for sale.