Well, lil update today, nothing compared to sov's build, but i got both my head studs and turbo this friday. got the studs in and the head on. god i love studs, makes aligning the head and gasket sooo much easyer.

on thursday i helped my friend fix the starter on his supra, he gave me a manual boost controller that had come with the car since he doesnt use it, i am wondering a few things, what type is this, it doesnt look like a spring and ball type, does that mean it is a bleeder type controller, i attached some pics, the needle you see moves in and out of the hole as you twist the ****.

on a side note, i have seen people use their purge control solenoids to make staged manual boost controlers, i thought that was pretty cool, but im going to take it one step further. since im pretty good with electronics, i decided to make my own electronic boost controler, ive already got the basic circuit set up, right now i am simulating the pressure sensor with a potentiometer, but i should be able to drop in the sensor as soon as i got it. on thing i have been looking for is a chart that relates pressure vs voltage for a motorola 2 or 2.5 bar sensor, its not essential at this point, but as i progress to make it using a fully digital display and controls, it will be nessisary, if worst comes to worst, i could graph it out my self.


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Man I love the look of brand new turbo's, lol. What trim is that?

I paid around the same for mine, can't remember exactly but the investment was worth it.

Car's coming together nice!

 

its a t3/t4 57 trim .63 ar, deffinatly a nice deal, and i dont ahve to worry about getting crap if had gotten it used

i also bought and put on the timing belt yesterday, engine is pretty much all together, i just need to have the oil pan fixed

 

Good news part 1. turbo manifold, radiator, and intercooler are orded as of today.

Good news part 2. the insurance adjuster came by and since i wasnt there, he gave a quote to fix the car, and what is awsome he included some damage that was on the car when i bought it, im still gonna have to go to court, but at least my car wont look beat up anymore. WOOOT

Bad news. I was fired from sears, not that big a deal, i wasnt selling enough overpriced extended warrentys. (dont buy any craftsman lawnmowers this year, lots of defects, and if u buy a treadmill, buy a extended warrenty, its worth it. just some advice from the inside lol) and since it is the begining of the summer, they can replace me in a day. but ive still got my fulltime job for the summer, so no slowing down for me lol.

An one question. the intercooler i bought was a 2.5 inch in/out unit. now im looking at the intercooler piping kits, and i deffinatly want one with 2 u-bends, unfortunatly they only come in 2.25 and 2.75 flavors(atleast in the price range i am looking at). what one should i get? Run the 2.25 and risk being bottlenecked in the future, or get the 2.75 and possibly hurt spool times because of the extra air in the tubes?

 

are you sure they dont make a 2.5" kit?? i couldv'e sworn i saw one somewhere, ill look around and link you if i find one, otherwise, i would go 2.5" piping, in the future, if you upgrade too much for it, its not too expensive of a buy.
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yah they do make 2.5 kits on ebay, but i was looking for a kit that had 2 u-bends, which i could only find in 2.25 and 2.75, unless 2.5 is more expensive then 2.75, because i didnt look past that.

 

Good luck with the brotha! lol that **** is gonna be fire hah

 

http://store.racing-solutions.org/2suexbukit.htmlThis place has the best prices on the net. You should be able to complete all you IC piping if your strategical about it.

 

ok, talking with my friend, he has a set of injectors from a 88 rx-7 not turbo (460cc), from what i read they should fit, and would use a resistor box. one bad thing i have heard is theya re prone to cloging, can anyone confirm this?

he also has a set of 91 supra turbo injectors, wich are 440's i know i would need a resistor box, but does anyone know if they will fit in the mani? i cant find it anywhere online.

 

^^^^ Any one have any info about my last post?^^^

I got my exaust mani on friday, got some bolts for the turbo, and mocked up the placement, i did have to grind a lil off the block, just that lil spot where the braket that held the O2 sensor wires up. Looks good now, just have to wait for the intercooler and radiator on monday or tuesday.

also in mounting up the turbo, i was that the exaust outlet is prety close to the ac pump, measureing from the approximate place on the engine i have in my car now, it looks like i have about 3 inches from the outlet to the edge of the pump, its gonna be 2.25 inch piping out of the turbo, and then after that, it will probably flare out to 2.5 or 3 for the exaust. here is the question, what is the tightest benf for a 2.25 inch pipe? if it isnt tight enough i may have to do one of those multi-cut beands to make it tighter.