Blackenedwings Franken-turbo install thread
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here is racing beats to give you an idea..wicked easy to fab
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16346
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=16346
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Alright, edited the front page with the latest news. Things are going a little slower than expected, but that is partially because I keep buying more things I want installed. Racing Brake BBK, matching 2-piece rear rotors, Walbro 255 fuel pump, and HKS Hi-Power single outlet exhaust have all been added to the installation plan since it went in. I will hardly recognize the car when I go pick it up!
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The last word I heard as of yesterday is the car will be done tomorrow or Saturday... *fingers crossed* I'm -supposed- to be getting pictures today, and I'll have a video of the car on the dyno. I'll post the dyno sheet as well in my vBGarage.
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Alright, edited the front page with the latest news. Things are going a little slower than expected, but that is partially because I keep buying more things I want installed. Racing Brake BBK, matching 2-piece rear rotors, Walbro 255 fuel pump, and HKS Hi-Power single outlet exhaust have all been added to the installation plan since it went in. I will hardly recognize the car when I go pick it up!
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My advice would be not to install everything at once . Almost every time a new thing is installed there are little bugs that need to be ironed out . If you install everything at once you end up with a shitload of bugs and it is hard to know where to start in the de-bugging .
I'm just really looking forward to the car being "done". I miss my car, its been gone a month tomorrow, and SUPPOSEDLY I'll be getting it back tomorrow or Saturday. We'll see if that has any chance of happening or not. They haven't been good about getting back to me with pictures and updates on the progress.
I'll be writing up a review on the shop's work once the project is finished and I have my car back. Communication could definitely be better, but if the work is good then I can forgive a lot.
As far as how much to install, it depends on the parts and labor involved... the cost for the turbo kit, meth controller, fuel pump, and non-brake related goodies for me was about $1700. Dyno tuning with the AccessPORT was $600.
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No, I did not get my car back yet... I'll update with some details tomorrow. Suffice to say I'm having some communication problems with the shop and we're working through them.
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Well, the good news is the car should be done tomorrow or Thursday hopefully. I'm betting on Thursday at the earliest. The brakes are on, the exhaust is on, the fuel pump is in, the piping is mostly done, and they were running the meth and boost controllers when I talked to them this afternoon. They are basically down to a few finishing bits of the physical install and tuning.
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edit: Oh and PFS is taking care of a couple of extras that will make it look really nice... they swapped my garish orange couplers with a new set of black silicone ones, and are painting the rear calipers to match the Racing Brake front ones. It should look nice and go fast as hell.
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Yeah, I'm kind of planning on getting the car this weekend to hopefully give them some time to fix some kinks... We'll see how it goes, but after the delays with getting the pieces installed I'm expecting some delays getting it all working together.
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Talked to Ray from PFS today, and the earliest I'm going to have the car is Saturday. More delays. Saturday will also be the 37th day I've had my car at their shop.
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Alright, while the work has been majorly delayed they are getting some good progress now. I have updated the first post with pics of the car at PFS. No definite pick up date, but I'm getting daily updates now. Closer hopefully.
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Well thats not what its "for", but I'm certainly hoping to show it off at the crabfest meet. Then again, with the continuous "communication problems" I don't know what the eta on the car is at this point. I'm planning to drive out to the shop tomorrow to see the progress in person because I'm getting a bit frustrated at this point. I got a cryptic call yesterday about fitment issues with the turbo, and at least some of the things they told me where done don't appear to be done yet so I need to get a more direct hand in this build.
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Does anybody know which injector bank needs to be swapped with the 650ccs? I thought it was listed on the MM upgrade site but it isn't and I can't seem to find the info on the club via search. Jeff is en route to CA right now and not picking up his phone and the shop has my UIM off waiting for the word on which injectors need to be swapped. The turbo is installed finally...