I might actually be able to re-use my charge pipes. If it works, then I'll have to find another way to spend the money that was going to be used on the new IC and charge pipes....a hard top?

 

sorry i've been quite confused lately. I can get through 2 of the wider (10mm hex head) bolts with one drill without a problem. They tend to get dull in the middle of the 3rd or 4th bolt. And when they get dull they snap. Booo.

 

The long 10mm bolt goes up through your oil pan and helps hold it on. If you pull off the transmission you can see the 2 long bolts going all the way up into the block.

 

Nice, thanks. I was afraid something inside would get messed. I was a bit shocked when saw the length.

 

 

I've seen your car's pic in your sig and always liked it - liking it even more now that I've read your build thread. Subscribed!

 

You were planning on spending $1000-1500 on charge pipes?

 

I don't mean a brand new top from the dealer. I'm referring to a $300ish top that will probably require paint

Thanks, I would love to have it done in your mint green colour. Maybe one of these days.

 

You're right it does look like a *******. I've never seen it look like that before. How did you apply it?

 

The valve cover paint? I've seen it do that when cold. I stuck mine 6" under a lamp whe. I saw it start to dry like that.

 

lol, that's what I meant. I'm going to take it off and have it powder coated. I hate the look of this. Yes it was cold when it was applied, but I dried it inside the house.

 

I should also add that after putting mine under a heat lamp so it wrinkled like it should, it promptly started chipping off.

Good move on the powder coat.

 

Here is a picture of the long bolts.

 

Excellent pic, thanks for that.

 

Put in a bit more time adjusting the exhaust angles today and everything lines up well with no clearance issues. You can't really see it, but I have about 3/8" between the DP and 1/4" between the steering shaft. It'll probably need a bit more tweaking after the first drive.



I also installed the oil cooler. Still have to do the lines and adapter, I don't feel like messing with fluids today (remove oil filter) so I'm leaving that for another day. I'm not sure which version of the FM oil cooler kit I have since their website always shows the Setrab heat exchangers and I got a Mocal. I know the tabs should be above the rack mounts, but I couldn't get it to fit.



I put the rad back in and cut an OEM lower rad hose to work with the flipped mixing manifold. It fit perfectly, you'd think it was made to go that way.



The blue condom and zip ties is a result of Ontario winter/salt seizing the flare fittings. I wasn't able to dismantle the damned rack to do the FM de-power. I'll be looking for a solution eventually.

That's it for today. Still waiting on USPS with my turbine bolts, wtf.

 

I just installed the cooler lines. Right now I have two sandwich plates stacked at the oil filter. Seems a bit redundant to me, no idea why FM could not drill a couple holes in their plate for sensors. You guys think this is ok, or should I put my sensors somewhere else(oil psi and oil temp?)

 

See if you can move the dump tube a bit closer to the downpipe.

The dump tube and downpipe move together when the engine rocks so the only space needed between them is to allow for thermal expansion which is measured in the thousands. You want more space between the moving and non-moving parts, like the steering shaft.

 

Damn the engine bay looks so empty with the A/C and the P/S in there.

 

Right now the dump tube is bolted down using the mounting tab on the bottom. If I get steering shaft contact then I'll have to go buy a bottle of gas to weld on a new stainless tab. I might also get some different engine mounts to reduce the movement, I want to try and avoid tainting the nice exhaust pieces with my shitty MIG welding. I'm sure I'll get some contact on the track though.

There is a ton of room, but only 1/3 of the turbo sitting in there right now.

 

You dont need it.... i have my power steering fitting ~1/8" from the frame and it never hits.