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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:28 pm
by mr-charisma
are you doing a manual conversion???
is there a reason you don't like the Tiptronic? Why not just strengthen it & chuck it back in..
how long has your car been in the shop for?
looking forward to seeing some vids & pics man man
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:39 pm
by nvr2low
um yeah man changing it to manual as i love the ripping of gears around the track.
yes i am trying to buy a camera like azza has got but dont have the money.
MY bday is in 2 weeks and my gf wont even buy it for me.
and micheal mate i might be bringing my car to qld at christmas hehe.
anyways the mechanic doing the job says he should be able to do a fair bit of work as they also got a new guy starting soon.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:32 pm
by nvr2low
hey guys did some more work on the motor yesterday and will be going back their today.
I put the new turbo manifold on fits like a dream. Then went to put the turbo back on and it wouldn't fit I had to cut up the rear brackets that hold some protection for the air manifold. I finally cut it all done to fit then I found out the gasket to the turbo was cracked. I am going to get a new one today. Ben mate how did you redo your oil lines for the turbos mate. I heard you used piping mate is this correct and how did you cut the pipe. I am hoping to have the gearbox and clutch on the motor by the end of this week.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:09 pm
by Bennoz
We used braided lines cut to size, clamped on the ends of the old piping. We just cut the ends we needed off the old pipes.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:12 pm
by Bennoz
nvr2low wrote:gasket to the turbo was cracked
Ha, you're lucky mate. Mine was shot too & I had to order one from Japan. Even they were out of stock so I had to wait 3 weeks for them to do a production run! So in other words, they now have them in stock
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:20 pm
by nvr2low
oh bugger about the oil lines man that means I can't do them myself.
I was going to go down to my local turbo shop and see if they had any gaskets like the one I need mate.
Hey about the fuel pump were can I buy this from and also the fuel pressure regulator man.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:24 pm
by Bennoz
nvr2low wrote:Hey about the fuel pump were can I buy this from and also the fuel pressure regulator man.
www.vpw.com.au
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:28 pm
by nvr2low
wow man to many parts I wouldn't have a clue of which 1 I will need I don't know that much about parts buddy.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:55 pm
by nvr2low
ok ben major problem mate the manifold u sent me mate doesn't fit with the standard dump pipe mate I tried putting the turbo back on the correct way mate as it came off with old manifold and the dump pipe and manifold hit each other. Need a reply asap please mate
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:13 pm
by jonowong
obviously it wouldnt fit the old dump pipe...
the new manifold moves the turbo's location
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:32 pm
by Bennoz
Correct.
Hence I had this made up:
You will need to have your own one made up. This one was made from the left overs of an RPW set.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:22 pm
by nvr2low
no no no the dump pipe that comes off the side off the turbo down to the pipe you got made up mate. It hits the new manifold and wont bolt back onto the turbo buddy.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:30 pm
by Bennoz
I used the standard dump mate, your manifold is the same as mine. Get some pics up of what your talking about.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:24 pm
by nvr2low
well what I am talking about is the way the manifold sits the turbo, the dump pipe off the side of the turbo hits the manifold. I tired everything mate but their is no way around it, I am getting a custom one made up this week.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:42 am
by Bennoz
This picture is from up under the car. Do you have the turbo the right way round?
As I said, Im using the same manifold, same dump pipe - I have no clearance issues. The dump pipe comes off the drivers side.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:01 am
by FTEvolution
@nvr2low Have you accidentally put the front manifold on the rear bank?
Sounds like someone has made a mistake somewhere, I'm with Ben on this one, pics or it is going to be impossible to help...
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:38 am
by nvr2low
nope I have only ever taken the rear manifold off I haven't toched the front manifold at all. The manifold and dump pipe hit like half way dow the dump pipe on the left hand side pipe out of the motor. I tried everything to get it on ben but no go I will try and get pics but they might have already sent it to the exhaust shop mate.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:47 pm
by nvr2low
ok got news back hey tried everything and couldnt get it on new dump pipe is being made to just miss the manifold by like 2 mm so it will still fit in the engine bay it gonna cost me 400 bucks.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:25 pm
by Astron_Boy
That's an expensive 2mm.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:49 pm
by nvr2low
yes I know mate it sucks but this has to be done mate. I need this done so I can have everything ready for the motor to drop in