[FajenSTi]

This is an amzing project..just spent 30 mins go thru all the posts. Great stuff.

Wish you all the best in a kick arse car!

Is http://200mphprod.com/ online? I was getting broken links.

[Neanderthal Racing]

daily update - day 40

we finished heat wrapping the uppipe, downpipe, stock header center pipe and turbo. i port matched every hole of the stock header with a die grinder (not unlike what i do to my gf only with a much smaller tool and in about a minute as opposed to hours). we just ordered chinese food and we'll start permanently installing the turbo kit and header.

tomorrow:
- cut out the catted section of the b&b exhaust and replace it with a straight through pipe with new flanges, courtesy of phil grabow at element.
- clutch delay valve delete and ss clutch line.
- install the intake manifold and tumblers
- whatever else we can

thanks to everyone who post threads here to chear us on, ***en sti being the latest. i probably should acknowlege everyone individually but i'm a heartless new yorker. there are a few people who are planning trips to see the project. speednice is coming in tomorrow morning to have his shift bushing kit installed. donmei is flying in in a couple of weeks. how cool is that.
(he won't let me jump out of it, though. hey, i had to try.)

pics - in order:
- the uppipe is now double wrapped; once by phil in white tape and again by me in black.
- the downpipe (bottom) was wrapped twice. i removed the center pipe (top) from its heat shields, which was held in place with clamps and stuffed with the foam inserts. once i wrapped the flexpipe and laid it in the heat shield, the wrap took up enough volume to simply bolt the heat shield back together without all the other stuff.

[esemes]

looking good, B.C.

i have one question.....


shouldnt the ewg return pipe mate up to the d/p at a more slanted angle?? i was under the impression that it needed to be smoothe, and not abrupt (near 90°). this could lead to, you guessed it, creep.......

any ideas on this??? (sorry to ask, but it just looks alot less angled than mine was)

more pics!

ese

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by esemes

i have one question.....

shouldnt the ewg return pipe mate up to the d/p at a more slanted angle?? i was under the impression that it needed to be smoothe, and not abrupt (near 90°). this could lead to, you guessed it, creep.......

any ideas on this??? (sorry to ask, but it just looks alot less angled than mine was)

phil's in charge of the kit, ese, so i'm going to defer to him. i have no problems with the angle once it's assembled. i'm not sure he could have changed it much and all of the rotated turbo's i've seen pretty much look the same. was yours a rotated mount?

[Flycaster]

Nice job on the pipes. Just a word of caution: if you sprayed the wrap be ready for the cook-off smell...it does not go away for *quite a while*. It's kind of a distraction.

My build is done, the car is tuned, and I'm ready to go play with the unsuspecting. The boys at PDXTuning did me well. I'll post a new thread w/ dyno sheet in the next day or two.

[Neanderthal Racing]

thanks for the tip, fly. theyre dry.

can't wait for your dyno results.

[esemes]

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

phil's in charge of the kit, ese, so i'm going to defer to him. i have no problems with the angle once it's assembled. i'm not sure he could have changed it much and all of the rotated turbo's i've seen pretty much look the same. was yours a rotated mount?

bc-

i had a bolt-on locale turbo on mine.....

that's not the point of concern, though.....

i ilustrated the angled return line to show you how mine would union to the d/p. i was told an abrupt angle would/could/? lead to creep...

dont know it to be true, but the more gentle angle seemed to do fine in my case...

just fyi is all.... (i look at this thread ATLEAST once a day as it is... feel i should contrib something...)

ese

ps- perhaps the angled union is less likely to reverse flow exhaust gas or pressure??? maybe that could have a negative effect on the EWG exit?


dunno.......

[Neanderthal Racing]

daily update - day 41

i left little ricky alone last night at about 11pm. he worked until 2am. this is what i came back to this morning. the turbo is only half wrapped. and the pipe to the throttle body isn't connected but this is the first time i've seen the freshly painted intake manifold on the motor. i thought i'd share a preview of the general look of the engine bay.

speednice stopped by with his cousin to have ricky do his ss bushing set and my perrin crank pulley. theyre both great guys.

we dropped the wlabro fp in today.

have a great labor day weekend.

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by esemes

just fyi is all.... (i look at this thread ATLEAST once a day as it is... feel i should contrib something...)

i appreciate it. i need all the help i can get.

[esemes]

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

i appreciate it. i need all the help i can get.

by the looks of things, you're WELL on your way, bro.....


the corsett wrap is icing ya know..........

[eatV8]

Bruce, can I be the test pilot?

[Neanderthal Racing]

sure, steve. it'll cost you 20k, though (isfh)

[eatV8]

Umm, well how about co-pilot?

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

sure, steve. it'll cost you 20k, though (isfh)

[Neanderthal Racing]

gas money?...lol

[wdb]

Ooooh. Ahhhhh.

Looks like you're getting close. When do expect "first light" to be?