7AFE Turbo kit install by DCW, To one of our good known members celica :) Options

[Fate]

lookin' good, can't wait to see it finished.

[TomPoz]

Good stuff, Romas - as usual. Keeping fingers crossed for this setup. BTW- don't remove windshield washer tank.

[doGGy]

Back to buissnes - its sunday (ussualy i start my week at sunda ) so im gonna be working whole week again Got alot of stuff done today (basicly all the freeing space / mounting stuff work).
Well here we go again:
First step today was to free some space in the engine bay, so some stuff had to be removed and relocated. First thing was radiator fan - it gets in the way there the downpipe will be - so i aint wanted to leave it there and melt down from the heat - so, there he goes



Once it was removed - i had to make some space in front of the radiator, cuz i was gonna place on the left side in front of the turbine, so it will not only cool down the radiator - but at the same time blow some air from header and turbine. I did the same setup on my Old ST, and it worked pretty fine, cuz Fan fits in front of the radiator like it was meant to fit there But to fit it there - i had to remove the Oilcooler radiator from the old place, cuz it gets in the way there the Intercooler will be mounted.


After half hour here hows the front of the Celica was looking (can you say - Naked ):


Fan was fit in the place:




After some time spent making brackets for the fan, finally - it was fully bolted in the place:


NOTICE - if some one will try to install fan like this - the important thing is to Switch the WIRES of the motor places - When it is installed BEHIND the radiator - it sucks the air in - once you get it in front - you have to make it BLOW the air.


Now was the time for some cutting To run the intercooler pipes, i use different route when most of the people do, so i just cut 2 holes in the front support, this way i make the piping shorter, and easyer to run (different intercooler sizes might need different route, i do my setup like this cuz my Intercooler sizes lets me route the pipes this way). To make everything more understandible - take a look at the pics:
Left side:

Right side:

After i cut the holes i used simple rubber hose, i cut one side of the hose and wrap it on sharp edges of the metal to avoid chatering sound if the pipes will be hitting sides of the holes. After the hose was fitted, i drilled some small holes in all the corners and used some Zippies to hold the hose in place.

Once the holes where done - was time to install custom front support bar what i made long time ago:


After the front support was in place, was time for Intercooler mounting and some messuring for the new IC piping:


After this, next step was to find a place where to mount the Oil Cooler. It was kinda hard to find a place for it where it will get some air, cuz Martin uses Fog lights in the bumper so i couldnt install it in the p0lace where the side opening on the bumper are, so... I found a place for it in the fender, right there the Washer fluid tank is (Tomasz - i left the Fluid tank untouched ):

Its still a permament mount, cuz i will need to make another bracket for it to hold nice and tight + tomorow im getting all the hoses for the Fuel / oil.

Everything installed in the places:



And the last thing for today was mounting the new FPR, so i just made simple bracket for it, and drilled 2 holes in the firewall - and whoala


Tomorow i will start all the welding jobs (IC piping / Downpipe) and will be running some hoses to all the places and etc My plan is to start this beast by Tusday if everything will be ok And then - DYNO tune I cant wait....

[j0e_p3t]

awesome work romas. can't wait to see the final product. martin's a lucky guy.

[Kadett]

Nice work Romas.

Isn't it possible to mount the Oil cooler behind the IC? Because from the looks of it it doesn't get that much cooling this way?!

[doGGy]

update... Was working like crazy to days in a row - and honestly forgot to take pics of the process... Cuz i was all focused to finish this beast today (but i could not do this... its still needs IC piping..)

Well - here are the pics what i took today of the finished stuff:

Downpipe - had to build my own one from the pipes what i bought:



Finally mounted the oil block with the Oil pressure - so now the oil lines are finally finished:


FPR, Boost controller solenoid installed in the place and all hosed up :



Turbine / Header / Heatsheald is 100% fitted and everything connected:


GT-Four fuel pump installed and goes into its home:


Soldering Injectors plugs + installing injectors (valne cover and intake plenum are removed.)


Finally solved the damn Emanage puzzle - cuz i only had wiring for OBD I, but after some research OBD II has the same wiring pinout, only the wire colors are different from OBD I:


Boost controller found its home in the ashtray :


And the finall shot (blurry a bit - i was a bit shaking cuz it got cold somehow in my garage (some one left doors not closed fully...)


Started the engine, everything works perfectly exept i have one major leak in the Turbo oil supply flange... So i already ordered the new one - tomorow will put it in and finish the IC piping... Friday is the Dyno Day - already ordered a place there... So Its getting to the end finally

[playr158]

nice doggy, but no clamps on the vaccum hose for wastegate/bc/turbo ?

[doGGy]

nice doggy, but no clamps on the vaccum hose for wastegate/bc/turbo ?

No clamps cuz its only a test connection To see if everythign is ok. Will fit all the small things / blots / clamps / and etc once i will see what i woulnt need to remove anything from the engine bay. Btw - its almost imposible to remove this hose, i ussualy cut it out if i want to remove them They are heated there.

[celica47]

You should try to get a kit together and sell them for the 7afe, i would be in line for one!

[doGGy]

You should try to get a kit together and sell them for the 7afe, i would be in line for one!

The kit like this would cost around the same $ as 3SGTE swap Its better to just build a kit for eveyone by them self - this way you could just source all the needed parts as cheap as posible. And there would only be few small custom things left what would need to be manufactured.

[malpaso]

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OMG... where is my "red top" ? And where is my little, poor "Beams" sticker? No... That's not my engine

edit: see? Totally different engine... now we know why blurry shot



p.s.: just kidding



This post has been edited by malpaso: Jan 23, 2007 - 3:32 PM

[j0e_p3t]

^^ someone seems excited. everything looks awesome. nice placement with the boost controller.

[malpaso]

^^ someone seems excited. everything looks awesome. nice placement with the boost controller.

Hope that "excited" you mean excited=enthusiastic not excited=peevish . Cuz my aim was to say: "OMG I can't believe those amazing results/change took only two days"... In other words, Romas is just unbelievable...

[Hanyo]

why such a long hose for the greddy solenoid? I mean a shorter hose would make the engine bay look for clean.

[WH95TE]

I like this thread

[devilsden97]

verynice, but arnt u going to melt those plastic/rubber hoses that run ontop/next to the turbo?

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

boooooost.

[hurley97]

boooooost.

haha. I want I want

[doGGy]

verynice, but arnt u going to melt those plastic/rubber hoses that run ontop/next to the turbo?

My ST-T was running like this for almost 2 years - and nothing melted. If the heat in the place there the hoses run would be such high - everything would melt (including radiator and etc etc..) The bigger head source is Header / Downpipe and Turbo hot part. For the turbine - there will be SSteel cover made, Header has a Heatshield, and doenpipe is wraped in heatwrap. So nothing will melt.

As for the long hoses for the EBC solenoid - i like how they run - its look like there are more action going on under the hood So yea

I could just put the 2 short hoses and mount the Solenoid near the turbo - but practicly there is no place there (cuz of teh damn ABS module....)

As for the Updates - Car is running / drivible. Everything works fine (finished everything yasterday), today finished with the exhaust. SO almost everything is done for tomorow.... Exept one small thing as ussualy has to pop out.. The seal in the inition Distributor is totaly out... It leaks like crazy and i will need to manage some fast way to replace it... So more work left...

Will be posting pics tomorow, and some Dyno chart, and maybe some Video Who knows

[j0e_p3t]

^ me want them now.