Your probably right. But I felt dumb when I realized the problem because in hindsight, I couldn't think of any good reason why a loose bolt or nut holding the oil pump sprocket would stop a leak.

 

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I was scheduled to get tuned tonight at 9:00PM, but I'm still having trouble with the turbo fittings. The 1.00 T4 exhaust housing on a GT35r size turbo makes for one tight package. I should get my order from FP tomorrow and hopefully everything will fit this time around.

 

I finally got the right fittings to put the turbo together, and the turbo is in the car. Damn TS makes for a tight fit. One of the wastegate dump tubes was touching the radiator, and I didn't feel comfortable with it there, so I am now trying to figure out where I am going to re-route it. There's nothing like having to modify almost every part of a kit that you bought to save time. Anyways, I wanted to get your guys opinion on routing one of the dump tubes out of the hood vent. It sounds kinda ghetto, but I have seen it done before, and it actually didn't seem like that bad of an idea. Aside from some occasional flame throwing and a little soot, I don't see any drawbacks. I'm also going to have to figure something out for the upper radiator hose, but that can wait a couple days. Btw, the bigger turbo, o2 housing, and manifold sure made the car a lot louder.

 

Looks awesome and props to you for all of your patience, creativity, and exploration...

 

Looks terrific. Sorry about the fitment issues. I think you were right about the radiator.. my friends a/c condensor ended up touching his radiator and after a while killed the radiator.

Good luck sorting things out.

 

I re-routed the driver side dump tube, so I think everything is good now. I decided against routing the dump tube out the hood vent because I don't really want to have to worry about the car sitting out in the rain and having the wastegate full of water.

I also noticed after I turn the car off I can hear the turbine spinning down for 5-10 seconds. Is that just because it's ball bearing? I've never noticed that on any other turbo.

 

Yep sure is. Mine spins for almost a minute after I turn the car off! Depends on your intake pipe as to how loud it is

 

Cool thanks. I figured as much, but just wanted to make sure my junk box aint broke.

 

This is why it is so important to : (1) stay off boost for ~ 1 minute before shutting the car off and (2) use good oil...

 

Your setup is almost identical to mine(afi goodies) except I stuffed a 4088 in there. Things were too tight to fit the OEM radiator in there for me though. Glad you could get yours in.

 

What radiator are you using? Can you try to get a picture of the ay the dump tubes are routed? Thanks.

 

Looking good! Routing dump tubes is a pain. I've redone mine 3 times...

Now get some miles on that thing so you can start making the horsepowers.

 

Its got 250 miles on it, so I think its ready. I have an appointment for 9PM tomorrow night to get tuned.

 

I will take a pic for you once I am off work. I ended up using a CBRD radiator. Amazing piece.