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[VIN18M]

Yeah worked fine mate, that's the one shown in the pic, thanks again for that.

I haven't cranked it over yet, hopefully only a few weeks away....

[4G93]

That's mad I'm thinking slapping td05l my engine to lol I think it'll take it for awhile, who's tunning the car?

[VIN18M]

Haha, you've got guts I gotta admit.

Not sure on who I'm going to get to tune it yet, hopefully we can at least get it idling and then I'll start calling around/enquiring in some dyno tuners.

[4G93]

this thing is gonna be lumpy as fuck , I've been looking for tuners for a cheap run in tune for the rb I think going with PAC but they're 700 bucks pricey finally got it idling

[VIN18M]

Yeah, it's not going to be cheap.

And as for lumpiness, I found a video of 272's in a GTi yesterday and that already sounds ridiculous.

[4G93]

Cops will love you lol , next step go all out like these blokes pretty sure he had 272 or something abit higher but it's ridiculous

http://m.youtube.com...u&v=Nu05RnjMuy0

[VIN18M]

What have I done? I'm scared.

[VIN18M]

Had some good progress over the weekend, managed to get a few of the fiddly bits done. Most of the work that's left is the tricky little things that tend to take the most amount of time.

Dummied up some of the cold side plumbing, most of it is pretty straight forward I just need to get some silicone elbows and it all should mount up fine.



Mounted the oil cooler. It's going to sit between the air con condenser and the intercooler, but half of it will be poking up above the cooler to get air from the front grille. This pic shows it dummied up before hoses were clamped and cable tied.




Probably my favourite mod to date, we relocated the oil filter to the drivers side inner guard. This was the only place we had room left but it's perfect because now all you need to do to change the filter is unbolt the plastic inner guard and unscrew the filter.



This pic is a bit blurry but shows the Oddyssey battery mounted and the manifold cover now painted in black heat proof paint.



And finally we removed the existing 2.25" exhaust to be replaced with 3" pipes.




Next week we'll be welding up the new exhaust, fitting the catch can, finishing off plumbing and enlarging the hot side of the cooler to 2.5".

[VIN18M]

Couple of minor updates over the past couple of weeks...

Battery mounted, air box dummied up and cooler plumbing almost finished.



Better pic of the air box and battery...



Cold side 2.5" plumbing meeting VR4 cooler (yet to be opened up)




I've put pinch weld around all the holes where the cooler piping runs through to avoid it rubbing and wearing through the aluminium pipe.



Catch can mounted...



Cold side of cooler opened up with die grinder to match plumbing size. Still to be welded.



In this pic you can see that I cleaned up and re painted the lower support panel on the front as well as the intercooler brackets as I was getting a bit of surface rust.

All starting to take shape now...



I also mounted the oil pressure gauge in the engine bay but didn't get any photos of that.

Going away for a couple of weeks but when I get back I'll be sending the cooler off for welding up and a few other bits including bov outlet, plumb back pipe, temp sensor bung and a few other odds and ends.
Didn't get a chance to start on the exhaust but we'll get to that next and then start wiring up the ECU.

[ted]

Looking sexy man!!

[VIN18M]

Well, a few updates guys.

 

• Plumbing welded
• Plumbing painted black
• Exhaust finished

Just need to wire up the ECU and tune now.

 

Exhaust was made up with scrap pipes we had laying around. It's 3" all the way through.

 

 

 

Amazing what a difference a hit with the grinder and some heat proof paint makes!

 

 

Down pipe...

 

 

Mounted under the car it actually sits a lot higher than the old 2.25" system I had on before.

 

 

We managed to route it around the fuel tank and hid the muffler behind the tank itself. 

 

 

Back pipe comes up between the suspension rather than over and around

 

 

Stealth black tip

 

 

 

Plumbing drying...

 

 

Hopefully wire it up and crank her over next weekend.

[EVL20T]

Looking good, nice job

Im pretty sure you could use the awd tank and means u can have the exhaust run straight down the centre instead of around the tank

[VIN18M]

Yeah, I got a bit lazy and didn't want to pull the tank out again after putting the new fuel pump in. Also wasn't sure if it's a straight fit with the filler neck and the mounting points. 

 

It's 3" and mandrel bent so should flow enough for the little 1.8L. I've seen some aftermarket Evo VI exhausts that run a similar path so should be fine.

[ENGINR]

Loving the make-shift spray booth!  I hang my parts to paint from the clothesline.

[VIN18M]

Yeah I always use the same tree. As long as I don't overspray on it I don't get in trouble

[VIN18M]

Ok guys, so I can't get the f*cker started, but it's physically finished and looks pretty for now...

 

Stealth black throughout...

 

 

 

 

Closed air box...

 

 

 

Edited by VIN18M, 09 December 2013 - 04:27 AM.

[evo-gsr]

Whats the guage next to the battery for?

[VIN18M]

Oil pressure, just a cheap speco one as it's in the engine bay.

[romeo]

have you figured out why it wont start? im dying to hear what this beast sounds like!!!

[VIN18M]

Nah, haven't had a chance to go back and give it another crack yet. Usually work on the car every Sunday but had to miss out last week due to other commitments.

 

Hopefully after this Sunday I'll have video of it idling. Can't wait!