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Looking sweet dude!
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LOL at the sites moto "we'll make your Sh*t f*cking ridiculous"
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Didn't get a whole lot done. What I discovered is it appears to be impossible to completely remove the lower oil pan without either removing the engine, or removing this big arse cross-member. I needed about another 1/4" but couldn't jack the motor up any further to get that extra little bit. Oh well.
I was however able to just drop it as far as it will drop, and can slide some newspaper in there. You can see where I circled, that's where I need to drill for the oil drain line. So the newspaper should catch almost all of the metal flakes from getting into the lower oil pan. Now just need to get a right angle drill, a Uni-bit, and that should take care of that. http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1302049698 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1302049698 |
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Well I've been stuck in Naw'lens for the past few weeks so haven't been able to make much progress. But with the extra money I'm making, decided to spend a little bit on a turbo blanket to keep things as cool as possible. Very excite!
$85 shipped http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=300434923446 |
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Just read back and got caught up. Awesome progress!
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Git that thing goin!
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Got home from Naw'lens today.
Went to MAPerformance and picked up a couple things as well. As always, thanks for the great prices guys! Turbosmart Compgate 40mm: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1303955594 Oil Feedline Kit: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1303955594 Also had some parts waiting for me in the mail. Time to get some work done!! Ebay Gasket kit: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1303955594 2 used ignitors from Ebay (one to replaced my burnt one, and one for a spare): http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1303955594 |
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Not too much to update. But I've gotten the oil drain hole drilled out with a 7/8" hole saw. And the two bolt holes are tapped (M6x1.0).
Here's some pics: Drilling the hole http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 Hole drilled: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 Cleaning with Brake Cleaner: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 Holes tapped and cleaned: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304556698 |
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How do you clean the shavings that may have got into the oil pan?
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Lower and Upper oil pan? I'm confizzled. :confused:
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I dropped the lower oil pan and put that newspaper that you see in the pics there to catch the shavings. Apparently some people do it without dropping the pan at all. I didn't want to risk that so that's why I dropped the lower pan so I could catch the shavings on that newspaper.
As for ignitors, yeah I'll cross that road when I ditch the stock distributor. For now I'm keeping the distributor. Try to do things 1 by 1 as much as I can to make troubleshooting as simple as possible. |
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Good call, looking good.
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Drilled the oil filter union bolt to accept a 1/8npt fitting for my oil feed. You can either buy one for an IS300 for like $25 and it's already tapped, or just drill the stocker. And well, considering I already had a 1/8npt tap, and access to free drill bits and a drill press, that was an easy choice :)
Lots o lube: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 Pilot drilled: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993777 Hole drilled using "R" size drill bit, and de-burred: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 Tapped for 1/8npt. Wish I coulda tapped further but it was getting HARD. That look good enough to you guys?: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 1/8npt to -3AN fitting installed. Used some liquid pipe thread sealing compound on it: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 OFH installed back on the car, badda bing: http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 Also installed the drain fitting. Need a gasket for that thing yet... http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1304993414 |
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Nice progress.
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Very nice! Keep us updated please :)
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Nice work on that bolt! Always nice to save some money and get your hands dirty at the same time!
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Nice. Good job and keep it going.
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I'm impressed with your progress! looks very nice Brandon, keep up the good work!
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Feels like i still have a long ways to go. Hopefully can get the new clutch disc in this weekend. Once that is done, I'll feel a lot closer.
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You've got to have some gasket material floating around, just cut yourself a gasket for the drain flange and be done with it.
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Couldn't get a thing done because the entire garage floor was covered in condensation because of the insane humidity today, ack!!
So instead, I hopped on Egay and bought a 92+ 4Runner Distributor Cap. They are slightly slimmer which will help the turbo inlet clear because it's a tight squeeze. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT |
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What else are you doing for ignition?
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So far no other plans other than a new set of plugs. In the future, I will have to look into something, and I'm unsure which route I will go at this point.
