Category Archives: Work Log
February
Took some pics of how it’s put together with the 90* elbow that comes off the manifold collector. The fasteners are money, will never come undone.
January
…race car?
January
.. well I’m sick of the wall of blue behind me, so I pulled the turbo and sure enough, it’s leaking oil past the seal into the turbine housing. No oil in the compressor housing. No residue in the wastegate/turbo manifold/dump tube. Definitely sad panda… Let’s see if Comp steps up and addresses the issue.
January
December
Head lift at 19-20psi and pushing coolant… that’s how. Had to tear the top end down and torque those head studs down like a boss to keep the head planted. Turns out ARP stud specs aren’t sufficient when you’re pushing 700hp.
December
December
Time to mix up the boost control… 4 port MAC solenoid and 3psi/5psi WG springs.
November
…. ruined my dyno day. I did hit 380 ft lbs to the wheels before my engine bay turned into old faithful…
November
Cleaned up the injector harness a bit… see before (first) and after (second).
November
No more getting yanked from lane to lane…
November
Well we found my 4th gear engagement issue… 4th gear syncro was worn to hell, even though it was brand new… Stock syncro going in now, 4tw. OEM syncro is on the left, Gearspeed 4th is on the right. Note how it’s completely worn off… We also have the tranny masta at work.
November
Just got them back and put the BOV back on.
November
Check out that wear on the 2nd gear engagement teeth (next to 3rd gear on the left for reference). That’s 61k miles and over 100 track passes.
October
Safe to say my kit has the shortest charge pipes out of any 8th gen turbo kit. 3″ charge pipes at that. GO Power 4tw. Top to bottom: cold side, hot side, 3.5″ intake.
October
Ooohhh yeah.
October
October
Oh yeah… still got a bit of work to do though.
October
Gallery will get updated as I get new pics…
August
Few more pics.
August
Big thank you to Deatschwerks for supplying two fuel pumps for the build!
July
July
July
July
Just got these photos from GO Power Motorsports. More to come!
May
After waiting and waiting on a BorgWarner turbo that never showed up… we finally decided to go with a custom Comp Turbo (CT43-6467). It’s arrived within just a week after ordering. Here it is sitting at GO Power!