So I bought an Ebay turbo kit for Wilson
#91
Rainman
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cutting out the front crossmember opens up a TON of room. BTDT when my car was still stock.
i made a hefty brace that bolted to each front bumper shock to keep the "ends of the rails" happy and aligned right, but it still gave me another 2.5" or so of air space.
i made a hefty brace that bolted to each front bumper shock to keep the "ends of the rails" happy and aligned right, but it still gave me another 2.5" or so of air space.
#92
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I like your method of bending the flange around your holes, I'll try to remember that one for myself if I ever come into that situation..
Your "GOD" car there seems to not only have hood extraction of the IC but rather hood extraction of the entire radiator including the IC all the way at the bottom.. Though I don't much like the large space between the IC and radiator..
Could you take some pics of where you are having trouble with the AC radiator? Is their a good reason you cannot get it to slam flat against the rad?
If you could get away with a tripple stack rad-AC-IC right on top of eachother on the top section of the RAD I think it would be premium.. Then maybe you could build a hood duct from the top half of your rad and suck right through all of them..
If you are not against cutting the crap out of your car, why not just cut the whole hood latch section out and go with hood pins?
What is your plan for headlights with your IC piping right there? Will it fit?
It looks like you are getting a great offer on a radiator hose solution..
Your "GOD" car there seems to not only have hood extraction of the IC but rather hood extraction of the entire radiator including the IC all the way at the bottom.. Though I don't much like the large space between the IC and radiator..
Could you take some pics of where you are having trouble with the AC radiator? Is their a good reason you cannot get it to slam flat against the rad?
If you could get away with a tripple stack rad-AC-IC right on top of eachother on the top section of the RAD I think it would be premium.. Then maybe you could build a hood duct from the top half of your rad and suck right through all of them..
If you are not against cutting the crap out of your car, why not just cut the whole hood latch section out and go with hood pins?
What is your plan for headlights with your IC piping right there? Will it fit?
It looks like you are getting a great offer on a radiator hose solution..
#96
Rainman
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only from the aftermath of my 2010 crash...FYI in this picture the car has been "shortened" about an inch
it was 3/8 steel...lol
saved my radiator from certain death.
on the "top" aka passenger side you can see the white paint that was inside where the original cross-bar used to be, so you have an idea of the space opened up.
it was 3/8 steel...lol
saved my radiator from certain death.
on the "top" aka passenger side you can see the white paint that was inside where the original cross-bar used to be, so you have an idea of the space opened up.
#97
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-The headlights.....
very tight mate. very tight... dunno for sure it can be done, but I think with 90 degree hoses and moving the headlight mounts outboard 1" each side I *think* it'll work.
#98
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only from the aftermath of my 2010 crash...FYI in this picture the car has been "shortened" about an inch
it was 3/8 steel...lol
saved my radiator from certain death.
on the "top" aka passenger side you can see the white paint that was inside where the original cross-bar used to be, so you have an idea of the space opened up.
it was 3/8 steel...lol
saved my radiator from certain death.
on the "top" aka passenger side you can see the white paint that was inside where the original cross-bar used to be, so you have an idea of the space opened up.
And I've always been curious if your avatar is 1 photo of your car & a small model in front or two photos of your real car.
#99
Rainman
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This crash was in 2010. As you can see the car was brown...
I cut off the whole front structure at the engine crossmember and re-made it custom...that's when I did the turbo nose and painted the thing "carmona red" as it is now.
The photo is a tiny model car in front of my actual car in the driveway of my old house.
My brother works for VW and picked up the toy model in Germany last year.
I cut off the whole front structure at the engine crossmember and re-made it custom...that's when I did the turbo nose and painted the thing "carmona red" as it is now.
The photo is a tiny model car in front of my actual car in the driveway of my old house.
My brother works for VW and picked up the toy model in Germany last year.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts & ideas... I can use all the help I can get!
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Here is the god-like... incredible set up of Patrick's Australian beast. His car is what I often refer to as being about as good as they get.
Notice the turbo is angled differently than I chose to go, so of course that changes the routing for charge air & exhaust.
My "dream car" has charge air cooler extraction out the hood like he's done (with dam).
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Here is the god-like... incredible set up of Patrick's Australian beast. His car is what I often refer to as being about as good as they get.
Notice the turbo is angled differently than I chose to go, so of course that changes the routing for charge air & exhaust.
My "dream car" has charge air cooler extraction out the hood like he's done (with dam).
#101
Nordschleife Master
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That's from 2013 and things have changed a Ton since then. The heat underhood in our car is immense with no openings into the engine bay. Still manages to do ok.
#103
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Patrick, nice to have you here brother!
The quality of the chassis tube work & custom fabrication is TOP NOTCH!!
DAMN. That's it. I think I will decide this weekend if I go V-mount of not. If so, then I need to get tubing & materials...
The quality of the chassis tube work & custom fabrication is TOP NOTCH!!
DAMN. That's it. I think I will decide this weekend if I go V-mount of not. If so, then I need to get tubing & materials...
#104
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I am planning my work around my budget. The biggest expense is the electronics. I'll have the car operational and "turbo'd" in about 2 months. Eventually I'll get it tuned and dyno'd.
I want to sort out the mechanical changes before painting the car... so the that's the order I need to do changes or repairs (painting last-but that belongs on another thread).
Will order up the stand alone and injectors & TPS in about 4 weeks.
Is the stock turbo fuel pump same as n/a?
I want to sort out the mechanical changes before painting the car... so the that's the order I need to do changes or repairs (painting last-but that belongs on another thread).
Will order up the stand alone and injectors & TPS in about 4 weeks.
Is the stock turbo fuel pump same as n/a?