tristanlee85

I'm moving the battery to the trunk and I need to get some wire. I figure Columbus Car Audio would have what I need, but I go to work and leave for before and after their hours. Best Buy sells a 4awg wiring kit, but it's $110. Is there a store that can sell me this stuff by the foot that might be open until 8pm or so?

Well it started last night on my 2nd attempt. The first cranking was to prime the oil system. It started right up when I cranked it over with fuel. My coilovers should be in tomorrow so hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get out and start driving. These cams are pretty crazy too, but somehow it idles at 17:1. Can anyone give a cheap alignment?

Kaaaaaboom.

Looks really nice.

It must be fast since it's triple-charged with a 200 shot of NOStrous. I'd guess low 10's maybe 12 flat.

Aside from hooking up the TPS, plugging the other vacuum port, and re-locating the battery, the car is ready for failure. I got the rest of the vacuum lines hooked up, made a coolant hose, and Home Depot'd my BOV flange. Because I am cheap, instead of trying to find and paying for a flange, I ended up finding this piece of pipe in the electrical section at Home Depot that was just barely too big. I put together my own lathe and took a flap wheel to the pipe so it would evenly sand away at the material to make it a tight fit. I even got my head bolts at Home Depot. http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00004.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00002.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00005.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00006.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00007.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00008.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-17-08/00009.jpg

Sweet doggy.

More stuff. I got my vacuum block from McMaster because the Golden Eagle ones didn't have enough ports. I still need to weld a flange to the intake for the blow-off valve so if anyone has a Turbo XS RFL flange to sell... Aside from hooking up the other vacuum lines, I need to add fluids, clamp on the coolant hoses, put the axles back in, either relocate the battery or get one of those small dry cell ones, and pray... I think that's it. http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-16-08/00001.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-16-08/00002.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-16-08/00003.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-16-08/00004.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/4-16-08/00005.jpg

Hmm, with 124bhp and 16psi, the estimated was 259hp. I made 262. Get out of my head!

I've lost count. At least they were cheap to replace.

The idea behind that was so that the header would flow like a N/A header, leaving all the runners equal so the wastegate wasn't bleeding off one runner. It isn't equal length, but at least the exhaust flow through the wastegate is coming from the collection of the runners and not just one. I'm curious as to how it would help/hurt if the wastegate and turbo switch places.

Hahah, awesome. Why don't I ever get invited to come work on cars in the new shop anymore???

I questioned the intake as well, but realizing how much better it is over stock and that the welder has a similar setup on his car and makes 450+hp, I'm pretty confident I won't have problems with it. Plus, it was flow-matched (not by me) and all runners were within a couple percents of each other. I actually didn't weld the downpipe. It was tigged by AlphaTuning and while it doesn't compare as well to the quality on his site, it believe it will be fine judging by success of his other products. I pressure tested the downpipe and header for leaks. The header had a crack where the flange merged with the collector, but I welded that up. We shall see...

For right now I'm starting off with my 42lb/hr injectors with the MS1 MSnS E code so I can use the fuel and spark map that I had on the last engine. Granted this engine will breathe much better with the cams, I'm going to be pretty lean to start off which is good. The last thing I need is washing the rings while trying to start the car for the first time. I can't wait to switch over to the MS2 and use the Ford EDIS and all the other sweet features. The stock OBD1 ignition module craps out around 6500 rpms. It's like hitting a brick wall when it happens.

That's excellent.

I'm just staying with the stock flywheel. The Fidanza would have been nice on a stock clutch, but with the Fidanza with a ACT street disc, most people have to rev to 2k when engaging the clutch. The extra mass will benefit me more than it will hurt me.

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I'm getting closer to finishing this car and I'm getting really excited to be able to probably not be able to drive it. Here's what I've got so far. Engine: JE pistons Crower rods 1999 block and crank 1997 ported and polished DOHC head FSR Motorsports turbo cams Drivetrain: MP3 transmission with MP2 5th ACT 6-puck clutch kit Welded differential Turbo FSR Motorsports turbo header T04e turbo 3" downpipe and side-exit exhaust Tial 38mm wastegate Turbo XS RFL blow-off valve FSR Motorsports intake manifold GM 3800 throttle body FSR Motorsports radiator/intercooler combo Engine Management" MegaSquirt 2 w/ Ford EDIS ignition control 86lb/hr injectors IAC valve via MS Boost control via MS http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/head_port6_s.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/engine_top_s.jpg http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/turbo/v2/edis_setup_s.jpg

If you don't have a 220V outlet it's worth having.

Here's some other stuff too. I didn't read all on the RC Engineering site, but it could be the same. http://www.megamanual.com/v22manual/minj.htm

I was there today and the the only 00+ car was a SOHC.

It looks like the bottom plate here: http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/49220/2001126571102243597_rs.jpg I'm looking for the plate, inserts, studs, washers, nuts, and oil pan. It has to be from a 00+ DOHC.

Too bad the whole row didn't catch fire. That'd be neat.