Anyhow more updates. Got the oil pan installed. Went to put the Felpro gasket on and it's the complete wrong shape. Come to find out there's a couple different oil pan designs, and of course the gasket was for the other one. Somabitch. The gasket did come with 4 bottles of RTV however, so I just "Tpunx'd that shit" and hopefully that will suffice. We shall see... Once I was done with that, like Spazzy mentioned I just grabbed some gasket material I had laying around and made a gasket for the oil drain flange. Gave it a coat of copper spray for good measure. So that should be done. Installed the oil feed fitting into the turbo. I used a little bit of liquid pipe thread sealer. http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1305169518 Decided to try and tackle the tranny. First I had to remove the rest of the exhaust. Once I got that off, I removed the driveshaft. http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1305169518 Then started at the Tranny. I got all the motor to tranny bolts off. Slave Cylinder off, Starter off. Took 2 of the 4 tranny mount bolts off. Took the reverse light plug off. And that's where it sits. http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1305169518 What's left is I need to find the speedometer cable and remove it. Then I have to figure out how to unhook the damn shifter in the car. I took the 4 bolts off that hold it to the tunnel. Looking online people say the shifter should just lift off? Mine doesn't budge. Dumb little thing I'm sure, just gotta figure it out. Then just remove those last two bolts on the tranny mount and she should be on the floor. Aaron hit me up tomorrow I need to borrow that tranny jack if at all possible. http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1305169518 In comparison to a DSM tranny, so far it seems about the same. Probably just because I've done a DSM one so many times, and it's my first time doing this. Also pics of the sweet turbo blanket :) http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1305169518 http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1305169518 |
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Looking good Brandon! your making more progress then I am! stop it! lol jk
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Also I was planning on making my own exhaust. But I feel like I'm on a time crunch now and need to get this sucker done. So figured I'd search for a cheap catback to run for now, and can worry about modifying it in the future to quiet things down for a bit.
Found this for dirt cheap. It's for a Supra, but from what I gather it will still fit, just be a foot short or so, so just need to add a chunk of pipe (or maybe me left over resonator or flex section) to extend it and it will fit. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-C...item27aeb9674e For that price, I might just run it for now and modify it later with a better muffler because in the end I want this thing QUIET. |
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QUIET is good. Good work and ill try to get over there and give you a hand this weekend.
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What's the trans coming out for again? I think I missed that...clutch?
I love how this project went from like fiddly stuff to suddenly yanking out the trans, like its not that different than you and freckles (rip) installing your stereo, just another item on a list. You rock dude! I can't wait to see this thing in action. |
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Also, did that turbo blanket come black, or did you paint it? Looks pretty good in black I must say!
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Yeah clutch job. Just throwing in a cheap 6-puck ebay disc using the stock PP to get me by this year.
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Hmm for 300+ bucks id just order up some bends and a muffler and get the exhaust fabbed up in a day, shouldnt be too hard!
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Looks good!
Dude, just get a that Top Speed dual rear section that's already pre-made dual 2.25" (I think it was and I'm sure that's still better than a single 3") for $250 then get a Y of a 3" to dual 2.25". I personally hate SC's with one can and the two slots still in the back for two mufflers. BTW, I have some extra stuff like some random -3 and -4 AN oil feed / brake lines + fittings/T's etc... Some oil drain fittings/hose/gaskets, etc... Hit me up if you need something and I'll tell ya if I have it. |
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Link to the exhaust ur talkin about?
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This and then the rest can be made with another muffler on the single pipe before it splits to two.
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Cher I decided to listen to your advice, I'm not going to cheap out on that exhaust.
So I'm trying to decide what to do. Like I said I want this quiet. So I have a few things to decide on. What I do know is I'm going to run 3" all the way until it splits for dual. That point and on is where I'm unsure. Dual 2.5 or dual 2.25? some info I've been considering: The surface area of a 2.25" pipe is 3.97" The surface area of a 2.5" pipe is 4.90" The surface area of a 2.75" pipe is 5.93" The surface area of a 3" pipe is 7.06" The surface area of a 3.25" pipe is 8.29". The surface area of a 3.5" pipe is 9.61". So if I split to dual 2.25", the surface area is 7.9". which is about the same as a 3.25" single. If I split to a dual 2.5", the surface area is 9.8" which is about the same as a 3.5" single. Advantage of going 2.25 is slightly less cost, easier to route. Advantage of going 2.5 is more flow (but do I really need it?). Ant experts out there have any thoughts on that? |
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i would just go with the 2.25 after the split. its easier to route and cheaper. as well as it will outflow the rest of the exhaust.
also if you wanna keep it quiet, i think you should add 2 resonators on the main 3" section. thats how its run on the TT 3/S cars and it sounds good. they are both 3 liter engine but the main differance being the strait 6 vs the V6 |
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