this is great bro. im following your build. i just self installed a tn kit to my 06revup. PITA but it was done. looking foward to your results due to me following your footsteps.

 

Congrats to another successful DIY'er. I think its becoming an epidemic?

 

Dude leave your car like that, it looks scary! Kinda "Mad Max"!

 

+1

Congrats~ :-)

 

Car looks great man.

My prediction = 430whp~

Remember what we talked about in PM's.

 

doesnt that seem a little low for a built block? how many pounds will you be running when all said is done?

 

Yep, I will. If I can't make the power I'm looking for, I'm going to do what you suggested.

 

The motor isn't the bottleneck. Heads and cams will help a little to utilize what the turbo and piping currently flow, but in reality the piping is what is limiting power here.

 

Bro.. lol U think i havent tried that.. I did it twice.. Two different RTV material too.. But maybe you know something i dont.. lol.. Try it.. If you get better success your the man!! Then let me know what in sweet baby jesus name you did to acheive the impossible..

 

What happens is the plastic flexes when you tighten the plenum down. The cork blows out between the bolts. Even with another type of gasket, you still have the warping/flexing of the plastic which causes leaks

 

Wat is the fix for this???

 

A different plenum?

My kinetix held multiple 8psi pulls on the dyno the other day... But we ran out of time so we couldn't get the high boost map started. So the most it saw was about 8.5lbs.

No leaks, although I am still probably going to replace it with something else. But I might leave it on for the high boost tune session, and just bring the new plenum, and if it blows then I will replace then.

 

I have been reading this thread and reading about your build over the past few months. You have done so much and have now been successful as a DIY'er, why put a weak link in there with a plastic manifold. IMO the risk clearly outweighs the reward (though I still haven't figured out what the reward is). If any of that plastic happens to get sucked in your motor if it were to blow your engine would be toast. Just do the powerlab spacer with a stock manifold for $200 and sell your kintex. You would probably break even. Great job on everything though and good luck!

 

I know what you guys are talking about When do you plan on getting some high boost numbers?

 

im lost here. what little secret are we talking about? wastegate relocation?? if i remember there was a gtm car with a stock turbonetics system making upwards of the 520whp??

 

I made 482hp 490tq on dyno dynamics with corrections tuned by mrc

 

lookin' good!

 

^ i met your brother when i went over to mrc to get my car tuned. cool peoples.

 

I am in Georgia right now for an Army school... When I get back in a few weeks I will be making a few small changes to the car then getting it back on the dyno for a high boost map. Still debating adding meth injection, still thinking about doing a nitrous setup.

BTW, is anyone else running a TN setup on a low compression engine (Taurran not included, his kit is nowhere near normal) ? My pistons are 8.6:1 Arias', and with the thicker HKS head gaskets I am thinking the CR is even lower. The car is really begging for more boost.

 

yes my motor is fully built with 8:5:1 comp with aem meth