2.3L GT3076Build
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- Hitting AC compressor. Even with the tight radius bend tubing. I had to angle the joint directly off the turbine flange.
- That made it impossible to get the lower bolt in place for the flange to the turbine housing
- Then I added a spacer and clocked the first bend out toward the radiator to make the bolts fit, plus add a chamfered lead-in.
-Downpipe flange too close to turbo. There was no room for bends or transitions. So cut the downpipe, lower the flange, clock it the right direction.
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I got mine all buttoned up this morning and on to messing w/ the cam gears. 
I better see you on Saturday Jared.
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I'll be there fo_sho. I'm hoping to finish tonight. If I feel like pissing off the neighbors I might fire it up this evening. It just depends on when I finish. Last night is was 12:30 AM.
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I finished all the fab work My wife regulated and made me go to bed at 11PM, so I didn't get everything bolted back up yet, but that is all that's left.
Tightening all the O2 housing bolts, along with the turbo support bracket is no simple task because of the space constraints, but it's possible. So I just need to get everything (O2 housing, turbo bracket, downpipe, dump tube) torqued.
Then pop the radiator back in, fill with coolant, re-flash ECU and turn the key.
Hotness.
I'm going to raise my rating of the O2 housing up to an 8.7 now that it's all welded together.
Kinda hard to see but here's the final deal.
Tightening all the O2 housing bolts, along with the turbo support bracket is no simple task because of the space constraints, but it's possible. So I just need to get everything (O2 housing, turbo bracket, downpipe, dump tube) torqued.
Then pop the radiator back in, fill with coolant, re-flash ECU and turn the key.
Hotness.
I'm going to raise my rating of the O2 housing up to an 8.7 now that it's all welded together.
Kinda hard to see but here's the final deal.
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Based on when I started this thread, August 13th. But it was sitting due to a fuel rail leak for a few weeks before that. So almost 4 months.
I am excited.
I am excited.
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Negative ghost rider. I'm going to need to build a new bracket to a different location. I might sneak that in soon. But after I get it running at this point.
