It has been a long couple months and things are still progressing along.
As anyone who has attempted this on their own will attest, there are a lot of parts in there. The goal of this project is to have a building experience with my 17yr old son, and it has been a windy path. We had the motor out in the first 5 days, and found a lot of fun in there.
The turbo was basically toast. But YAY! Who wants a TD04 anyway?
Ended up replacing most every hose under there as they were all hard and crumbly.
After almost buying a Turbo online that was remaned, one of my gun customers hooked me up with a trade/trade deal with Full Race here in Phoenix for the amazing Borg Warner EFR 62/58 kit. Up pipe, turbo, v-band downpipe and misc accessories. Of course when that happens, you want more and more stuff to go with such an awesome kit!
Anyway, last week we got in the 3rd order of lifters and finalized the head trim out to nice and consistent. It was funny how we would take a measurement, do the math and order the lifter to perfection, install the lifter and it would end up tight!? No idea why that was, but eventually we got it right. Needless to say, I have 9 new lifters and 16 used ones for sale if anyone is interested for $10 used, $20 new. I can post the #'s if anyone wants.
The final pieces to the puzzle arrive on Tuesday. Clutch, flywheel, 12mm oil pump, Grimmspeed crosspipe and pully with some small stuff too. Once the oil pump arrives, the motor can go back together, timing belt installed and hung back on the hoist for clutch install.
I am looking for SAGE WISDOM here:
Has anyone done a BORG EFR before? I am wondering if the water lines can be installed like on the TD04, on the same side of the turbine housing? The manual says one on top and one on the bottom so it can flow "across" the housing? But the hard lines are set up for same side application?
Also, has anyone used the AVO inlet before? We already have it plumbed into the intake/fuel system and it is a tight snug fit. I need to block off the bypass recirc hole as the EFR has the built in BPV and I can get rid of more crap back there, and build a block off plate for the intercooler. Would be fun if someone made a 15psi activated whistle to mount there!
I really want a tuner in the East Valley of Arizona to work with, rather than going to Dynocomp 45 minutes away, anyone have a recommendation for someone with real skill and experience here? I don't need to make the 440hp the turbo is capable of, in fact, 275whp is my target to keep the 5mt spinning for a long time.
Let's end this one here, and I can see about keeping the journal flowing more than monthly.
As anyone who has attempted this on their own will attest, there are a lot of parts in there. The goal of this project is to have a building experience with my 17yr old son, and it has been a windy path. We had the motor out in the first 5 days, and found a lot of fun in there.
The turbo was basically toast. But YAY! Who wants a TD04 anyway?
Ended up replacing most every hose under there as they were all hard and crumbly.
After almost buying a Turbo online that was remaned, one of my gun customers hooked me up with a trade/trade deal with Full Race here in Phoenix for the amazing Borg Warner EFR 62/58 kit. Up pipe, turbo, v-band downpipe and misc accessories. Of course when that happens, you want more and more stuff to go with such an awesome kit!
Anyway, last week we got in the 3rd order of lifters and finalized the head trim out to nice and consistent. It was funny how we would take a measurement, do the math and order the lifter to perfection, install the lifter and it would end up tight!? No idea why that was, but eventually we got it right. Needless to say, I have 9 new lifters and 16 used ones for sale if anyone is interested for $10 used, $20 new. I can post the #'s if anyone wants.
The final pieces to the puzzle arrive on Tuesday. Clutch, flywheel, 12mm oil pump, Grimmspeed crosspipe and pully with some small stuff too. Once the oil pump arrives, the motor can go back together, timing belt installed and hung back on the hoist for clutch install.
I am looking for SAGE WISDOM here:
Has anyone done a BORG EFR before? I am wondering if the water lines can be installed like on the TD04, on the same side of the turbine housing? The manual says one on top and one on the bottom so it can flow "across" the housing? But the hard lines are set up for same side application?
Also, has anyone used the AVO inlet before? We already have it plumbed into the intake/fuel system and it is a tight snug fit. I need to block off the bypass recirc hole as the EFR has the built in BPV and I can get rid of more crap back there, and build a block off plate for the intercooler. Would be fun if someone made a 15psi activated whistle to mount there!
I really want a tuner in the East Valley of Arizona to work with, rather than going to Dynocomp 45 minutes away, anyone have a recommendation for someone with real skill and experience here? I don't need to make the 440hp the turbo is capable of, in fact, 275whp is my target to keep the 5mt spinning for a long time.
Let's end this one here, and I can see about keeping the journal flowing more than monthly.
