sweeet evo. where does full boost come on your system?

at what rpm do you get 15 psi, 22 psi,.....?

 

with a turbo like that its kind of like you know where 10psi is, and 28, but nothing in between its all a blur ha

 

Made good progress today...

Sneaking in and putting the main seal housing on while it's still on the stand



Waiting for the cams/timing belt.



Getting ready to put the oil pan back on.



Oil Pan on. It was SO dirty I had to scrub it down like a dirty pirate hooker. And removing the old gasket material is always super fun



Intake manifold ON.



Mmmm Flat Olive Drab.



A little photoshop preview of the valve cover "artwork". I Like.



Just need the new cams now (Tuesday) so I can finish the prep on the stand and get the timing belt and covers back on.

 

sick


I cant wait to see your results

 

dude.... I SERIOUSLY cant BELIVE YOUR SET-up....


i swear to god... you have the NASTYIEST fkn set-up i have ever seen! damn... your spool is going to be with a snap of a finger with that damn 2.3 !!!!!!


MAD PROPZ to you.. all i gotta say

 

looking good!

 

Jared that valve cover is gonna look sick! Its so close i can smell it!

 

I'm doing some test fitting of the turbo to get everything clocked correctly and the oil and coolant lines routed. While bolting the turbo to the manifold I noticed some hairline cracks in the manifold at the wastegate dump. So I had to beef up the welds.

Before.



After.



I'm going to build a bracket to support the turbo and tie it directly to the block. The mass of the turbo is simply too much to have hanging cantilevered off the manifold with no support. I'll also create a support for the wastegate.

The Kelfords are waiting for me to pickup in the receiving department at work so I should have the engine wrapped up soon.

 

it's all coming along nicely. can't wait to see it in action

 

I want to see this thing at the dyno day next month Jared, if not dynoing then at least show up.

 

Kelfords arrived. I took a couple of measurements of my old HKS 264's and the Kelford 272's just for fun.

HKS 264's lobe size = 35.8mm



Kelford lobe size = 36.4mm



HKS lobe radius = 10mm



Kelford lobe radius = 11mm



That combination of features, larger lobes with a bigger radius, is what makes the Kelford cams have more duration and lift.

 

keep us updated, your doing so good man

 

Nice build bro!

 

Very nice looking build.

Why did you decide to mod the balance shafts? How high are you planning on revving the engine, and what are you going to tune it with?

l8r)

 

The balance shafts interfere with the crank if not clearanced. This is picture of what JAM does to fix the issue.



So I just chose to remove the upper one, and trim down the lower one. Pretty much the same setup as AMS runs in their motors.

I'm just going to Rev to the standard 7800K

Tuning will be stock ECU - fingers crossed for no false-knock

I'm planning on cleaning/servicing the lifters tonight by flushing them with diesel fuel per the manual. Then the cams can go in.