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Pump install is done.

Picking up turbo, manifold and downpipe tomorrow from MAP. They just got back from being all ported/coated. Also they have a bunch of OEM stuff that has gone missing through switching setups so much, oil feed line, return line, water feed, return etc and a bunch of gaskets and banjo bolts and what not.

I am out of town this weekend for memorial day but I am hoping the next weekend I will get to doing the install, maybe at least get the intake mani/tb and exhaust stuff buttoned up.

Hopefully start tuning by the 2nd week in June.

PS. If anyone is bored and wants to help get the x off murlostands you are welcome to come :) I'll be grilling out and beers/booze is always provided. Targeting Saturday 31st right now. Maybe start at 11am or so.

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Woot! the end is near or the beginning? :lol:

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Who knows anymore lol. I just want it mobile again, then we shall see :)

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I Understand exactly, however it feels more like the end with the never ending issues or pennies being thrown at it.

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I think you are right sir.

If anything, if I get bored, I think it will be time to part ways with the car and move onto something v8 powered.

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I thought they did all that stuff in house, do they send it out now?
Also, I'm confused on "they" are missing stuff, are those parts you need to source yet?

Good luck getting it back together and tuned. And the grass is always greener, you'll find downsides to every platform :)

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The porting is in house, the coating is outsourced.

Which missing stuff do you mean? I am confused now on your confusion Lol.

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As soon as my car is tuned and ready for racing I have a potential buyer coming to take a look at my car.

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http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps00ee27a2.jpg

Sorry for the crappy photo. Made great progress today. I got my fuel pump finally actually into the car and rewired that (hardwired) and cleaned up the routing etc. Also got all the intake side stuff on, mani, tb and fuel system etc. Just need to order some nuts/bolts and few soft lines and hopefully one more install session and we will be starting the evo!

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Would love to see this thing back on the road soon!

:seeya:

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So a bunch of the OEM stuff was backordered so I didn't get it back together last week. Anyway, that stuff showed up this week:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps5g65np6n.jpg

Then this showed up today, the final piece, Greddy FMIC (shiny, I like it haha):

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...psxjfwgfwv.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...psn6a9qjum.jpg

Maybe I am mis-remembering but this seems quite a bit beefier than my AMS core, dunno. Anyway, it looks awesome and should work nicely.

Getting close, can't wait to drive this again finally.

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Greddy is usually tube/fin design where AMS was probably bar/plate. Parts are good, get that thing together!

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Copy that, didn't think the different designs made that much of a difference in sizing, but maybe.

Trying to get it running again, just zero time with work and travel for work and then cabin time with the gf.

My buddy has my turbo/manifold, he brought it to his dealer this week to assemble it with proper studs. He said he might help out and stop by and toss the turbo/mani in, so that would really help. Then its downpipe, exhaust, new FMIC, piping and intake and few odds and ends (oil change, coolant top off etc) then base map for new injectors and start. So close, yet so far .

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Nice looking intercooler! I'm sure it is much beefier than the AMS, the AMS FMIC is mid-sized I'd call it. The GReddy and AGP are the big boys of Evo X intercoolers.

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Almost done:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...psppp3nitd.jpg

We got started late yesterday, but I did put in my new kozmic catch can with the revised drain, so I can remote drain it. And then we found out MAP gave me the wrong banjo bolts for the water return/feed to the turbo so thankfully the dealer had them but that took a while. Then we removed a bunch of shit to be able to put the turbo/manifold in there at once.

Anyway, we made good progress and got all the "hard" shit on there and now its just buttoning it up. I will tackle this throughout the week, a good chunk of it. So hopefully in the next two weeks I will be driving it. July 4th weekend is kind of a throw away so hopefully the following week is startup.

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Nice! Glad you found the parts. You're close now, throw down and fire this hog up!

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Very nice!!

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Lookin' good! You're almost there dude.

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Getting there for sure, look forward to having some low end grunt again. 750whp+ is fun and all but for street driving just putting around town, low end is nice.

I am going to work on this over the long weekend. I will get the IC installed, run IC piping, install intake, re-run boost/vac lines as they are all messed up now, install bov and maybe a few other misc items. Just going to pick away at it.

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The gf is out of town this weekend at her aunt/uncles for her annual mother/daughter trip so I have all weekend to do anything I want without interruption. So I figured I mind as well work on the evo, going to start soon. Not doing anything at work but surfing the internet so I figure I mind as well go home and take a cat nap then start working on the car.

Question: How can I tell if my TB is lock-tited? It's installed now, but for some reason I am paranoid. MAP did it and I am sure they put loc-tite on it but can i see that from the inlet side or no?

I was just reading another old thread on evoM and there was a bunch of TB's that were ported that had this issue (can't remember what brand, buschur maybe) of people losing motors to stupid tb plates coming loose.

If I can't tell from the outside, I will just ask map if they do it and assume they did as I don't want to uninstall. Just curious if you should be able to see it from the inlet side as I haven't put my LICP on yet.

Anyway, I will update this weekend with progress.