Enders swap, Update 11/29/19 Options

[enderswift]

Looking good!

Thanks rave, your build is looking good too.

Just thought I'd post up a pic of a small mock-up I did. Couldn't help myself with all those ceramic coated bits lying around:







More to come this weekend

This post has been edited by enderswift: Oct 28, 2012 - 7:36 PM

[bsamps4]

That looks BAD ASS!

[navseal345]

When you do the AWD to this beauty it will be a hell of a fun, reliable car.

[kurt95gt]

I don't think it was ever that clean new

[enderswift]

That looks BAD ASS!

Thanks man, but I can only hope to approach the badass-ery of your ride

When you do the AWD to this beauty it will be a hell of a fun, reliable car.

I don't want to think about it haha. The work still left to be done to reach that goal just seems overwhelming sometimes

I don't think it was ever that clean new

If only that were true.

So I'm gonna try to squeeze this in among the flood of spam:






The engine is 95% complete. Just need to rebuild the turbo, repair a bracket I bent during removal, and tie up a few loose ends. The fated engine swap should happen in two weeks, giving me just enough time to clean up all of the supporting assemblies. Hopefully the spam stops before then

This post has been edited by enderswift: Aug 20, 2012 - 4:51 PM

[bloodMoney]

Let me know if you want help with the swap.

[Box]

Mmm, turbo...

[Stambo]

ender i'll buy the awd stuff off you right now....

[bloodMoney]

I've got first dibs!!!! Plus, you haven't been to a meet all year

[Zake]

I've got first dibs!!!! Plus, you haven't been to a meet all year

false, he was at the spring meet

[navseal345]

I call first dibs on a ride at the first meet this car shows up to.

[enderswift]

Sorry guys, I'm keeping the AWD bits. I just love power to four wheels too much to part with any of the stuff.

Stambo is it true that you're switching over to the 3rd gen? Cuz Richee3 has been threatening to do it too; and having three 3rd gens at the midwest meets would be awesome.

I call first dibs on a ride at the first meet this car shows up to

confirmed. The car is still gonna have an open diff unfortunately But there's always that straightaway on 71


So I finally turned my attention to the turbo today. I was planning to rebuild it but ran into something particularly annoying. It looks like some curious member of my family decided to check out the turbo cartridge while it was laying on my work bench. . . and then place/drop it with the impeller facing down, thus scuffing the edge of two blades on the intake side.

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

so I need to send the impeller assembly out for balancing because I don't want to take chances on a part that approaches 100k rpm.

[SwissFerdi]

Good thing you caught that, imagine ruining a perfectly sound rebuild to an unknown like that. Looks like the cleanest (and I mean that literally) I've seen posted here in a while.

[Stambo]

Sorry guys, I'm keeping the AWD bits. I just love power to four wheels too much to part with any of the stuff.

Stambo is it true that you're switching over to the 3rd gen? Cuz Richee3 has been threatening to do it too; and having three 3rd gens at the midwest meets would be awesome.

I call first dibs on a ride at the first meet this car shows up to

confirmed. The car is still gonna have an open diff unfortunately But there's always that straightaway on 71


So I finally turned my attention to the turbo today. I was planning to rebuild it but ran into something particularly annoying. It looks like some curious member of my family decided to check out the turbo cartridge while it was laying on my work bench. . . and then place/drop it with the impeller facing down, thus scuffing the edge of two blades on the intake side.

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

so I need to send the impeller assembly out for balancing because I don't want to take chances on a part that approaches 100k rpm.

I'm planning to go to a 3rd. I'm just shopping around to find a nice front clip with the awd goodies for a good price.

[Box]

Sounds like a family member needs a good scuffing.

[enderswift]

Hello everyone,

thank you for the kind words so far, I lose sight of the end goal sometimes when I get into the nitty gritty details, so its nice to have a reminder of why this is all worth it. Anyway I have a decent update to post up. The turbo has recieved a lot of attention and is currently cleaned, painted, and awaiting the return of a balanced impeller assembly. As I mentioned before, the intake side impeller has tiny chips on two fins and therefore needed to get balanced. Honestly I'm sure the turbo would work fine as-is, but I'm doing this build with longevity in mind. So off it went to TheBoostLab in Tampa Florida: http://www.theboostlab.com/ you guys should check them out if you need any work done.


Taking the turbo apart was pretty easy after soaking it in cleaner for a little while. I made sure to keep track of the order of the internals and placed paint marks pointing toward the compressor side on each of them. All of the internals look like they're in fantastic shape so a rebuild isn't really necessary, but I already have the kit so why not!


Heres a picture of my impeller assembly. Gotta love the ceramic turbine impeller I replaced the lock nut and the thrust clips before sending this out for balancing.


This took a while


After masking off the cartridge I painted it with VHT flameproof paint (well see how it holds up). The paint can says to cure it in 500 degree temps for 30 min, so I shoved this thing in the oven when no one was home. Worked awesome


Also cleaned up the compressor housing in some more of that Boeing cleaner.


Some of the miscellaneous turbo bits got painted in the extreme temp VHT as well.




I am currently waiting on these two gaskets to come in from the UK, as well as a new intercooler bracket


Here's the engine as it currently sits. I attached all of the accessories and now I'm really just tying up the loose ends (procrastinating on extending the harness ) so it shouldn't be much longer. If I'm really lucky then the swap will go smoothly. I doubt that's gonna happen though, there's bound to be tons of gremlins that keep me busy.


I like the fact that my wall of potential energy is starting to get pretty sparse. For a while there it felt like I was putting in a ton of work with no progress to show for it.

Finally bought a set of gauges. I went with prosport because they have good reviews (on the premiums) and look like defi's for a million dollars cheaper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-75K8jKTQo

I bought the boost, wideband, and oil pressure. They're gonna look awesome. Anyway, stay tuned for more updates

This post has been edited by enderswift: Dec 23, 2012 - 1:07 PM

[cheela]

looks like that engine just came out of the factory today. nice work!

[enderswift]

Thanks dude!

[bsamps4]

Where did you get the rebuild kit for the turbo?

[bsamps4]

And what did you use to clean up your alternator without damaging it?
I'm really interested. Mine is kind of an eyesore.