GTX1000 install

[wheela]

Nice progress, thanks for posting up these pics! So you just got those blue silicone tubes and beaded pipe sections from amazon?

I'm excited to see what direction you take with your inlet/intake.

 

[azshantris]

Nice progress, thanks for posting up these pics! So you just got those blue silicone tubes and beaded pipe sections from amazon?

I'm excited to see what direction you take with your inlet/intake.

Yep, I'm impatient and love the 1 or 2 day shipping. Especially after going weeks without a response.. I actually referenced the images from speedtech to estimate the angle and ended up trimming the straight to about 9.75in and trimming about 2in off the 2.5 end of the elbow. Just pressure tested the setup with my own stuff and it holds like a dream. Working now on my inlet, thinking about cutting the flange off the stock pipe and then using a silicone coupler to connect it to the outlet I was supplied with, at least for now. Saves me time and money and gets my car on the road aooner. May order the upgraded oval boot from BMS if I run into any issues of the stock one collapsing.

 

[azshantris]

Success with the inlet! I trimmed off the flange and fitted a 3in silicone coupling I had lying around over that and the supplied tube to the turbo (if i had an injen intake this is how ot would have mounted anyway). I broke my PCV hose so replaced with rubber while I was at it. To get the stock line to the expansion tank to work I trimmed off the alignment tabs on it so it could swivel and I wrapped some factory chafing around it from another hose that was replaced. Most everything feels pretty legit except for the extremely janky but hidden piece of silicone I stuffed between the timing chain tension bolt and turbo inlet because of the fitment to minimize the wear lol.

Now to retest the coolant system dry, then wet, add oil, flash the 3.5bar tmap, and do the trans service. And then Nexsys kit and plugs when the new boots show up hopefully soon. Apparently they just cleared customs Monday or something like that.

Then street tuning
And I think I found a dyno in my little town that I'll call about doing some pulls on when she's all done.

Only concerns might be the proximity of the exhaust manifold to the turbo outlet. Worst case I'll pay attention to it and add some heat shield tape, but the silicone is good for like 500 degrees and there is about a .25in gap. Idk what the exhaust temp is on this car.

 

[wheela]

Nice! How much clearance is there between the external wastegate and the air duct pipe you connected to the inlet? On these external wastegate kits from big boost and speedtech, they show using an air filter right on the turbo inlet, so I wasn't sure if that meant that the external wastegate wouldn't clear that pipe or not.

I'd probably put some thermal tape on that outlet tube being so close to the manifold to be safe.

 

[azshantris]

Nice! How much clearance is there between the external wastegate and the air duct pipe you connected to the inlet? On these external wastegate kits from big boost and speedtech, they show using an air filter right on the turbo inlet, so I wasn't sure if that meant that the external wastegate wouldn't clear that pipe or not.

I'd probably put some thermal tape on that outlet tube being so close to the manifold to be safe.

I'll look and measure and try to get some more pictures when I get back in there but I think there's definitely a few inches. I'm guessing it's less of an issue with clearance and more for performance..? But the shorty filter they supplied me with wouldn't fit so I went the route I did. Depending on how it runs I may or may not have the MAF deleted or at least unused. The big part for me was to not worry about running a catch can since the supplied filter setup didn't have a PCV port.

 

[wheela]

That's good to hear. After such a big change, it seems like it would be nice to get everything dialed in first with the MAF in its oem housing, just to get rid of that variable. Then once everything is up and running properly start experimenting with shorty filters.

Nice to keep that pcv hose connected to the inlet as well. It's comical how fragile those things are. The first time I took mine off I heard so many cracks.... I bought a new one from FCP to make sure it wasn't leaking.

 

[Torgus]

This picture makes your outlet pipe look VERY close to the exhaust manifold.

On the speedtech exhaust manifold those flat circle with the hole in them Is it tapped or could you tap it? Might be a easy way to mount a heat shield.

I noticed you said you have no E85 available. You should really think about running meth then if all you have available is 92 octane.

You can reroute your windshield washer tank fill neck I believe, at least you can on E90/92s. Might give you a bit more space as it looks like your outlet pipe is going to be touching and or rubbing on the heatshield for the washer fill neck. You could always pull the silicone pipe away from the exhaust manifold as well, constant tension.

Glad to see your project is getting closer to completion!

 

[azshantris]

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This picture makes your outlet pipe look VERY close to the exhaust manifold.

On the speedtech exhaust manifold those flat circle with the hole in them Is it tapped or could you tap it? Might be a easy way to mount a heat shield.

I noticed you said you have no E85 available. You should really think about running meth then if all you have available is 92 octane.

You can reroute your windshield washer tank fill neck I believe, at least you can on E90/92s. Might give you a bit more space as it looks like your outlet pipe is going to be touching and or rubbing on the heatshield for the washer fill neck. You could always pull the silicone pipe away from the exhaust manifold as well, constant tension.

Glad to see your project is getting closer to completion!

Yeah this photo was before the final trimming and fitment, but I am definitely thinking about using the holes to add a heat shield. They are tapped so I can whip something up pretty easy. I did use some constant tension to hold it away as I tightened it and readjusted from the bottom too to get it over as far as I could.

