i spent way too much money buying everything (except injectors and turbo) new for this junker. i plan on running it at factory settings for a month or so to get all the kinks worked out. then i need to read up on how to pump things up a little bit.
that heap is going in this heap:
can't wait to get it running.
May I ask you what kind of engine it is?
That's a big ass turbo, that's for sure!
it's a 1.6L Turbo Diesel. this is a diesel forum, right? it's a hydraulic lifter head, flowed, with a 3 angle valve job, and maybe .003 shaved off the head (just to make it perfect... i know, i know, you can't deck a diesel), on a stock "refreshed" block. i have a couple different intercoolers also. i just haven't decided which one is gonna work best.
looks good! are those rims bolted on inside out? hehe
yeah it looks that way with the wheels. they're not bolted on inside out, they're 8 inches wide. 13x8 widened factory steelies. i need to clean them up. they look like crap. it'll all happen soon enough.
craptastic, it could have been a MB diesel engine for all I know.:oops:
An engine looks quite different when out of a bay than in. :wink:
How much boost this baby gonna push? :arrow: :?:
hey, i'm in the same boat as you with this diesel stuff. this is my first experience and i kinda jumped in head first. i reckon it'll be pushing stock boost for a while to get it broken in. we'll see what happens after that. it's gonna be my commuter car (50+miles each way) so i'll probably keep it pretty sane.