My Winter Upgrades

[EclipseGST]

Damn, I like the look of that line! Project is looking good.

[Halon]

Thanks for calling a brother biatch.
Looks awesome i might have to make some of that line too.

We should try and meet up today and do the battery/money swap!

[Halon]

Well got a little bit done today. It doesn't seem like there's that much to do, but god when you stare at the car it seems like it'll never be done.

Today I went up to TNT and bought 2 FAL 10" fans (had 1 in stock, other 1 will be here friday). I will be running those as pullers (it's all I have room for), and will have my old cheap 10" from Checker as a pusher. I think I did good today though. I removed the cheap Checker puller 10", and I noticed something. They come from Checker with the blades setup to be a pusher. I thought for sure I had them running as pullers, but the blades are setup for pushers. So this could explain my whole running hot on the freeway issue I've been battling. Yaay! Anyhow, got the 1 FAL puller installed on the passenger side and wired up. Got the 10" pusher mounted but not wired up yet. Will finish the fans up on Friday when I get the other FAL.

I got the T3 gasket installed on the turbo. I do miss how easy it was to take off the turbo bolts on a 2G manifold. It's not so easy getting an Allen Wrench on these bolts. Also hooked up the oil feed line.

I still have a lot to do though.

[Halon]

Little by little, getting more done.

Today I got the SS socket head cap screws put on the valve cover. Got some new studs for mounting the TB. It is mounted now. I had to take the coupler off the TB and put it back on. I'm getting better at it, but what a PITA. Anywho, got the TB mounted with studs and nuts, got the UIC pipe on. Took the turbo off because I want to take the coupler to work tomorrow and cut it down a little bit. Also need to modify the lower IC pipe. So will be taking that to work tommorrow to cut. Also got a new coupler from Napa to replace the ghetto one that was going from the FMIC to the UICP. I took the air filter off to give it it's yearly cleaning. It gets pretty dirty in that fender well. Also took off the old small mitsu filter and replaced it with the ultra small RX8 filter. Getting close! All I have for a camera right now is my cell phone, so sorry for the shitty pics.

[Halon]

Got a bit done today. Picked up the 2nd FAL fan and installed it as a puller. Got all the IC piping hooked up, which actually ended up being kind of a PITA since the turbo outlet is a little lower then usual, the NT TB. Glad I had a spare hump hose laying around as it helped a lot on the lower IC pipe. But got it all worked out. Turbo is back on, intake is on (haven't put the MAS or Filter on yet). FMIC is on.

More shitty cell phone pics attached!

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Is that Nash's old FMIC?

[turbotalon1g]

Damn right it is via me however.

[Halon]

Is that Nash's old FMIC?

Yes sir.

[Goat Blower]

I like that intake pipe. So where is your MAF?

[Halon]

Thanks, Kyle at MAP made it. My MAS attaches to the end of that pipe, and the filter right on the end of the MAS. So they are both located down in the stock SMIC area.

Got the filter cleaned up pretty good, just need to oil it up now and I can put that stuff on. Still gotta put the new fuel line on and the dual Walbro setup. Then I should be trying to get ahold of Jet to get the new exhaust built.

Then she'll be ready to rock.