Got bit by the turbo bug.

[whodwho]

Had I known I would of brought one and we could of swapped it out at Doc :)

[einstein57]

If I screw it up you owe me a new throttle body. Lol

[whodwho]

You might be able to without messing with them too much. You would pull the throttle plate screws and remove the plate, then remove the shaft nut for the linkage and lift the linkage and rotate the shaft set it back down and fasten it all back up. I would highly recommend some blue locktite on the plate screws. Kind of a pain but worth it. ;)

[einstein57]

I was trying to figure out how to do it with out popping off all the springs. I have no clue.

[whodwho]

It was good to meet up with you at Doc!

I think I mentioned this but you should consider turning the throttle shaft 180* and the connector comes out like the factory TPS position

[einstein57]

So today i decided to delve into my compressor surge issue. At first i was just going to install the new blow off valve but decided that was only going to be a bandaid or possibly no change. So the first thing i did was take apart the original BOV and made sure everything was working in order. The BOV had an inner and an outer spring so i removed the inner spring and re installed it. No luck. So removed the vacuum line and held it up to my lip. Almost no suction so i needed to relocate the T. I disconnected wastegate line and plugged it in to the BOV and success. But it was so strong that it barely took any pressure to open the it. So I cut the inner spring in half and reinstalled it and T'd off the wastegate line. Compressor surge like crazy. So i removed the spring. Still surging but not as bad. So i took it apart again and put it together in case i did not seal it correctly. Still surge. Pinched the wastegate line and success. So i guess the wastegate line is too long and uses up a lot of the energy and delays the BOV. So i'm going to have to tap the manifold for a new source.

In other news i made the adapter plate for the e36 tps. Just need to pretty up the modified throttle body and i'll be ready to install.

[einstein57]

Thanks bro. Just let me know when your ready and i'll set you up.

[Dj Buttchug]

dammit i need pnp MS.

your setup is badass. nice work

[einstein57]

Oh its running now. Took it to the adams kart track meet and raped it around the track. I torqued it to 65ft lbs. I'm going to re torque it to 70 and bump it up to 14psi on friday along with installing a 51mm wastegate. Got one of these bad boys but i think the spring is too strong. I'm going to put in a weaker spring off a bosch diverter valve and hopefully that will give me the instant response and get rid of my compressor surge. Either that or i'll cut off some of the existing spring so its not under so much compression.

[einstein57]

Its together but i need to pull the head again to remove a piece of vacuum line that was wedged in between the head and the gasket. I'm just going to unbolt it, tilt it up a little, pull out the debris, and clamp it back. I'm not removing anything from the motor so it should only take about an hour.

[mwscircle]

wooott is it running yet??? I need to pay a visit to you and Castros soon

[einstein57]

looks good. you cant use that gauge wherever your making it go?

Basically i'm too lazy to finish it. Lol. Plus it only goes to 15psi. I'll probably sell it when its done. It has orange LEDs to perfectly match the interior lights and a glass needle like the e36s



After working on pulling the head and such i decided my intercooler plumbing needs to be more stealth on the drivers side. So i'm going to take a shot at making it more like e36 bottom mount setups. Here is an inspiration pic from AA.

[ethrtyiS]

looks good. you cant use that gauge wherever your making it go?

[einstein57]

So after much deliberation i finally put a gauge in my boost pod. Not sure i'll keep this or the custom gauge i made. I like this one cause it goes to 20psi and i plan on running 18lbs. The one i'm making fit the e30 only goes to 15 and does not show vacuum.

[einstein57]

Lol. Thats for the e60.