Looking good!

Get her ready for Deals Gap Rotary Rally in April :)







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get that downpipe on son! pain in the ass once you put the motor back on the mounts, in case you forgot ;)

Nice heat shield, what is it made of? iconel?

Hoping to make it DGRR this year, we'll see as the time gets closer if I have the extra cash to make the trip.

Oh I didn't forget, remember I installed your downpipe.
I will definitely install it before I set the engine on the mounts.

It's DEI Tunnel Shield, it's Aluminum with a fiberglass backing.... Floor & Tunnel Shield II - Heat & Sound Insulation 050507 | Purchase DEI, CryO2, Ny-Trex, Boom Mat & SPA Turbo Products | Design Engineering, Inc. - Thermal Performance Products

Finally got the intake pipe finished, I had to drive like an hour away to get the 1.25" aluminum piping for the recirc bung....
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Turbo Remounted

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Not sitting on the engine mounts in this pic but the waste gate actuator fits this time.

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Piping all test fit before powder coating, I had to modify the tray a little bit because of the location of my recirc bung.

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The next time I post pics everything will be powder coated and back together, I can't wait for the car to be done.

Nice work man. On the DEI stuff was a sheet of 21" x 24" enough or did you get more?

i don't recall seeing that spacer on other set-ups? in pic 1 on your last post

9k,

Yea the 21x24" is plenty to shield that area, I have some left over.

Yomomspimp,

That spacer is there for compressor housing clearance on the Greddy manifold, if you look at the MM kits the flange was modified with a spacer already welded on to it.

Filled and bled the brake system last night.

I ended up using a lot less fluid than I thought I would, I only used about a half a liter.

I filled the Master Cylinder and gravity bled it.
Then gravity bled all four corners, which worked extremely well considering there was basically no air in the system during the next round of bleeding.

After gravity bleeding I bled the MC, then all 4 corners, and the MC one more time using the traditional two person bleeding procedure.

Thanks for the help Chris.

It looks like your are almost done. Did your start the engine?.

Getting close, powder coating should be done on Monday or Tuesday, then it all goes back together.

Not yet, still no oil or coolant in it, once I drop the engine back on the mounts I have to put on the Greddy oil pan.

So of course another delay haha

I brought everything to be powder coated and after some test pieces we decided everything had to be polished first before being powder coated.

Why you ask?
Well the powder I'm using is a transparent powder which allows the parts surface to show through, and to get the intended effect it has to be applied over a reflective base. The difference in the result is HUGE and will be worth all the extra effort to polish everything.

updates?

Coming Soon :lol::wiggle:

urg
you're just a big meany

:yelrotflm HAHA

Ok Polishing is done, and Powder Coating should be done tomorrow.

Car will hopefully be back together by this weekend.

:) good. I can't wait to see the results
good luck

Thanks

Where are u going to show your 8? at Dupont next month?
Can't wait to see the finish product in person.:)

Yea as long as I don't have to work I should be at Dupont next month.

Turbo is Mounted, down pipe is on, majority of the piping is installed, wastegate lines connected to solenoid, Synapse DV and boost sensors are connected to vacuum source, intercooler is mounted, and engine is back on the mounts.

Not very much left to do, need to drop in the airbox tray, install the MAF housing and front intake pipe, put on the Greddy oil pan, connect the oil feed and drain lines, install mid pipe and wide band O2 sensor.

cant wait to see the end result

:) Your getting closer and closer to finish. Is it possible you could make a video when you're about to start your 8 and show us a glimpse of all your build?

Trying to follow this thread time to time, and i think the final results will be awesome.