I only used 2 bolts to hold it down right now.

That is the hole for the return line.


I still need to do the oil lines, I need more zip ties to do so. I need to get some T-fittings but this will do for now.

 

looking good Mang

 

looking very very good! Great Setup!

 

nice

 

any dyno numbers yet?! come on, you laggin son! lol

btw, if possible, try and have your welder guy weld a bead around the ends of the pipes (if possible). Reason I say this is because from experience, you couplers will slide off the pipe during boost, just like it happend to me last night at 15psi, scariest thing ever lol, followed by pipe being dragged on the ground lol.

 

If only I was a set of zip-ties away from a turbo set-up

 

Banged it up more.

SFC's should protect the charge pipes.

The rear pipe is above the trailing arm and rear of the SFC's now. It might not look it in the pic.

Clearance is not bad besides that sagging pipe in the front.

The pipes on the SFC can't move so they should never come out. But that connection that is sagging, I will def try to get a bead welded there and the pipe that crosses over near the rad/tranny. I can see those coming loose.
I can't run the oil lines until I get the pipe that goes from the turbo to the left side of the car so I will do all that when the car is on the lift.

 

Looking good. I can't wait til you get it running!!

 

Getting closer......

 

you know kevlo this car of yours started out with an automatic tranny, a tan interior and Naturally aspirated....if there is anyone who has pretty much touched every square inch of their car...its you.

Nice Job!

 

oh yeah, SFC FTW...I use to scrap mine all the time they are a great protector to the underneath of your car

 

Need any help?

 

yo, i'ma be in town today hit me up if you're gonna be home. Should be there by 3 or 4.

 

Is it possible to have the entire piping underneath the car, made in one big ole piece?? Hence having less worries about clamps and hoses popping off

 

Yes you can, but since I bought the kit, it was cut for shipping


I plan to have it running by Monday evening.

 

sweet

 

good job man, everything is looking better than mine. Well being the first person to try this on our car, it can explain why mine isnt as "pretty" lol as yours. eventually I will upgrade my piping and design. btw, is that 2" piping for charge pipe? looks rather big.

 

looks good man.

 

It is 2in pipe.

So there is a tropical storm that is about to hit me later tonight so I will be drenched in rain prob till tues. So I dunno when I will have it running. Nissan has still not told me where my Nismo FPR is and I need to find a 2.5 to 2in reducer

 

found ^

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/produ...c9887e4bd5a22b

 

Yeah it was suppose to come with the kit and I didn't realize it wasn't there. I need it asap so ima check some local performance shops(well local is 1 hour away!)

 

when I order from them, I get it in like 2-3days so it should show around the same time the storm is passing

or for a temp fix go to a muffler shop and have them expand a 2inch pipe to 2.5 on the other end and use 2 couplers till you find a silcone reducer

 

NIce work Kevlo!! Glad your moving over to boost! I'm sure you'll like power addition. Also I'm faily confident that should something happen to the motor, you know the upgrade that will be needed

Keep up the good work!

 

There is rubber specialty store an hour away that a performance shop told me to call. They will likely have it so I should be set for that. If not I will figure something out.

Today, I modded a oil cap for my return line. It is not permanent(yet?) I would ideally like to tap the oil pan but not right now. I also put in the 5psi spring into the wastegate. 9psi spring will prob go in next month.

 

w00h00 kevlo! Yea man you can actually get rid of that coupler in the middle of the 2 sagging pipes at the front. I think that's one of the points I had to cut for shipping. Use the coupler for now to get it running but do eliminate as many couplers as you can (but dont go too crazy, keep in mind eventually you do have to remove the piping for any reason, good luck with no couplers LOL).

Have fun man looking great!

 

Yeah I wanna get some of it welded but we will see, the stuff in the SFC CAN'T move at all so I might not get it welded since I don't wanna remove it. The sagging one, I might get it bend to go around the tranny to gain some clearance, haven't decided yet

 

http://forums.maxima.org/supercharge...rbo-timer.html







Okay so no one has a 2 -> 2.5in coupler/reducer. So I am gonna do this:
Since I need to get the pipe made local that goes from the turbo to the left side of the car, I will get it made in 2.25in piping. The local exhaust guy has a pressure bender so that will help since the rest of the piping is 2in mandrel bend.
So I know you can "stretch" the ends of the pipe so I will get him to stretch it to 2.5in at the end that goes to the turbo and I will put a 2.5in hose and double couplers on each side(turbo and pipe sides)
Then I will leave the other side 2.25in and squeeze it into my 2in coupler.
I am pretty sure that will work for a week or so till I can get a real 2.5in coupler and t-clamps.

 

nice......very nice

 

Welder says he doesn't want to weld today since it is still raining FTL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So maybe later today or tomorrow.

UGH, I bought some 7/32 vac hose lol but it is too big. The correct size is 3/16 right?

 

Ima go in an hour to get things welded. Should have the car on later this afternoon. Will only have 3-5psi of boost for now.

 

I know for my de-k I used 5/32, tiny bit smaller than 3/16....

 

def try for the 5/32, thats what i am using

 

Yea, I bought 10ft of that. Should be enough.

85% done now. Rest is all up to me and mother nature. Keeps raining = I can't work

 

lookin good giving me much enthusiasm to start installing mine.. rain sucks i hear yah, no garage for me either!

 

I thought it was already mentioned earlier in the thread....

http://intakehoses.com/Merchant2/mer...gory_Code=RSS1

Ptatohed and I bought all of our silicone couplers and T-clamps here. If you call on the phone and place a big order, he even knocks off 10% and the shipping gets reduced drastically to something reasonable. What gets computed for shipping on his website is ridiculous.

 

I meant local





So the car runs. No boost gauge cuz the seller is ****ing god damn slow. I bought a sunpro gauge for now from auto store. I had my afr guage and it is super rich mid range and in the 11's top end. Car is real slow until 4k or so. BOV and wastegate work.

I still need to cut the ends of the zip ties lol. Used like 20 lol
I still need to put on the metal maf adapter(gotta drill new holes)
I can do that tomorrow.

Problems:
Bunch of black **** is on my bumper/trunk now
Turbo started to blow smoke out the exhaust at idle. I have a .047 jet in there. Dunno if it is cuz it is "new" or not.

Didn't take many pics. But I will post the few in a bit

 

The breather filter is on now haha.

The BOV is back there haha

 

so how does it feel in relation to before you started? You say it's real slow til 4k, slower than it was before you started? All this build up and you didn't even say if it was a beast!

 

vids...i demand it

 

Slower than before before 4k
No 3" maf timing, mad rich so cant expect to be w/o tuning.

It is prob only at 2-3 psi lol so not much till tomorrow. I will up it to like 5-6psi. Then the party will begin

Lemme find the vid cam for tomorrow night