Project Turbo D16 has begun
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edhgreatone said:
i've worked my ass off the whole winter time, bustin' my ass workin' almost 70 hours per 2 weeks and still goin' to school...
but in the end its all worth it.. 
i already got the 5 inch johnnyracecar intercooler sittin' in my room... just right now my priority is to install this biotch right and hope i don't encounter problems later on.. i wanna do it right once and only once... after the install i have a barrage of things to do still which will require me to bust my ass some more. gauges/boost controller/turbo timer/intercooler/etc will come as soon as i get my paychecksssss... 8)
i have a quick question... the oil pressure sensor looks like it can be taken out with a wrench but we don't have a big enough wrench...crescent wrench is too big to fit in there...what do i do to get it out?
for those wanting to know the details, here's one of 'em... the boot that cover the oil pressure sending unit was a biotch to take out and there's not much room to easily unbolt it either...need some help so i can finish the install by saturday morning.
for those wanting to know the details, here's one of 'em... the boot that cover the oil pressure sending unit was a biotch to take out and there's not much room to easily unbolt it either...need some help so i can finish the install by saturday morning.
you might have to go buy one. if a crescent wrench wont fit i cant think of anything that would be smaller and do the same job. maybe vice-grips, the smaller ones might fit.
the greddy kit is setup to run at 5.5 psi and at that level you don't need any internal modification to the motor, just bolt it on, run 93 octane and your set.. the internals can handle about 10 psi, but i've seen several people run 11-13 psi on stock internals but it was tuned properly...Bobo_686 said:
K this might also be a dumb question. What if I run regular unleaded with a turbo kit? I know besides decreased performance. But can it ruin stuff? And I heard the turbo eats gas like no tomorrow. Is that true?
i'm not sure if you can do away with using regular enleaded, you might get away with it since its not alot of boost to begin with, and if you do manage to get away with it then it won't ruin anything since the only purpose of running a higher octane is to prevent detonation so its more of a safeguard sort of thing...D16Z6 SOHC VTEC said:
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instead of getting about 30mpg expect 25mpg instead, the e-manage has to richen up the fuel curve to keep everything from blowin' up so i'd rather get 25mpg than a blown motor and the reason people say that a turbo eats gas like crazy is most likely due to the driver, i mean who wouldn't want to stomp on it when you got boost running..