Awesome dude I was gonna drop by yesterday but had to go into the office....

 

keep us posted with a start up vid. gl man its been a long time coming

 

meh, $10 says he has a leak

 

The fitting I have pushes the hose too far back and causes a kink which would restrict flow to the pan and cause premature failure of the line. I didn't come this far to have everything get screwed up by that so I'm going to do it right today.

 

^ are you talking about the fitting I cut?

does it need to be shorter? Taylor Hose?

 

Yeah cutting it helped but it's just 1/2" to far out and cause a kink. I'm going to Taylor at 11 and taking the day to finish this bitch.

 

what kind of hose are you using for your return?

 

Some weird super high temp $10000 a foot iranium coated polymer ****.

 

Good luck!

 

ATP high temp silicone, wrapped in DEI tape.

 

I found that mounting the DP before bolting the turbo down is the easiest

 

Makes life allot easier having the fire wall banged in, more room to maneuver....

 

I may try to swing by there after a while....I am bored at work because I have a case of the mondays....or is it going to be a week of "I cannot wait to get my freaking parts in and dont feel like doing ****"

 

Cool, thanks.

 

What's the best way to prime the turbo? Disconnect the ESS and crank it a few times?

 

Yes that will get oil to all the needed areas.

 

Lets get that baby fired up tonight!

 

Dude I'm so glad you're finally at the threshold of this thing being done! Can't wait to hear how all this works out today.

 

Another day, another glitch. Got her fired up, started perfectly. And then...............

Coolant leak at the turbo The plugs on the opposite side of the turbo were leaking. I used Teflon and it was basically gone when I pulled the plugs out tonight. I replaced them with better plugs and sealed them with copper RTV. Now I just have to wait 24 hours for the RTV to cure.

The saga continues.

 

You do have all the luck

Bad JUJU someplace? LOL...hope things go better tomorrow

 

I try my best to create good juju, I am hoping it's just a test and as a reward from the turbo gods I will put down 400WHP.

 

Now you ARE dreaming

The car is awesome at 350.....400 is asking for it IMO

 

I had 3 leaks when I first started mine up ....

 

I have 3 leaks right now - can't be assed fixing them . 9K .... Did anyone mention to you that "**** happens" when you turbo these cars ?

 

Fixed to be more accurate...