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Old 09-15-2009, 10:27 AM
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Why is that such a bad question to ask? I can only now assume you mean boat loads of money.
because it gets old really fast.

i could have done this very cheaply. i decided to upgrade a lot of stuff though which adds up. i have been planning this for 9-10 months now collecting parts.

really the basics that you need are the kit, make a custom intake, and use the Cobb AP to tune.
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Old 09-15-2009, 04:18 PM
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So how much skin has been left in the engine bay?
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So how much skin has been left in the engine bay?
lol, not too much. just a couple scrapes. the mosquitoes were the worst part.

Patrick knew what he was doing a lot better than i. he also had a kickass impact gun for all the shitty bolts.
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so im guessing youll be at 200whp aorund? and it costed u a lot hahaha but dang one sexy setup. something that inspires me for me to get a turbo for my AT haha
 
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made some more progress today. finally got the rest of my intake parts today. thanks Charles R. Hill for hooking it up. also got some Greddy pulleys during the week.

progress made today:
intake mounted and finished
pulleys installed
bumper installed
tightened oil line fittings(hopefully this will stop the oil leaks)
charging battery right now
making a jumper for my boost gauge

hopefully tomorrow i should have it started up again and then i will flash a tune that Kane helped me out with. after that i think i can start driving it again.
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who cares about this thread anyways.....
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who cares about this thread anyways.....
you do
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^ hurry up and finish this **** already.... pics of powdercoated piping in the engine bay? plz
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i will do that tomorrow. its dark out right now.
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NGO------did u get the waste gate fixed.....
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Wow so someone finally did this with an automatic. You planning on upgrading the torque converter at some point too, or not going to boost too high?
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no plans on a torque converter so far.
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^LEvel 10 makes aftermarket torque converters.....they can sell u one of thiers or send yours in....
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^that coming from a guy who's building a turbo for his car....that **** must be expensive...lol
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depending on what you get it can be expensive.
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^quality - so i'd expect nothing less then expensive really. Unless you know some peoplez
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expensive
FAIL
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^that coming from a guy who's building a turbo for his car....that **** must be expensive...lol
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depending on what you get it can be expensive.
FAIL, stop being a baby, watch some other AT do turbo and get the LEVEl 10 torque converter..... they are gonna 1up you
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Originally Posted by ZumnRx8
^ hurry up and finish this **** already.... pics of powdercoated piping in the engine bay? plz
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looks clean nuke!
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
looks clean nuke!
thanks man. its still a work in progress.

future plans may include:
battery relocation
oil filter relocation made cleaner
MAF harness tuck
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Yea, the Maf harness was the one thing that came to mind that you could clean up easy. Mine was similar, so I cut, extended, and soldered mine to tucked below the stuff I had in that location.
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
Yea, the Maf harness was the one thing that came to mind that you could clean up easy. Mine was similar, so I cut, extended, and soldered mine to tucked below the stuff I had in that location.
sounds exactly what i want to do. bring it forward with the main harness around the front of the fuse box.
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