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chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:14

Haha I deleted everything except for the ISC. I think you'll have a hard time getting a stable idle without the ISC, Eduardo.

Or you will nail the idle, but when the environment changes (i.e. temperature, pressure, humidity, etc) it will go to shit.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:14

Purchased a single turbo kit today...muahaha! Details and pics to be posted when I get- hopefully by the end of next week.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:14

No you didn't !!! What turbo kit?

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:14

Haha, yes, yes I did! I don't even want to tell what I spent...I got it for a freakin steal. Awesome deal.

Not giving away too many secrets yet, but lets just say I'm getting a set of ID2000 secondaries and dropping in my extra Denso Supra pump haha.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:14

Hey man how are you planing on deleting your PS? Are you just going to loop it or get a manual rack?

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:14

Well I obviously removed the pump, cooler, and all lines, and drained all fluid from the rack.

I was planning on removing the rack and pulling it apart to remove the seals and weld the quill shaft to lock it up and make the rack a true manual rack. But, after moving the wheel around as-is, I'm not convinced I need to go through all that work.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:14

Im doing that today, sense the bracket that holds the pump broke. Thanks

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:14

So are you going to disassemble the rack or no? Because if you are, then I might do it as well so we both know how to do it.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:14

I looped the rack. Here is a pic, i really don't feel like taking the rack completely out.
Take those 2 lines off and move the steering side to side until there is no more fluid coming out. U always want a lil bit of fluid in there

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:14

Got my turbo in. So without further ado, here she is!

If you can't tell from the pictures it's a Garrett T04S 60-1. However, this turbo is from the XS Engineering kit so it has been significantly modified. Dual ball-bearing, oil and liquid cooled CHRA. Rebuilt with a Stage3 compressor wheel (3"/76mm exducer 2 9/32" inducer), P-trim turbine wheel in a 1.00 A/R twin scroll divided housing. Only drawback in the housing has a 2-bolt turbine discharge flange I would have preferred v-band but it comes with a bolt-in downpipe so I don't care that much.

I'm anticipating with my twin scroll manifold for this thing to move. Full spool by 3500rpm or so. Previous owner made 465rwhp at 19psi on pump gas; 522rwhp at 22psi on C16. I plan on running close to 17-20psi when fully tuned and setup.

I couldn't be happier because I think this is going to be a perfect turbo for street/strip and should be a beast. Spool isn't too bad especially given this turbos power capabilities (65lbs/min at 2.25pr). Much better and less restrictive (i.e. more reliable) than stock twins.

eliminster · Postby **eliminster** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:14

nice, if you don't mind how much did it cost?

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:14

I got in a "kit" (manifold, downpipe, all oil/water fittings and hose, just no wastegate) for $800 shipped, so I pretty much stole it.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:14

Wow, that makes REALLY good power, about the same as the 500R actually. And honestly, I'd prefer the two-bolt DP mating. I dislike dealing with V-band when it comes to the DP. And $800 is a crazy price for that. Did they say how many miles are on it?

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:14

I believe it's the same CHRA and hotside as a 500R but a slightly larger compressor, so it should spool just a few hundred (if even) RPM slower but make more power.

Guy was a drag racer so he had it since 2005 but only put about 3000 miles on it after he got it rebuilt in 05. The turbo spins so freely and has absolutely ZERO shaft play, so little it's not even worth checking.

Got the rest of the stuff for the kit such as the manifold, dump pipe, all AN fittings and braided hose for the oil and coolant, and he even threw in a few t-bolt clamps, a brand new flange from RB for the midpipe, all hardware, and the turbo has a -6AN fitting in the compressor housing and a hose for a boost controller of something. Pretty slick.

Only thing I'm missing now is the downpipe. Should have been today, but it isn't, so now I have to wait until Tuesday thanks to the Holiday weekend. Oh well, not like I'm in a rush LOL

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:14

Worked a little on cleaning stuff up last night and tonight. Got the t-stat housing separated from the water neck, and the water pump as well. Went to remove the radiator cap piece and a stupid bolt broke off inside the aluminum, and it broke pretty flush with the housing so no change to get it in the vise and spin it out. It's also pretty small so I don't think I can drill it out.

I don't have a set of Easy Outs (doh!), but I also messed up the t-stat housing attempting to remove the AST nipple and marring it to hell. So now I'm just debating ordering a brand new t-stat housing for $92 bucks from Mazdatrix and starting over. Plus, the new one will be clean haha.

Starting scrubbing some of the rotor housing/plates and removing all old gasket material, water jacket o-rings, etc. Found out a MAP gas torch makes for quick removal of said gasket goop haha. One housing cleaned up easily but the other has more dried on oil and shit on it so it's going to take a more hardcore cleaning. Hopefully I can find a place up here that can hot tank some pieces?

I've also been reading as much as I can about porting and watching videos, hoping to gain some knowledge on the process. I really want to attempt it myself, I'm just nervous (and rightly so) of destroying some good housings. I wish I had a junk housing to practice on. Otherwise I have to ship the housings to Texas to BDC for porting.

Other than that, that's all the progress here. The Defined V-Mount kit should be here in a couple of weeks so I'm excited for that!

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