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First off I got a good deal on a st205 engine set (basically everything from a clip) and I bought everything I would need to freshen it up. Then I picked up a low mileage e153 (from a 2000 Camry) and MR2 turbo inners and all-trac outers.

pics from the day I got the engine













^^ Manny (presure2) was pretty excited

then we did some things to the motor







^^ what a mess



mmm clean
the valve cover, heat shield, and intake manifold we coated with a high temp ceramic coating (no pics)

and I lagged the IC with this, thermo-tech
the "lagging" is an adhesive backed aluminized heat barrier which will reduce heat soak with the IC.









cleaned it out and this is what I'm running it in.



then axle madness began

first, 2 sets



then one set



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and spare parts



I then did the wire harness so it would be plug and play for the car. I first wired in a seperat relay box for the IC and fuel pump relays but after I swaped I rewired it to the stock st205 FP and IC replay box, pics later.

not the best pic of the motor but something



then the st205 front end went on (see the 3s in the backround)



I really didn't take too many pics of things because every time I was with the motor, I was doing something to make the swap easier.

then the fun began Friday night - day one









remove motor, clean bay, remove battery tray
put in IC pump







and with st205 puke tank



I'm tired





Saturday - day two

extend the wire harness ? hell no. Cut a hole in the firwall and put harness through.



played with new e153 tranny, clutch, attach to motor and put in car





Sunday - day three - the exhaust. I already have a HKS cat-back so Manny made a b pipe - from the berk dp to the HKS.

started with this



and it became...



tacked and almost finished



done and a quick paint job (that got a little scratched when installed). Manny says "I stand by my exhaust"



and a few installed





and the exhaust cut out from Q T P



I have 3" from the turbo to the cat-back (which is 2.5") so as Corey did we installed a butterfly open exhaust valve. I put in a toggle switch so I can open and close the butterfly whenever I want. Quiet cruising with it closed and all the exhaust goes out the back OR I open it up, it gets loud and free flowing exhaust - no restriction and more BOOST

put on a new "2000 twin entry turbo" sticker and done for that day.

BTW it started and purred like a CHAMP ! FIRST TRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!1!!!

The car runs great and feels INCREDIBLE.
Now I have had a couple of (expected) problems. The freakin axles.
First, driver's side axle just popped out on a test drive, car towed back to Mannys.
next day, have the axle machined to fit in the tranny and added a 1/2 spacer, good as new.
then on the second test drive the pass side axle popped out. Car towed back to Mannys.
The axle carrier came off the block - the bolts weren't tightened down enough. Sorted that tonight and now it runs perfect, hits boost very well but I think the carrier bearing is bad or the pass side axle is just plain bad. I hear a bit of noise from that side and I think I need another all-trac axle (I think I know where I'll be getting that from) and I'll rebiuld it again. And that's where I'm at right now.

The place all the majic happened was presure2's (Manny) garage and I had some help from Manny & Jenn, my woman Stef (hurley97), and Manny's cousin Joey. A small "pit crew" how each did their thing to help me.

I'll take and post up some finished pics tomorrow night or so, I've had a stressful and busy 4-5 days.

This post has been edited by Batman722: Mar 22, 2009 - 6:43 PM

That looks so f***en clean. is the ps working still?

great job guy's and girls....really clean work.. i like

2-3 lbs of boost from the cutout means that there are 2-3 lbs of back pressure in the exhaust (even on a 2.5" exhaust).

Pretty good proof of why a bigger exhaust can gain you up to 15hp (if it drops your back pressure from 3psi down to 1psi it's the equiv. of upping the BC by 2psi....

Great clean swap. Great looking midpipe.

They say that if you install a few inch long angle cut turndown on the end of the cutout after the cut plate that is smoothes flow and potentially gains a bit more HP (and quiets down whatever blips, burps or pops) that come out of it off throttle or during transitions...

Great job.

well humm...at 20psi my buddy got 304 to the wheel and 286lb..runnin on 93octane and water meth injection..the power curve started at 2500 peaked at about 6500 and dropped about 7200-7500rpm..getting mine tune tomorrow so ill post up vids and photo but as you see i wont have all the fancy stuff batman does haha..not sure if the ct20b can push anymore..but i have heard and seen mr2 guys do 22psi and did a little bit more hp but not much...but yeah 205 can hold a beating...

This post has been edited by RUNNIN-LOW: Aug 27, 2008 - 12:55 PM

Nice work you guys. Looks great!

You east coaster's make me seeeeek!

You make it look so easy... Manny - you are a god! Great work guys!!

Can my Ceilca come stay with you next weekend?? .......pplleeaassee!!!!!

great work guys!! i cant believe you all knocked it out so fast



How'd you get a 6gc.net Keychain?

being a 6gc OG (Original Gangsta) has it perks.

I suppose... Man, Remind me to never jack with anyone who's got that keychain Chances are i'll be the one being jacked and wont be able to catch up




This post has been edited by D-Man: Aug 27, 2008 - 2:50 PM

PS works 100%.
I used the 205 pump and the GT lines bolted up.

If anyone has any questions about what parts I used or how anything was done, post it up.

why wasn't I informed sooner I like to play cars.
WAIT i know you didn't want thehorniak touch. i can't blame you

What are you doing with your old engine? it was a 95 5sfte right? I'd be intrested in a few parts from it

5S-FE but yeah - you want his cams [I have a sneaking suspesion that motor is gonna end up in someone else's project on the east coast with a damn Turbo strapped to it]

lmao..he may WANT them...but he aint GETTING them...the cams are spoken for.

i have a few pics i took ill post after supper.

I KNEW you were gonna be the recipient of those cams if not the whole motor for a fresh rebuild. So then - what are your projections as a gain from those cams with your setup. I'm truely interested.

to be honest, i dont expect big "gains" with them, i just expect them to help extend the powerband a bit.

anyway, dustin posted most of the pics i have, so ill just add a few more of the b-pipe i made him.

im pretty proud of it, the welds arnt pretty, im very much so still learning, but what im more happy with than anything else is the placement and fit of everything.
clearance is good everywhere, and it runs right in the middle of the crossmember and steering rack.

not too bad for my first attempt at making a b-pipe, i think.

this one shows the whole thing tacked, and in place checking fitment. you can see here how it goes up and over the crossmember, and back down to meet the HKS exhaust.



this is a good shot of the crossmember/ PS rack clearance. this is looking back at the exhaust thru the crossmember.



and a couple of it out, first tacked up, then all welded up.





dustin covered the installed shots, and the sweet QTP cutout. which BTW, i think sounds absolutly AWESOME.

and finally, the money shot:



what a way to spend a weekend with friends.
hehe.
btw, D, your welcome man. i know i ribbed ya hard all weekend, but you know how we do.
JDM Guy FTMFBBQW!!!!!

Nice - i assumed with the powerband being smoother the 5S drop off would be lessened and you might gain a few more ponies up top.
Nice B-pipe [That's the hardest exhaust part to fabricate on our cars so the rest is all cake] - if you ever need tips or help with welding LMK - I used to weld for a living back in the day.

i expect big gains with them Manny. more lift + duration = more boost = SUPER BOOST!

Exactly [itchy will you be my translator? That's twice today I think]