I'm a bum and lazy so I probably won't add meth. I hardly race and this is (call me crazy) actually my daily driver. Its definitely an option for the future depending why I run into but I'm looking for simple power. I might get wild and eventually pick up a barrel or some jugs of E85.

Appreciate all the feedback and reception, here. Always been a good forum for growth. Hoping to get it running this weekend, maybe even tonight so I can see what all might be wrong.

 

[wheela]

Yeah this photo was before the final trimming and fitment, but I am definitely thinking about using the holes to add a heat shield. They are tapped so I can whip something up pretty easy. I did use some constant tension to hold it away as I tightened it and readjusted from the bottom too to get it over as far as I could.

I'm a bum and lazy so I probably won't add meth. I hardly race and this is (call me crazy) actually my daily driver. Its definitely an option for the future depending why I run into but I'm looking for simple power. I might get wild and eventually pick up a barrel or some jugs of E85.

Appreciate all the feedback and reception, here. Always been a good forum for growth. Hoping to get it running this weekend, maybe even tonight so I can see what all might be wrong.

For your kit, did you have to move the water pump/thermostat at all? I know the speedtech kits come with a bracket to offset the location of the water pump to help fit the turbo compressor/inlet. I'm mostly curious how much clearance you had there. Also your opinion on - if your turbo was longer (so the compressor sat closer to the radiator), what part of the turbo would interfere with the water pump/ thermostat/ hoses? The turbo inlet pipe, compressor cover, or both?

 

[SLOWESTN54]

Sorry if I'm totally missing something but if this kit is meant for your car you’d expect it to fit. Weird how big boost didn’t help either. Now I know when I go B58 to not use big boost lmao.

 

[azshantris]

For your kit, did you have to move the water pump/thermostat at all? I know the speedtech kits come with a bracket to offset the location of the water pump to help fit the turbo compressor/inlet. I'm mostly curious how much clearance you had there. Also your opinion on - if your turbo was longer (so the compressor sat closer to the radiator), what part of the turbo would interfere with the water pump/ thermostat/ hoses? The turbo inlet pipe, compressor cover, or both?

The water pump mounts up to the factory location with this kit. I'd say there is a few inches of clearance there before the compressor housing would interfere with it. Kind of hard to judge without looking deeper and as much as I wanna be helpful, I'm not taking it all back out lol

 

[azshantris]

Sorry if I'm totally missing something but if this kit is meant for your car you’d expect it to fit. Weird how big boost didn’t help either. Now I know when I go B58 to not use big boost lmao.

Well I'm definitely not going to start bashing but I'll leave it at I have been extremely disappointed with this kit, the fitment, the missing parts, and the lack of communication.
I still haven't received the missing pieces over 3 weeks now since they were supposed to ship. The unfortunate reality is I either have to eat the loss or get paypal involved.
I certainly can't speak for his other kits and they came highly recommended.

 

[wheela]

The water pump mounts up to the factory location with this kit. I'd say there is a few inches of clearance there before the compressor housing would interfere with it. Kind of hard to judge without looking deeper and as much as I wanna be helpful, I'm not taking it all back out lol

Haha, no worries, I wouldn't ask you to do that! Thanks for your answer, I was just wondering what your recollection was on thus, so I still find this helpful

 

[azshantris]

Whipped up a pretty quick and janky aluminum heat shield. Nothing fancy but it should help a bit. Function over form for this part haha

 

[azshantris]

When she really doesn't like being started without everything together just for the trans fill

 

[wheela]

You know you're in deep when it starts throwing German at you!

 

[azshantris]

Time for a test drive

 

[azshantris]

This is correct and it works, but it's not actual vacuum, the boost signal ALONG with spring pressure keeps it closed when in boost then the boost pressure in the charge pipe pushes it open when activated on throttle closure, because of this it is important to utilize a soft spring to get it to respond properly/quickly. I run an upgraded Turbosmat Kompact BOV on the cover of my BW turbo together with a Mac tiggered Tial BOV on the charge pipe, I wired them in parallel so the both open at the same time.

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Hey do you happen to have a close up picture of your plumbing of this? I had no BOV function on my first test drive and I'm wondering if I need to switch the left and right tubes or something.

 

[Torgus]

FWIW Meth is pretty simple to install and you don't go through a ton of it. Like I only inject after 15psi. If my foot is not into it, it is not spraying. I may increase it to 20psi while on 100% E85. The gains are nice.

But get your 92 octane tune done and then if you want more, a bit of meth.

Whipped up a pretty quick and janky aluminum heat shield. Nothing fancy but it should help a bit. Function over form for this part haha

Looks like 1/4 an inch of clearance best case? Maybe an 1/8th?

From the looks of it your pipe might melt if you get that manifold really white hot. That is very close. Can you make the heat shield out of a material that is not going to absorb so much heat? It almost looks like you could just wedge/bolt in a piece of Phenolic material.

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Hopefully I am wrong.

 

[wheela]

I share @Torgus concerns. I've seen on the forums people burning holes in the silicone outlet from getting too close to the manifold.

I know your kit is big boost, but it looks like the outlet is really close on the speedtech kits as well. Even on the speedtech page, they show the 135 degree bend heat wrapped. Also, here's some pics from the internet showing these outlets heat wrapped, and how close it runs to the manifold. With how hot manifolds can get, i'm surprised that it doesn't seem to be a bigger problem than it is?