So the turbo's on...

[rbsileighty]

Well, I got the RB25 turbo on without much trouble. The exhaust ended up great... I picked up some 3" pipe from a muffler shop in town and got it welded up the week I was not up here in MI.

Unfortuneatley... the car ended up on a flat bed. So I told my friend who knows what he is doing around a car not to take the joint off of the steering rack in order to straighten the steering wheel b/c he said he would do that while I was working on the turbo/exh to help out. Well I guess he forgot and the only thing that messed up on the car was that... the threds on the screw that hold it on were kind of buggered when I first took it off back a year and a half ago, but I got it on without much trouble and it was holding fine... until my friend tried to fix the steering wheel.

So long story short... I get the car running just in time to head back up to MI (without the car) but short 2 crush washers on the turbo, so it's leaking a bit of coolant (my hometown doesn't carry sizes big enough... anywhere... it's not a car town really... ie. I asked the guy at home depot if they have anything for banjo fittings at all... he said no and that I should try a music store... enough said). So back to the lengthening short story... I start driving it home and it starts to over heat due to expected obvious reasons. I cut it off and coast into a gas station... and the steering starts to skip teeth... and finally just turns freely, but after I had pulled safely into a corner... straight.

So I look over, and low and behold... this is my day. There is a flat bed there that had just unlocked some girls car and was about to leave, but I caught him. So now the car's sitting at home waiting till I bring it up here on a trailer to work on it some more in January. The spool on the 25 turbo is really clean though... can't wait till it's ready and I can give it some stick. Regardless, I am very fortunate.

Here are pictures:











As for the exh... this is how low it use to be...

[RB20DETodd]

I take it your rb25 turbo didnt have the crush washers on it, i see you were able to keep the heat sheild, looks good, did you swap the wastegates with the rb20 turbo?

[sean8564]

Yeah did you swap wastegates so you can get more boost.

[unstable240]

it's not a car town really... ie. I asked the guy at home depot if they have anything for banjo fittings at all... he said no and that I should try a music store... enough said).

That is pucking hilarious. I would have laughed my *** of when he said that...

[Wulfgang]

Lol, you should've asked him for a crush washer... maybe he'd have sent you to the appliance section.

[rbsileighty]

I take it your rb25 turbo didnt have the crush washers on it, i see you were able to keep the heat sheild, looks good, did you swap the wastegates with the rb20 turbo?

Thanks.

No crush washers... I'll pick some up while I'm here in MI. They even had them when I was in SC... just not where I'm from.

I'd swap the actuator if it was different, but the T3/T4 actuator I was running is sprung to the same boost pressure as the RB25. I'll just make a ball and spring boost controller for now... but this is after the steering is fixed of course.

Quote »Lol, you should've asked him for a crush washer... maybe he'd have sent you to the appliance section.[/quote]Oh... I checked... they showed me some steel washers and I just smiled and walked away.

[RB20DETodd]

Thanks.

No crush washers... I'll pick some up while I'm here in MI. They even had them when I was in SC... just not where I'm from.

I'd swap the actuator if it was different, but the T3/T4 actuator I was running is sprung to the same boost pressure as the RB25. I'll just make a ball and spring boost controller for now... but this is after the steering is fixed of course.

Oh... I checked... they showed me some steel washers and I just smiled and walked away.

Yeah thats a better way just to get a MBC remember we were talking about the fmic on my car on aim, well when i got off work at 2 am i pulled my car in the hangar and went to work on it, its in pipeing and all, pulles nicely in the top end now since i dont have the sidemount interheater, exept when the coupling pops off sounding like the blow off from hell under full boost, haha.