ha yeah thats my dad for ya, grew up on a farm and now hes an engineer .


but just a little update....

just wired up my slim fans and is it just me or are they extremmmmelyyy loud..
and i dont think i have them wired up right neway cuz they come on even if i just turn it on aux.. so then i tried starting the car to see if you could hear them over motor and exhaust and now it wont start.. it will crank up for about a half a second and then die . i can understand that happening with it gettin alot more fuel than its used to, but it was running before and i could actually drive it around a little. i duno if its flooded or what, but i only tried to crank it up 3 times.

 

ok so i feel pretty dumb right now.. are you still supposed to use the oem fan controller?? i totally forgot about it cuz its still mounted on my oem fans sittin in the corner. right now ive just spliced into the harness that the fan controller hooks to

 

lol yea you're supposed to use the oem fan controler (well at least i did). just got the plugs and plugged the new slim fans into the controller. works like a charm. they are loud though but it sounds beastly.. haha. just wait till you hear the 255lph...

 

yeah thats another thing im kinda worried about, i cant really hear it, but i was drivin the car up the street :/

 

One problem with that oil return. It's really low on the pan. It usually gets tapped higher up in the silver part (the upper oil pan). The oil might not return well if it's draining into the bottom of the pan.

 

+1. Tapping the lower oil pan is usually a big no-no for the exact reason drucea stated. The oil will not return well and will build up in the return line and then into the turbo itself.

 

Your oil return will be a problem. I know personally. Please weld that up and put the whole on the upper pan. You will have one issue, and that is a fried cartridge.

 

my pan is welded no leaks for sure, i recommend it. not a lot of shops here in virginia weld aluminum either.

 

yeah i debated that before i did it, but ive hard some people doing it both ways and it being ok. but ill see, will prolly just get it fixed at the shop i get it tuned at.

 

-update

ok so everything is pretty much done . just pulled another all nighter and finished all the wiring. All thats left to do is go to the exhaust shop tomorrow and get my down pipe flange fixed so it lines up better. then i have my greddy rs bov coming in the mail next week, and then ive got an appointment with batlground in atl. to get a tune on the 23rd.

so im pretty siked to finally have all this done! it was really good learning experience and wasnt neat as hard as i thought it was goin to be .

mad props to lancerrally45 for originally putin this kit together, givin me a killer deal on everything, and dealin with all my annoying pm's with ?'s about the install .

and thanks to everyone else who helped out when i had any questions!



ill deff post some more pics soon, and some numbers when once i get it tuned

 

awesome! great job! can't wait to see the whole thing in action! tuning right away is pretty key!

 

ha yeah just took it up the street in my neighborhood and its running pretty crappy.. lol but it doesnt stall anymore or anything.

but... my boost gauge is reading weird. at idle its running at -4psi and peeks at +3 psi.. ive even threaded the wastgate some more and no change at all.. and im prety sure ive got the vacume line hook up right.


anddddd my fans wont turn on. and i know its deffinatly hot enough for them to be on and i know i have it wired up right. my water temp isnt to bad, but my exhaust temp gauge gets up to 1300..

help?

 

^^anyone?

 

Your idle should be between -20 and -24. Post a picture of your vacuum line routing. Your vacuum/boost gauge needs to be hooked up at any source after the throttle body (fpr, intake manifold, etc.). You probably have a vacuum leak somewhere if your source is correct.

 

ok thx, ive got mine hooked to a differnt spot, but im not sure if its after the TB or not. let me go check