Enders swap, Update 11/29/19 |
Enders swap, Update 11/29/19 |
Aug 10, 2011 - 11:03 PM |
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I'm ready This post has been edited by enderswift: Nov 29, 2019 - 6:58 PM -------------------- |
Aug 26, 2012 - 4:41 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '08 Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
Hello everyone,
thank you for the kind words so far, I lose sight of the end goal sometimes when I get into the nitty gritty details, so its nice to have a reminder of why this is all worth it. Anyway I have a decent update to post up. The turbo has recieved a lot of attention and is currently cleaned, painted, and awaiting the return of a balanced impeller assembly. As I mentioned before, the intake side impeller has tiny chips on two fins and therefore needed to get balanced. Honestly I'm sure the turbo would work fine as-is, but I'm doing this build with longevity in mind. So off it went to TheBoostLab in Tampa Florida: http://www.theboostlab.com/ you guys should check them out if you need any work done. Taking the turbo apart was pretty easy after soaking it in cleaner for a little while. I made sure to keep track of the order of the internals and placed paint marks pointing toward the compressor side on each of them. All of the internals look like they're in fantastic shape so a rebuild isn't really necessary, but I already have the kit so why not! Heres a picture of my impeller assembly. Gotta love the ceramic turbine impeller I replaced the lock nut and the thrust clips before sending this out for balancing. This took a while After masking off the cartridge I painted it with VHT flameproof paint (well see how it holds up). The paint can says to cure it in 500 degree temps for 30 min, so I shoved this thing in the oven when no one was home. Worked awesome Also cleaned up the compressor housing in some more of that Boeing cleaner. Some of the miscellaneous turbo bits got painted in the extreme temp VHT as well. I am currently waiting on these two gaskets to come in from the UK, as well as a new intercooler bracket Here's the engine as it currently sits. I attached all of the accessories and now I'm really just tying up the loose ends (procrastinating on extending the harness ) so it shouldn't be much longer. If I'm really lucky then the swap will go smoothly. I doubt that's gonna happen though, there's bound to be tons of gremlins that keep me busy. I like the fact that my wall of potential energy is starting to get pretty sparse. For a while there it felt like I was putting in a ton of work with no progress to show for it. Finally bought a set of gauges. I went with prosport because they have good reviews (on the premiums) and look like defi's for a million dollars cheaper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-75K8jKTQo I bought the boost, wideband, and oil pressure. They're gonna look awesome. Anyway, stay tuned for more updates This post has been edited by enderswift: Dec 23, 2012 - 1:07 PM -------------------- |
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