well after the 1st devoted day of work, all is well with my car.

i ran into some major problems with my turbo, while i was working under the car to take off the bumper my friend was putting the turbo together.

after he put the turbo on the manifold he started to bolt the wastegate on. one of the studs got stripped. no big deal, went out and got a whole set of studs for the turbo just incase anything else happened.

well, we were replacing that stud when the wrench slipped and hit one of the other studs, slicing my hand and breaking the stud off. it was a bitch and a half getting the piece of that stud out. i had to drill it out and retap the hole. it took a long time but i got it done and luckily i had plenty of extra studs.

then i mounted the intercooler i will be using until xmas time and intsalled my vortech FMU.

all that is left now is the car needs a downpipe and i need to install my turbo timer, and the oil lines for the turbo but thats it!!!!

took the car to the shop and parked it there for the night so that it will be nice and cold when they take the manifold off and put the turbo on to make a DP.

the DP will cost me $80 2.5" piping back to my cat with a flex pipe. it should go well with my DR Catback when i put it on tomorrow.

the car should be turboed by saturday afternoon, and the rest of my weekend will involve tunning and track time next friday. gonna get a dyno appointment too.

well, i gotta go to sleep now, been working on my car since 1pm and finished at 9pm. several times i had to go out and buy stupid little things

but like i said, it ended up being a good day.

This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Aug 30, 2003 - 2:39 AM

sounds awesome! i wish ya the best getting it done! just out of curiosity what was the overal cost of the project so far? a ballpark figure would be fine. thanks!

well, im kinda tired, but lemme list the things i remember.

Turbo T3 size--6 hours in a junk yard, went through several cars, found my turbo in almost new condition with new remanufactured plates all over it-$90

SAFC2-$300 shipped
vortech FMU-$90
JGS manifold kit $250
JGS oil feed kit-$45
custom oil return-$8
eclipse SMIC-acutally works as a side mount in the Celica!!! not the best but better than nothing and total sleeper style-$100 shipped
AFR gauge-$25
Boost gauge-$15
Dad's aircraft EGT for tuning-$0
dual gauge pod-$30
50ft of air line $3
3ft rubber fuel line-$4
some LOUD ebay BOV $50
2" metal piping for SMIC -$30
Couplings for SMIC piping-$15
DP-$80
flange for DP-$6
check valves-$15
DR catback--$250
Full tank of 91 octane-$32
injector cleaner-$7

TOTAL---$1445

i'll check tomorrow if i have left anything out but im pretty sure that is most of it(it has been almost a year since i got the first parts).

in the next few months i will get a 255lph fuel pump, FMIC, injectors(a friend of mine has a full turbo setup from a mx6 turbo with injectors sitting in my garage, im tempted to take them, lol) and make some sort of intercooler cooler for fun using co2 bottles from paintball guns.

but THE very next thing is wheels and tires(have you seen my hubcaps?). as it is now i can break the tires loose for a sec or two, but at 5-7psi, well, you know.

wow, a full tank, of 91 octane cost you $32

I guess I just dont realize how good I've got it in missouri

a full tank of 93 has never cost me more than 25

good luck on the rest of your project

did you get the T-3 off of a buick grand national? >>

Jon

-FallenHero+Aug 30, 2003 - 3:50 PM

can you post some pics of your engine work????
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It would be nice to see how it came out!!!!!!

Thx

here are some pics i took after the first day. nothing really happened on the second day so i didnt take pics but i will try to later today after the finishing touches

sorry, had a problem with the pics

This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Sep 1, 2003 - 3:30 AM

Helping 97sccelica >>

thanks doggy, gues i dont know how to work the whole image thing, lol