ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 18y 18d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 20/01/08 07:08 AM Share Posted 20/01/08 07:08 AM Well ive been lurking for ages and I finally found a ute that suited me perfectly so you can expect to see me posting a bit more from now on The only catch was I had to travel 2000klm to get it lol.But that didnt stop me and I ended up with a perfect platform for what I have in mind,a dead stock march 04 turbo ute in my fav colour!Its a 4spd auto and has the hard cover and 18" wheels.Now for the fun stuff!I plan on using it as a test bed for various turbo setups the first of which will be the stock turbo on a highmount manifold with an external wastegate fitted,4" dump pipe,intercooler and front facing plenum.I will also be fitting a lpg injection system,but I wont be pushing for top end hp as I want to explore the gains in response that can be had before searching for more horsepower.Anyway heres some pics,the first one I took at ballina on my way home from mackay to wollongong,the rest are of the manifold I made over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 4m 1d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 20/01/08 08:03 AM Share Posted 20/01/08 08:03 AM Wow, looks like a pretty serious setup. Look forward to seeing the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 3m 8d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 20/01/08 08:09 AM Share Posted 20/01/08 08:09 AM Very impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 20/01/08 08:10 AM Share Posted 20/01/08 08:10 AM Looks good!Obviously just a test block by the look of the massive hole in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 18y 18d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 20/01/08 08:13 AM Author Share Posted 20/01/08 08:13 AM yeah its just a dummy block lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceMyButt Link Member 421 Member For: 20y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 20/01/08 08:32 AM Share Posted 20/01/08 08:32 AM Am looking forward to your various set-up test results Leigh. SHould be very interesting - and I am sure a few on the forums will be keen to get into some of your gear.PS - got the car back from backyarders - and it is freakn awesome. Hoping to get it on the dyno in the next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 18y 18d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 30/01/08 08:26 PM Author Share Posted 30/01/08 08:26 PM well ive made a bit of progressplenum and injectors are in,the step in the lower runners was really bad so I got in there with the die grinder,the runner on the left has been blended in,the runner on the right is stockand then I hit the runners with some aluminium brightener and cleaned them up nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAP1D Member Donating Members 3,739 Member For: 18y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW Posted 30/01/08 09:14 PM Share Posted 30/01/08 09:14 PM Looking awesome mate... I can predict some pretty dam fast spool up with this set up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 18y 18d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 30/01/08 10:49 PM Author Share Posted 30/01/08 10:49 PM yeah I need to get it tuned next week somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/01/08 11:22 PM Share Posted 30/01/08 11:22 PM Looks the goods mate, look forward to seeing the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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