Got bit by the turbo bug.

[MR 325]

Still wondering though, why is the WHOLE bottom of the valance hacked off?

[fiftytakedowns]

This stealth build is tits.

[MR 325]

Wow, honestly I was scared when I saw the first pic of the "dummy" airbox and AFM. You really made the AFM come out good!!!

[ak-]

lol dude. That is unbelievably awesome. Good work.

[einstein57]

[einstein57]

Did not get much done. I mounted the oil pan yesterday. Today i ran around running errands. I had a custom oil feed line made and picked up some AN fittings. I also JB welded the afm and and started prepping it for paint.

[Danny]

Please don't quote posts with huge amounts of pictures. Thanks!

[castros]

*Snip*

Man you need help. crazy stuff with stock air box lovin it.

[einstein57]

Got back in to LA last night so the project continues. Today I finished all the aluminum welding. Finally!!! No more intercooler plumbing. Also finished the oil drain. I see where most people do it but it seems to be in the way of one of the bolts in order to have it as high as possible. So i took my near perfect oil pan that did not even have a scratch on it and proceeded to chop it up. Now i just need to finish scrapping all the gasket crap off to reinstall it.

[einstein57]

For some strange reason i'm broke :shock: so i had to pass on buying a hole saw or buying a pricey aluminum reducer so i had to come up with creative options. Especially since there were some parts i still needed to buy like a flange for my wastegate and a reducer elbow. So this morning i went to fatboy garage in el monte. All i can say is these guys are great. Highly recommend these guys for anyone looking to do a turbo build. We are probably collaborate and design a system together. They are about to carry a top and a bottom mount T3/T4 log manifolds.









New elbow installed





So as many of you know i have a line of intake boots about to hi the market so i had to use it on this build. The problem is they are factory outlet sized at 2.75" and my intercooler setupis 2.5". A cheap and easy solution would be a $3 steel reducer from autozone. The was not a viable option for me fr reasons you will soon see. So my solution was to use one of the intercooler plumbing ends i already cut of and split it open, wrap it around the tube i needed, and fill in the gaps. Came out pretty nice actually.
















the next cheapskate issue was not having a whole saw to mount the BOV. I could have just bought a tube that had the wastegate provision but i'm to cheap for that. So i got the cast rs flange which is retarded thick and went to town with the plasma cutter and grinding stones. Also had to cut a whole in the tubing. I drilled a bunch of wholes and smacked out a circular chunk with a hammer. Then rounded out the whole with the grinding stones. The result was amazing. You'd think i almost knew what i was doing.


















So as most of you have already gathered i like to do things a little different then the norm. If i can't do it the hard way i don't want to do it at all. That being said the next set of pictures can be summed up in 2 words. Ultra stealth!!!











I ran out of shielding gas so did not get to finish my tubing today. AS you can see the IAT will be hidden and i'll be using the factory plug. The blow off valve is also hidden and i'll cut a hole in the bottom of the box (the one pictured was for fitting purposes only and a new one was graciously donated to me by the castros) to release the pressure and plum the vacuum line. I'm going to JB weld the plumbing to the gutted AFM, sand, shape, and paint it with high temp silver heat paint. Or maybe black but i think it might stick out too much if i do that. I'm going to maine for 10 days so no updates for a while. Adios amigos.

[Dj Buttchug]

interesting cooler setup

[einstein57]

Finished mocking up the plumbing from the turbo to the intercooler. I re-did it a couple of times. I'm not happy with the setup but it will have to do for now. Ran in to a few snags with the intake side. What i thought would be a one day job turned in to a 3 day future headache.

[einstein57]

Imma do you like your brother did me "Maybe next time" for like 6 months. Lol. Post up the pics of your oil cooler.

[castros]

We want more man, when am I gonna get a ride in this beast.

[einstein57]

My aluminum welding skills are improving. Not bad for a spool gun.




All mounted up








Partly covered up. Took way longer then it should have to trim the valance. Thats the price of keeping A/C.