Just joined.. my dirty turbo beater
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From: royal oak mi
Well this motor was turbo once upon a time before i bought the car... I found the oil drian tube bung welded to the oil pan after i bought it... i compression tested it and it all checked out but i dunno the full history of the motor... Picking up one with 80k on it 2marr0 $300...
I put a custom dual setup on there today thinking maybe it was just all the oil in the glass pack in the muffler still burning out.. no go...still smoking... not so bad but a lil puff right after i boost then shift then when i hit it again i get a lil puff...
I think its excessive blowby...
I have a pretty steady smoke stream coming out of the crankcase vent tube that used to run to the intake tube.. i have a lil filter on it and its steady blowing smoke out of it.... anyone know? im pretty sure its excessive blowby... I just wanna be for sure before i go putting the new motor in it..
Ill post some pics of the setup tomorrow if i can remeber to bring the camera home.. i just gota pick out tips for the new exhaust and tweak one tail pipe and thats done too...
I put a custom dual setup on there today thinking maybe it was just all the oil in the glass pack in the muffler still burning out.. no go...still smoking... not so bad but a lil puff right after i boost then shift then when i hit it again i get a lil puff...
I think its excessive blowby...
I have a pretty steady smoke stream coming out of the crankcase vent tube that used to run to the intake tube.. i have a lil filter on it and its steady blowing smoke out of it.... anyone know? im pretty sure its excessive blowby... I just wanna be for sure before i go putting the new motor in it..
Ill post some pics of the setup tomorrow if i can remeber to bring the camera home.. i just gota pick out tips for the new exhaust and tweak one tail pipe and thats done too...
Last edited by Dirtyturbo; Feb 29, 2012 at 06:26 PM. Reason: forgot some stuff
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From: royal oak mi
Ok.... Me happy! No more smoke... New muffler worked... Old one must've been saturated along with the rest of my exhaust.
took about a 20 min highway run under full boost to get it hot enough to burn the rest of the pipes before the muffler but alls good now... And I dunno if turbos have a break in period but this sucker is pullin hard now! I ran the crank vent tube out the wheel well so I can forget about the blowby for now.. Still pickin up the newish motor tomorrow but now I can take my time and build it proper.
So for sure I'll get the nice shiney tips on my new custom dual seup and put the other wheels on and post some pics now that I don't want to burn it to the ground lol! And ya ya I need to do some heat shielding around the turbo and cut vents my hood but I wanted to get the major stuff worked out first. LI'm saying this preemptively cus I know someone is gona give me isht over. it.
took about a 20 min highway run under full boost to get it hot enough to burn the rest of the pipes before the muffler but alls good now... And I dunno if turbos have a break in period but this sucker is pullin hard now! I ran the crank vent tube out the wheel well so I can forget about the blowby for now.. Still pickin up the newish motor tomorrow but now I can take my time and build it proper.So for sure I'll get the nice shiney tips on my new custom dual seup and put the other wheels on and post some pics now that I don't want to burn it to the ground lol! And ya ya I need to do some heat shielding around the turbo and cut vents my hood but I wanted to get the major stuff worked out first. LI'm saying this preemptively cus I know someone is gona give me isht over. it.
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From: royal oak mi
Ok so here goes with some pics finally... sorry the whole car shots were in the dark... i work all day.. ill try to get some better ones this sunday when im off...
First up my dirty engine bay and setup
here are some shots of my custom dual setup i finished today.. custom bent from the dp back, gorlick xcelerator race series transverse muffler and some random tips that i liked that i pulled out of the scrap bin lol!
And heres a few of the car from the outside taken in a parking garage.
Enjoy... ill try to get some daylight shots soon...
First up my dirty engine bay and setup
here are some shots of my custom dual setup i finished today.. custom bent from the dp back, gorlick xcelerator race series transverse muffler and some random tips that i liked that i pulled out of the scrap bin lol!
And heres a few of the car from the outside taken in a parking garage.
Enjoy... ill try to get some daylight shots soon...
Last edited by Dirtyturbo; Mar 1, 2012 at 08:12 PM. Reason: fixed some pics
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From: royal oak mi
Ok gonna try and jam it all in oMne post... pics and all. So here goes.
Purchased car in march of 2011. Mods to date.. Ebay turbo kit, fmic, obx dp and fmu, turbonetics blow off valve, msd retarded boost box, hard dog roll bar, Custom bent dual exhaust and i/c piping by me, falken azenis to grip the road. Swapped blowd up 20g turbo for a 16g. Currently running 12psi no clue on hp #s though.
Money invested in car including new turbo= about $4300
Upcoming mods:fm happy meal clutch kit, brakes all around, picking up a new engine this wee($300 not sure what im doing with it yet)
In the not to distant future plans: full suspension and frame bracing, wanna do some racing this summer!
So heres the car when i bought it
After a lil paint and a roll bar
The turbo kit
The teardown
The initial setup for testing
How she looked at that point
With the second hood i bought for cutting up for turbo flow(havent done yet)
My oops with out running a restrictor to the 20g
New 16g turbo installed
Another oops with dinosaurs busting out!
Doin duals
my parking garage shots
And some current shots, true to its form an ugly 20yr old michigan daily driver
Purchased car in march of 2011. Mods to date.. Ebay turbo kit, fmic, obx dp and fmu, turbonetics blow off valve, msd retarded boost box, hard dog roll bar, Custom bent dual exhaust and i/c piping by me, falken azenis to grip the road. Swapped blowd up 20g turbo for a 16g. Currently running 12psi no clue on hp #s though.
Money invested in car including new turbo= about $4300
Upcoming mods:fm happy meal clutch kit, brakes all around, picking up a new engine this wee($300 not sure what im doing with it yet)
In the not to distant future plans: full suspension and frame bracing, wanna do some racing this summer!
So heres the car when i bought it
After a lil paint and a roll bar
The turbo kit
The teardown
The initial setup for testing
How she looked at that point
With the second hood i bought for cutting up for turbo flow(havent done yet)
My oops with out running a restrictor to the 20g
New 16g turbo installed
Another oops with dinosaurs busting out!
Doin duals
my parking garage shots
And some current shots, true to its form an ugly 20yr old michigan daily driver
