iideadeyeii

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I've used the furnace cement right on the manifold for my limo(mustang 4.8 engine) so fill in a 1/2" hole using a bolt to take up most of the space. Works awesome

bmyles

That's some JDM engineering right there.

ehaalandtluk

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I hope this goes well for you deadeye.

Be conservative and you'll have a sturdy/reliable & fun car.

cnz

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Can you please provide updates pictures videos etc. can you write up a list of things bought with prices. What did you have to change or modify on the kit. This would be very informative. Thank you.

MI 35th

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Pick 2 of the 3

1. Fast
   
2. Reliable
   
3. Cheap

iideadeyeii

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I modified the car to fit, not the piping(except one exhaust pipe where I bashed with a hammer about 50 times to pass the strut bracing) if you did some reading. I'm getting work done this weekend since I just got my new wastegate(evora 38mm which uses the same springs as the tials) and the MAF which I was unaware that it was needed to tune under 25% throttle with the utec
I'll update sunday night

iideadeyeii

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Also there is snow over here, so it will not be driven until it melts.

iideadeyeii

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I do not agree with that statement. Cheap and reliable don't work as a pair usually.

tw2

All combinations of two are true. Cheap and reliable = leave it alone, ie stock. It is cheap (free) and reliable. Other interpretations are simple bolt on modifications such as test pipes, HFC's, intake, exhaust etc, not that expensive (compared to a full engine build at least) and reasonably reliable ie your engine wont throw a rod through the block. None of these things are going to make your car seriously fast however.

iideadeyeii

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Sealed exhaust with furnace cement. First startup there was a leak, but I went under and sealed it.

Got to drive the car and I am not a fan of the stock exhaust. I can barely hear it and mostly I just hear the intake. I was used to my injen which had a very nice sound to it.

I have a really bad boost gauge and I didn't have a power inverted set up for my laptop which doesn't hold a charge. So the boost gauge read between 3-5psi so I'm not really sure how much I'm actually running since the spring wasn't marked in any way.

The banjo bolt on the oil feed was leaking on the turbo before the initial run and I tried to tighten it up and it stripped(I had a spare oil feed fitting, but it's no 90 degrees so it's not the best fit, but it works for now). The smoke from the run was from the exhaust wrap being coated with oil.

The BOV sucks. Well it work's but it's not loud enough, so I'm going to buy a RFL bov since I do not like a sleeper sound.

Total Cost
Godspeed kit/Utec $1440
Oil Pan Spacer $130
550cc Drop in Injectors $180
Stock exhaust free
New Walbro 255 Free(not installed and the car is actually running 12ish afr in boost so i'm not sure if I even need it with the power I'm shooting for)
Misc clamps/bolts/new wastegate(only because I wanted to run lower boost) $100
MAF $20 since I didn't have the housing
$60 oil/filter
Sandwich plate $30

Total cost about 2k

MI 35th

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I stand by my statement, if you manage to work out the kinks youll have a decent reliable setup (as time will tell) and it was cheap as far as mods go, but it will never be fast. You start pushing the limits of this setup and all of the "bandaid" fixes will fall apart and not stand the test of time.

Good luck and I am glad you managed to finish this project. Although in some aspects its a road guide on things to & not to do as well as things to look out for.

iideadeyeii

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Band aids? What band aids The exhaust fittings suck and don't match up well. Only option was to use the sealant or replace flanges with bolt flanges which is not happening. The cement will be a permanent fix until I want to remove it

iideadeyeii

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Bought a RFL BOV today(obviously a replica) I will be making a custom plate to converet the Type RS flange to the Type H flange since I don't want to cut up any more of the intake piping and add more couplers.

I also need my wideband sensor cable to hook up to my laptop so I can fine tune.

Also ordered a new electronic boost gauge because the analog one I bought doens't seem to work too well and the gauge doesn't stant still at 0 when the car is off even after taking it apart twice to re-adjust.

Once I get there in I am going to make sure I'm boosting around 5psi becuase I think I'm closer to 4 right now with the wastegate spring. I have about 5 springs though, but I just wasn't sure which one was which

Scrildo

Get prosport gauges thats what i'll be running. I like everything so far except for the furnace cement it looks hideous and tacky. Also 99.9% of the people in this thread posting and asking for updates just want your build to fail or blow up so they can make fun of you and say i told you so etc. Just keep the boost levels low monitor your A/F ratios constantly and get that thing professionally tuned oh and invest in a quality meth injection kit and you'll be good for a long **** time. Have fun with it dude.

iideadeyeii

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No one can see the cement. It's under the car and most of it is in hard to reach/see places. I honestly don't care what it looks like as long as it sealed the exhaust leaks(which it did FTW)

I will be tuning myself. The base tune for TN kit with 550cc injectors UTEC tune works very good as a base tune. Once I get that settled I will be taking it to the track and possibly a dyno(eventhough I think the track is a better way of showing the cars power)

Just waiting on my cable and for it to stop raining/snowing so I can log some files

willyumq

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I am happy for you. Good job on sticking with the project. I wonder how much hp added?

jerryd87

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alot of us are indeed waiting for it to blow up, and not a single thing you listen helps protect against unbalanced chra's or crap bearings which is what causes most of these ebay kits to fail especially the godspeed.

iideadeyeii

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I think more people might go for this kit as spring arrives and I'm able to drive the car more.
I definitely will post pics when my turbo grenades!

sracura

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Glad it worked out!

NOLAGG

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I'm also glad it worked out any other updates have you been driving it ? How was it after install and upload of the utec base ? Some what drivable right away?