Disclaimer: I'm not a guru of any sort and hope to have some help along the way.
This will be my first turbo experience of any kind. I've slowly come to grasps with the idea of turbo charging and how all this is working beyond the sweet sounds and pops they produce.
I did my best to piece together a good platform where I could slowly work out the weak spots and end up with an engine I'm happy with for a long time.
Leading up:
With all this "24v swap brah" going on, I knew I had to stick with the m20 to make this unique. I did have a super nice m50 sedan that I loved dearly but that was unfortunately taken away from me by the negligence of a drunk driver. St. Pattys day 2017 I was minding my own, drying my car off after washing it, when suddenly a rickety a** Expedition slammed right into my face at a rate of speed you never want to imagine..
Insert pain here:
So here I am, alive n' shit.. Took all of over a year to recover. Still need multiple surgeries to be back in one piece (Both ACL's, Knee, Hip Labrum, Broken collar bone, Hurnia's) Not much insurance was paid out due to the guy having shit coverage, but I fought till I felt happy with the property damage and they basically threw the bodily injury coverage at me.
The search:
I looked and looked and craigslist was weak for a long time. 5,500 for my rusty project here, 2,500 for undesirable junk there. Then, November 6th, 2017 I brought home the one. A very humble r3v member out of Jacksonville, FL (5 hour round trip) posted up his car for sale. Most honest car seller I've ever dealt with. The car needed some love but it was all there for $2,100. Most of the time I felt jipped after a purchase, Not once with this one.
Day I drove her home:
This will be my first turbo experience of any kind. I've slowly come to grasps with the idea of turbo charging and how all this is working beyond the sweet sounds and pops they produce.
I did my best to piece together a good platform where I could slowly work out the weak spots and end up with an engine I'm happy with for a long time.
Leading up:
With all this "24v swap brah" going on, I knew I had to stick with the m20 to make this unique. I did have a super nice m50 sedan that I loved dearly but that was unfortunately taken away from me by the negligence of a drunk driver. St. Pattys day 2017 I was minding my own, drying my car off after washing it, when suddenly a rickety a** Expedition slammed right into my face at a rate of speed you never want to imagine..
Insert pain here:
So here I am, alive n' shit.. Took all of over a year to recover. Still need multiple surgeries to be back in one piece (Both ACL's, Knee, Hip Labrum, Broken collar bone, Hurnia's) Not much insurance was paid out due to the guy having shit coverage, but I fought till I felt happy with the property damage and they basically threw the bodily injury coverage at me.
The search:
I looked and looked and craigslist was weak for a long time. 5,500 for my rusty project here, 2,500 for undesirable junk there. Then, November 6th, 2017 I brought home the one. A very humble r3v member out of Jacksonville, FL (5 hour round trip) posted up his car for sale. Most honest car seller I've ever dealt with. The car needed some love but it was all there for $2,100. Most of the time I felt jipped after a purchase, Not once with this one.
Day I drove her home:
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:hitler: I bet they'll really love me when I'm finished with this 
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