If you want to do the job once, I would. The greddy units are very nice quality. They just have to be messaged a bit thats all.

Bryan@BNR

 

well today no updates.. had a long day at work and i have to work on the infiniti (replacing axles) i wont get a chance to work on the car until saturday or sunday

 

I was going to ask about the hose fittings too on the water lines but I finally got them on. The bottom line is a mother f'r to get the clamp on. I just used the t/b lines and the one was super long and the other one just barely gets in there. Im hoping it wont leak from the amount of times I took it on and off. Need to try and tie the one line to something cause it hangs really close to the turbo.

 

might stop by and check it out if thats okay with you greg! ill be in oxnard all weekend long, let me know if you need another hand or a couple arizonas haha =P

 

you guys give me some suggestions about the water lines. If they need to be shortened I would like to make the corrections so that other customers will have it easier!

Bryan@BNR

 

whats the turnaround time for one of those? i might be able to do it in 2.5 weeks. its around $1K too right?

 

bryan this weekend ill be finishing mine up so ill give some details and even try to get some better shots of the tight area since theres soo much interest in that area..btw: jess give me a call ill be here working on it sat and sunday!

 

saturday i was able to spend a couple of hours on putting the car back together, got the coolant lines hooked up to the turbo..the way bryan supplied the coolant lines i was able to hook up the hoses without clearance issues or kinks...one concern is the lower line is lightly resting against the wastegate shaft, think it will be ok?



the lower coolant line to the throttle body is very short, i used a 3/8 barb fitting from home depot to enxtend the hose

the upper coolant line to the throttle body has plenty of line to reach the turbo

this is the best shot i could get of the turbo actually mounted


All that is left is to hook up my intercooler piping add oil and im ready for startup!
hope these pictures help!

 

it will be ok till it wears through the hose . After that ................. not so much .

 

im going to see if i can zip tie the lines together tomorrow, see if that makes a difference then...

 

Greg I was thinking that lower coolant line can be wrapped with Kapton tape used for high temp electronics in my world. I'll ask if I can have a small bit, a little goes a long way. Another option would be installing a sleeve over that area, it shouldn't be heat that's a concern but like Konig mentioned it would probably wear over a long long long period of time. several layers of rubber and fibers. how long, depends on vibration.

I miss my turbo KA setup

 

^^thanks, i was also thinking of using some heat wrap i have here as well .

 

You did the smart thing of putting the actuator on before you mounted the turbo. Im having a hell of a time getting the top bolt in, between the coolant lines. I need someone with small hands! I dont even know how Im going to tighten in up.....

 

That's a fantastic idea! Damn me for not thinking of that Well you have to remove the coolant line tho?

I figure next time I turbo I'll just use a turbo timer and say eff the coolant lines.

 

Just zip tie the 2 water lines together where they come off the fittings. That should keep the lower rubber line from resting on the actuator arm. Looks like a good fit to me! Also looks pretty easy to get to on the car as well.

I may put a 45 degree barb fitting there just to make it easily bolt up.

Bryan@BNR

 

^^i was actually not looking foward to installing those lines but if you mount them when the turbo is loose in the motor mount location its very easy...the design is pretty close to perfect!

 

Do you have any advice of getting the compression pipe on the top?? No one wants to answer my post in another thread. Pipe is kicking my ***!!

 

Hey man, best of luck with the turbo install.

I wanted to know is that Maz-Sport intake still available for purchase, if so where did you pick it up.

Thanks

 

its not too bad to get to if you have a stubby open end wrench..i also lay underneath the car and reach my hand up there and tighen most of it by hand...hope this helps...if not pm me so i can help you out

 

i dont think so...but the aem cai seems to be the easiest solution...i would also pm fluid motorsports and see if he has any, apparently he has quite a bit of maz-sport parts left over

 

this morning i switched out my hks hi-power exhaust with a greddy evo tt exhaust..progress has been slow being that last week i cut my foot and had stitches hopefully tomorrow ill finish installing my intercooler piping and startup
im suprised the greddy evo tt feels just as light as the hks high power if anything lighter than the hks hi-power





greddy evo tt with mazsport midpipe

 

oh I'm jealous...I want that exhaust bad
I would have the same exhaust setup you have if I did. Post up some sound clips when it's installed.

 

i cant wait till its running, ill be sure to make some videos

 

exhaust i want

 

I would have drove down to socal to pick that exhaust up!