"sony1492" (sony1492)
08/25/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: A ricer at heart
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"sony1492" (sony1492)
08/25/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: A ricer at heart | 6
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The exhaust is 3" all the way through then the muffler has a 4" tip because the 3" from a previous glasspack looked odd.
Let me be the first to say that welding Chinese grade, micron thick Stainless Steel is a PITA. As a result we dont talk about the welds.
It’s not brilliantly centered
Got dyno tuned yesterday, turns out the turbo LS timing map was fairly close to what we needed. As the tuning neared 5psi the 3rd pcv port that’d been mounted low started puking oil so we stopped there, but the map was fairly close to being done so the rest was roughed out. The tuner was giving tons of helpful advice and ended up charging significantly less then the quoted rate. Ended up being charged for 2hrs at $100 per hour, while the given rate was $150 per hour.
Drove around for a couple hours this morning to bask in the glory of the car finally running. It still pukes out oil on boost but once the pcv’s routed higher it should stop, if it dosent larger vents will be in order. After some better heat management, oil feed lines, and a stronger clutch I’ll be back at the dyno to finish the tune and get a number on what it makes.(should be around 400whp for the reliable setup, closer to 600whp if reliability didnt matter)
Going to be daily driving it for the foreseeable future while the Mini waits for a motor rebuild.
Spaceball-Two
> sony1492
08/25/2019 at 13:35 |
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I love this build. What are your plans for the exterior? Wrap?
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sony1492
> Spaceball-Two
08/25/2019 at 13:55 |
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More black spray paint, do a better job on the fender pull, shave the side marker, shave the antenna port, and shave the rear badges.
I was thinking about modifying the front bumper for better radiator flow, not sure how to start .(mostly worried about immediately cracking whatever fiberglass is used) Aftermarket bumpers are out of the question because they all look like F ast & the Furious.
The hood us getting vents, it would be nice to keep the stock body lines but the air needs to go somewhere. Most likely there will be reliefs cut along the RH side where the downpipes routed, potentially with small fans mounted to the hood to push the air out.
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Spaceball-Two
> sony1492
08/25/2019 at 14:18 |
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That’s going to look fantastic
oldmxer
> sony1492
08/25/2019 at 17:22 |
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turns out fart is the swedish word for speed
mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
> sony1492
08/25/2019 at 17:34 |
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She’s coming along nicely!
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sony1492
> mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
08/25/2019 at 17:56 |
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Since making the post; a longer pcv hose was installed(did end up fixing the issue), buttoned up the open sections of firewall where wiring was running, gold heat tape, and got the start button/fuel pump/fan/gauge switches on a panel rather then flo pping around
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sony1492
> oldmxer
08/25/2019 at 18:38 |
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Illuminati confirmed
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mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
> sony1492
08/26/2019 at 09:23 |
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Hell yeah that looks solid. I also plugged a few holes in my firewall the other day from my a/c delete. What material is that for the switch backing board?
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sony1492
> mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
08/26/2019 at 13:54 |
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It’s plastic sheet you can buy at Summit . Picked up a 4' x10' for radiator ducting and some ideas about a flatbottom but it’s not rigid enough for any of that, in its use here it flexes when wiggled.
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mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
> sony1492
08/26/2019 at 16:38 |
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Good to know. Looks good for your current application