It is finally time.... for boost!, UPDATE: new turbo on and boosting! Options

[6strngs]

As some of you know, I've been gathering parts together for a 5sfte turbo project which I hope to finish soon. I should have a fairly large sump of money coming in in the next few days which I will use to buy the rest (or as much of the rest as I can) of the parts. Not only that but my parents will be leaving town for about 10 days on monday, leaving me with garage space to work in. The week of june 3rd-10th I will have a weeks paid vacation from work, so I will have plenty of time to work on it then. Anyway, here's what I've got so far:

2 bar map sensor:


460cc RX7 injectors:


3sgte oil pan:


3sgte oil and coolant lines, oil feed line from stealthmodeperformance.com, oil pressure sending unit from tunertoyz (thanks to Dew_Hoe_GT). Earl's -3an to 1/8" NPT fittings. The 3rd fitting on the T near the 3s oil line is plugged; I just needed an adaptor to connect two male threads and stealthmode included the tee.


oil line modified with the -3an threads from an earl's fitting. Welding done by my welding instructor. TIG welding ftw!


3sgte manifold, with EGT bung that will get plugged (not enough room for EGT gauge on my A-pillar! lol)


intercooler


2.25" intercooler piping, mr2 BPV on a section of stock mr2 IC piping, about 4 silicone couplers, 1 2.25"-2.50" transition coupler, and 6 or so worm-gear clamps


A'pexi AFC Neo:


Lotek A-pillar pod, and AEM UEGO wideband o2 (hooked up to power, but not to the engine yet), will be filling the other two slots with a boost and oil pressure gauge


And there you have it. For the IC piping, I was told it was 2.5" piping and included couplers and T-bolts... unfortunately, it turned out to be 2.25" piping, only included 4 2.25" couplers, only one 2.25" to 2.50" transition, and a couple worm gear clamps... it also included 3 2.00" couplers and 6 T-bolts which only fit the 2.00" couplers which do me no good... those 3 couplers + t-bolts are up on ebay now to help pay for the other couplers and clamps I need. If anybody has any used 2.25" couplers, 2.25" t-bolt clamps, 2.25-2.50" transistion couplers, or a 45* elbow coupler, let me know!

also still needed:
Turbo and downpipe (Negative is supposed to get these to me, but he hasn't replied to any PMs from me for 11 days and counting )
oil filter recolation kit
gauges (oil pressure and boost)
walbro fuel pump
VTV for the mr2 BPV
magnaflow muffler (to be mated to a 3" custom exhaust I plan to get)
couplers, T-bolts, elbow, and transitions for ic piping

if anybody has anything on that list they could sell to me, that would be awesome! So yeah, go ahead and comment away!

EDIT: can anybody tell me what size the outlet on the CT-26 twin entry turbo is so I can get the correct sized 45* elbow. I assume it's 2.25" since the section of mr2 IC piping is 2.25"

This post has been edited by 6strngs: Aug 3, 2007 - 4:11 PM

[6strngs]

update... sorta. Ordered the spark plugs and gauges; they should be here tuesday. Also ordered the VTV along with a valve cover gasket, exhaust manifold gasket, and oil pan gasket maker OEM from toyota from 1sttoyotaparts.com; but I haven't recieved any shipping info yet, I'm guessing they probably don't keep the VTV in stock so it'll be a couple days until they recieve one to ship to me. Other than part ordering, I removed my cruise control today; hey, an extra 7-8 lbs of weight reduction! I never use the thing anyway

Still waiting on a check to clear; hopefully tomorrow, and some paypal money to process over the next couple of days, so that I can have enough money to order the rest of the parts.

Negative still has not gotten back to me about the turbo and downpipe which I had already sent him some parts for (we were trading)... so now he has my stuff and mysteriously vanishes into thin air. Though, to be honest, I don't think he's trying to scam me, it seems more like something came up, or he lost his internet service, or something. he hasn't even logged on since may 21st. well, if he doesn't get back to me soon, I'll be forced to buy a turbo and downpipe elsewhere. and then when he finally does get back to me I'll have to demand some kind of compensation.

I originally planned on starting work this weekend and next week; but money has to be "verified" for several days before it actually gets in my pocket and shipping certain things takes longer than expected and now I'm thinking it'll be awhile now. I really want to be able to start work on this before I have to go back to work on June 11th; but I still have to buy my girlfriend a birthday present; so I have no clue when I'll be able to get all this done.

oh yeah, I have a couple questions too:
What is the size of the intake inlet on the CT-26? will a filter meant for a 2.5" pipe work?
Will I need to drill a hole in my intercooler piping (after the intercooler) to put the intake air temp sensor into it?

sorry for the long post

This post has been edited by 6strngs: May 30, 2007 - 11:07 PM