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[Biggamehit]

Sup guys

I picked up my turbo kit(xs power) today which included every thing except all the piping. I paid 400 bucks for it, dude wanted to go SR and just pretty much wanted it gone. Its one of those ebay turbo kits so i dont expect much from it. Im having the manifold rewelded in certain spots and i may replace the wastegate. ill be looking for a t3 from a turbo Z31 shortly.

what i Expect to gain is knowledge becasue this will be my first turbo install by my self pretty much.

all i need now to actually get the kit on the car is:Oil feed and return linesSr smic piping ( cold and hot side)Mandrel pipe bendsBoost gaugeMisc nuts and boltswalbro255 pumpAfc370cc injector

As you know ill be leaving for the Air force soon, so i just wanted to do something to my car befor i leave to go work on some BIG turbos lol.

picsSkyline smic ( more than enough for the low boost )

[sunnys14]

man... good luck with those kits. cheap wastegates are bad news.

[Biggamehit]

yea i can already see that its not sealed. looking for an replacement as i type.

[steve s14]

what's that fitting on the exhaust manifold for, egt?

[Biggamehit]

yea im trying to figure that one out myself. at first thought, i thought it may be a vaccum, but at those temps. a traditional vac line would just melt and what would it even be used for.

so im guessing its for a EGT gauge application. ill just purchase one after doing some reading up on them.

[NoTcHbAcK240sx]

nice ****.. cant beat it for that cheap.. btw Your on CPT right.. college park tuning..

[Biggamehit]

yup im with cpt, sadly its about to end becuase im not going to be a student here after this semester, ill still be around

are u Jarrett boy, if so he tells me about you

[MarkEmark]

Off-topic....good to see another laxer on the forums, Biggamehit

[Biggamehit]

^^ yea i captained lax and wrestling in highschool and also was very good at football. i played club at the university of maryland for one year then played football.

[WDRacing]

The fitting is for nothing. EGT is a sensor, that is a air fitting. I emailed SSA and told them they are idiots and should all share the same syringe filled with my piss.

WD

[Biggamehit]

so ill just plug it off and im fine?

[DammitBobby]

LMAO!!

[Chezedik]

What do you mean the wastegate is not sealed, do you have pics?

[WDRacing]

so ill just plug it off and im fine?

Yep, plug that hole...lol.

[Biggamehit]

What do you mean the wastegate is not sealed, do you have pics?

when u look directly at the wastegate, u can see that the valve looks like its not even centered and it appears to be a gap.

isnt it suppose to be air tight,

also from what i have read and seen those WG are not worth 20 bucks.

my buddies WG blew off the manifold at 8 psi

[Chezedik]

I'd probably give a few bucks for it.

[Biggamehit]

LMAO

[nissanfanatic]

Is there a metal ring that sits in the flange? Some wastegates have floating seals which is basically a journal that sits inside the flange and it can be removed. it sits between teh valve and the manifold. Makes hte setup so you can run no gasket.

[Biggamehit]

yup its a metel ring that u can pop in and out of the wastegate , when u insert it, the wastegate is raised off of the manifold wastegate flange a bit

[DammitBobby]

Yep and when you tighten it down that ring will push against the valve and make a tight fit.

[Chezedik]

hillarious, are you keeping it?

[Biggamehit]

^^nope

[Chezedik]

So then what do you want for it?

[Biggamehit]

lol, due to life never stoping and getting more expensive every day, i may have to actually use it now for a bit

[Chezedik]

Fair enough, I would be willing to bet that if you put your mind to it you could get it to work decently. I intended to modify if necessary, but I have friends to help with these things, too.

[Biggamehit]

oh def. man i make anything work, i love that ****, ill have to dremal the actual flange to make a better seat for the WG flange. it look like they started then went on lunch break lol.

[MarkEmark]

^^ yea i captained lax and wrestling in highschool and also was very good at football. i played club at the university of maryland for one year then played football.

Still off-topic (I can do this, I've been a member here long enough, damnit)

I play club lacrosse for UNC-Chapel Hill...we actually recently had an ACC tourney and MD was there...

Do you play varsity football for MD or club?

[Biggamehit]

I played Varsity Football i had to leave the team due to grades. I was so pissed because i def would have been on the playing roster.

I played club lax for MD for one year. they won the championship last year. man i def love to practice/play lax all the time, football practice sucks at D1 level.