Where are you going to do the oil return?

 

Mine man.

 

I bought a 1/2" steel weld on bung that im going to weld onto the lower oil pan. People say its better to do the oil drain in the upper oil pan but it's a huge pain in the a$$ to take it off so i'm just going to do it in the lower oil pan.

 

Ok. I see...

 

maybe you can drop the lower oil pan, drill a hole in the upper oil pan (at the section where accessible via lower oil pan removal) and weld a nipple onto it........just a thought, since the oil kinda relies on gravity.......kinda like filling a pool with the end of the hose submerged vs. the end of the hose above the waterline.........hope it helps

 

I helped my buddy install his turbo kit and tapped the block just above the lower oil pan and he's been driving the car for over 6months and never had a problem with oil return.

 

the bumper isnt bolted on all the way. I had to take out the factory fog lights so the intercooler piping could run behind the bumper.

 

that looks amazing man....good work

 

thank you very much

 

mmmm that front end looks pretty sweet.

 

Very nice! The IC flows very well with the front lip lines.

For oil return could you just tap into a valve cover? Would work well and be easy to do.

 

Is it a pain for turbo guys to use a timing cover type return like us SC guys use? I understand that its not nearly as conveniently located for you guys as it is for us, but you could avoid tapping your oil pan.

 

I don't think tapping the valve cover for oil return will work. the oil drain on the turbo is lower than the valve cover. You need gravity to return the oil.

 

I was just thinking about how some of the turbo guys tap the oil cap. I believe this is how maxboost has his rmt setup done. Isn't it pushed out by pressure?

 

Maxboost has a inline oil pump that is why he can use the oil cap.

 

Gotcha, thanks

 

I tapped my lower since it was easier. Chernmax has his lower tapped and im sure they could have done the upper. Its just if you do the upper you really should pull it to get the shavings out. Thats where it becomes a lil more than the lower.

 

I was intimidated by doing the upper, but it can be done without removing it from the car. Drilled the hole, made sure the majority of the shavings where not going in the pan, then I got some cheap oil from walmart and flushed it with that to remove any suspected shavings, change your oil and you are set. Only time will tell how it goes with just tapping the lower, but then again I have not heard of anyone having any problems. You would have to check the stats of those who have blown turbo seals versus which pan they tapped.

 

Is the water pump cover really higher than the turbo oil drain? If that's the case, then you're right that it wouldn't work.

 

Yea if you look how mine is there would not be a drain at all.

 

I got the top intercooler pipe back today. I had 3 pieces of pipes welded together.








This is a pic of an intercooler I had them welded brackets onto for a customer car.

 

Have you started on your Y pipe and down pipe yet?

 

Nice welds on those aluminium pipes. Great job putting it together. Keep the pics coming.



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no I have not started making the feed pipe or the down pipe yet. I have all the pre bent pipes to do it but just haven't got around to do it yet. I have way to many customer cars that I'm working on right now so I really don't have time to work on the maxima.

 

very nice welds

 

Since you're going for the uber clean look of welds vs couplers, I'd like to suggest having the charge piping parallel, or in other words, on the same plane as the engine/ground. It appears that it slowly rises from right to left before it goes into the fender area. I'd make it flat across so it looks like it was suppose to be there.

 

Great job bro!!! welds look super clean and i love where the turbo sits, but piping looks really small how's it breathing??? is the air flow ok??

 

it sits parallel, just in that picture I didnt connect the pipe properly I just threw it on there and took a picture.

 

2.5" piping.

 

If you took the time to read the whole thread, you'd know that it's still a work in progress. The beast is not up and running just yet.

 

Gotcha. Glad to see you're paying attention to the details.

 

there's two reasons I had the upper intercooler pipe welded.

1. it was cheaper than buying 2 couplers and 4 t bolt clamps.

2. it looks a lot better

 

back shot

I have to realign the carbon fiber trunk and get wheel spacers for the rear rims.

 

I got my greddy profec b spec II today

panasonic 7in" indash, greddy ebc and apexi t.timer

 

Nice setup for the center console. I'd look into something to cover up the empty space around the GReddy unit for an even cleaner look.

 

what I should have done is get a black greddy turbo timer and put the ebc and t.timer side by side in that pocket.

 

Just a few questions...What kind of numbers are you looking for and at what boost level? What size injectors are you using? What maf sensor are you using or are you keeping the max one? And I am assuming that you'll be using a EU for engine management?

Everything looks pretty nice so far.

 

i'm looking for 400 whp at 10-15 psi. 550cc injectors, z32 maf, eb for tuning

 

wow, you guys should own your own shops, yall do some amazing stuff, my only question is that, with every turbo setup, do you have to re-route the battery?

 

ya I would say so, if you do forward feed y pipe or reverse feed y pipe the turbo sit about where the battery is located.