Just another 968 turbo...
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My favorite way of debunking the 'must have belt covers' myth is to point out that the PS and Alt/AC belts do not have covers and are located much closer to where any road debris might be a factor - and those belts do not suffer from a massive amount of failures from debris!
Uncovered belts are much better for belt cooling, observation of any deterioration of the belts and my favorite - fixing any leaks. With no belt covers I can fix a balance shaft seal leak in an hour (or less), with belt covers it takes 5 times as much time - as long as you correctly guess where the leak is coming from because you can't see it until the rear belt cover is removed!
Uncovered belts are much better for belt cooling, observation of any deterioration of the belts and my favorite - fixing any leaks. With no belt covers I can fix a balance shaft seal leak in an hour (or less), with belt covers it takes 5 times as much time - as long as you correctly guess where the leak is coming from because you can't see it until the rear belt cover is removed!
Oddly enough my use of polished parts comes from years at the track. It is much easier to keep a polished aluminum part looking good that any other finish. Raw aluminum castings have a surface texture that just sucks up dirt. powder coating looks great to start with - but loses its finish when exposed to fuel and some cleaning chemicals. Once the powder coated finish gets damaged there is no way to fix it other than taking the part off, striping it and redoing the powder coating.
polished aluminum just takes a minute with the aluminum polish to bring it back to new.
I remember that several years ago there were a bunch of listers that were powder coating their blocks...made me cringe then and I wonder how they look now!!
polished aluminum just takes a minute with the aluminum polish to bring it back to new.
I remember that several years ago there were a bunch of listers that were powder coating their blocks...made me cringe then and I wonder how they look now!!
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Real Mustang Owners don't polish it, they chrome plate it!
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Incredible work. What kind of piston/bore did you use? Nikasil?
I had the same idea of modifying the stock cluster with digital boost controller in place of standard turbo boost gauge.
Btw: if the led numbers will be too bright to look at night, use a piece of exposed & developed camera film over it. It looks great and dims the light down so it is not intrusive.
I had the same idea of modifying the stock cluster with digital boost controller in place of standard turbo boost gauge.
Btw: if the led numbers will be too bright to look at night, use a piece of exposed & developed camera film over it. It looks great and dims the light down so it is not intrusive.
#34
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Looks great! A lot of details in there for sure. Appearance suitable for a nice looking cab and more than enough power.
But I wouldn't fire it up before putting a lid on the Variocam hole on the cam cover Oh and I would add a cam sensor too
But I wouldn't fire it up before putting a lid on the Variocam hole on the cam cover Oh and I would add a cam sensor too
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Incredible work. What kind of piston/bore did you use? Nikasil?
I had the same idea of modifying the stock cluster with digital boost controller in place of standard turbo boost gauge.
Btw: if the led numbers will be too bright to look at night, use a piece of exposed & developed camera film over it. It looks great and dims the light down so it is not intrusive.
I had the same idea of modifying the stock cluster with digital boost controller in place of standard turbo boost gauge.
Btw: if the led numbers will be too bright to look at night, use a piece of exposed & developed camera film over it. It looks great and dims the light down so it is not intrusive.
I probably won't have to do that since the eboost2 has an ambient light detector and it will adjust the brightness automatically.
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I have to machine up the variocam cover....if you look to the right of the intake cam gear you can find the cam position sensor!
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Those coils look a bit different from Electromotive's. Using a different ECU?
No check valve is needed in the line from the intake manifold to that vacuum manifold?
TPS?
Nice work...!!
No check valve is needed in the line from the intake manifold to that vacuum manifold?
TPS?
Nice work...!!
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What kind of turbo do you have tucked away in there?
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Oh wow, I didn't even notice that AN fitting on the reservoir. How did you do that? The only way I can think of would be cutting the plastic back a bit so that you expose the brass(?) support and then braze a fitting onto that. Am I overthinking this?
What kind of turbo do you have tucked away in there?
What kind of turbo do you have tucked away in there?
or glue it in place?
#42
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Looks amazing!! Ive heard bad things about the aluminum pins in the aerocatch (fatigue/breaking). I replaced mine with a steel pin, of course I only have 1 in the middle so 2 is a nicer safety net
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My polished parts are guarantee to give you extra 15hp, lol. Nice very nice Chris my type of Bling
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...and those belts do not suffer from a massive amount of failures from debris!
Uncovered belts are much better for belt cooling, observation of any deterioration of the belts and my favorite - fixing any leaks. With no belt covers I can fix a balance shaft seal leak in an hour (or less), with belt covers it takes 5 times as much time - as long as you correctly guess where the leak is coming from because you can't see it until the rear belt cover is removed!
Uncovered belts are much better for belt cooling, observation of any deterioration of the belts and my favorite - fixing any leaks. With no belt covers I can fix a balance shaft seal leak in an hour (or less), with belt covers it takes 5 times as much time - as long as you correctly guess where the leak is coming from because you can't see it until the rear belt cover is removed!
ZOMG! MY POWER STEERING BELT IS SLIPPING! sounds kind of funny.