pics of the beast, she's good to go

[spoolint78]

Here are some pics of the progress thus far.
Still waiting to get back the driver side valve cover because the tps was in the way of the hose going to the block. I Had to get a 90 fitting pressed in, and my Machinist kinda scratched up the valve cover trying to do it.:icon_mad:

Here are the pics

the next two pics are the oil drain.
For those who are on a t4 turbo, do you think the drain is good?
this was my only option, as straight as i can get it.
The fitting on the bottom is not touching the manifold, i can get the wrap inside, but still close.

front shot

turbo lines

interior shot, notice the defi gauges in the cluster?
still have to put in the sparco racing seats, and dvd player.

fuel lines
dual feed single return, stock injectors for breakin with the stock afm, and a walbro.
max boost will probably be 5 psi during break in. I plan on doing a hard breakin.

 

[suprahero]

Looking good sir. Good luck with your breakin. It scares me to think about breaking an engine in hard, but it's yours so have had it.

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

will this be at the next meet now?

 

[TooGoode]

its so nice to see 7m builds...i love 1j's and 2j's, but 7m is the funner way to go...

 

[swaq]

Orange is a good color.

 

[johnathan1]

Was someone smoking in that last pic?

 

[soup]

^^ I was going to say that looks pretty cool!

Are you using the mkiv mounts? Are those Swagelock (sp) fittings too?

 

[spoolint78]

lol that would be the du-marier smokes lol.

The next meet? maybe, well see how it goes.

 

[Supraboostin]

everything looks good but i think you need a better drain for the turbo

 

[lintlars]

more pics of the exhaust mani what kind is it looks very different than the greddy knock offs sweet build!

 

[Imnotcreative72]

Thats a very nice looking 7m you got there :bigthumb:

 

[spoolint78]

finally got it started.
had a little problem with the egr hitting the brake master.
it still is touching, but its wrapped in exhaust wrap.

here is the updated pic of it installed.
it runs like a champ

 

[LilMissMkIII]

VERY nice!!!!!!! Loving the orange!!!!!

 

[suprahooked]

This thread needs a update. So hows it running?

 

[spoolint78]

running better.
my coolant problem seems to be the rad cap, suggested by my engine builder.
its a little too loose when tightened to the rad.

To alleviate this problem we bent the tabs up on the cap, and put it back on so its much tighter when screwed on.
He said the neck on the rad is wearing down.
gonna check it to see if the coolant is still in the rad.

As most of you guys know, the rad was loosing coolant, and he's suggesting that it is vapourizing and exiting through the rad cap.

I'll keep you posted.
Getting my rims mounted this week, so i'll have new pics of the beast.

 

[supraguy@aol]

I don't see any installed pic....?

 

[empera]

WTF...where is that oil drain going? that isnt the stock location?

 

[crisp]

WTF...where is that oil drain going? that isnt the stock location?

...looks like the drain goes into the "dipstick" location?


-crisp

 

[empera]

why not go to the stock location?

 

[crisp]

If that IS the dipstick location... how do you check the level now?


-crisp