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BUILD LikeABauce302's 427 SBF Twin Turbo Build. 404 Error: LS Content Not Found
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Thanks Drew! I take that as a compliment coming from you. I love seeing your fab work in your build thread. I looked forward to getting this car out to the track to play with all of the other boosted cars around here.
After wasting more time than I care to admit, tonight I got the passenger side wastegate in place. This side decided to fight me and I couldn't get the 90 degree elbow shaped as nicely as I would have preferred. I had a small gap to fill as I welded it to the larger pipe between the header and turbo. Oh well. At least it's under the car and not very visible. With this being my first turbo fab project, I'm sure there will be some things I will want to redo or refine next year, after I've had a chance to drive the car.
Still doing fab work, but making progress a little by little as I find time. I have the hot side all fit and tacked together up to the firewall.
Since this is a street car, I routed the wastegate dumps back into the downpipes. I now have both downpipes finished up to the midplate and I'm ready to start working on the exhaust. I'm going to be running 3.5" straight back through a pair of Borla XR1 mufflers and dumping before the rear axle. As much as I would like to run tailpipes, I can't make them fit with the anti roll bar I have on the car.
Since this is a street car, I routed the wastegate dumps back into the downpipes. I now have both downpipes finished up to the midplate and I'm ready to start working on the exhaust. I'm going to be running 3.5" straight back through a pair of Borla XR1 mufflers and dumping before the rear axle. As much as I would like to run tailpipes, I can't make them fit with the anti roll bar I have on the car.
Yeah I'm guessing it's going to be pretty loud too. I may end up putting in resonators before the mufflers to help tone it down just a little more.
I also forgot to add that I got fuel injectors for it and put them in place with my BBRC fuel rails. I plan to run 93 octane on the street and C16 at the track, but my buddy who's going to help me tune it talked me into a set of 2200 CC injectors that will allow me to run E85 if I choose to in the future.
Budget? What does that word mean? Is that where I eat ramen noodles so I can buy billet valve covers?
Just read the whole build thread. Nice work.
I wish I had painted and touched up parts of my car before we put the engine in, as well as the fuel lines. Now I don't want paint them lol.
I wish I had painted and touched up parts of my car before we put the engine in, as well as the fuel lines. Now I don't want paint them lol.
Thanks!
I'm still planning on pulling the engine and everything out to paint the engine bay, but I'm beginning to regret not painting it from the beginning. I figured I would just scratch and chip things during fabrication. I wasn't wrong, but man it's going to be rough taking it all apart just as warm weather is here
I'm still planning on pulling the engine and everything out to paint the engine bay, but I'm beginning to regret not painting it from the beginning. I figured I would just scratch and chip things during fabrication. I wasn't wrong, but man it's going to be rough taking it all apart just as warm weather is here
I was running C12 with my old setup, so I'm somewhat conditioned to paying for race gas. I know C16 is a few dollars more.
I chose to run it on gas so I don't have to worry about finding E85 when I'm out driving it. I'd like to drive it on the street as much as I can. The smart thing to do would be to setup my Holley EFI with a flex fuel sensor, which I'll probably do soon after I get it up and running. For now I just want to hear it fire up and get it movable under its own power.