Don't you know that turbos that big are not meant for pussies?

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Confucius say "Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired." Unless we are talking about a 3S. Then it's obviously "man who run is going to get another beer!"

Yeah he wasn't very happy about getting this head shoved in there.

Since I'm sick I spent the night polishing the compressor housing rather than consuming spotted cow.

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I made some more progress on the setup last night...

Tonight I should be tacking together the rear header, then I'll have everything TIG'd this weekend.

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looking great roy,
keep up the work and updates.
youre making me wish id go single turbo...
really hope to see it around someday soon and get the gb area boys and girls together for a stop at lambeau for curlys!

cameron94vr4

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"VR-onica" I miss you baby girl. SOLD.

is it going to be ready for UMG 2009 ?

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It should be derivable soon, and the project should be mostly done by February or March.

When/Where is the UMG? I've never gone to it.

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It's always the weekend before memorial day IIRC. It's a 2-3 day deal in Wisconsin Dells.

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Confucius say "Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired." Unless we are talking about a 3S. Then it's obviously "man who run is going to get another beer!"

I'm hoping it'll be mostly done by then, maybe even tuned. I'll see if I can make it to the UMG, I'd also like to hit up the NG if I don't blow it up at the track before then.

The headers/IC Piping are being TIG welded this week and should be back on the car soon, I still need a clutch and the AEM EMS before I can take it for a spin.

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My buddy finished TIG welding the headers today. I might try to fit everything on the car sometime this weekend. The only thing left now is down-pipe, which I'm going to just weld with my shitty wire-feed.

I decided I didn't give a shit about equal-length while making the headers, we'll see how these work. I can always make another set if I need to, they cost less than $100 to make.

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I picked up the headers and IC piping after having them TIG welded. Everything still fits great.

I also took a shot of this shit before I left:













Next week I'll make the downpipe, most of the exhaust, and one more IC pipe.

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I'm just waiting for my AEM EMS to arrive then I can finally try to start the car. Other than that I still need to finish the fuel setup, get some nice rims, paint, and a few other things. I'll probably be building up a second engine block so I can swap that in this summer and really crank up the boost.

The wastegate setup is nearly finished, it'll be dumping out the passenger side fender.

The pipes stay divided up to the wastegate valve.

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Looks like everything is fitting up real nice.

Is that fuse box staying that close to the turbo or is that only a temporary placement?

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Confucius say "Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired." Unless we are talking about a 3S. Then it's obviously "man who run is going to get another beer!"

It was temporarily zip tied over there when I was mocking up the turbo kit.

I'm still not sure exactly where its' going to end up, I originally made an aluminum box to try to shield it from the heat, but I'm not sure if I like the way it looks. The turbo will also have a heat blanket over it to help a bit.

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ok, I was thinking it might be a bit warm right there. FWIW, i think the box idea looks ok, but I don't know if that will give you enough heat protection. If you could somehow put some insulation between the aluminum box and the fuse box that would help a lot.

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Confucius say "Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired." Unless we are talking about a 3S. Then it's obviously "man who run is going to get another beer!"

The interior is starting to come together now. Last night I picked up some carpeting from Menards for $0.49/ft. This stuff is really easy to work with, I just had to cut a few holes for the roll cage and it went right in.

Then I finished up the wiring for my push-button start. I got a momentary push-button from summit racing and wired that up to a relay. One of the other switches will be used for switching between E85 and regular pump gas maps.

I really need to buy a new steering wheel too, mine is ugly.

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