You must be logged in to rate content!
5 minute(s) of a 202 minute read
6-10-2015
I've been working on the car nearly every night to get it done. In February I purchased a turbo kit from IRP along with many other supporting mods. I ended up waiting 3 months for this kit due to circumstances at the shop so I got a late start on the motor install. Parts started coming in from Ihor and I got to fitting them on my setup.
DeatschWerks DW300 and new FPR. I haven't heard of one of these being installed in an FD yet but I've only heard good things about the pump and it's more than adequate for my goals. Its similar to the Aeromotive Stealth but draws fewer amps. More on the install later.
Fabbed up a mount for the FPR. Since I didnt want to put the motor in without the turbo system installed I was running blind with fitment when Fabricating these parts.
Set of 4 IGN-1A coils showed up so I can run direct fire. I made a mount for these to place them in the Air conditioning pump location. I wanted to keep cruise control so this was the only available location.
Also has this little guy show up. Plug and play unit for the FD.
The turbo system showed up soon after installing the FPR and coils on the engine so I got right to installing them.
The turbo kit is the standard manifold and downpipe that IRP offers but I went with a TDX-57 from Elliot at Turblown. I went with this option because I wanted to retain a quick response but keep the price tag reasonable. After all, I'm building a street car, not a competitive track monster.
Upon install it was very apparent that the looped fuel line had to be moved because it hovered right above the turbine housing and got in the way of the coolant & oil feel lines.
Now onto a little info about the IRP kit. In my eyes the coolant feed line in not ideal. It has to make a full loop in order to attach to the stock feed barb on the water pump housing. This is cause by how the manifold positions the turbo. No real fault because this works but it is not ideal.
Another issue I ran into was the fitting for the oil return. This was a somewhat universal 10-AN fitting that may or may not have been designed for the FD. The fitting would not sit flat when mounting on the block. It was not sitting on the machined surface of the block, instead two corners of the flange were catching on the edge of the unmachined section of the block. Hit it with the die grinder and that took care of that.
Now a little issue that showed up to haunt me from the old bent car. The motor was rebuilt by Speed 1 and the turbo coolant feed & returns were capped off by them or the previous owner. When I pulled these caps I found this on the feed barb.(Picture taken after diggin at it a little bit)
It was filled with silicon. It wasnt apparent whether Speed 1 did the silicon work or the previous owner of the old car but it had to go. Off came the Thermostat housing to investigate further. Turned out there was no thermostat, the thermostat gasket/ring that was there wasnt seated either. I have no idea how it even kept the coolant system from leaking. Oh, and the silicon job was impressive.
