D0W3RK Finally Turbo!, New Intercooler Options

[d0w0rkS0n]

so after a lot of wait and gathering of parts... that car is Boosted. dyno sheet will be up when i can scan it. but it did 160 to the wheels on 5lbs. had to stop before it kept going higher due to Boost creeping. :-\ but ill have pics up and dyno soon!!

feels great

thanks for all the help everyone who has given me advice and parts along the way!!


-Allen





and now my next step is to restore those blue radiator hoses and stuff to black. blue looks so .... yea. haha

This post has been edited by d0w0rkS0n: Apr 2, 2009 - 11:25 AM

[6strngs]

invest in one of these before you go any further with taking the intake manifold off:

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/product_inf...659d31bef05d68e

(they come in different sizes and colors, I was just using that as an example.) just take the coupler off your turbo, hook this up to the IC piping, and using a bicycle pump, or air compressor if you have one, pump in and listen for leaks. if it's a slow leak, spray soapy water around the connections. Also don't just check the ones easy to look at, check ALL of them.

leaving your PCV hooked up will blow gaskets and seals around the crankcase, such as oil pan, cam and crank seals, valve cover gasket, etc... Not the intake manifold or throttle body gaskets...

Edit: you can also build one of those testers if you're cheap. Get some PVC pipe at home depot or whatever that has a capped end, drill a hole (figure out what the right size should be...) then go to a tire shop and ask for a single rubber valve stem. if they're cool they'll give it to you for free, they might charge like a dollar. then ask if they could pull it through the hole for you. it'll be a pain to get it through without a special valve puller that they will have. voila! for like $5-6 you got the same thing.

This post has been edited by 6strngs: Mar 10, 2009 - 1:01 AM

[d0w0rkS0n]

invest in one of these before you go any further with taking the intake manifold off:

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/product_inf...659d31bef05d68e

(they come in different sizes and colors, I was just using that as an example.) just take the coupler off your turbo, hook this up to the IC piping, and using a bicycle pump, or air compressor if you have one, pump in and listen for leaks. if it's a slow leak, spray soapy water around the connections. Also don't just check the ones easy to look at, check ALL of them.

leaving your PCV hooked up will blow gaskets and seals around the crankcase, such as oil pan, cam and crank seals, valve cover gasket, etc... Not the intake manifold or throttle body gaskets...

Edit: you can also build one of those testers if you're cheap. Get some PVC pipe at home depot or whatever that has a capped end, drill a hole (figure out what the right size should be...) then go to a tire shop and ask for a single rubber valve stem. if they're cool they'll give it to you for free, they might charge like a dollar. then ask if they could pull it through the hole for you. it'll be a pain to get it through without a special valve puller that they will have. voila! for like $5-6 you got the same thing.

thanks nathan..but its kinda funny... i actually made one last night.. using a pcv plug and a coupler and a 1//8 NPT fitting. going tomorrow to my friends and hookin an air compressor up to it. " you can also build one of those testers if you're cheap" <--- lol. im not cheap. just... only takes $9.68 and i have my very own custom made one lol

This post has been edited by d0w0rkS0n: Mar 10, 2009 - 11:41 AM