Haha, that front bumper looks pretty awesome on there!

 

finally found time to do turbo conversion. decided earlier this year to just buy an RVR engine set off ebay. for no other reason than to speed up the actual conversion to turbo. Plus its just more fun to mod cars one mod at a time. engine set arrived with cracked engine and trans. ended up getting it for under 500. a couple of ugly welds later I am just about ready to drop new turbo engine in. while engine was out I converted 3.1 rack to 2.75 via some parts from talon donor rack. had to custom machine and weld a new pinion gear to make it happen. removed ABS for almost 15lbs shaved. cleaned up compartment.

 

got my pulley mods all done.
2g alloy PS pump. plasma cut pulleys. 3 rib belt.
skunk titanium gears. lightest out. about 7oz. lighter than stock per gear.
GM alternator. stable voltage. about 40% less rotating mass.
cut a/c bracket. adjuster converted to pusher with plastic pulley. shaves 3.5lbs.
fluidampr. cause it smokes a stock dampr.



front limited slip installed. bell housing welded up. LSD swapped in without drama. pretty excited about that. I think a front LSD is far better path than welding center diff. welded center makes car drive like crap. plus it doesnt stop a front wheel from spinning like crazy. making car 2.5 wheel drive.

 

Damn this is cool. Everywhere you post in this forum has the coolest and most informative posts. Cant wait to see this thing done.

 

wont be long now. such a pretty sight

evo 1-3 jack shaft. shaves about 1.3lbs

 

Nice progress Jerry!

 

an RVR is born!

been driving car for a about a week now. sorting and ironing out all the issues. if there was any doubt this car would be fun to drive, those doubts are removed. soooo nice to drive this car in turbo form. such a shame the US never got this car.

 

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Looks better when the camera is worth a damn! LOL. Time to step up the camera game.

 

My new turbo kit in the works. I picked up a t25 exhaust housing off ebay a few months ago for pretty cheap. less than a 100. the more I looked at it the more I liked how easy it would be to make the internally gated housing work. With my tig welder not working so great I was really just not in the mood to finish up the other turbo setup which requires some pretty technical welding to finish. so I switched gears to this internal gate setup. some initial pics. time to remove turbo for further fitments.
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I recently saw an AWD Summit in town, they are tiny. Should be really fun with all the improvements you've done.

 

What LSD front diff did you use?

 

the one I used is from unknown JDM vehicle. any 90-99 AWD 5spd front diff would work.

 

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goals were save as much weight as possible. quiet as possible. reliable and easy to service. 400whp through A/T.

stock turbo with complete exhaust 99lbs
6758 with twin muffler side exit 60lbs

stock 1.75 with cat, two mufflers, one resonator and lots of bends
side exit 2.7 is just as quiet as the restrictive stocker. amazing

power. yet to be determined