Curly's boring mt.net circle of life completion (Turbo->N/A conversion)
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Not bad for not measuring. Keeping the stock ducting makes it very easy. That and an assortment of hole saws.
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Next is cutting the rear undertray, which obviously I can only do half until I know where the hot side is going to end up.
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Next is cutting the rear undertray, which obviously I can only do half until I know where the hot side is going to end up.
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Just for a reference my old E-MotorUSA 2870 had the standard 5 bolt flange. It fit perfectly on my begi setup, it just spooled super shitty. I know TurboTim has the turbo now. If you are looking for something cheap you might want to contact him. I don't think he is ever going to end up using it.
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Just for a reference my old E-MotorUSA 2870 had the standard 5 bolt flange. It fit perfectly on my begi setup, it just spooled super shitty. I know TurboTim has the turbo now. If you are looking for something cheap you might want to contact him. I don't think he is ever going to end up using it.
And you told me it spooled shitty cause you think the wastegate wasn't closing fully. ???
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$75 later...
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No idea if they used a EDM or just a little mill, although they did say EDM would take a couple weeks and they only had it one. As a bonus it's nice and clean, no evidence of all my penetrating oil and shavings. Hopefully now it'll assemble nicely and still be clockable.
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No idea if they used a EDM or just a little mill, although they did say EDM would take a couple weeks and they only had it one. As a bonus it's nice and clean, no evidence of all my penetrating oil and shavings. Hopefully now it'll assemble nicely and still be clockable.
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Yeah, kinda wish I had a straight one, as I could rotate the compressor housing and make it work without that Bend towards the block, but that's $40+shipping I don't wanna spend right now.
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Manifold is painted with aluminum BBQ paint, I think 300* cooler than VHT, only 1200. I hope it lasts. I also thought the trio of lines looked interesting. I might try to group them together so I can wrap them in heat protection stuff. But the valve cover vent and wastegate were there and the water line had to be pointed up to leave room for the filter elbow.
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And the routing of the intercooler pipe. Worked out well, even with the funky elbow.
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And the routing of the intercooler pipe. Worked out well, even with the funky elbow.
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