Wannabe DIY MK Turbo Build Thread
06-25-2015, 12:40 AM
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Wannabe DIY MK Turbo Build Thread
If anyone remembers seeing my noob thread I came in here with a JRSC. Sold that to fund a DIYPNP from Brain and ran NA for a few months. I slowly started to gather parts and finally had the money to buy everything.
I'm a 21yr old college student and currently have two jobs for the summer and a GF
so time is limited
My goal was to make the turbo with everything I learned from everyone elses chinacharger experience, like Underdog only going 2.5" exhaust instead of 3", shuiend welding the flex pipe onto the downpipe instead of after, porting the wastegate...etc
eBay decided to run out of tacotaco manifolds so i ended up making my own. I hadn't arc welded for a couple years prior to this. Turned out legit. eBay everything, BOV, intercooler, oil lines, fittings, exhaust wrap...etc
Currently just finishing up the exhaust and awaiting a new radiator and the tuning begins. Pictures don't really portray all of my work, alot more has been done.
Plan is to run 12-13psi on 91 and allofit on a low e85+pump gas mix and table switching
2.5" to 3" downpipe
I'm a 21yr old college student and currently have two jobs for the summer and a GF
so time is limitedMy goal was to make the turbo with everything I learned from everyone elses chinacharger experience, like Underdog only going 2.5" exhaust instead of 3", shuiend welding the flex pipe onto the downpipe instead of after, porting the wastegate...etc
eBay decided to run out of tacotaco manifolds so i ended up making my own. I hadn't arc welded for a couple years prior to this. Turned out legit. eBay everything, BOV, intercooler, oil lines, fittings, exhaust wrap...etc
Currently just finishing up the exhaust and awaiting a new radiator and the tuning begins. Pictures don't really portray all of my work, alot more has been done.
Plan is to run 12-13psi on 91 and allofit on a low e85+pump gas mix and table switching
2.5" to 3" downpipe
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06-25-2015, 09:50 AM
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If anyone remembers seeing my noob thread I came in here with a JRSC. Sold that to fund a DIYPNP from Brain and ran NA for a few months. I slowly started to gather parts and finally had the money to buy everything.
I'm a 21yr old college student and currently have two jobs for the summer and a GF so time is limited
My goal was to make the turbo with everything I learned from everyone elses chinacharger experience, like Underdog only going 2.5" exhaust, shuiend welding the flex pipe onto the downpipe instead of after, porting the wastegate...etc
eBay decided to run out of tacotaco manifolds so i ended up making my own. I hadn't arc welded for a couple years prior to this. Turned out legit. eBay everything, BOV, intercooler, oil lines, fittings, exhaust wrap...etc
Currently just finishing up the exhaust and awaiting a new radiator and the tuning begins. Pictures don't really portray all of my work, alot more has been done.
Plan is to run 12-13psi on 91 and allofit on a low e85+pump gas mix and table switching
I'm a 21yr old college student and currently have two jobs for the summer and a GF
so time is limitedMy goal was to make the turbo with everything I learned from everyone elses chinacharger experience, like Underdog only going 2.5" exhaust, shuiend welding the flex pipe onto the downpipe instead of after, porting the wastegate...etc
eBay decided to run out of tacotaco manifolds so i ended up making my own. I hadn't arc welded for a couple years prior to this. Turned out legit. eBay everything, BOV, intercooler, oil lines, fittings, exhaust wrap...etc
Currently just finishing up the exhaust and awaiting a new radiator and the tuning begins. Pictures don't really portray all of my work, alot more has been done.
Plan is to run 12-13psi on 91 and allofit on a low e85+pump gas mix and table switching
Looks pretty good. Where did you get the 1.6 flange from? Also I do not see a flex pipe in your down pipe. Or it might be completely wrapped. I am interested in seeing what the 2.5" exhaust does for spool. I will have a 3" version of my setups out soon and it would be nice to compare.
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06-25-2015, 09:55 AM
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Looks pretty good. Where did you get the 1.6 flange from? Also I do not see a flex pipe in your down pipe. Or it might be completely wrapped. I am interested in seeing what the 2.5" exhaust does for spool. I will have a 3" version of my setups out soon and it would be nice to compare.
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I got the flange from Amazon. It looks incredibly similar to yours and the PRL motorsports one. I must have misread your post. I thought you moved the flex joint onto the second half of the exhaust to make the downpipe easier to get in and out. Only my downpipe is 2.5", if you look at the end out the downpipe you can see the expansion.
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