My 1.6td/aaz head and other stuff too.

[Smokey Eddy]

yeah spraying is easy. you just need a few days.

[Smokey Eddy]

I don't remember posting how my paint turned out ... anyways here it is in my original thread. [all pictures are of course thumbnails]



Here is my intercooler in the bumper and plumbed up. Biggest power improvement ever. But that likely was built off of the bigger head and higher boost pressures.

Yes, that is ABS plumbing pipe. No, it doesn't melt contrary to popular belief.

My new fan out of a Taurus


And this is a picture showing that the IC just hangs off the bumper. I had to modify the plastic front valence extensively to make it fit right ...


I got chrome tips for the exhaust too.

Oh, and im the cover girl for Colt 45. Yes, that's a fake candy grill...

[Smokey Eddy]

I'll post a driving, acceleration, highway driving, exhaust sound video if people show any kind of interest.

[theman53]

one showing interest

[Rabbit on Roids]

x2

[peacedub]

x3, so are you still using the Volvo intercooler? which car did you get it off

[Smokey Eddy]

x3, so are you still using the Volvo intercooler? which car did you get it off

No, i bought one that has "EMUSA" stamped on it. It's all aluminum. I knew the fibre glass tanks of the volvo one wouldn't appreciate 20 psi.

[TurboJ]

x4

[rabbitman]

X5.5, we always like to see videos of these

[Smokey Eddy]

This is my intercooler
I hope the link works...
Link

those dimensions aren't REALLY correct... at least from my understanding anyways. its more like 8x27x3.5

[peacedub]

do you have a boost controller ? how do you turn the boost up to 20psi?

[Smokey Eddy]

do you have a boost controller ? how do you turn the boost up to 20psi?

by NOT having a boost controller  

[Rabbit on Roids]

im still using a volvo intercooler just fine, althought its about to be ditched. too restrictive for anything over 15 psi.

and i had a home made boost controller on my K24 and it would make 25 psi no problem. so either way, you can either not run one, and risk the chance of exploding your turbo, or you can make one for about $.25 and be good to go. i had none of the right parts required when i started building mine, but it still works wonderfully. i used bigger check valves, and stiffer springs and stuff.

[Smokey Eddy]

im still using a volvo intercooler just fine, althought its about to be ditched. too restrictive for anything over 15 psi.

and i had a home made boost controller on my K24 and it would make 25 psi no problem. so either way, you can either not run one, and risk the chance of exploding your turbo, or you can make one for about $.25 and be good to go. i had none of the right parts required when i started building mine, but it still works wonderfully. i used bigger check valves, and stiffer springs and stuff.

twenty five cents? Do explain! OH, and i think something ccontrols my boost somehow. It will never go over 22psi. Must have something to do with the waste gate me thinks.

[Rabbit on Roids]

the wastegate is spring operated. they pop open eventually when the exhaust manifold pressure gets high enough. they are called "magic" wastegates. atleast thats what ive seen people call the gates on a K24 turbo. i bet if you put a tack holding your wastegate closed, you would probably hit almost 40 psi. josh (powered by spearco) claims to be running 44 psi spikes from his K24, and i imagine that his wastegate is screwed closed or something. cause the magic wastegates pop at about 25 psi from what ive been told.

as for the 25 cent boost controller, i bet theres no way i could build one like what i built that cheap. i had all the parts & solder & spring & check ball laying around. i just started throwing parts together, and when i was done, it actually controlled boost.

also, it said to use a .010 hole to bleed boost, but instead i used a .020 hole, probably even better for a diesel tho, cause most gas engines dont run 35 psi boost like most of us want to. probably better for regulating higher boost, my thoughts at least. and another thing, i didnt have a damn .010 drill bit. haha.