I was able to modify the heat shield to protect the upper radiator hose by adding on an additional length of aluminum. I also modified the discharge pipe off the turbo by shortening the pipe so it sits up about 3/4" higher. I thought I had 2.5" aluminum mandrel bends, but they were 2.75" so I will leave it for now.

 

Nicely done.

 

Thanks for the kind words! The car is actually ready to fire up after I fill with oil, but I am ordering some new gauges from Aeroforce as well as an oil temp sensor. Because the temp sensor is in the oil pan I will have to wait for it to arrive so can install and then fill the pan with oil. In the interim, the new oil feed line adapter for the head arrived and it works perfectly. The threads for the oil feed line off the head are M10x1.25 and below are the parts I purchased from STMTuned.

• STM-CCW-10 (2x 10mm copper crush washers)
• TF-775-102LS (m10x1.25 banjo bolt 24mm in length under hex)(don't order the shorter 20mm banjo bolt)
• TF-776-04-03S (banjo fitting -4an to 10mm hole)

 

The final task is to install the new gauges and relocate the radio to the bottom spot. The AeroForce gauges used are the Interceptor and the Anologic with the 3rd gauge being the Innovate AFR.

• Interceptor - hooks to the OBD 2 port and allows me to display all of the outputs from the stock ECU as well as display/erase DTC's. It also allow me to input two (2) additional analog (0-5V) inputs.
• Analogic - Allows me to input four (4) additional analog (0-5V) inputs and four (4) EGT inputs.

Because I won't be initially running six (6) analog inputs I wanted the ability to add them later with ease so I made a board, which also allows me to wire up all of the other electronics I am running specific to the engine. This board is connected to a fuse block and the ACC (switched 12v) is run through a relay to the board. I will initially be running oil temp, oil pressure, fuel pressure so I have three (3) remaining sensors I can add in addition to four (4) EGT inputs.

 

Looks good. I presume you have a failsafe for the AFR if it goes over 12.xxx. It cuts boost down to wastegate?
Are you able to incorporate any other failsafe for low oil pressure with the stock ecu?

Its a bummer you have to deal with the stock ecu/emissions deal. A standalone makes things much easier and accurate.

 

Just to be clear, the Interceptor Gauge only displays the stock ECU parameters and has no ability to setup fail safes, but has the ability to display and reset DTC's. Because I run the Profec B boost controller I don't have the AFR fail safe activated in the stock ECU. Bottom line, not fail safes on my setup.

I have a Haltech Platinum Pro PnP sitting in a box and ran it on the 2L for many years, but got tired of swapping it out each year when it came time for inspection. I think that was because I had everything integrated into the Haltech, which I have since changed. I have often thought about going back to the Haltech because of the limitations of the stock ECU, but just haven't made the switch.

 

Running stock ecu here in conjunction with the aem failsafe gauge. Ive put the trigger output for the failsafe to the stock pcm and enabled the afr safety through the cal. Tested it and it works great. Im happy to share the setup info if you're interested.

 

I'm not sure the Innovate will allow this, but please post if you don't mind.

 

If you run the stock ecu you can setup the failsafe trough tephra mods. Need to wire the wideband analog output to ecu and tephra takes care of the rest.. .you can set it up in the map.

 

I am aware of the AFR fail safe that looks at AFR over a set load and then cuts WGDC if the parameters are exceeded, which is under "AFR Safety Monitoring Settings" However, I don't use the stock ECU to control boost so that won't work. Is there some other safety feature I am not seeing?

 

You are correct, no way to lower boost since you're not on the stock ecu. Is there a reason you prefer the greddy over stock pcm for boost control?

 

I always liked the Profec B since the days of my 240Z. Easy to make quick changes in boost for tuning and you can switch between wastegate pressure, low boost, and high boost in a matter of seconds without the laptop. Downside is no AFR failsafe with stock ECU.

 

Thats a step in the right direction. As long as the wastegate spring isn't 20-25psi + it may buy you some time in a lean condition to let off.

IIRC, The Tephra file will drop boost to wastegate if that parameter is met.

 

I am wrapping up a few last minute changes and should have the car fired up this weekend. When you run an external oil cooler the common approach is to use metric to AN adapters off the oil filter housing, but when doing this on the side port it sticks out too far and doesn't allow you to put on the factory plastic shield. I opted to weld a -8an male adapter off the end of the factory hardline portion because it is low profile. I just need to redo the hose end with a straight fitting and I am ready to fire up the engine.

 

Here you go.....0.91ar spool vs 1.00ar spool on S362 SXE in 3rd on Shell 93 pump

0.91ar (red) - open gates, 3" downpipe, 3.5" cat back
1.00ar (blue) - recirculting gates, 3.5" downpipe, 3.5" cat back