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#1004
I think that's the key: the rubber lines can shrink/stretch, the braided not so much.
I ordered all the little odds and ends besides the actual braided water lines for now. I think I'm going to try to find some local so I can try them on or check them out before I buy them. I don't think they will stretch at all to accomodate any diameter difference
I ordered all the little odds and ends besides the actual braided water lines for now. I think I'm going to try to find some local so I can try them on or check them out before I buy them. I don't think they will stretch at all to accomodate any diameter difference
#1006
Yeah I don't like the distro block setup. Way too much clutter and potential points for failure.
Anyway my braided return hose from Siliconeintakes came, and it's wayy too small. Its smaller even than what their stupid diagram shows, let alone what I need for my 5/8" barbs.
The cool thing is their return policy is awesome so its all going right back.
I guess I'll just pick up some "LOL" hose for now
lol
Anyway my braided return hose from Siliconeintakes came, and it's wayy too small. Its smaller even than what their stupid diagram shows, let alone what I need for my 5/8" barbs.
The cool thing is their return policy is awesome so its all going right back.
I guess I'll just pick up some "LOL" hose for now
lol
#1007
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I think that's the key: the rubber lines can shrink/stretch, the braided not so much.
I ordered all the little odds and ends besides the actual braided water lines for now. I think I'm going to try to find some local so I can try them on or check them out before I buy them. I don't think they will stretch at all to accomodate any diameter difference
I ordered all the little odds and ends besides the actual braided water lines for now. I think I'm going to try to find some local so I can try them on or check them out before I buy them. I don't think they will stretch at all to accomodate any diameter difference
#1011
New turbo inlet came yesterday from SI. Really happy with the inlet/intake setup and overall all my piping now.
My lesbaru had a thermostat crap out on me the other day and I had some other projects too, so didn't get to work on the miata, but its all good now so today I should be able to really get crackin on it.
today is all about getting the timing belt back on, setting timing, and re-installing all the covers, basically sealing the engine back up since it should be all set now.
Since I have to work under the IM to install the oil feed line, and its a super huge pain in the rear, I'm considering pulling my vtcs mani and just throwing on the squaretop right now instead of later. This will make oil feed install easy peasy and I'll be rocking a proper IM from the get go. I dunno
My lesbaru had a thermostat crap out on me the other day and I had some other projects too, so didn't get to work on the miata, but its all good now so today I should be able to really get crackin on it.
today is all about getting the timing belt back on, setting timing, and re-installing all the covers, basically sealing the engine back up since it should be all set now.
Since I have to work under the IM to install the oil feed line, and its a super huge pain in the rear, I'm considering pulling my vtcs mani and just throwing on the squaretop right now instead of later. This will make oil feed install easy peasy and I'll be rocking a proper IM from the get go. I dunno
#1019
Alright so yesterday was an excercise to see how badly I can skin my knuckles and cut all my fingers. Great success lol, I look like I'm emo now.
Couple frustrations:
-the fm lower rad hose, while all cool and silicone and everything, isn't shaped perfectly to go around the ac compressor, and while its better than the stocker, I'm not super duper impressed with it and how it fits/clears things. Trimmed it to fit, but it touches the ac pump in a couple places and my OCD doesn't like that.
-this 01 all options car is cluttered with way more lines and hoses and brackets than my previous '00 LS. its frustrating, esp since this is the 1st time I'm trying the "traditional" fmic routing and the location just under the compressor outlet is PACKED and everything is uber close/touching/snug. I don't like this, but I guess it will work.
-the FM silicone hotside piping is uneven where it mounts to the compressor. one side of it is way thick the other side is thin, like there's a flaw in the casting or something. this makes it IMPOSSIBLE to use any sort of t-bolt clamp. I have like 10 different ones/sizes, and none fit. They're all either too big or too little, literally by a cm or two. This pissed me off more than anything the whole night.
-had to trim the turbo-to-dp bolts as the ones begi provided were way too long making it physically impossible to mount the dp.
-the lower rear manifold-to-turbo nut is insanely hard to get to on this big ol gt2871r and took like 2 hours of my time to get on and tighten.
The up side is that the mani/turbo are bolted down for good. Water lines are halfway routed, oil drain is fitted, lower rad hose is fitted, and fmic hotside is fitted.
Anyways, more torture today, hopefully less painful.
Couple frustrations:
-the fm lower rad hose, while all cool and silicone and everything, isn't shaped perfectly to go around the ac compressor, and while its better than the stocker, I'm not super duper impressed with it and how it fits/clears things. Trimmed it to fit, but it touches the ac pump in a couple places and my OCD doesn't like that.
-this 01 all options car is cluttered with way more lines and hoses and brackets than my previous '00 LS. its frustrating, esp since this is the 1st time I'm trying the "traditional" fmic routing and the location just under the compressor outlet is PACKED and everything is uber close/touching/snug. I don't like this, but I guess it will work.
-the FM silicone hotside piping is uneven where it mounts to the compressor. one side of it is way thick the other side is thin, like there's a flaw in the casting or something. this makes it IMPOSSIBLE to use any sort of t-bolt clamp. I have like 10 different ones/sizes, and none fit. They're all either too big or too little, literally by a cm or two. This pissed me off more than anything the whole night.
-had to trim the turbo-to-dp bolts as the ones begi provided were way too long making it physically impossible to mount the dp.
-the lower rear manifold-to-turbo nut is insanely hard to get to on this big ol gt2871r and took like 2 hours of my time to get on and tighten.
The up side is that the mani/turbo are bolted down for good. Water lines are halfway routed, oil drain is fitted, lower rad hose is fitted, and fmic hotside is fitted.
Anyways, more torture today, hopefully less painful.
Last edited by 18psi; 02-04-2014 at 10:00 AM.