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#141 ·
Well, still need a couple of things to get the turbo kit all finished up, so tonight I tackled the headlights. Here's what they looked like before (these are the original headlights, not the newer ones I had for a while).

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Not horrible, but not that wonderful either.

And here's what they look like now:

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I did the high beams too. Going to have the compressor housing re-polished AGAIN to make it as shiny as the piping is. I kinda want to have Derek do the throttle body/y-plenum/intake manifold too but that can come later.
 
#148 ·
Woooo that's a nice intake. :)

The car finally fired up last night. Need to get the vband modified on the new downpipe to work with my turbo, and wire in the UEGO to function as the factory o2 sensor, and get some welding done on the turbo and piping, but we're getting close. She idled fine and most importantly there were no leaks from the oil lines!
 
#151 ·
Videos coming soon! Downpipe wasn't done yet but the compressor housing was, charge piping is complete. We dropped the transmission to find the vibration, turns out the pressure plate wasn't tight (I didn't put it in, at that time I didn't have a garage).

Disconnected the charge piping off the throttle body to put the MAF on to be able to start it up (and just have it run NA to see if the vibration was fixed, and took it around the block with the front bumper off and the turbo whistling like crazy. The next door neighbor was outside when I came back and I heard her say "that thing sounds evil" :)

Downpipe should be done tomorrow, and at that point I can actually drive the car safely NA again. I need to get a BOV flange and have it welded onto the piping so I can put the SSQV on, and at that point the car will be ready to see boost for the first time. :) If all goes well it could be boosting next weekend (fingers crossed).

We have video of the initial startup, and a short one of me pulling out of the garage.
 
#152 ·
Ok I got a little improvement 275 in this instead of 243

Changed fuel filter, Put in Good Gas Chevron with a bottle of techron, new toyota air filter, put air in all tires and got an alignment

so 14mpg to 15.7

a little better.

Also I took the car in the Toyota / Lexus shop and they ran a diagnostics check on the motor and its running fine not too rich or lean.

He said I didn't need to change the cap and rotor but do change the plug wires since they are some cheap aftermarket brand.

He said also try putting on the stock wheels on for 1 tank. Cause the 19's I have with the 40 series tires are a lot taller than stock and causing the odometer to miss read

I got a OEM wire set, came with brackets, was $140 but worth it
 
#155 ·
First startup, charge piping not connected, just letting it run. Little bit of water coming out of the turbo, the car hadn't really ran since the beginning of November. No downpipe on it yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pA4MiPb-4

Pulling out of the garage, still no downpipe on it, we dropped the transmission to find the vibration and the pressure plate was loose, we reinstalled the clutch and I was just testing it out by going up and back the block.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3iBP_cv4gU



In other news, I got my 4"-3" reducer on the turbo so the MAF is sitting off of it now, and the charge piping is connected. Still no downpipe but I had to pull it out of the garage so my roommate could get a truck backed up with another motor, and gave it some gas coming around the house and it built a little bit. Definitely felt it spool and make a little bit of power and the drag radials gave up against the damp driveway. Felt good. :)
 
#156 ·
Gotta love that sound of open dp, great progess man

Just curious was in that area front of the turbo, next to the pulleys. It just looks kinda empty there. oh are you gonna have to move your plug wires further away from the turbo.



I decided to throw on my plug wires today, and I did notice a difference, or atleast I thought I did. :)
 
#157 ·
In front of the turbo, next to the pullies? There's a distributor heat shield that was there, and the factory clutch fan/shroud is pretty big. I have no AC, no cruise, really skinny e-fans, no charcoal canister, etc. and my engine bay is pretty empty. Makes it pretty easy to get to stuff. :)

Got the downpipe on (car isn't much quieter than it was open turbo haha), wastegate hooked up, etc. Wired in the UEGO to function as my factory o2 sensor, but the UEGO sensor itself went bad so the car has been running funny today (I took it to work anyway, I was tired of waiting). I need t-bolt clamps pretty bad, it likes popping them off.

After work (8 PM) I'm going to go pick up another UEGO sensor and hopefully then start tuning the car! It pulls like a bat out of hell on 10.2:1 compression and 11 psi before it blows a pipe off, I'm estimating it's probably close to 400whp-ish.
 
#159 ·
Haha just an SAFC with an AEM UEGO wideband right now. It'll get an EMS when things get really serious.

The new sensor fixed the o2 problem, the car runs a lot better and spools much quicker. I picked up some new plugs (this time, ones for a TT car, colder heat range and gapped tighter), and will put those in tonight, and put some hair spray on the pipes to hope the rubber sticks better. The car ran great last night but blew a different pipe off every time I went WOT. :(
 
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