MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 08/05/14 03:03 AM Author Share Posted 08/05/14 03:03 AM Thanks guys, f*ck yeh it has josh haha. The idea was to keep it looking clean but sporty. I think black wheels make them just look wana be racer sometimes, if I match the centres with my winter white it will look that much better. Spikes are just a little detail you don't see till your right near the car then it's like BAM haha. May change them later, but definitely doesn't take away from the look of the car. Whit always looks sleek if done right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tnv PC LOAD LETTER Donating Members 388 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/05/14 04:11 AM Share Posted 08/05/14 04:11 AM Dude that is looking very very cool ! As Buf-phoon said the white colour has a real classy look about it. Nice work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 08/05/14 09:18 AM Author Share Posted 08/05/14 09:18 AM Cheers mate, Tell you what its taken alot more time and effort than I initially thought.. now to just drive the damn thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 26/05/14 07:57 AM Author Share Posted 26/05/14 07:57 AM haven't updated here in a while.so ended up getting the over boosting sorted out ( thanks to pep92 on here ) and had a nice easy 10psi tune on it. Much, Much smoother than before. ended up going to the drags last wednesday night, for the first time ever and ran a 13.5@110mph, 2.2 60'driving down the coast, lost a manifold bolt and the rest were finger tight, resulting in my turbo having a 5mm air gap. Decided its not gonna happen again so I have new studs and bolts on the way, as well as a full gasket kit (rocker cover, manifold, turbo flange, dump pipe) Turbo/manifold is coming off, going to port the rear housing. New studs will go in, dump and cat will go on, and everything will be reassembled. While the car is off the road I'm also gonna paint my rocker cover and try source a cold side pipe, as well as moving the battery to the boot. Been tossing up wether to go a hybrid fg turbo or not, will do it if I find one at the right price. updates and pics soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tnv PC LOAD LETTER Donating Members 388 Member For: 13y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 26/05/14 09:07 AM Share Posted 26/05/14 09:07 AM Nice work on the boost fix mate ! Just enough psi without being crazy. Funny cause today while working on the car I thought about checking the manifold bolts. Seems like it would be worthwhile before I drop any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 26/05/14 11:40 PM Share Posted 26/05/14 11:40 PM mate nice effort there. you gotta be pleased with the results.what power did it make on the 10psi tune and what are you hoping for after the bolt ons go on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 27/05/14 12:00 AM Author Share Posted 27/05/14 12:00 AM Cheers guys! Definitely worth checking. Well it's mainly preventative work, don't want it happening again. Panda not sure, ran 110mph so whatever that is I guess. Could have done better but I have a suspicion it was leaking before the drags. When u bump it upto 16lb, I'll see how the box likes it. Anything over 350 I'd be happy. I can't see why it won't do it, full turbo side intake and 4 inch dump, people are doing 400 with 20. It's given me the excuse to do what I wS going to do anyway, so it'll be a nice streeter when I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 27/05/14 12:05 AM Author Share Posted 27/05/14 12:05 AM Makes me laugh actually, this car gets more looks and comments than the fg did. I think cause it hasn't been overdone or got sh*t parts on it, just subtle things. I get heaps of middle age blokes saying how much they like the rough stance of it, not bad for a 10k sh*tter haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 27/05/14 01:02 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 01:02 AM 350ish is great for the street- makes for a very quick street car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 27/05/14 01:03 AM Author Share Posted 27/05/14 01:03 AM That's what I figured mate. I'm still gunna try and find an fg turbo and do what another guy did on here, the MTA650. Would be one angry little setup. Or possibly get the GTX spec'd to a HTA3582, they use a different type front wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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