Phoenix Tuning's New 6gc Convertible Project, Project Stuart Little - What did Dr. Tweak get me into? Options

[Fastbird]

Doc, I LOVE the AFM placement. Great idea there. Get some of that clutter out of the way with it not to mention the CAI effect.

[IMTech1]

HEY DOC,
Mouse here,
i am happy to see the vert is coming along! I hope to expand and get all of Alaska online with you. I really enjoyed working with you and hope I can find time to continue to do so! Let me know when you are done with the Celica I want you to send me some stickers for my motorcyle and my car. Thanks again and I will be promoting you to all the Toyota lovers north of Canada

[Dr_Tweak]

Doc, I LOVE the AFM placement. Great idea there. Get some of that clutter out of the way with it not to mention the CAI effect.

Thanks man! You should come back down to Savannah so I can tig up a cold air intake for you along with your intercooler piping

HEY DOC,
Mouse here,
i am happy to see the vert is coming along! I hope to expand and get all of Alaska online with you. I really enjoyed working with you and hope I can find time to continue to do so! Let me know when you are done with the Celica I want you to send me some stickers for my motorcyle and my car. Thanks again and I will be promoting you to all the Toyota lovers north of Canada

Hey good to hear from you I hope you haven't forgotten about that "work" that you were talking about doing for me Stay tuned on the 'vert, there will be some progress going down this weekend!

-Doc

[lagos]

Its cool to see someone try something different with the same old swap. Props.
Are you at all worried that the afm and intake a just too stiff and might have issues from the engines movement in the bay?

[Dr_Tweak]

Well thanks!

Yeah, we thought about that, but then couplings allow for a little bit of movement, if worst comes to worst I'll make another cut and add a hump hose in.

-Doc

[Dr_Tweak]

Update.... new intercooler welded up. I have the lines done as well now but no pics of that yet.







And finishing fabricating the exhaust last night. I need to take it down and do the final welds on it and then the exhaust will be done.

[KAOS]

Nice work on the piping !

Wow....

[enderswift]

whoa thats way different from your original intercooler setup.

[Dr_Tweak]

Yeah, the original intercooler was leaking water into the intake and was irreparable so I went to this unit instead. I chose this routing so that I could close the stock hood!

-Doc

[Smaay]

Very nice Doc! i used 3 V-bands when i set up my exhaust on the all-trac

This post has been edited by Smaay: Aug 28, 2009 - 1:37 PM

[DEATH]

Nice work Tweak! I especially like the way you routed the IC and all it's piping as far away fromt he hot parts of the engine as possible with the 1/2/3rd gen style intake location. That should help alot with heatsoak.

[lagos]

Good placement of the flex section. That along with the support bracket is the key to not cracking those downpipes.
So when are you going to fire it up and take it for a ride?

Not planning on running a bov?

[Dr_Tweak]

Good placement of the flex section. That along with the support bracket is the key to not cracking those downpipes.
So when are you going to fire it up and take it for a ride?

Not planning on running a bov?

Maybe this weekend. I'm going to try to get over there to finish up the welds and I need to fix up one or two small things on the intercooler/piping.

Yeah I actually have the stock BOV installed, haven't taken pics of it since then. That and the water lines are done (system is totally functional right now). I'll get more pics of that up shortly.

-Doc

[95CelicaST]

Doc, you should yank that exhaust and make a template and then sell catbacks to the community. I'd buy one for sure!

[Dr_Tweak]

Doc, you should yank that exhaust and make a template and then sell catbacks to the community. I'd buy one for sure!

Yeah, thought about it, but the problem is that there are so many small tweaks made to the system while putting it in, and one little mis-adjustment will throw it way off.

-Doc

[Dr_Tweak]

Here's the engine bay as it sits right now. Note water lines are complete (system is functional) and stock BOV is installed, and recirculated back to the intake. Hood closes without touching too





This post has been edited by Dr_Tweak: Aug 29, 2009 - 5:45 PM

[njccmd2002]

that is one awesome intercooler

[Cuts_the_Pilot]

very interesting project, is this the first gte powered vert on here?

how come you went with the wta insted of fmic? stealth?
as a matter of interest how hard is it to remove the intercooler with the "v"bands? because the pipes are welded solid...damm sight easier then having silicone hose im assuming.

Since this is actually YOUR car do you have a specific goal in place for it?

top work.

[Dr_Tweak]

very interesting project, is this the first gte powered vert on here?

how come you went with the wta insted of fmic? stealth?
as a matter of interest how hard is it to remove the intercooler with the "v"bands? because the pipes are welded solid...damm sight easier then having silicone hose im assuming.

Since this is actually YOUR car do you have a specific goal in place for it?

top work.

Well... when Mouse was working on the project we were talking about what to do about the intercooler since he was on a really tight budget, and Chris at SCC had a stock ST205 WTA intercooler and offered it to us for $100. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and a simple solution. Plus, I've been wanting to do a water to air intercooler setup for a few years now. Unfortunately if you've followed the thread you'll note that the intercooler ending up being damaged internally (it had been crushed) and didn't work out. However by that time I had already bought and installed the -12 AN lines and fittings, heat exchanger, electric pump, and so on, so I decided to get another water to air intercooler and stay with the setup, while making some changes at the same time to allow the stock hood to close. That said, I would probably never do a WTA intercooler setup again.

The V-bands are just great. Very quick and easy to work with. Note that the intercooler is solid mounted to the engine/trans, so it moves with the engine. The water lines going to it are flexible to allow for the movement (-12 stainless lines).

As you guys know this project was "inherited" and I did decide to finish it. Mouse has insisted that he still wants to buy the car once it's complete, so now that it is... we'll have to see how he feels when he sees how much I've got into it HAHA. Either way, the car will very likely go up for sale with little or no more work done to it on my part. Mouse and the original owner have first dibs on it.

-Doc

[IMTech1]

hey, Mouse here:)

That's mine! DOC, your the best! call me. Thanks for everything. I have been so excited to see this build and only wish I could be there to work on it with you.