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Old 01-21-2015, 09:09 AM   #51
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Looks great. I like it
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Old 01-31-2015, 11:16 AM   #52
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Spent a couple hours last night cutting up the bumper to fit the bigger core and the new piping. It is pretty close now but it will need a little more trimming. I also mounted the rest of the intercooler piping.









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Old 02-09-2015, 01:34 AM   #53
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Hi man, I follow ur projects. Congratulations! did you thought install a reverse intake manifold?

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Old 02-16-2015, 03:13 PM   #54
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Hi man, I follow ur projects. Congratulations! did you thought install a reverse intake manifold?

Regards from Costa Rica.
Hi! I have considered it. I might do it a little bit down the road.

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Fuel lines and fittings arrived yesterday.



I am getting some rails soon. I already have the TurboSmart FPR.

Priced out the oil return lines/fittings. I'll pick them up soon.

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I bought some lines and fittings today.











With the -10 AN side facing upwards it looks like it's VERY close on hood clearance. I may swap it around and see how well it fits.





EDIT: I did swap the top of the pump around so the -8 AN input is on top and that fitting ends up saving around 5/8" of height vs. the -10 AN on top. I think it should be enough to clear the hood.

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Old 02-16-2015, 03:14 PM   #55
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I got the rails to go along with the lines and fittings today. They are made by IAG. Very simple and sleek design, but well made. Now I have to pull the intake manifold back off and get them installed and lines routed.



















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Old 02-16-2015, 03:16 PM   #56
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Last night I did a little more work in the garage. Spent a couple hours cleaning up the mess I had made. All the boxes of parts were just piled up on my bench and tool chest. I bought 4 more Home Depot totes and packed things away and then cut up all the cardboard boxes for recycling.

While I was doing that I also installed a new bench vice that my brother got me for my upcoming birthday. My old one was from Harbor Freight and the threads completely stripped out. This one is from Amazon. I hope it holds up a little better than the Harbor Freight one.



After that I did a few small things on the car. First I installed and tightened the header bolts. I used the Snap On swivel sockets that my other brother got me for Christmas. The inner two bolts used to be near impossible to tighten properly. A shallow socket wasn't deep enough due to the stud and a deep socket with swivel was too long and hit the header.

I usually ended up trying to snug it down with a stubby open ended wrench. The swivel sockets made it super easy. They're shallow sockets, but they have an indent in the middle that the stud sits into and allows the socket to engage the nut. Totally worth it to have this tool for special instances like this (tranny bolts should also be similar).



While I was under there I also installed the O2 sensor and the EWG. The EWG points straight down and the dump is just a short 90° bend the shoots the vented exhaust straight backwards. This position makes it much easier to access than the normal EWG position on stock location setups.

Then I drilled the strut tower for the oil scavenge pump mounting holes. I used a stepped drill bit and it went through easily. Then I just put in a bolt from the back and used a nut on the engine bay side. The pump includes rubber grommets to dampen vibration.



The last thing I did was to pull the banjo bolt from the OEM turbo oil feed on the back of the head and then cut down a random bolt I had and plugged that hole. I need to buy some more hardware so I can pull oil for the turbo from the front of the head (AVCS) to reduce the length of the oil feed line.
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Velocity stack arrived:



Also picked up my (hopefully) last two fittings (-10 to -10 adapter and a 120° -8 AN fitting):

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I picked up a -12 AN line and fitting for the oil return. It makes -8 AN look tiny. Haha.



Installed with just a bench vice and adjustable wrench so they're not perfect. Good enough for me though.

Last night I finished hooking up everything to the sump and the boost controller/EWG. I also cut a hole in the bumper for the exhaust dump.

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Old 02-16-2015, 03:17 PM   #57
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Unicorn fitting arrived. 3/8" NPT to -12 AN.





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I made sure to keep them near the compressor housing instead of the turbine or center section. I had the main electrical harness and some vacuum lines sitting on the sompressor housing on my last rotated setup and they were fine, so I hope this will be OK. I'll also have a turbo blanket on the turbo. If I'm way off base, let me know.

More side angle showing the hoses next to the compressor housing:

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Here's another shot that's even more from the side to show how I tried to keep the hoses away from the heat as much as I could.



You can also see the blanket installed on the turbo and that I cut down the downpipe/exhaust dump.

I hacked it off with my angle grinder and then Fobia cleaned it up and made it pretty with his belt sander.







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Here's a shot with the chopped off exhaust dump. Trying on various intake options.

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Old 02-17-2015, 12:17 AM   #58
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amazeballs!
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Old 02-17-2015, 01:33 PM   #59
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Hope your finishing the weld you missed.
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Old 02-17-2015, 01:40 PM   #60
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Hope your finishing the weld you missed.
Yes, Fobia finished that spot up.
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Old 02-17-2015, 05:18 PM   #61
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Nice work looks badass
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