Starting a turbo build...Videos of it running :D

[theman53]

Thanks Brenden. BTW you and your wife are nice. Great looking rocco and audi. I really liked the scirocco.

I think I will need about 30 psi to not let EGT go too far. 1200 is MY limit for short bursts. I did turn it up to 15psi and it has helped. I have almost 600 miles on it. Broke VW told me to change the trans oil in between 500 and 1,000 miles and every 15,000 to 20,000 after that. So hopefully this weekend I will have the 1,000 on it and be able to cruise at 55 all day without worrying about the rings and change the trans oil. I am going with royal purple ...it is the only stuff I can find that has GL-4, which is the only thing he recommends. I don't know why not GL-5???
I used a little bit of engine oil so I started to run the RPMs a little higher, now I haven't used any. For the entire oil usage I have used about 8-10 oz and now I haven't added in 80 miles, right before I went down to Mt Vernon.

I got a taillight, heater blower and cage, and I redid the light for the heater control. The light was a pain. I ended up cutting the old in half and soldiering the bulb to wires. I can see the heater controls now, but it wasn't plug and play like I had thought. The vortex thread I found said get a sylvannia 2127LL and put it in...not that simple.

I would like to post a video but I just don't like the performance of it enough yet. I will do some more work and think about it.

[Merffy]

 Hey Theman; I'm from Wayne Co., & been watching yer build for about a half year, Kool, I have 91 getta that I'm going to rebuild this winter, I already found a turbo & manifold, & another engine, It wud be neat to see yer ride someday, or stop by the farm, I was in Berlin on sat.

[theman53]

Good deal. I am not far from Wayne county. I live outside Big Prairie, close to Shreve and if you hear what sounds like a tank coming and only see a MK2 jetta it is me. The 12th I will have full exhaust but until then it is just a downpipe.

I would love to see your work as well. If you don't already have a machinist I 100% recommend Dwights engine. He is off Eby road. He has only done 1 or 2 VW diesels *mine was first* but he bores to spec. He questioned it but didn't throw it out and just bore to whatever he normally does for diesels. After running 700 miles or so I have only used 8-10 oz of Rotella 10w-30. I credit it to my rings and his machining. Pm me I can get you my cell # and if you need any help I could see what I have for you.

[Merffy]

 Hey Lucas; I tried to pm U & it didn't work, try mine, dial the area code,
   I ordered a compression gauge & checked it, It barely made it to 300psi, I went to Columbus on sat. & on the there it smoke sometimes & throttle up even with foot off gas peddle, it has so much blowby that it pulls oil thru the Y-hose into the intake, this happens over 65mph,
   I'll be at the Shreve gardentractor pull on sat. noon, mite see ya there,

[VW Smokr]

How much weight can the MKII Jetta carry in the backseat and trunk? Over a 300 mile trip. Repeatable without damage #s if someone has that or owners manual info. Thanks

Can't find my Mk II manual, but the trunk capacity is rated at over 16 cubic feet. So the weight rating should be at least 600-800 lbs, evenly distributed. As to how much in the trunk & back seat... 2 bodies in the trunk and (if you have limo tint on the windows) another 3 in the back seat. Hope that helps out.

J.R.
SoCal

[theman53]

Thanks.
I will probably only ever haul 300-500 once in a great while. I should be fine for the normal couple hundred that I will have in it.

Now just keeping the EGT in check with added weight

[theman53]

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=106764485&release=108659160

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EDf9KOkB2o

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Nice vid.
I think the egt's are normal for a full throttle birst.
The noise is strange. Sounds like a BOV  .

[theman53]

Yeah the noise is weird when I let off, but it is just the exhaust being open. My overboost/blow off valve is in the barn in a box. I welded the intake manifold shut so it wouldn't be an issue.

My problem with the EGT is I couldn't keep it pedal down until redline or even close enough to shift. I will wait until there is about 5,000 miles before I get too worried. I couldn't ever lend the car to anyone that doesn't understand EGT as it sits now.

I really just wanted to let you all know what the thing sounded like. It sounds pretty beastly I think. Not loud enough to drive me crazy, but not quiet either. Tuesday it will have 3" all the way back and that should make it better.
BTW, I dont have ANY stock sound absorbing mat in it. I took it all out when welding and it was such trash I didn't want it back in. I did undercoat both sides of the sheet metal, but it has no sound proofing besides that.

[Merffy]

  kool tube, Where is the ET probe located, it seems to be very sensitive, like trying to keep up with the boost pressure needle, U shud be able to go thru 2-3 gears be-4 it reaches 1200deg., U may want to pull it out & check it against temp. probe meter, I have digital meter with temp. probe, then take a torch to it & check temps,   

[theman53]

I have a micro 1000 EGT gauge. From a different thread:

Oh, you're also listing the wrong thermocouple.  The one you want is part# 10-01478 for $33.75.

Just in case someone liked what they saw in the video and want the part# of the westach thermocouple.
I would consider it one of the best if not the best. Was made for air planes and since it is 1/8" with the little mass it reacts very quickly. I checked it before install and it seemed to be fine. I really don't think the gauge/thermocouple is the issue.

I really think the engine just dumps too much fuel to burn and I haven't been able to figure it out yet. Getting better. When I first had it out it would go to 1,200 as soon as you thought about it, now it takes a bit.

Oh the probe is pre turbine where the 4 runners dump into the turbo. 

I will have full exhaust tomorrow so I will try to get a video of that. I may have some smoke now and it isn't focused enough to see it so I might be able to tune it better once I have the exhaust. Soon will see

[Merffy]

  3" WOW! , Is there room to get it thru & around the axle, isn't alittle overkill,

[theman53]

There should be room. I have heard of people doing it on here. 2.5" all the time and that would only be 1/4" difference on the bottom side of the pipe.

3" overkill??? ...because there is no such thing as underkill 

It maybe, but as long as it doesn't hit I am fine with it. I would rather error on that side than be too restrictive. Ideally I would like to steal libby's plans on the VNT17vb vane controller and run one of those with my AKI intake. I will have to have money before that happens but I will be moving some air and don't want anything effecting spool time.

[theman53]

.190 wall steel aluminized tubing, 3", no muffler from the turbo back, custom bent and installed, 6 week wait to get in, total...quiet sounds of turbo$108.10 USD =priceless  

[RadoTD]

.190 wall steel aluminized tubing, 3", no muffler from the turbo back, custom bent and installed, 6 week wait to get in, $108.10 USD total...quiet sounds of turbo=priceless 

That looks awesome! Any idea on whether or not it lowered your EGT's much?